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judged by the Civil Rights Division's Assistant Attorney General and his two assistants primarily on their famili- arity with the Department file on the investigation as it had progressed since 1968. The Civil Rights Division's Martin Luther King, Jr., review menoranda reflected that a study had been made of mily the first 10 sections of the FBI headquarters file on the assassination investigation and only a random inkpection was done of some of the remain- ing 74 sections. There was no factual dismiesion or analysis. The conclusion was reached by the Civil Rights Division staff that "the Bureau's investigation was comprehensive, thorough ard professional" (Murphy memorandum of March 31, 1976, p. 6). It was determined therefore to begin the task force's study with a complete review of the files on the FBI's investigation of the assassination. It was the consensus of the review team that by approaching the whole task by first examining the character and completeness of the murder investigation -.--¥ 1% er oi a pe ry @miswer could be made to the Attorney General's question as to the Bureau's performace in that regard and also an answer could be indicated to his question going to the Bureau's possible responsibility, if any, direct or indirect, for Dr. King’s death. After the examination of the FBI's investigation of the murder of Dr. King, the review team proceeded to go -8-