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' OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 — | . 5010-106 . we MAY 1962 EDITION : | bond GSA Gen. REG, NO. 27 _ + @ () 4 * | UNITED STAG. GOVERNMENT oad 5 Asses Bi, | t Dep. AD Adm. _. . A . Dep. AD Inv. __ ; ém O TQ i um Asst. Dir: Admin, _ : Comp. Syst. —_. TO : Mr. J. B. Adams pate: 11/13/74 é- ie & Con af Gen. inv. —__- Ident. From : Legal Couns i eet Laboratory : Plon. & Eval. SUBJECT: H, R. 12471 oe Me FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT — oa Toleshae jo Rm. : {~ ED norte d fay ; | _ Sec’y —. Novel aper 3, 1974, I accompanied the Director to a conference with the Deputy Attorney General, and during the course =f) <_b® 7S of the discussion, thel/Deputy Attorney General received a call from fd ofthe White House staff, who advised alan who represents_sena Kennedy and who is working on the current FO egislay tion, had indicated an interest in reviewing FBI investigative files so that he @& could be aware of their nature when he was considering the need for changing N the statutory language from "investigatory files" to “investigatory records." The Deputy Attorney Gene?al told [that the Director of the FBI 4 was at the time in his office and he would inquire as to whether it would be possible for________] to be granted access to FBI investigative files in order for him to become knowledgeable concerning them. The Deputy Attorney General then asked whether it would be possible to grant aceess to our files for the purpose indicated. I told him it would not be possible to grant access to our investigative files. ne ene ant eters dee mama ier XD ba- 5197 Filed Tr The Deputy Attorney General then asked whether it'would be -possible for us to find some alternative way of educatingl___Jas to the-g general nature of FBI files so that he would understand the problem we | ‘ would face if the statutory language were changed requiring us to review iS line by line, each document in a Bureau file. I told the , Deputy Attorney General that we would consider the request and ifit-wa Joie ssiblesthat we would make the necessary arrangements. ve 9-55 7S 2-7 * At a conference later in the day withAésistant Atto: _ Scalia, Office of Legal Counsel, Mr. Scalia told me that the coe Attorney - General had told him that a¥rangements were made by the FBI to permit Mr[_—jto have access to sample FBI investigative files. I told Mr. Scalia that this was incorrect. I had advised the Deputy Attorney General that we could not grant access to FBI files but that we were considering possibl e alternatives that would permit him to become awgre of the problem wre 4 -e fawn FF H 1 - Mr. senting”, gs 2° vos a Original bé 1974 bie 1 - Mr. Adams # per es vag xpoe® 1 5. 5 Ma - MeDermoit (Attn: Bowers) - pee Pete vakdts, 197., / “CONTINUED - OVER 1 - Mr. Farrington JAM:mifd oP