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oe C arer' ‘8. APPEAL OF = a 9t4/s =a ra MAIL Roos C TR PETYPE UNIT CI _ Ce “ y 7” he Jetorney General . October 25, 1974 ; 1 - Mr. Mintz oN FBI , : Director, b IC t ¢> atid ; scpammurmarmoearind OF FRI'S DENIAL FOR BATA WIDER THE FREEDO!N OF IMFORIATIAT AOD | S/— © ay : f f | concerning one 7 OR. apone_ gan Accord- ~ } ON preview of our files developed several references > a but none were located which indicated his = involvement with the Al Capone gang. Consequently, since A the oncerning the Al Capone gang are over 15 years old, J was advised tha ding to our interpretation te epar al Order 528-73, was not of the histori- cal significance envisioned by at Order. » ‘< cS Representatives of ae Department's Office of Legal 5 Counsel have advised us that i natin. ° *¢ wn . coe y) (oe ated a HoT RECORDED Although the preceding statement is acaffra tidids been the FBI's policy in implementing the provietnatet i Preedcom of Information Act that in those cases wh inquires as to whether we have a record on a third party, that we do not respond to such inquiry indicating, -whethercor. not we have such a record, but reply by indicating that such informa- tion would not be available’to a third party. In appropriate cases, we go on to explain that the Givulgence by: thes an individua},that a third party does or does not havd a tie te with the HBr ‘cou}d ,l¢ad to an invasion. of. ats @ individual about whom the inquiry was made. - ees Pes wICP:law (7)