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2. The Attorrnev General's Directive United States directed the Civil Rights Division of the | Department of Justice to undertake a review of the files of the Departuent and its Federal Bureau of Investigation to deternine whether the investigation of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. should be reopened. More particularly it was sought to be determined: (1) whether any action taken in relation to Dr. King by the FBI befcre the assassination had, or my have had, an effect, direct or indirect, on that event, and (2) whether any action was taken by the FBI which had, or may have had, eny other ‘adverse effect on Dr. King. Recormendations for criminal, disciplinary or other appropriate action were requested. 3. The Review up to April 26, 1976 ww. of. oan t-~ ~— tn the next four mnths, the Ass te } t ad * g } General in charge of the Civil Rights Division, his principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and the Chief of the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, acting as a review staff, variously read portions of the FBI headquarters file on a person -2-