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EE es ae rate a a -oi ‘ Ler) . 1 number of bredk~ins conducted by the FBI prior to 1966? 2 _ Mr. Wannall. Prior to 1966 there has been a figure of | . aS id “17M Tens PETA Ute Ra ane Ti i la a te re ena 3 248. I think that is the precise figure. I do not know ee] ‘ . 4 where that figure came from. I would have to go back to. the man that I have assigned to this particular area to verify if we “in fact can say we made 248, 4 Mr. Vermeire. Out of those 248, -how many of those break- ins were conducted on American citizens? Mr. Wannall. I don't know. I do know that we had either 14 or 17 targets of domestic organizations. seeanaerantadngi nasa masnaaaenas There were numérous surreptitious entries in the case of some of those organizations which runs the figure wp much higher than the tctal aumber of targets. Records were not maintained. The system was devised, I think perhaps we had talked about this before, that if the recommendation was made it was made a record in our field office file after authorization. It was maintained for a year because we have an inspection of each of our offices each year and the inspector has access to everything. If he found in the files information that was unaccounted for, the special agent in charge could say "Here is my authorization.” After that process, the record was destroyed. Mr. Ryan. If I could add to Mr. Wannall's comment, you mentioned domestic break-ins on U. S. citizens. een ® oe wee vere woes ~*~ oe SST A ne act cpa wT Le