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— TO FROM SUBJECT: ns oid oor Ce laa . Or eran tb ela -_ rt 5 a et ad b - agit ge nif 7 S wo? was he : re 7 —= SPTIOMAL Wd Me. 15 May 1962 43THOM Gha GEN. FIG. mo. a7 t UNITED STATES Gu ¢NMENT Memorandum Mr. J. B. Adams | a 10-1 AL Va) 2-4-76 DATE: Gen. nv. Legal Couns JUNE Leberstery —__ @ laf Pink tvel, SURREPTITIOUS ENTRIES /N qe Spee. aie aerate ee { ? Training 3 ; of Talaphone Ru, . Director Sec'y __ PURPOSE: To obtain approval for memor; m to the Assistant neral, Civil Rights Divisi requesting his advice on information to be furnished to-those Bureau officials .. . who will be asked to state their knowledge of any surreptitious entries * conducted since 1-1-66, ~~" ~~" ~~ Je er SR rE —— A Cassidy to Mr. W. R. Wannall, the Intelligence Division {INTD) asked that the Legal Counsel Division furnish its observations regarding a request from the Department that the Bureau contact its personnel at the level of SAC or higher in the field or Section Chief or higher at FBIHQ for their complete and full knowledge of any surreptitious entries since 1-1-66. That memorandum noted that we have previously furnished information to the Civil Rights Division of the Department regarding surreptitious entries. Information previously furnished derived from a survey conducted of INTD personnel in June, 1975, and from subsequent file reviews in connection with unrelated matters. Legal Counsel Divi3zion was requested to comment with respect to what direction we should take in soliciting information from our personnel and what counsel, if any, should be afforded them in connection with their Tesponses: Aen Eat to - [I oe- BACKGROUND: By memorandum dated 1-21-76 from OBSERVATIONS: In view of the nature of the proposed inquiry, it is believed that firness requires that we fully inform personnel concerned of the purpose of the inquiry and of the possible consequences of their response. Concerning the purpose of the inquiry, the Department's memorandum dated 1-20-76 states that the information was needed "in order fully to respond to the Attorney General regarding the scope of the Bureau's use of break-ins or surrepiitions cubries Enclosure ~ Sant A ~4-7 C @o FEB safe 1 - Mr. 1 - Mr. Mintz ! ua ROUTE IN ENVELOPE \ “ae (5 (CONTINUED Grup) Ext. Affaire —_ Files & Com.