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Honorable Earle Cabell Description of enclosures: (1) Statement of Director before the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, 9/18/68. (2) Message from Director entitled "An Analysis of the New Left: A Gospel of Nihilism." ; (3) Message from Director to all Law Enforcement Officials, May, 1968. NOTE This is the case which recently received considerable press coverage. The Department requested investigation to determine whether the National Rifle Association (NRA) should have registered as a lobbyist in connection with gun registration legislation, We interviewed three officials of NRA and furnished the Department with an investigative report, The Department on 12/10/68, advised that the NRA registered on 12/10/68, with the Clerk of the House of Representatives as a lobbyist; and requested that any further investigation by this Bureau be discontinued. . Bureau indices contain no derogatory information identifiable rien] with the constituents. We have had cordial relations with Congressman Cabell in the past.