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OW Tho Atlanta Division, after a review of the etatus of the Jocal investigation during the week of November 16. 14, 1980, determing? that FRI Agents would not become an integral part of the local Task Pores, There: wore times when FRI Agente worked hand in hand with Atianta.police officers and iimes, due to the scope of the PI's tevestigation when they worked sopaTatcly. However, they worked in concert with wach ather ane never "eounter" to gach other. t simultaneous ingniries by two independent investigating groups--— fostered much of the difficulty enoountored in the invesetiaalion? Wouldn't such an arrangement hinder communieatiuons, inorcasc the risk of duplicsted effort, reduce the chance of apparently unrelated information "coming togethur® in the process of an integrated investigation, and in other ways fetbher tha offen stow and piecemeal development of a sucemaaful investigation? Ditfieulty encountered in the invent igatson Was & reBwit of the fact that the individual responsible herding ay Many a5 26 young black ALlantans did mot desire to be caught, and therefore, was eareful to go about hiss busitmisus and without leaving evidence. The “incderondent” investigation of the caee by the FRI not only inaured Lhorough, competion investiqation of the case but diractly resulted in the apprehensjen of the individual resapensible, To insurc that n investigation ws duplicated other than When necessary, and ft guarantee the "coming togethur”™ of all investigative informatipn scciuirrad, the Atlanta Givision assiqned one experienced agent totaliy tamnzliar with all inveétigstion conducted py the rRL tea review on 4 dally bani a1} investigation conducted by the Task Forw:, Under no circumstances could the FR] have participated in the missiing sand murdered children's cases at Atlents as a part of the Task Fors: and have obtained the resulis hey dasd gn thig case. 2 a ~ 30. Was the two track investigation in fact preferab beqgittning or did other factora determing the structure investigation? Was the PRI unwilling to be integrated 1 Special Task Force or was there an inabiljty er unwil llingness integrate the FAI inate the Special Task Force? While the FBL conducted itm investigation indenendent ef the Taek Poros, a “two track” approach did not exist, Gther than the agent aasiqnex? to roavicw all task Force invastigarion on a daily basis, extensive daily eontact wag maintained between the Taék Forod Qommander and the FOI Superyiner responsible for the inveetigation ar well ao botwoen the Atlanta Division's BAC and the Atlanta volice Commisslionnr, The thorcughness cf the ~ 9 Ts jt possible that the very étructurna of the investigation-~-