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Re: Surreptitious Entries ~- Domestic Targets t When a Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of a field office considered surreptitious entry necessary to the conduct of an investigation, he would make his request to the appropriate Assistant Director at FSI0, justifying . the need for an entry and assuring it could be accon- plished safely with full security. In accordance with instructions of Director J. Cdgar Hoover, a memorandum . outlining the facts of the request was prepared for approval of i. Hoover, or :’x. Tolson, the Associate Director. Subsequently, the memorandum was filed in the Assistant Director's office under a "Do Hot Pile” ‘procedure, and thereafter destroyed. In the ficld office, the SAC maintained a record of approval as a control device in his office safe. At the next yearly field office inspection, a review of these records would be made by the Inspector to insure that the SAC was not ‘ acting without prior FBIHQ approval in conducting surreptitious entries. Upon completion of this review, these records were destroyed. There is no central index, file, or document — listing surreptitious entries conducted against domestic targets. To reconstruct these activities, it is necessary to rely upon recollections of Special Aqents who have . knowledge of such activities, and review of those files identified by recollection as being targets of surroptitious entries. Since policies and procedures followed in reporting of information resulting from a surreptitious cntry were designed to conceal the activity from persons not having a needa to know, information contained in FBI files relating -to entries is in most instances incomplete and difficuit .to identify. Reconstruction of instances of surreptitious entry through review of files and recolicctions of Special Agent ivysh to +i personnel.at .FBIHQ who, have jinowledge of such activities, show the following categories. of targets and the: approximate. .~ number of entries conducted against each: — en sap : rs : bee Ut a, ale! a eee . 2! “ne “Ncast “fourteen domestic.subversive targets, .. were the subject of at lcast 238 entries from 1942 to April, 1968. In addition, at least three domestic subversive target were the subject of numerous entries from October, 1952, to Juno, 1966. Sinco therevexists no precise record of entrics, we are unable to retrieva an accurate accounting of their + ee a - o . ° yf oe ' « . i ee Tia a ca a < 4 4: Ye es oa, ro) oot ‘ ‘ Sal re f- we aye eo es -. oa a ee, re re -* ea _ . . . = ten oe! ght ach dele TA Mae pega ke agi eee de ae we wate . oy ; . we ee Sgt A Oe Nh Reis COTS eget ee eA 2m. et ee eee . . s . . * . .. Sa ee aa ‘ sete + ih Ayal. Tht .