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Fre tt IS (& Assistant Atte ruary §, 197 Civil Hie Division vie Le Kile ; _ * ies Director, At 1 - Mr. Mintz sunnsprinii ENTRIES see 1- Mr. Mallet \ ’ niki 6° al. is made to your memorandum dated 1976, your refereace JSPWLG:vap, captioned as ahove. The following conceres Item 1 ef your memorandum; | Itesmns 2 ~ 14 will be answered by separate commanication. You requested that I faquire of all present Bureas personnel at the level of Special Agent in Charge (SAC) or higher in field and Section Chief or higher at FBI Headquarters concerning their complete and tifatiiz: knowledge of any and all break-ins or rreptitiogs entries performed by Bareaa Agents or by others with rior or subsequent knowledge by your Agents since Jamary 1, 1966." ou also requested that these Bureau officials respond to this iaguiry a : persoval communications rather than by letterhead memoranda. MAILED 6 FEB 114976 cae Far Before initiating this inquiry, I would appreciate having our advice on exactly what information should be provided to each : of these officials to this inquiry = 7 ¥ im yyw = = In your memorandum dated Jamaty 20, 1976, you ye vA stated that the inquiry was made in order to fully respond to the o=3 Attorney General regarding the scope of the Bureau's use of break ined or surreptitious entries. Your memorandum dated August 18, 197 et z= indicates that the Department was conducting inquiry to determine ; Ansac. DW. a) op o aa, Whether any of the syrreptitious entries conducted sader the sathority, | Sy ~ ove 40 — @f the FBI constitute violations of Title 18, United States Code, . rt =A Admin Sections 241 and 242. the Department is cerrently contemplating oe! t | Constr * possible criminal prosecation of FBI personnel involved in sa = 4 rivecn- @ptries, I beHleve, in the interest of fairness, we should advise cur | << Gen, ev, a —— stficlals that this 1s the purpose of the Department's current inquiry. Ey enn NOTE: See memorandum Legal Counsel to Mr. ee B. Adams a 2-4- onan 2: ed as above. Bly + AVES “ye re Sy 6 wo aT 0 sh oe an ctor See'y MAIL ROOM L__] TELETYPE Unt [—] mM Apt, ad ‘aa GPO : 1915 0 ~ 40-020