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“My request for the review isvolved for matters. First, whether tether Kine Serato be. thorough 8 assass was and honest; second, whether there was any evidence that the FBI was involved in the assassination of Dr. King; third, in light of the first two questions, whether there is any new evidence which has come to the attention of the Depart- ment concerning the assassination of Dr. King which should be dealt with by the appropriate authorities; fourth, whether the nature of the relationship between the Bureau amd Dr. King calls for criminal prosecution, alsciplinary proceedings, or other appropriate action As the forth point, I agai ate rte, again — that from the partial review which has been made, Mr. Pottinger comcludes ‘we have found that the FBI undertook a system- atic program of harassment of Martin Lather , by means both legel and illegal, in order to discredit him and harm both him and the movement he led.' Assiming that the mejor statutory violations relevant Wer AL Mailed he FFL a) ots wcll 241 “and Section 242, “E Pottinger’ S memo- randum concludes that any prosecution con- templated under those acts would now be barred by the five-year statute of limita- tions with the possible exception which would exist if there were proof of a com- tinuing conspiracy. AS to the matter of new evidence with respect to to the assassination my under- standing is that the Department has never closed the Martin Luther King file and that numerous allegations of the possible involvement of co-conspirators are proaptly investigated. The thrust of the review which I requested, however, was to determine whether a new look at what was done by the Bureau in investigating the assassination or in the relationship between the Bureau -5-