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oa" . . an nite —— - poe ge eine ee I A ae en ema” egy ere Legal ‘Counsel Me.wrandum : a ae ne to Mr. J. B. Adams ™ ~+ Re: Socialist Workers Party, et al., Vv. The Attorney General, et al. Civil Action No. 73 CIV 3160 DETAILS Plaintiffs, the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), its youth group the Young Socialist Alliance (YSA), and 15 individual plaintiffs filed captioned civil action during July, 1973, alleging that defendants have denied ~ them constitutional rights as a political party. They seek substantial damages as well as broad injunctive relief. Defendants include the Director and other Government officers as well as John F. Malone, former Assistant Director in Charge, New York Office, and Special Agents George P. Baxtrum, Jr., presently assigned to the Milwaukee Office and Arthur G. Greene, Jr., presently assigned to the New York Office. The trial in this civil action is scheduled to begin on July 1, 1976, in the Southern District of New York before the Honordble Thomas ?. Griesa. By memorandum dated April 29, 1976, copy attached, the Attorney General advised that the court in captioned civil action may have been misled by information supplied by the Bureau to the Department suggesting how the Government should respond to : allegations of break-ins made in the complaint and that, relying on that advice, the Department filed what sater appeared to be an erroneous answer to the complaint. The Attorney General requested that we advise him promptly on two points: (1) how did this occur; and, (2} what procedures are being imple- mented to insure that it will not recur. The Attorney General also wanted to know whether any statements made by Departmental personnel (including Bureau personnel) need to be retracted and/or clarified. (CONTINUED - OVER)