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* TRUE COPY Exec AD Inv. Exec AD Adm. __ “Exec AD LES __ Asst. Dit.:. - 14 Feb. 1980 Adm. Servs Crim. Inv. Ident. , Intell. ; Wm H. Webster, Director reberatery F.B.I. Justice Dept. _ Plen.& Insp | Washington D.C. QUShe cones Ret. Mgnt. | Tech. Servs. __ : Dear Sir -- This is by way of a fan letter, I suppose Trbining for the current ABSCAM operation by your agency has fe Walhe alla OW my flickering faith in the future of the country. Telephone Rea, __ Directos’s Sec’y — For years it has been disheartening to view governmen Fai/Do4 corruption, great and small, occur, attracting only mentar media interest, then fading into the background of s seed ing events. an We had, it seems to me, become so inured to that pattern (many refer to such an attitude as sophisticated) that the notion of public office being a public trust can be safely disregarded. Too, the discrediting of the F.B.I. during the recent past for activities which I found distasteful, did little to lend confidence to the citizen. He knew, of course, that elected t office was one which he had no control, excepting one based on good faith--that the elected official would discharge his = responsibilities according to the oath he took. The almost enedemic violation of the compact between office holder and citizen, much of which, but not all, has been written about routinely has been not just sickening, but frightening. “The task you've undertaken now may be turned back by a combination of forces that can bring terrific power to bear. But seeing the F.B.I. take on this chore of overriding import to anything it's done in its past give me hope. It's a nasty job--maybe an impossible one--and it's your agency's finest hour. VP \o | \ A\ | /s/ NY Ny a COPY:aga we Sincerely — \y / .