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—: A yore LL Wl Office Memorandum D STATES GOVER a SAC, NY fo pate: 9/9/55 FROM SAC E. J. McCABE SUBJECT (DICTATION OF MATERIAL OBTAINED JUNE FROM HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES Ru ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED See aining and Inspection Division, Bureau, >” on 9/9/55 telephonically advised that the LA office had a aired procedure whereby only three stenographers working full-time -——°" were assigned to copying and transcribing all material re obtained from highly confidential sources. In Many instances, .-: this procedure resulted in non-compliance with the five-day —— 5. transcription rule. The LA office, in justifying this procedure, has advanced the following reasons: Y UA l. The stenos handling this work exclusively become familiar with names, locations, etc. and can handle more work. 2. The material itself is highly confidential and for security reasons it is better that the dictation be limited to the selected stenos. ee... .., eae an aodreo = que as G its fF tal bl ba and requested that he be mtacted as possible. ; \ @ After discussing this matter with Su gor was acting for ASAC MacLennan, Superviso Oo was for ASAC Moore, and ASAC Simon, the writer advise hat in the NYO when the material is obtained from a highly confidential source and the symbol number is identified with the location, the material is dictated only to the etaries of the supervisors. However, when the material is identified with | the symbol number and the location is not set forth, the material is given to any of the stenos. Lu ? Ha o =) * (Tt it fo — ~~ “<A 4 oF oO w& o As to Misurs and Tesurs, it was poin t in the ‘NYO we have a June Unit handling this matter as advise that we have three stenos regularly assigned to handling the dictation and typing of the confidential material. In this instance: