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February 18, 1982 ETAT GOV iNT, Honorable Thurgood Marshall Associate Justice Supreme Court of the United States Washington, D.C. 20543 bear Justice Marshall: In further response to your letter of January 29, 1982, our review of the enclosure to your latter has identified it as an article published in the February, 1982, issue of the magazine, “National Lampoon,” at page €0. The table of contents, appearing on page 2, indicates the article was by two persons named therein. Our conclusion is that there does not appear to be a basis for FBI criminal investi- gation. I have been advised by our Legal Counsel that, as it appears the intended purpose of the magazine is to produce humor for publication regardless of quality or decency of the material and on its face the particular article is patently absurd, the article probably enjoys constitutional protection from private legal means of redress. For your assistance, should you desire to pursue this matter privately, I will enclose a copy of the magazine. io? Ue vino With warm regards, a GRR eee Sincerely, /s/ £8. U7 William H. Webster Director See Note Page 2