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—_—- The Attorney General a ee ee a~am ee Seren as Fe caer roe. - Rd Rial a eT ir an ke OPE en ne a ee hy’ letter Catod Movenher 5, 1975, Thomas J. we Cahill, U. S. Attorney, Southern District of New York, enclosed for us a list of twenty-six itens which plaintiffs requested from the FBI in Giscovery in this civil action. Docw.ients requested! incluced those pertaining to any "intelligence gathering burqlarics" directed adainst plaintiffs. Note that in accerdance with FD SI policy we at FRI Hoadquarters believed that decunments concerning break-ins had been destroyed in field offices following review by Bureau Inspectors at each annual ficla office insnection. “During late Aucust, 1975, or early Septerher, 1975, however, ° personnel in the Research Section cf our Intellicence Division learned as a result of the General Acccunting Office's in- ouiry of our New Yorh Office thal information cenceerning eight tarqets of break-ins were located in “SAC Folders" in tho New York Office. Personnel in the Research Section handling requests of the Nenartment‘'s Civil “Nights Division concerning FBI break-ins were unaware that recuests had been made in the SYP civil action for information concerning “intellicence bh. 1 " cs + - gatherin g burclarics. nbsequent to the receipt of Mr. Cahill's letter cated Neverder 5, 1975, personnel in the Internal Security - 2 Section of our Intelligence Hivision assigned to work on the SP civil actien made general _inguirics at [TI Yeadwuarters to cetermine if any information. had been Geveloped concerning FRI break-ins. Our Research Section advised personnel workine on the SP civil action of the results of inquirics at our New York Office concerning ‘eight specific targets of break-ins. Personnel assidned to work on the SUP civil action theorized that additional inforra- tion relating to break-ins might be located in our New York Office and felt that this possibility should be explored. “ “ae Because of the above and kecause of plaintiffs’ request for “burglary” cocuments, PRI Headquarters personnel , then, for the first tine, canvassed all Fnt field offices in an effort to lecate documents relating to any “intelligence gathering huroqlarices” cirectec acainst plaintiffs. iew York furnished documents .revealing that ketween January 15, 2960, and July 1, L°¢é, ninety-three break-ins were directed aqainst SYP and Yer offices in Nlew York City. The above documents were not maintained in the ra Gular files of the New York Office but rather in "SAC Folders. . , ~