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Memorandum to Mr. Tolson from L. B. Nichols I told Olney that I was present when the Director met with the ational Council of Negro Women and that the Director had clearly differentiated between preliminary ing y and fy pid investigation, and the Director had ar yrused the Bits ology that available facts were pathere: apd presented Sto the De ment; that the Director made it clear where there was no eld a pee Fp Pee yy ee ee oe eee ee Bw enariment a ee il Festal no violation of« Federal law_ win ou jridicln and bene no AUVES LIZ aAL1ON Wat Setlected no siclation of w Federal law within our jurisdiction and hence no re 4aClls Bao been submitiea tO Tne wepare reliec ao no a tion of a Federal law within our aie iction and hence no request vision to make a investigation. Olney then stated that there was no complaint whatsoever that there was any effort being made to unload the responsibility; that it was believed a group such as the delegation of Negro Women does not fully understand the difference between ) preliminary inquiry ar and full field investigation and has the feeling that ee ee only perfunctory handling i is being given, when this is not correct, and adequate information is presented. Olney feels that there is a problem over the meaning of the oe I told him that it seemed very clear to us; that if he thought e case, ten he could take a sampling of cases and show what the complain! Was and what the ‘investigation showed and that invariably it would be determined that the investigation narrowed the scope of the complaint since complaints are over-stated rather than under-stated. Olney stated that he had never seen a state- H | ment issued by the Bureau that was not actually correct; that what the Attorney General had in mind was that there should be a full understanding go that there woul: d be no opportunity to play the Bureau against the Criminal Division and visa versa. eye neg a a He then mentioned that invariably when these investigationsbegan, bx in the case of the investigation in Cobb County growing out of the BBA case, t there is a hue and cry directed against the Department. I told Olney, this, of course, could be expected in such cases where there is the appearance of injecting. ourselves in local situations, and that the subsequent explanation given, Te éhnét & - - namely that the investigation was necessitated by the Supreme Court decision as contrasted to a complaint received, had a salutary effect; and that certainly it would appear that where there was a good reason, the reason could be stated; and if we could have it, we would be in a position to explain, for example, to a county attorney that in view of the Supreme Court decision, the Criminal Division had concluded that the FBI should inquire into such and such a situation. JI thought that Olney would take exception but he didn't.