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ab ee et ar , C . - Lo - . 2 * * < 7rt beleagured bureau have been linked KELLEY to what are considered to be the . Wrongful past abuses of power au- = thorized Continued From A-i Richard G. Held, named by Kelley ose es . SAC ee Maen he was 8 tice in the late 1960s and early 1970s The source said that, during his When that office targeted Cointelpro time in the bureau, “there never was 8ctivites against groups there. a special agent in charge who didn't As a result of news con- tious entries. No one ever complain- . aor ety a aprorcs Raley wes al ge oe a co t s and he asprov j emphasized that, “I was not in any THE ASSERTION by the former Program was instituted, nor did I di- bureau official concerning Kelley's rect it while the program (Cointel- past activities is the first that links PO) was active. the director to the past abuses insti- He laid the blame for any possible tuted end authorized by the late FBI wrongdoing on headquarters « officials Uector J - Edgar Hoover. | the nce at telpro and contended that “it was our Fis dame tee ee ssUUver USICHSEHY CUUCG Lae Use OF hltece an tt awn surreptitious entries in 1966, but the Te’ponsbility to implement” it. Justice Department is now probing It was understood yesterday that break-ins carried out by agents in *élley, who was said to have ap- 1972 and 1973. ‘ proved Held’s statement, takes a the period prior to 1966, few if similar view for any such activities any flecords are believed to exist that i= Which he was involved while serv- coulc| prove or disprove Kelley's al- ing in the field for 21 years Upfore leged! involvement in requesting au- yretiring from the bureau in Oct. \|961. thoritation for a break-in. Alter serving as chief of the Standard procedure at the time City police department, he returend was to destroy all documents relat- to the bureau as director in 1573, a ing to surreptitious entries within a JS! iter soover dieu. ear. Within that year, according to SELLEY HAS NEVER acknowl indings of the Senate Intelligence C4ged participating | in break-ins Committee, the ‘Do Not File” proce- while servin the field. “I’m not dure called for holding the records in f° Setivities or did not engege in eo en charge. safes of special agents in these activities.” he said at a July 14 A bureau official, discussing the Pfess conference. source's assertion that Kelley re- But Kelley characterized the areas quested a break-in, said: in which surreptitious entries were “In those days, prior to 1966, all of US*4 prior to 1968 as those involving rhe people in the field (including Kel- oe ntelligence or national se- ey) felt that if Hoover authorized it . (break-ins), he got authority from Earlier this year Keliey = higher up, such as an attorney 2P0logized for past FBI misdeeds and eneral. They (agents) thus felt ito subtly criticized Hoover for allowing a legal and valuable technique.” the abuses. But Kelley did not list the The Senate Intelligence Committee @Ctivities he considered wrong. _ concluded that there was no indica- Kelley consistently maintained tion that any attorney general was jot ee such activities onset oits jobs." . ed “black bag Hoovers 1966 + Kelley charged this pes month, however, Kelley t eh y aides who withheld from him‘ a break-in, the two top officals of the knowledge of the later break-ins.