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Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Division This memorandum was handled under a "Do Not File" procedure, was informative in nature, and was not intended by its | author to be retained permanently. Following a period of time, the memorandum was destroye@. = = 5 a 4, te In certain instances, technical guidance and ‘equipment were needed by field offices to obtain information held by the target of a surreptitious entry. In these matters, the support of the FBI's Laboratory Division was solicited by the investigative Divisions of FBI Headyuarters. Officials currently assigned within the Laboratory Division have advised there are no written instructions in that Division in support of any type of investigative activity . relating to surreptitious entry. Standing oral instructions with regard to approval of surreptitious entry have been that personnel of the Laboratory will provide such support as is requested (manpower, technical guidance, and/or equipment) in those operations approved by the Headquarters investigative Division. These oral instructions apply equally to operations with or without a warrant, including feasibility surveys and any other circumstance wherein surreptitious entry is concerned. ne nos oe + . ; oo «At “Item 21 asks for a list of instances since 1970 when Attorney General permission for the installation of listening devices was denied, and whether entries vere made in those | .