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suByECT: CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES On 3/25/63 Assistant tq.the Directors Rs BELMONT eh called to advise of the Direc 18. concern regard to confidential] sources, egpectall¥ in view of “shots being taken at the Bureau by LEYINE and stone - + He stated that the Direator, after! reyiewing the . facts, has decided to continue with this’ value Le: source of information, but 411 such sources arg. to’ receive close scrutiny. The SAC or ASAC is to approve each fequest and Bureau’ authority must be specifically: obtained‘for ‘the handling of each source, The Director wants: "tb be sure that we are not going on a fishing expedition, but have a specific objective in mind when handling -these Sourceta. He stated that ere ere each*sagrce should be gone over carefully an pformal _memarangum - concerning same should: be placed in the safe. in tne OAL” a2 office and kept there until the next Inspeetion, at which" time the memoranda will be reviewed by the Inspector and destroyed, Mr. BELMONT stated he wants to be. sure that,.we are using men of dedication and stability on this important type of assignment. This matter was discussed at the conference of the ASACS on 3/26/63, It was pointed out that while we are to be extremely cautious in this type of operation, this should not be interpreted to mean that there. should be-any lessening of our activity in this field, If we expect.to continue making in-roads in the security field, .we should. Gse. “avery ounce of imagination and initiative at our. disposgh ay out that sometimes it is easy, when: a, oat emanates from, the Bureay, to us@, 14, 48 our operation and not accomplish. + ee Fong: been achieving dn the past. e ‘ ¢t i= ‘7 a i] e ass eohat we have