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Honorable Sam Steiger House of Representatives Washington, D. C. 20515 wly dear Congressman: Thay ve received your cox ication of January 3rd \(\ enclosing a copy of a letter from Phoenix, Le Arizona. Yrith respect to your constituent's comment, you may wish to advise him that the FBI, at the request of Mr. Fred MM. Vinson, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Denart- ment of Justice, conducted a limited investigation to determine if the National Kifle Association should have registered with the Clerk of the House of Representatives as a lobbyist in connection with gun control legislation. The results of our investigation have been fur- nished to the Criminal Division, Department of Justice, and you may wish to contact that office. WI) You may also wisa to inform ED 2: the FBI has conducted a considerable amount of investization regarding the subversive movement which threatens our country teday. Beinga strictly investigative agency of the Department of Justice, we fur- nish. the results of our inquiries to the Attorney General for his i ith respect to prosecution in these matters. {, MAILED 24 JAN '¢ - 1969 COMM-FBI = 3 WA Sincerely yours, | 2% rn TN 7 . ' : - taton 1 - Phoenix - Enclosures (2) ~ ! b 20 \ petoacn NOTE: Bufiles contain no record (i Congressman _ Bishap Steiger (R-Arizona) was elected to Congr er; 1966, and we : ee = have enjoyed very limited, but cordial relations with him. During our woe investigation of this matter, we interviewed three officials of National ex | Rifle Association (NRA) and furnished the Department with an investigative we ff report. On December 10th, the Department advised that an’official of rot oe _NRA registered on that date with the Clerk of the House of Representatives /as3 lobby ist, and the, Department requested that any further investigation by MAIL ROOM TELETYPE unit L_1 y wok. eee KT DIC.