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2 It is possible that the agents suggested or advised such action, rather than giving direct orders. ASo far as I know there is no authority to command a private citizen i. to withhold such information and I am sure the FBI would not ap. - prove of such orders without legal authority. Also, we realize that in sdme cases even a routine visit by an FBI agent could be misccnstrued as carrying srious implications, even. requiring silence. jWe have been asked about this possibility several times, and I have been questined once or twice during lectures. We shouid greatly apreciate having whatever information you can give us so that we may answer such questions, correctly. Specifically we have been asked: Have FBI agents told witnesses not to talk about Uro sightings? Does ths FBi make character investigations of UFo witnesses in scme Cases? Does the FBl have any information on UFos, which can be released? Is the FBI bound by JANAp.146, as regards the release of UF0 sighting reports coming into Its possession? Our Committee believes that censorship of uFo information is not warranted sime the Defense Department has repeatedly declared there is no danger involved and no threat to national security. We believe,. on the contrary, that the policy of secrecy could under certain cir- cumstances lead'to hysteria am possibly even panic. We should. like t know whether, in the event that the UFos prove to be extraterres- trial, the FBl has any assigned part in any official plan to prepare for possible communication with extraterrestrial vehicles from I lanct her planet. Several of our Board members have suggested that interviews with Federal agencies involved in this question could be of mutual bene- jfit. If possible, I should like to have an interview with an FBI official acquainted with the facts, and with the FBI policy which Imay be invlved. Thank you for your consideration of these requests. Sincerely yours, K DONAID E. KEYHOE, Major USMC (Ret.) Director of NICAP DEK:k