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BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD 242 KINGS HIGHWAY, EAST HADDONFIELO. NEW JERSEY-08033 January 31, 1983 122716 4 The President of the United States / bp. The White House + 4 Washington, D. C. 20500 Re: Kenneth MacDonald Dear Mr. President: On November 18, 1983 the Borough Commissioners of addonfield wrote to you concerning the tragic manner in hich the U. S. Government handled our past Mayor Kenneth MacDonald. Since then we have received the follow- ing relative to this matter: 1. December 17, 1982 letter from J. Steven Rhodes, Special Assistant to the President for Intergovern- mental Affairs, acknowleding our correspondence. Mr. Rhodes indicated he was forwarding our letter to the Justice Department for their consideration and direct reply. 2. January 11, 1983 letter from Oliver B. Revell, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation (FBI), U. S. Department of Justice. Mr. Revell stated that "the Select Committee rejected the conten- tion that the government had improper motives in indicting MacDonald". We do hope that the above is not the extent of a response ito be received from your office. The vreponderence of infor- mation relative to ABSCAM and particularly the late Mayor Kenneth MacDonald, creates significant questions as to the appropriateness of both the FBI investigation and activities, and alsothe entire process of the Grand Jury operation. For your information I am attaching a recent news article from the (Camden) Courier-Post concerning the activities of ABSCAM Prosecutor, Thomas Puccio. We are also attaching copies of the letter received from Mr. Rhoades and Mr, Revell. Mr. President, the more we read about the activities of our FBI and our Grand Jury, the more we are convinced that our enforcement and judicial system has perpetrated a significant injustice to the late Mayor Kenneth MacDonald and his family. Ken MacDonald gave many years of his life in service to Haddon- field, the State of New Jersey and our nation. Unfortunately, a few overzealous federal officials have created a nearly unerasable taint on the reputation of the fine man.