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Memo to Mr. Adams Re: CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION TATU ROTI ATA CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION SURREPTITIOUS ENTRIES DETAILS: Legal Counsel to Mr. Adams memo of 7/15/76, captioned as above, obtained authority to telephonically notify present and former Agents who are subjects of Givil R Rights Division surreptitious entries investigation they are released from their employment agreement so they could discuss this matter with their counsel. This telephonic notice was to be followed by letter from the Director. Legal Counsel Division ha dling this matter and on 7/26/76, former 8 ernon, Connecticut, was contacted and advised he was released from his employment agreement for the purpose of discussing the matter of surreptitious entries with his attorney. At_4:30 p.m., Legal Counsel Division was contacted by attorney, f Hartford, Connecticut, who advised he represented former Agen and that he had been informed of our call notify! € was released from his employment agreemen inted out that our telephonic notice mentioned surreptitious es. He stated that he had been informed by William Gardner of tie Civil Rights Division that Gardner intended — shin to go back as far as 1940 and intended to learn of any aad all possible violations of citizen.’ civil rights by FBI Agents dvised he was concerned regarding the inquiry and desired to know if the FBI was aware of the extent. of this inquiry since we had only mentioned surreptitious entries to his client Qjiifwas advised that we were under the impression this inquiry was limited to surreptitious entites and then only those of recent years. He was informed this would be beought to the attention of the Director and he was thanked for bringing this ta our attention wees Mas Lee CER red should be promptly discussed with the Civil Rights Division to clearly establish the scope of this investigation. ,