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United States General Accounting Office WASHInGTON, D.C. 20548 1778-19 OFFICE OF ADministrative seRyi January 18, 1978 FEDERAL GOVPTNAENT The Honorable Clarence M. Kelley Director Federal Bureau of. AIL FBI INFCRXAIICN CCNIAINED Investigation HERETN IS UNCLASSIPIEE Washington, D.C. 20535 SATE 03-31-2007 B1 60324aucbaw/r3/rds Dear Mr. Kelley: With respect to your memorandum dated April 20, J9y, concerning the unauthorized release of classified information to Jack Anderson,. October 1976, Espionage.- X, the following information is being provided. The report in question was a staff study, conducted annually, by. our Procurement and Systems Acquisition Division (psaD). The report "Roland and Chapperal Missile and Anti-aircraft Gun Programs" (psAD-76-116), dated March 17, 1976, and classified GAO Building on March 10, 1976. One hundred and forty two (l42).copies of this study were printed.. On March 17, 1976, our Distribution Section began delivering these reports in.accordance with the distribution list provided by PsAD. We However, a duplicate copy of.that listing is-enclosed. A.dual receipting system was used with an external receipt used to certify receipt of. a. package, and an internal receipt was completed by the-personnel in the Congressman's office and in.turn was to be returned to. GAo.. The. external receipt.did not identify the GAo control number assigned to the internal receipt. Therefore, it was impossible for our. staff to relate the two kinds of receipts.to identify who delivered the material, or to. be certain and certify that those offices who failed to return the internal receipt actually received the classifiedsxeports' The result is that we.have been able to certify recipients of 96 of these. reports (87 to Congressmen; 9 reports held by PSAD): REC-46 SENCLO$URE - A BEHIND FILE' b6 b7C 58FEB3 1978