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tie ee ee ce a a ee Cm Re: Surreptitious Entries —" Prom 1942 to April, 1968, surreptitious entry was utilized by the FBI om a highly selective basis in the conduct ef certain investigations. Available records — ¥D Rent! ‘ ef ots c ashe etry the ¢ and white hate When a Special Aqest in Charge (SAC) of a field _ office considered surreptitious emtry necessary to the eonduct of an inwestigation, he would make his request to the appropriate Assistant Director at PAIEO, justifying the need for an entry and assuring it could be accom . plished safely with full security. A mesorantun - outlining the facts of the request wes prepared for approval of Kr. Hoover, of Nr. Tolson, the Associate Director. Subsequently, the memorandum was filed is procedure, and thereafter destroyed. 4 There is no central index, file, or docunent listing surreptitious entries conducted against domestic targets. To reconstruct these activities, it is necessary to rely upon recollections of Special Agents whe heave know of such activities, and review of those files identified by recollection as being taryets of surreptitious entries. Since policies and procedures followed in reportiag of information resulting from a surreptitious en were designed to conceal the activi from persone not having @ need to know, information cont in PBI files relating te entries is in most instances incomplete and difficult