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Memorandum to Mr. Leavitt Re: Surreptitious Entries 66-8160. © “34 Analysis of material concerning entries, which were known a at the time of the Director's comments, faiis to show any need for retraction or clarification at the present time in view of recent statements to the press and to the Department. - Entry information located in mid-March, 1976, not furnished to Senate and House Select Committees inasmuch as (1) the House Committee's inquiry had ended and, (2) the Senate Committee's report on surreptitious entries was in preparation, and a Departmental investigation of entries which occurred within the Statute of Limitations had been initiated. Enclosed ietter to the Department outlines results of this survey, and confirms Mr. Marvin's conversation on 6/21/76 relative to his handling of Department's response. RECOMMENDATION: That attached letter be furnished to the AG. TIMEE AD BE? a arp i Tein — a | In a wosrantan of 4/29/76, the AG indicated that bem aS a result of certain information coming to his attention, it appeared that the plaintiffs and the court in the SWP! s civil action may have been misled by information supplied the Department by the Bureau. This information concerned our suggestions as to the Department's response to the suit relating to allegations by the SWP of break-ins performed by the Bureau. In a memorandum of 5/28/76, Legal Counsel Division recommended that INTD review all Departmental statements, including those by Bureau officials, concerning break-ins to determine whether any such statements referred to in as the AG"sS memorandum needed to be retracted and/or clarified. On 6/21/76, Douglas Marvin, Special Assistant to the AG, advised he would handle the Departmental response to the AG's request. CONTINUED - OVER