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his office as mentioned in the November 12, 1974, memorandhm;
Mr. Felt indicated to the best of his recollection, Mr; Hoover
Felts inquiry of Mr. Sullivans participation in theT ~
so-called "White House wire taps." Mr, Felt indicated prior
to,his retirement,all record material related to this matter
was placed on record at FBIHQ, Mr.-Felts assertion is_ »
confirmed by the.existence of this material in the Special' _d
,,File Room at FBIHQ. This~is further substantiated by the fact
that the November 2, 1971, memorandum from Mr.'Felt to Mr-
Tolson was not in Mr. Felt's possession and, in fact, Mr. Felt
anparently confused this memorandum'with hisioctober 25, 1971,
memondum in his book%- As Dr; Dollar was preéiously advised,
» the original of the November 2, 1971, memorandum was located_
in an FBIHQ file. ,~ i l~ 7 ~ ,' , ; Z; ' >
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sort throuqh his personal papers whichlwere removed from his
~¢6ffice'and he found the.October25;*1971,,memorandnm., 1 . »
Realizing the significance of this~docUment and other, I _¢»
non-recorditems contained in his personal papers, he turned
them over to the Watergate,Spegial Prosecution Force_andA*
obtained a receipt for this material on March 28, 1974}; Mr. -
Felt advised he did not have any;FBl record material in his
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On January 20, l984,| I an officer of
captioned committee, handed me the attached Xeroxed copy of a
letter addressed to the Chairman of the committee bv a member of b6
the news media. said that| I b7C. Ii committee s pub ication Intelligence Report" mentioned in the
reporter's letter and he was concerned about the allegations made
in the letter. The notations
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On January
how he might obtain
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Felt and Miller. I suggested
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a copy of the communication pursuant
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He inquired whether the committee secretary could make that
request. I told him that would be proper.
He Was interested inobtaining information to support the
statements challenged by the reporter. I told him that in my view
the sentence regarding the antisubversive activities by the FBI was
an overstatement and that he could defend the statements only onythe
grounds that he was dealing in perceptions and not absolute facts.
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Bar Association committees for more than a decade, I
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D HI ' Q Hpu ica ion, ntelligence Report.
May I tell you with great sadness that I was stunned
by the first copy to cross my desk. I found the content
to be shrill and seriously out of balance. The December
1983 edition is an antimedia, pro intelligence community
diatribe lacking the sort of evenhandedness and maturity
I would have expected from an American Bar Association
publication. I do not understand how it can be issued
under the sponsorship of the A.B.A.
Some examples: "The opposition of the media to
polygraph tests to stop leaks! is not difficult to under-
stand because
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that permit a
andobviously the media, as it currently '
role, would best be served by regulations
maximum of leakage from the Executive branch
a minimum of punishment, or no punishment at all, for
those guilty of perpetrating the leaks." which media?
All media? Could "the media" have other reasons? Could
some newspeople have honest, goodfaith, unselfish reasons
for opposing polygraph examinations? Apparently not, ornone came to the mind of the "Intelligence Report."
theThe next story: "Completely unnoticed by the media,
convictions of W. Mark Felt and Edward S. Miller, former
topranking FBI officials, were ordered vacated by the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit on November 15." Completely unnoticed? How doesthe
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time and expense of defending against a Felt-Miller/////If appeal in a matter which was otherwise dead. I encountered
two Washington Post reporters who worked on the story, and
whose desk apparently made the same Judgment, right or
A? 7/92 wrong, as mine."0 Jj§{}% Turn to the next page. The "Intelligence Report" 16p4}N5 " as some wonderfully colored purple, or otherwise! thiggs §7C, " - to say about the critics of polygraph tests and no dou .vi! at all about their defenders: "In response to this visionL7f- of dragnet operations that might involve thousands of
92-mt/M federal employees in polygraph examinations as a resultyqt¬/ of,a single leak, Mr. Willard in his testimony made it // abundantly clear that no dragnet operations of any kind'¥jV/ were contemplated." Oh?¬ 7-
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have been the stuff of closing argument at their trial, b7@
which I covered, but it is not an objective and impartial
evaluation of the performance of the FBI, which I also
covered.
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an embarrassment to the A.B.A., §n;my_igdgmegt. I suggest
respectfully that the matter deserves your attention.
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Assistant Archivist Z .for Public Programs and £Z£égf¬: xExhibits and Director, i / I
FBI Appraisal Task Force
National Archives and Records Service J
In response to your letter of October 4, 1983, please be
advised that the FBI accepts Mr. Felt's assertion that he now has
no FBI record material in his possession. We note Mr. Felt's open
cooperative attitude and his assistance in providing us with a
nonrecord copy of the November 12, 1971, memorandum WhlCh we were
unable to locate in Bureau files, so that our records would be
complete. p ,
We believe that no additional action is necessary.
I appreciate vour assistance in resolving this matter.
~ Y Sincerely,
' Robert W. Scherrer
Section Chief
Records Section
Records Management Division
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%Honorable William H. Webster, Director
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Washington, D. C. 20535
Dear Judge Webster,
Here again, I am imposing on your time by addressing
this letter to you marked "Personal." It is not that I expect
the outset of what I am doing.
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With every good wish. By the way, I have you picked
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Mr. William M. Baker, Assistant DirectorJ Office of Congressional and Public AffairsFederal Bureau of Investigation
§ 9th and Penna. Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C. I 20535
Dear Bill, ' ,
This will acknowledge and thank you for your, letter of March 5th, 1986, advising that my manuscript,?An Unexpected Turn of Events, is undergoing prepubli-cation review.
You enclosed a copy of the "Employment Agreement"and advised'that my prior book, "The FBI Pyramid," wouldhave fallen within its provisions. I am not exactly
sure what you meant. Y
First, I don't believe I signed such an agreementwhen I entered on duty over 45 years ago. You would beable to tell from the file. h
Second, in writing the first book I deliberatelystayed away from material which I felt was sensitive.In fact, key portions of the book were re ' _ EBIOfficials and I did redact a] %{lEQth3Zwaé7r &;i ?7a::Aiq
-- Y Num?sered._=}%=: _I did sign a copy of the "Employment?m%gJ;ee1;en@é§@@while preparing my defense in the Criminal]¬harges*gL pagainst me. 'I had to before being allowedwto~reviE' W» any of the pertinent files.
Please be assured that I will redact any materialyou request. Also I will make any additions, deletions_92 or changes or any other material which you may%%§§Es%%3§%1 Warm regards, JJLAP?5§%gmf
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Mr. W. Mark Felt
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1Dear Mark: /i'@
WM§%§i@Your February 4, 1986, letter to Judge Webster and the é/édli
manuscript you enclosed have been referred to my office for f?processing. »
Your manuscript, "An Unexpected Turn of Events,"
currently is undergoing prepublication review to ensure that no
classified or sensitive material is included in the text. This
procedure is in accordance with provisions of the "Employment
Agreement," which all Bureau employees have long been required to
sign. A current copy of the agreement is enclosed. You will
note your prior book, "The FBI Pyramid," would have fallen within
its provisions.
I will notify you as soon as review of your manuscript
is completed.
Sincerel ,. _¢¢:b¥'4~?»/' if
William M. Baker
Assistant Director
Office of Congressional
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y NOTE: By OCPA AD Baker's 2/14/86 informal memos to Mr. Geer and
Mr. Clarke, copies of Mr. Felt's manuscript were furnished to
Divisions 5 and 6 for their review. Mr. Felt, former Associate
Director of Bu, requested info for his book, "The FBI Pyramid,"
::i3:T -through FOIA, Bufile 190-34. Salutation per Miss Southers,
h"ADm$__AD Baker's Administrative Assistant. Although Felt indicates he
Auhmm is submitting manuscript because of agreement he signed while on
T "*trial for authorizing surreptitious entry of Weather Underground§:1E::::prganization premises by Bu SAs, he actually was bound by the FBI
|Mp_____Employment Agreement to/do so. , . "
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March 30th, 1983
Mr. Robert Scherrer 9
Federal Bureau of Investigation
9th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W. - Room #5644
Washington, D. C. 20535
Dear Bob,
Pursuant to our conversation yesterday, I am
enclosing copies of two documents in question. These are
the copies in mv file with abbreviations, typos and mar-
ginal notes.
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I am unable to account for the discrepancy in
dates but I do recall that I rewrote the original memorandum
to Mr. Tolson which was prepared in the Intelligence Division
Sincerely,
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With reference to your memorandum of November 2, 1971, whicha
I am returning withwith in order for it to be placed in the Confidené»
1 tial Files; in oonversation_with the Attorney General on November 1, 4 _
1971, he advised me that the Sensitive Files which W. C. Sullivan had, 92
without my authority, turned over to Assista t Attorney General Mardianhad not been destroyed but had been sent to[: lat the .
»White House to be kept there, The Attorney eneral stated this was done
in view of the fact that should any Congressional inquiry be made and a
- subpoena issued to the Department of Justice or the FBI, we would not
1have~suchfi1es in our custody and the White House under Executive
privilege would be in a position to refuse availability to the files ,
since the were [::::::::j. , in the possession.of the White House;~name1y,E:::::];"
Y I expressed to the Attorney General my concern about this whole'
matter and the way in which it had been handled rather surreptitious1y
between Mr; Mardian ;;éii"q¢._1~¢rtE,jsu;1;;!s£vian:591111-grstajéréd that I hcped that _1=11e
full contents of the7Sé§EtiVe Files had aéthlly been turned over to .
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Dear Mark:
§l// This is to respond to your letter of March 10, 1986,<§92 and to supplement my March 5, 1986, letter to you.
Review of your enclosed manuscript, "An Unexpected Turn
of Events," has been completed. It was determined that no
sensitive information pertaining to the FBI is included in the
text. You may, however, wish to consider submitting pages 115
and 116 to the Central Intelligence Agency for their review.
The "Employment Agreement" which was enclosed with myMarch 5 letter was furnished for information only. Your
February 4 letter appeared to indicate that you submitted your
manuscript for prepublication review only because of an agreement
you signed during your trial. Actually, all sensitive
information you obtained during your employment with the FBI is
protected, and you certified to such in documents you signed on
January 26, 1942, and November 30, 1962, copies of which are
enclosed. While these earlier versions of our "Employment
Agreement" do not specifically state that manuscripts must be
furnished to the Bureau for prepublication review, I think you
will agree that it is a reasonable expectation in view of their
nondisclosure prohibitions.
We appreciate all your cooperation. Best wishes for
the success of your book.
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NOTE: OCPA AD Baker's 3/5/86 letter informed former Associate
Director Felt that his manuscript was being reviewed for
sensitive material and enclosed copy of current "Employment
Agreement" because Felt's 2/4/86 letter seemed to indicate that
he was only submitting his manuscript because he had signed an
agreement protecting information obtained in preparation for hiscriminal trial. Felt is bound to protect sensitive information
by two prior employment agreements which were found in his
personnel file, 67-276576, Sections l and 4. AD Baker's 3/5/86
letter was only intended to apprise Mr. Felt of current policy
and to remind him of his obligation to ensure the highest level
of security to sensitive Bureau information, which includes not
only his current manuscript, but his previous one and any futureprojects. A copy of Mr. Felt's manuscript will be retained in
OCPA Research Unit. Manuscript was reviewed by personnel in INTD
and CID.
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307 YOAKUM PARKWAY - AFT. I725
ALEXANDRIA, VA. 22304
4May 9th, 1990
Hon. William S. Sessions, Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
10th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Washington, D. C. - 20535
Dear Director Sessions,
ihave been writing.I
A This is with further reference to my
~letter of April 25th, 1990, with which I enclosed a
» = chapter, The Blanding Solution," of a book which I
I have now completed the entire manu-
iscript, which will be entitled."Thirteen Interesting
,FBI Cases." A copy is enclosed for Bureau review.
Hopefully, what I have written puts the
V FBI, as I knew it, in a good light. I am positive
r; nothing is included which would improperly disclose
confidential data relating to the FBI.
Pursuant to my agreement with the Bureau,
this is submitted for Bureau review prior to dealing
with a publisher. This is not a request for FBI
approval, however, I do need advice that the Bureau .~{has no objection to publication. ,,;x ' PASSL Dim
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Subject: PREPUBLICATION REVIEW OF
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR AD! W. MARK
PURPOSE: To forward captioned manuscript to the Criminal
Investigative Division CID! for review, in accordance with
existing prepublication review policy.
DETAILS: By letter dated 5/9/90 copy attached!, former
AD W. MARK FELT forwarded a manuscript entitled, Thirteen True
Stories About The FBI, to the Office of Public Affairs OPA! for
prepublication review. Mr. FELT advises that nothing is included
in the manuscript which would improperly disclose confidential
data relating to the FBI. In view of the subject matter 2
contained in the attached manuscript, CID is requested to review
it, marking thereon any material which should be deleted or
revised prior to publication, to ensure that no information of a
sensitive nature is discussed. Title 28, Code of Federal
Regulations, Section 12144, requires the OPA to provide a
substant' t th th 'th' 30 k d f ive response o e au or wi in wor ing ays o
receipt of his manuscript. Therefore, it is imperative that CID
respond no later than COB 6 8 90 to expedite our b6
response lease call of m staff bvg I P I I Y I 1
extension 3284, to pic up CID response, upon approval.
RECOMMENDATION: That CID review the attached manuscript and
provide its observation to OPA, as outlined above.
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Memorandum from R. B. Davenport to Mr. Baker, dated 5/22/90
Re: Prepublication Review of
Manuscript Submitted by Former FBI
Associate Director AD! W. Mark Felt
ADDENDUM: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION CID!__, 6/7/90,
The manuscript entitled, Thirteen True Stories About
the FBI submitted to the Office of Public Affairs for
prepublication review by former AD W. Mark Felt was reviewed by
SSA Joseph F. Giglio, Fugitive/Government Reservation Crimes
Unit. Nothing of a sensitive nature that should not be disclosed
to the public was noted.
Concerning the accuracy of his statements, the
penultimate line on page 47 states "The FBI no longer searches
for Military Deserters." The FBI has a Memorandum of
Understanding with the Department of Defense in which it is
agreed the FBI would apprehend military deserters in those cases
where aggravating circumstances exist in addition to the
desertion offense. It is suggested Mr. Felt's statement be
revised to reflect this.
Mr. Felt indicates on page 75, line 5, that the FBI's
Most Wanted List was conceived during the midfifties. The Ten
Most Wanted Program was initiated on March 14, 1950.
There were no other known inaccuracies noted during
this review.
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y§Q¢mssmza@@¥wa@gy&£%W 92.Dear Mr. Felt: t "%.. _.
The Research Unit of the Office of Public Affairs OPA!
has completed the prepublication review of your proposed book I
entitled, Thirteen True Stories About The FBI. Nothing of a
sensitive<6r ET¬§§ified*n¬t?e w¬§ f63in the manuscript.
Therefore, OPA has no
A However, we
be noted and revised.objection to its publication.
do suggest that the following inaccuracies
The penultimate line on page 47 states,
"The FBI no longer searches for Military Deserters." The FBI has
a Memorandum of Understanding with the Department of Defense in
which it is agreed that the FBI would apprehend military deserters
in those cases where aggravating circumstances exist in addition
to the desertion offense. Also, on page 75, line 5, you indicate
that the FBI's Most Wanted list was conceived during the mid
fifties. The Ten Most Wanted Program was initiated on March 14,
1950.
Your manuscript is being returned to you. I wish you
well in its publication.
' ~ Sincerely,
/§/
Robert B. Davenport
Inspector In ChargeQffice of E2Qiiss駬aiss?i.l.i.an-as 456': Lg? -ma g gnc i I .5? éiii]_QS re __.- are -.._ ___.___.__.u. , ~ ~%?.;?* ..--.M
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.* 5%it-Uni-p iéNOTE: esearch Unit, OPA, coordinated prepublication review of
Mr. FEL 's manuscript with SSA JQSEPH F. GIGLIO, Division 6,
Fugitive/Government Reservation Crimes Unit, who provided advisory
remarks. ¢W5-MAR3 FELT served as Associate Director with the FBI.
He was given a full pardon by PRESIDENT REAGAN in 1981 after being
found guilty of violating the rights of "Weather Underground"
members in 1980. Mr. FELT is the subject of Bufile 67276576 and
several other Bufiles. He is the author of The FBI Pyramid. b6
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