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-36R F B1 Date: 10/6/72 Transmit the following in (Type in plaintext or code) AIRTEL Via AIR MAIL (Priority) TO : ACTING DIRECTOR, FBI FROM : SAC, LAS VEGAS EXTREMIST MATTERS Re Bureau airtel, 9/28/72. Las Vegas suggests that the Bureau adopt a. change in the ghetto informant program which would call for a reduction in the number of these informants, and that quality be stressed instead of quantity. However, it is suggested that the number'of cases to be closed be determined according to the needs of each. individual office, and that no arbitrary number or percentage of cases to be closed be imposed upon the field. It is felt that the number of cases to be closed should be determined by each field office, noting that some offices, with a large ghetto population and(serious extremist matters, would possibly need to. reduce their number by smaller percentage than offices with a small ghetto population and with little or minor extremist problems. This office feels that by reducing the present number of these informants according to the needs of each individual field office, these sources can. then behandled, as we feel they should be, primarily by SpecI Agents handling extremist matters.. It is. lt that if reduced in number and. b7D REO Bureau DLS:mtc OCT (3) 0 59 51NOV7 Approved: Sent Special Ageht in Charge Per