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W. R. Gilbert to Mr. Monroe Memorandum Re: : Abscam. 3. . Government instructions to Mel Weinberg, Special Agents, Assistant U. S..Attorneys, with regard to the manner of conducting investigations and personal conduct. 4. Any Government.investigation or evaluation of Mel Weinberg's performance during captioned matter. ! 5. . Any Government investigation of, or allegations received by, the Government regarding crimes committed by Weinberg during Abscam... 6. Any information received by the Government regarding Mel weinberg's writing or :plans to write a book concerning Abscam. .7.' Any information regarding the Chase Manhattan Bank b6 and/or Chase Manhattan Bank employee as utilized by. b7C the FBI during Abscam. File review should be conducted for any information reflecting guidelines concerning: 1. Undercover activities. 2. Preparation of FD-302's. 3. Operation of informants. With the assistance of Records Management Division, the original Bureau Abscam file 87-147437 consisting: of 23 sections and 1,340 serials was reviewed, Xeroxed, and redacted for production to U. S. District Court Judge.George C. Pratt, EDny, and defense counsel for the above named individuals. On 1/19/81, authority for release of these documents was obtained from Francis M. Mullen, Jr., Executive Assistant Director, with the concurrence of Irvin B. Nathan, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and discussions with.Thomas A. Kelley, Legal Research Unit, Legal Counsel Division (LcD), and Robert F. Peterson, Civil Litigation Unit II, LCD. On 1/20/81, Thomas P. Puccio, Chief, Federal Strike Force, EDny, receipted for original Bureau file 87-147437 and. various communications concerned with undercover activitie's (receipt attached). On the. same date, two letters were prepared by Lawrence H. Sharf, Special Counsel, Federal Strike Force, EDny, to U. S. District Court Judge George C. Pratt, EDny, relative to the. above Bureau file and Brooklyn-Queens file 87-81067. Both letters are: attached. CONTINUED - OVER