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a 1 - 3. B. Adams ; X soe - 1 : A. Mintz LL 1‘ #, Cc. Fehl 4)/9)(4) 1 - R. J. Gallagher | 1- TT. W. Leavitt 1 = R, E. Long 1 - A. B, Fulton Assistant Attorney General Jaly 23, 1976 wal - Ckwil Rights Division a | fi 7 = F , DATE S-/0-f2 BY SPuRm/ec Reference is made to a July $, 1976, conversation of Mr. William L. Gardner and a representative of the Intelli- gence Division wherein Mr. Gardner interposed no objection to an FBI Headquarters (FBIEQ) proposal to canvass certain indices, in all field offices, in a further effort to identify surreptitious entry activity. Osorreptiri00s ENTRIES Enclosed for your files is one copy of a field- wide communication entitled "Surreptitious Entries," dated July 22, 1976. This communication has been reviewed by Mr. Gardne: For your information, each field office maintains an index of informant symbol numbers assigned to technical surveillances, microphone surweillances, trash and mail covers, and live informants. This index, for security pur- poses, {8 maintained separately from the field office general indices. When an office assigns a symbol number to an infor- mant, this aumber is communicated to FBIHQ where it is recor pe j in an appropriate index. : led - |] blo - Sok During _the course of our response to Departmental inquiries concerning surreptitious entries, we have consulted appropriate. number indices at FBIEQ to develop infor- pa mation about entries. We have not, except in specific cases, consulted ,informant ayn weer ‘nats i ide, a xv We are presently unaware of any evidence saggesting that a canvasa of each office's symbol number index will Assoc: O uncover entry activities not already known to FBIHQ, or be sDien, reported to the Departwent or plaintiffs in the Socialist Avets Di Workers Party civil action; however, we believe in the fa- Aim to —terest of completeness that such a survey would be apnea pidaat on Fin. & Pees, Gen. bres ——— 2 resulta of thigy earyers 1976 Loboratery Lege! Com.__65=-8 160 Flan. & Eval. Rec. Mant. Spec. Ine. Training heeete $41) SEE NOTE PAGE 2 ¢ GPO 1976 O - ZoT me ee ee ee ee io — wn ee