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AQ the type of tranquilizer and blood anti-coagulant that have been utilized. Officer VALDEz stated that Colorado probably has the most mutilations occurring within their State and that over the past four years. approximately 30 have occurred in New Mexico. He stated of these 30, 15 have occurred on Indian Reservations but he did know that. many mutilations have gone unreported which have occurred on'the Indian reservations. because the Indians, particularly in the Pueblos, are extremely superstitious and wili not even allow officers in to investigate in some instances. Officer VALDEz stated since the outset of these mutilations there have been an estimated 8,cco animals mutilated which would place the loss at approximately. $l,ooo,oo0. R. E. Thompson; United States Attorney, advised that he had received an urgent call from the head of the Criminal Division, Department.of Justice, advising him that he would be contacted by Senator HARRISON SCHMITT of New Mexico, who had been in contact with Attorney General GRIrFIN BELL in an effort to obtain Federal assistame in seeking to solve these cattle mutilations. Bureau telephone call of 2/l3/79 advised that a letter was forthcoming from the Department to the Bureau requesting our assistance in the investigation based on the fact that is of these animals had been mutilated on Indian reservation land. Sobe Vades, On 2/l5/79/Senator HARRISON SCHMITT, USA R. E. THOMPSON, SA SAMUEL W. JONEs and myself met,to discuss this matter. It was greed that a conference should be held in April of this year in Albuquerque involving New Mexico and the surrounding States who have suffered cattle mutilation cases in.an effort to fully discuss this matter'to determine what has been developed to date and to recommend further steps to be taken to solve this ongoing problem. The role of the FBI was discussed but was not established since it was not resolved whether the.FbI would act. in a.coordinating' capacity,.. .an investigating capacity or both.: It was decided however, I that.it would be.most.beneficial if all this available .infor- -:printouts could be made and an ahalysis made in ian effort to determine.a trend or pattern of 'these mutilations. It is obvious if mutilations are to be solved there is a need for a coordinated effort so that all material available can be gathered and analyzed and further efforts synchronized. Whether the FBI should assume this role is a matter to be