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a Neate, sarin aretentnnent einen eoennenhacensn 9H iemenin ALTA AIO ae TO - FROM SUBJECT: (om ast or : The Acting Director pate: 6/19/73 Mr. Jenkins OPTIONAL Fon NO. 10 5010-106 MAY 1962 EDITION o a zt GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 « ai UNITED STATES @VERNMENT toe r é . Mr. Felt * ° Mr. Baker . Callahan Memorandum Me Calan —— ' Mr. Conrad Mr. Gebhardt _.._ Mr. Marshall ____. Mr. Miller, B.S. Mr. Soyars : Mr. Thompson ___ Legal Counsel /j— Mr. Walters Tele. Room Mr. Baise REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE OF Mn, Bowees = MANUAL OF INSTRUCTIONS TO Mr. Herington —— SENATOR EDWARD MCKENNEDY Me, Mints Mr. Eardley . Mrs. Hogan a DN ‘At 10:30 a.m. on June 19, 1973, Mr—_———s=i@E eee the Intelligence Division, and I attended a conference at the Y request of Assistant Attorney General Dixon concerning the matter aN of disclosure of the FBI Manual of Instructions to Senator Kennedy. Also attending the conference were Mary Lawton, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, and John Gallinger and Douglas Marvin, attorneys in the Office of Legal Counsel. Mr. Dixon discussed the various alternative responses that might be given to Senator Kennedy and his suggestions ranged from general public disclosure of the manuals to denial of disclosure entirely. The manuals had been reviewed by Mr. Dixon's assistants who were attending the meeting and they offered the observations that the innocuous material in the manuals had scattered throughout references to sensitive material therefore full disclosure of the manuals could be detrimental to the FBI. Mr. Dixon indicated he was still looking for a means of resolving this matter. 66 -/IP YE . I suggested to Mr. Dixon that the Attorney General might respond to Senator Kennedy in writing with an offer to allow the Senator to review pertinent portions of the manual under a written understanding that such review would not result in public disclosure of the material. I suggested that this offer, while not necessarily binding on the Senator, could provide an appropriate response by the Attorney General and the establishment of conditions guaranteeing security of the material would appear to be reasonable because of the need to avoid public disclosure of certain portions of the manuals. Mr. Dixon said he agreed that such 2 - Inspector Bassett = Ss 7S od i awWr 1 Maggowers — et a0 N24 1973 as JUN AGRIE pharat OT RECORDED oe 1 - Mr. Miller 168 JUN 26 1973 senpleen faces maces) \ u cosh 1 - Mr. Cleveland . ~ as bé6 1 - ME Tekin 3 attached im My meme b frof73, samecaptian,@arch, PIC . @ Initlsi® a, Vi , 1-Mr. Mintz JAM:mfd aye CONTINUED - OVER ORIGINAL FILED IN