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1 - Mr. Callahan 1 - Mr. Adams Mr. Gallagher / 1/20/76 1 - Mr. Gallagher J. S. Peelman 1 - Mr. O'Connell 1 - Mr. Peelman 1 - Mr. Giaquinto JOSEPH JEROME DUCOTE, Also Known as. 1 - Mr. Mintz Jerry Ducote, Fred Schwartz; 1 - Mr. Walsh HENRY GEORGE SCHERLING 1 - Mr. McDermott INFORMATION CONCERNING 1 - Mr. Moore 1 - Mr. Wannall i PURPOSE: To advise of the status of an investigation instituted to resolve reported allegations that Joseph Jerome Ducote burglarized at the direction of the FBI and gave copies of the materials stolen to the FBI. BACKGROUND: You were previously advised in a J. S. Peelman to Mr. Gallagher memorandum dated 12/22/75, that in March, 1974, the Civil Rights Division (CRD), U. S. Department of Justice (USDJ), requested investigation of repeated break-ins of United Farm Workers (UFW) offices in California between 1966 and 1970, in possible violation of Title 18, U. S. Code, Section 241, involving a conspiracy to deny UFW rights guaranteed by labor law statutes. The investigation centered around an ° ™~, individual identified as Joseph Jerome Ducote, known as a con man and a former deputy sheriff, Santa Clara County, California. ~ Upon completion of our investigation, the USDJ advised that no Federal violation existed and that information should be made available to appropriate local authorities. Said information was disseminated by our Sacramento Division to the Chief of Police (COP), Delano, California, Police Department, and Kern County Sheriff's Office, June, 1974. On 11/24/75, John M. Lilly, Special Agent, Bureau of Investigation, State of California, advised SA Malcolm E. Sample of the San Jose Resident Agency that during the approximate period 1967 - 1968, Ducote committed several politically oriented burglaries, including the San Jose Peace Center. According to Lilly, Ducote committed the burglaries at the direction of the FBI and gave copies of the stolen materials to both the FBI and Western Research of Oakland, California. Lilly stated that Ducote will be prosecuted by the State of California for possession of stolen documents and indicated that Ducote will state as his defense that he acted at the direction of the FBI. YY-COOOG_ a _ —-R2-116783 — oa = ee common come. ey