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a ee eee The Attorney General ‘9 “Yow ammgalo far aiehed decurents soncersizs a bree" ™ bn and microvhene installation dirnactcd against tas resijoncer —~ of “ot glans April 39, 1960. wew Naven ‘furnished documents concerning a phygical entry directed ‘against the residence of an [eT organizer on March 10, 1960. By letter dated March 22, 1976, @ocuments furnished by New Yor’, Hew Haven, and Los Angeles concerning break-ins directed aqainnt plaintiffs were made available to the U. S. Attorney, Southern District cf “iéw York. : A In resvonse to your. first concern, how did this occur, our FBI "Ueadcuarters nersonnel did not direct an incuiry to FSI field officas concerning so-called ceneral al- legations in this complaint. Even if thoy had, however, the “break-in” CGocuments in our Hew York Offien were not intecrated into the recular filing svsten in the office and, if an incuirv concerning gencral allegations had heen made, it is entirely possible that New York would have resronded with nedqative information. ‘Thus, concerning the cuestion of what procedures are Wseing implemented to insvre that this tyne problem will not recur, we will re-emphasize to all offices our current regulations that all investiqativa documents maintained Ly them, including all hbreahk-in® docunents in our “ow York Office, must be indesad into the central filing svstem of the office. This will rean that nertinent information in investigative documents maintained in all FBI field offices will be readily retricvable, and this action should prevent any recurrence of this problem. Concerning your recuest to know whether any statements of Penvartmontal rergonnel naan to be retracted and/or clarified, we /pre reviewing such statements and will “+ advise you vromptly.” 1 - The Peputy Attorney Gencral -5- (See NOTE next page)