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TH

E FIS

CA

L YE

AR

1968 was one of great challenge and accom

plishment for

the F

BI. In

spite

of severe burdens arising from

the increasing onslaught of

Cilif?le and unconscionable acts of hale th

at spew

ed w

aves of violence through-

out the Nation, F

BI

perfo

rman

ce ma

tche

d its re

spo

nsib

ilities. In

ma

ny im

po

rtan

t are

as o

f its haisd

iction, F

BI e

ffort su

rmounte

d im

pre

ssive g

oals a

nd e

stablish

ed

new

record

s of achievement.

Mo

re than

13,0

00 co

nvictio

ns w

hich

led to

the im

positio

n o

f sente

nce

s to

talin

g n

early 4

5,0

00 ye

ars a

tteste

d

to th

e skill a

nd vig

or

of FB

I investigative re

sponse

to vio

latio

ns w

ithin

its jwisd

iction.

Of those persons brought to trial

in FB

I cases, more than

97

perc

en

t were

convicte

d a

nd 8

of e

very

TO of th

ose

pleaded guilty to

the ch

arges ag

ainst them

.

Surpassing any previous fiscal period in its 6

0-y

ear history, FB

I investiga-tions accounted fur nearly 3113 m

illion

do

llars re

turn

ed

to th

e Covem

men

t in fin

es,

savings, and recoveries. This w

as an average of 51,55 few ev

ery dollar appropri-

ated for FB

I operations in the fiscal year.

The organized crim

e syndicate — La C

osa Nostra —

and its affiliate under-w

orld

org

aniza

tions fe

ll the sh

arp

thru

st of F

BI in

vestig

ative

effo

rts which

nette

d

record

convictio

ns o

f 281 h

oodlu

m-vice

figure

s and a

dded to

a g

row

ing b

acklo

g

of more than

67

5 p

erson

s awaiting F

ederal prosecution on charges stemm

ing from

the

Bu

rea

u's d

rive a

ga

inst o

rga

nize

d crim

e. F

BI crim

ina

l inte

llige

nce

so

urc

es

developed approximately 300,000 item

s of information w

hich enabled local, state, and other F

ederal law enforcem

ent agencies to execute more than 790 ra

ids w

hich

resulted

in the arrests of 4,100 persons, primarily on vice and gam

bling charges.

Led by th

e unprecedented capture of 31

notoriou

s felons on the "Ten M

ost W

anted Fugitives" list, F

BI probes brought about

the lo

catio

n o

f an a

ll-time h

igh

of 1

8,8

81

fug

itives to

po

st a su

bsta

ntia

l 7

9 percent gain o

ver O

w previous fiscal

year.

Record. crim

inal a

ssaults a

gain

st financia

l institu

tions le

d to

1,1

05 co

n-

victions In

c Federa

l bank ro

bbery, b

urg

lary, a

nd

larceny vio

latio

ns. D

urin

g th

e

cou

rse of FB

I investigations over 22,000 stolen cars were reco

vered

.

New

FB

I Hea

dq

uarters C

on

structio

n

Excav

ation an

d p

relimin

ary co

nstru

ction w

ork

(inset) o

n th

e new

FB

I Build

ing m

oved

ah

ead

rap

idly

at th

e c

lose

of th

e fisc

al y

ear. T

o b

e situ

ate

d a

cro

ss Pen

nsy

lvan

ia A

ven

ue fro

m

the D

epartm

ent o

f Justice B

uild

ing b

etween

Nin

th an

d T

enth

Streets, W

ashin

gto

n, O

. C., th

e new

stru

cture (see In

side b

ack co

ver) is cu

rrently

plan

ned

for co

mpletio

n b

y early

1973.

4' •

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RT

Hig

hlig

hte

d b

y 2 re

lentle

ss FB

I search

w

hich

with

outsta

ndin

g in

tern

a-

tional

polic

e cooperation traced Jam

es Earl

Ray, th

e a

ccuse

d a

ssassin

of D

r. M

artin

Luth

er K

ing, Jr., to

London, E

ngla

nd, th

e B

ure

au's in

quirie

s into

reporte

d

violations of the Federal civil rights law

s formed a m

aim area of F

BI com

mitm

ents.

Milita

nt a

nd g

row

ing N

ew

Leff

farce

s, in

flate

d w

ith su

ccess o

ver th

eir

leadersh

ip ru

le in

the stu

dent re

bellio

ns a

t leadin

g u

nive

rsities, h

eld

worksh

ops

in sabotage last June at the National C

onvention of the S

tudents tot a Dem

ocratic S

ociety — a

fore

runner in

this n

ihilist m

ovement.

Contin

uin

g Its sla

vish lo

yalty to

the S

ovie

t Unio

n, th

e C

om

munist

Party,

US

A, m

ounted conce

rted opposition to U

nited States foreign com

minnents and, at

the risk of considerable unrest among rank-and-file P

arty mem

bers who held other

sympath

ies, b

lindly fo

llow

ed R

ussia

n in

tere

sts in th

e co

ntin

uin

g M

id-E

ast crisis.

FB

I assista

nce

to lire

taw

enfo

rcem

ent p

rofe

ssion re

ach

ed m

are

than

184,0

00 o

fficers th

roughout th

e N

atio

n in

a re

cord

6,0

74 p

olice

train

ing sch

ools

in w

hich

Bure

au in

structo

rs particip

ate

d d

arin

g th

e fisca

l year. T

his w

as in

addi-

tion to hundreds of law enforcem

ent conferences conducted by the Bureau as w

ell as

the o

pera

tion o

f the F

BI N

atio

nal

Aca

dem

y which

since

1415 has graduated

5,335 select police career officers in its executive-building program,

Meeting the expanding and com

plex needs of modem

law enforcem

ent, the F

BI Laboratory and F

BI Identification D

ivisions handled reco

rd volum

es of requests for exam

inations and fingerprint data

— m

uch

of w

hich

was fo

r loca

l, state

, and

other Federal law

enforcement agencies. T

hese valuable arms to F

BI investigative

capability a

lso p

rovid

ed e

xpert scie

ntific p

erso

nnel w

ho se

rved a

s instru

ctors in

all a

reas o

f the B

ure

au's p

olice

training programs.

With

rapid

strides to

ward

its goal a

s an in

dex

to vital law

enforcement

data fo

r a 50-state high-speed police comm

unications network, the F

BI N

ifi017.11 C

rime Inform

ation Center had 61 control term

inals in 42 states at the close of the fisca

l year. S

ince

its foundin

g in

January, 1967, the C

enter's electronic computer

has compiled over one-hall m

illion records which have, w

ith increasing frequency, caused the solution of a se

rious crim

e o

r the a

ppre

hensio

n of a dangerous crim

inal by fla

shin

g, w

ithin

seco

nds, e

ssentia

l data

to law

enforcement agencies through-

out the land.

While

FB

I acco

mplish

ments m

easu

re su

perviso

ry and in

vestig

ative

skill, they also gauge th

e fidelity, bravery, and in

tegrity

of the nearly 16,000 em

ployees w

ho at the end of the year held a variety of assignm

ents at Bureau H

eadquarters, the F

BI's 58 F

ield Offices, and 12 liaison posts in m

ajor foreign countries.

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The 1

968 fiscal y

ear was a p

eriod o

f harsh

, unrem

itting ch

allenge fo

r law en

forcem

ent.

It w

as not o

nly

a year o

f Infectio

us In

creases in

crime b

ut a tim

e that clearly

etched

the m

enacin

g

exten

t of th

is social d

isease by ex

plo

sive acts

of v

iolen

ce that reg

ularly

beset th

e Natio

n.

With over 3 1'4 m

illion serious crimes reported

durin

g 1

%7, law

lessness reach

ed n

ew p

eaks o

f in

tensity

to su

bstan

tially o

utp

ace populatio

n in

rate of grow

th In recent years. Murder, arson, and

frenzied

lootin

g to

re at the h

earts of th

e Natio

n's

cities. Stu

den

t anarch

y sw

ept th

rough th

e halls

of many celebrated A

merican universities pledged

to th

e prin

ciples o

f reason an

d d

ebate. A

ssas-sin

s' bullets stu

nned

the co

untry

by cu

tting d

ow

n

the liv

es of th

e pro

min

ent an

d o

bscu

re alike.

In th

is milieu

of w

idesp

read crim

e and sh

ock

-in

g acts o

f vio

lence, F

BI acco

mplish

men

ts kep

t pace w

ith its resp

onsib

ilities. More th

an 1

8,8

00

fugitiv

es were lo

cated in

the co

urse o

f FB

I in-

vestig

ations d

urin

g th

e year, a 1

9 p

ercent In

-crease o

ver th

e prev

ious fiscal p

eriod . O

f these

appreh

ensio

ns, an

unpreced

ented

31 n

oto

rious

felons w

ere located

wid

er the F

BI's "T

en M

ast W

anted Fugitive" program

which w

as highlighted by th

e locatio

n in

London, E

nglan

d,

of accused

assassin

James E

arl Ray

who In

his flig

ht as-

sumed m

any Identities which concealed him

for a tim

e in a number of other foreign countries.

For th

e thirteen

th co

nsecu

tive y

ear, all prio

r records w

ere surpassed with the recovery of som

e 22,0

00 au

tom

obiles In

the co

urse o

f FB

I investi-

gatio

ns.

Toppin

g an

y p

revio

us fiscal p

eriod in

its 60-

year h

istory

, FB

I investig

ations acco

unted

for

nearly

303 m

illion d

ollars In

fines, sav

ings, an

d

recoveries, o

r an av

erage retu

rn to

the G

overn

-m

ent o

f $1.5

5

for every

dollar ap

pro

priated

for

FB

I operatio

ns In

the y

ear. Again

exceed

ing th

e prev

ious fiscal y

ear, FB

I investig

ative activ

ity

resulted

In m

ore th

an 1

3,0

00 co

nvictio

ns an

d

actual, su

spen

ded

, and p

robatio

nary

senten

ces of

close to

45,0

00 y

ears for th

ose fo

und g

uilty

of

violations within F

BI Jurisdiction.

Of th

ose p

ersons b

rought to

trial In cases In

-vestigated by the F

BI, m

ore than 97 percent were

convicted

and 8

5.7

percen

t as a result o

f guilty

pleas. O

RG

AN

IZE

D C

RIM

E

FB

I Investig

ations b

rought In

creasing d

isrup-

tion an

d Im

priso

nm

ent to

the o

rgan

ized crim

inal

elemen

t durin

g th

e past fiscal y

ear. For th

e FB

I it w

as a year of-strik

ing acco

mplish

men

t again

st the bulw

ark of the hoodlum crim

inal conspiracy -L

a Cosa N

ostra. C

learly ev

iden

cing ev

er deep

er pen

etration in

to th

e org

anized

crime n

etwork

In

the p

ast few y

ears, FB

I pro

bes n

etted th

e con-

victio

ns o

f 281 h

oodlu

m, g

amblin

g, an

d v

ice fig-

ures fo

r vio

lations w

ithin

the B

ureau

's jurisd

ic-tio

n - a d

ramatic In

crease over th

e prev

ious re-

cord

total o

f 197 co

nvicted

durin

g th

e preced

ing

Com

batin

g C

rime

•n•

too

13,4

91

14,3

23

12,8

10

Fu

gitiv

es Loca

ted in

F

BI

Cases

FIS

CA

L Y

EA

RS

1964 1965

1966

IN F

BI

CA

SES

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UO

ns O

P DO

LLAR

%

$300

fINES.SAVINOS46 RECOVERIE

fiscal year. C

oupled

with

a back

log carried

over

from

the p

revio

us fiscal y

ear, there are

now m

ore th

an 6

75 p

erso

ns a

waitin

g tria

l in F

edera

l court

on ch

arges g

row

ing fro

m th

e FB

I's driv

e again

st org

anized

crime.

Typical o

f the sev

ere blo

ws d

ealt the h

oodlu

m

underw

orld

by F

BI In

vestig

atio

ns w

as th

e c

on-

victio

n o

f alleged

LaC

osa N

ostra m

ember V

incen

t P

oten

za, who in

Novem

ber, 1

967, p

leaded

guilty

to

Federa

l charg

es a

rising o

ut o

f the th

eft o

f m

ore

than $

400,0

00 w

orth

of tra

vele

r's checks

from a N

ew Y

ork

City

airport.

In D

ecember, 1

967, at N

ew Y

ork

City

, intern

al m

aneu

verin

g to

nam

e a successo

r to rep

lace de-

cease

d L

a C

osa

Nostra

"Com

missio

n" m

em

ber

Thom

as L

uchese

met se

vere

setb

acks w

ith th

e

convictio

ns, o

n ch

arges arisin

g fro

m F

BI in

vesti-

gatio

ns, o

f thre

e o

f org

aniz

ed c

rime's to

p c

on-

tenders to

this in

famous B

oard

of D

irectors o

f the

crimin

al syndicate. R

ackets b

oss Jo

hn D

loguaed

i

4

may:r rilU:

was fin

ed$10,0

00 an

d sen

tenced

to fiv

e years fo

r his p

artic

ipatio

n In

a "

pla

nned b

ankru

ptc

y"

schem

e in w

hich

som

e 47 cred

itors lo

st appro

xi-

mate

ly $

129,0

00. L

abor ra

ckete

er A

nto

nio

Cor-

alto, alo

ng w

ith a fo

rmer N

ew Y

ork

City

Com

mis-

sioner a

nd fo

ur o

ther in

div

iduals, w

as a

rreste

d

on in

tersta

te b

ribery

and c

onsp

iracy c

harg

es

stem

min

g fro

m a

n $

800,0

00 c

ontra

ct Issu

ed fo

r th

e c

leanin

g o

f a w

ate

r rese

rvoir. T

hese

arre

sts le

d to

the c

onvic

tion o

f Cora

llo a

nd tw

o o

f the

oth

er a

ccuse

d, a

s well a

s a g

uilty

ple

a fro

m th

e

farm

er C

ity C

om

missio

ner, in

June, 1

968. T

he

close o

f 1967 also

was w

itness to

the sen

tencin

g

of lo

ng-tim

e underw

orld

leader V

incen

t Rao

who

receiv

ed a

five-y

ear p

rison te

rm fo

r havin

g p

er.

jured

him

self In testim

ony b

efore a F

ederal g

rand

jury

durin

g 1

965.

In Ja

nuary

, 1968, re

porte

d P

hila

delp

hia

La

Cosa

Nostra

"capta

in" P

asq

uale

Massi w

as c

on-

vic

ted a

nd su

bse

quently

sente

nced to

priso

n fo

r atte

mptin

g to

brib

e a

witn

ess a

nd c

om

mittin

g a

crim

e on a G

overn

men

t reservatio

n In

Ark

ansas.

Hoodlu

m Jo

seph R

iso receiv

ed an

eight-y

ear F

edera

l priso

n te

rm fo

llow

ing h

is convic

tion a

t C

hic

ago, Illin

ois, in

Febru

ary

, 1968, fo

r posse

s-sio

n o

f a $350,0

00 p

aintin

g w

hich

had

been

stol-

en d

urin

g O

cto

ber, 1

966, fro

m S

t. Jose

ph's C

ol-

lege at R

ensselaer, In

dian

a. R

aym

ond P

atriarca - who h

as been

Iden

tified

befo

re a

Unite

d S

tate

s Senate

Subcom

mitte

e a

s th

e h

ead o

f La C

osa

Nostra

in N

ew

Engla

nd -

was co

nvicted

In M

arch, 1

968, alo

ng w

ith tw

o as-

socia

tes, o

f consp

iring to

vio

late

Federa

l racket-

eerin

g la

ws b

y u

tilizin

g in

tersta

te c

om

merc

e

facilities with

inten

t to co

ntro

l regio

nal g

amblin

g

by fo

rce and v

iolen

ce, inclu

din

g m

urd

er. All th

ree w

ere later fined

and sen

tenced

to fiv

e-year p

rison

terms. T

hat sam

e month

, Sam

uel R

izzo D

eCav

al-caste

, alle

ged h

ead o

f La C

osa

Nostra

"fam

ily"

at E

lizabeth

, New

Jerse

y, w

as a

rreste

d w

ith tw

o

asso

cia

tes b

y F

BI A

gents o

n e

xto

rtion c

harg

es.

And, o

n th

e sa

me d

ay o

f DeC

avalc

ante

's arre

st, alleg

ed L

a Cosa N

ostra m

ember F

rank M

occard

l w

as a

ppre

hended In

connectio

n w

ith a

serie

s of

hijack

ings in

the N

ew Y

ork

City

area, durin

g th

e co

urse o

f which

appro

xim

ately $

1,0

00,0

00 w

orth

of fu

rs had

been

stolen

.

Carm

ine P

ersic

o, re

porte

d L

a C

osa

Nostra

"c

apta

in," a

nd th

ree a

ssocia

tes w

ere

convic

ted

durin

g M

ay, 1

968, in

New

York

City

for th

e hi-

jackin

g o

f $15,0

00 w

orth

of tex

tiles train a B

rook-

lyn tru

ck term

inal. T

hat sam

e month

in L

os A

n-

geles, C

aliforn

ia, rackets b

oss Jo

hn R

oseill w

as convic

ted o

f vio

latin

g v

ario

us a

lien re

gistra

tion

law

s, and a

t the c

lose

of th

e fisc

al y

ear w

as

standin

g trial in

United

States D

istrict Court fo

r his alleg

ed p

articipatio

n in

croak

ed, h

igh-stak

es gam

blin

g g

ames at th

e Bev

erly H

ills Friars C

lub.

June, 1

968, w

as a

harv

est m

onth

of c

onvic

• lio

ns o

f org

anized

crime stalw

arts. Rep

orted

La

Cosa N

ostra m

ember S

alvato

re DeR

ose w

as con-

victed

in C

hicag

o, Illin

ois, an

d receiv

ed a sev

en-

year p

rison te

rm fo

llow

ing h

is arre

st with

two

accom

plices b

y F

BI A

gen

ts for th

e kid

nap

ing o

f a tru

ck d

river a

nd th

e th

eft o

f his tru

ck c

on-

tainin

ga sh

ipm

ent v

aiued

at a half m

illion d

ollars.

Mau

rice Fried

man

, form

er busin

ess partn

er of o

ne

of C

hic

ago's m

ost in

fam

ous g

ang b

osse

s, was

convic

ted o

f vio

latin

g th

e T

heft fro

m In

tersta

te

Ship

men

t Act after F

BI A

gen

ts recovered

more

than

$1,0

00,0

00 w

orth

of sto

len d

rugs, m

edical

supplie

s, tele

visio

n se

ts, and e

lectric

al a

ppli-

ances a

t the tim

e o

f his a

rrest with

anoth

er con-

federate. In

San

Dieg

o, alleg

ed L

a Cosa N

ostra

truck

ing-co

mpan

y o

wner A

laden

a Fratian

no -

a-

long w

ith h

is wife

and firm

- was c

onvic

ted o

f co

nsp

iring to

vio

late min

imum

wag

e standard

s on

Federa

l hig

hw

ay c

onstru

ctio

n a

nd c

ausin

g th

e

prim

e c

ontra

cto

r to Issu

e fa

lse sta

tem

ents c

on-

cernin

g certified

pay

rolls.

FB

I investig

atio

ns a

lso stru

ck h

ard

at th

e

heart o

f the h

oodlu

m sy

ndic

ate

, the Ille

gal g

am

-blin

g o

peratio

ns fro

m w

hich

it draw

s much

of Its

vast fin

ancia

l reso

urc

es. O

f those

perso

ns c

on-

vic

ted in

the o

rganiz

ed c

rime fie

ld d

urin

g th

e

fiscal y

ear, m

any w

ere

for in

tersta

te g

am

blin

g

activ

ities. T

his Is a

lso tru

e o

f the m

ore

than 6

75

perso

ns a

waitin

g tria

l at th

e en

d of th

e y

ear fo

r offen

ses related to

org

anized

crime.

Nota

ble

am

ong th

ese

thru

sts at th

e u

nder-

world

's source o

f monetary

nourish

men

t was th

e arre

st by F

BI A

gents o

f Chic

ago g

am

blin

g c

zar

Ern

est S

anso

ne a

nd se

ven a

ssocia

tes. T

hese

appre

hensio

ns in

Decem

ber, 1

967, d

isrupte

d a

n

Inte

rstate

race-w

ire se

rvic

e a

nd h

ad re

porte

dly

crip

pled

La C

osa N

ostra-b

acked

num

bers o

pera-

tions a

s far aw

ay as D

etroit, M

ichig

an.

In Jan

uary

, 1968, sim

ultan

eous raid

s were co

n-

ducted

by F

BI A

gen

ts In to

ur In

dian

a cities, and

20 m

em

bers o

f an in

tersta

te g

am

blin

g n

etw

ork

w

ere arrested.

Tw

o d

ays after th

ese raids, sev

en m

embers o

f anoth

er g

roup w

ere

convic

ted in

Unite

d S

tate

s

- FN

.

Fed

eral B

an

k R

ob

bery

Sta

tute C

on

victio

ns

FIS

CA

L Y

EA

RS

1,105

856 810

702

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

971

9

=

8

• _

.i..4"" 4 =-.7.-tz

7,-7;

--11.77‘ _

19118 ram A

NN

UA

L m

on

",

um on. D

urin

g fisc

al y

ear 1

969, a

s a re

sult o

f FB

I in

vestig

atio

ns, th

ere

were

B c

onvic

tions u

nder

the A

nti-R

ackete

erin

g-H

obbs A

ct, 2

under th

e

Lab

or M

anag

emen

t Relatio

ns A

ct, and 3

7 u

nder

the L

abor-M

anag

emen

t Rep

ortin

g an

d D

isclosu

re A

ct, T

his re

pre

sents a

tota

l of 4

7 c

onvic

tions

In th

ese anti-rack

eteering an

d lab

or-m

anag

emen

t case

s.

Antitru

st

The F

BI, a

t the re

quest o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Ju

stice, In

vestig

ate

s alle

ged v

iola

tions o

f the

antitru

st law

s. These

Investig

atio

ns re

late

to

monopolie

s and re

strain

ts of tra

de In

Inte

rstate

co

mm

erce. The D

epartm

ent o

f Justice m

ay b

ring

eith

er c

rimin

al o

r civ

il' pro

ceedin

gs, c

r both

, again

st the p

erso

ns o

r corp

ora

tions re

sponsib

le

for su

ch v

iolatio

ns.

Antitru

st investig

ations are u

sually

exten

sive

and c

om

plic

ate

d a

nd fre

quently

Involv

e m

any

corp

oratio

ns lo

cated th

roughout th

e United

States.

In m

any In

stances th

ese

case

s require

simulta

-neous h

andlin

g in

a g

reat m

any fie

ld d

ivisio

ns

of th

e Bureau

. D

urin

g fiscal y

ear 1968, o

ur in

vestig

ations In

th

ose m

atters resulted

in101 co

nvictio

ns, 5

3 m

ore

than th

e p

revio

us p

erio

d. T

hese

Investig

atio

ns

also acco

unted

for $

3,2

21,4

85 in

recoveries an

d

the im

positio

n o

f fines to

taling $

1,0

07,6

01.

Assa

ultin

g o

r Killin

g

a F

edera

l Offic

er

It is a F

edera

l vio

latio

n w

ithin

the ju

risdic

-tio

n o

f the F

BI to

kill, a

ssault, o

r inte

rfere

with

certa

in d

esig

nate

d F

edera

l em

plo

yees w

hile

in

the p

erfo

rmance o

f or a

s a re

sult o

f executin

g

their o

fficial duties.

The a

ssaults a

nd k

illings o

f Federa

l offic

ers

incre

ase

d sig

nific

antly

durin

g fisc

al y

ear 1

968.

A to

tal o

f 71 c

onvic

tions w

ere

record

ed in

this

cate

gory

durin

g th

e fisc

al y

ear, a

n in

cre

ase

of

alm

ost 5

8 p

erc

ent o

ver th

e p

recedin

g p

erio

d.

Actu

al, su

spended, a

nd p

robatio

nary

sente

nces

resultin

g fro

m F

BI in

vestig

ations o

f this o

ffense

tota

led 2

52 y

ears, 7

month

s, and 1

8 d

ays. F

our

life se

nte

nces w

ere

impose

d a

nd 1

8 fu

gitiv

es

were lo

cated.

Bank R

obberie

s, Burg

larie

s, and L

arc

enie

s

Vio

latio

ns o

f the F

edera

l Bank R

obbery

and

incid

enta

l Crim

es S

tatu

te c

ontin

ued a

t a b

ew

il-derin

g p

ace thro

ughout th

e United

States d

imin

g

fiscal year 1

968. A

n all-tim

e hig

h o

f 2,5

58 v

io-

latio

ns w

as re

porte

d, a

sharp

incre

ase

of 2

99

over th

e p

revio

us fisc

al y

ear. T

hese

vio

latio

n's

inclu

ded 1

,769 ro

bberie

s, 651 b

urg

larie

s, and

138 larcen

ies. C

onvictio

ns reco

rded

in cases in

vestig

ated b

y

the F

BI u

nder th

is statu

te a

lso re

ached a

noth

er

all-time h

igh o

f 1,1

05 as co

mpared

with

the p

re-vio

us h

igh o

f 971 In

fiscal y

ear 1

967. M

any o

f th

ose

convic

ted w

ere

resp

onsib

le fa

more

than

one o

ffense an

d p

rosecu

tion o

f man

y o

f these o

f-fe

nse

s frequently

carrie

s over fro

m o

ne fisc

al

perio

d to

anoth

er. A

ctu

al, su

spended, a

nd p

ro-

batio

nary

senten

ces resultin

g fro

m F

BI in

vestig

a-tio

ns o

f these v

iolatio

ns to

taled m

ore th

an 1

2,9

39

years. F

ines, sa

vin

gs, a

nd re

coverie

s am

ounte

d

to $

2,7

91,4

69 In

these

case

s and 5

1.9

fugitiv

es

were lo

cated d

urin

g F

BI in

vestig

ations.

Phoenix

FB

I Agents p

onder c

om

mem

ora

tive

coin

s found a

mong re

covere

d

ban

k

robbery

toot.

•

One b

izarre ban

k ro

bbery

plan

Investig

ated b

y

the F

BI d

urin

g th

e fiscal year p

roposed

to b

low

up a

pow

er p

lant a

nd se

vera

l build

ings in

the

Seattle, W

ashin

gto

n, area as a d

iversio

nary

tactic w

hile B

e consp

irators ro

bbed

several b

anks. T

he

state

d p

urp

ose

of th

is pla

n w

as to

raise

money

for th

e Min

utem

en, a secret, m

ilitant, an

d fan

at-ic

al a

ntic

om

munist o

rganiz

atio

n, S

evera

l of its

mem

bers w

ere found g

uilty

in U

nited

States D

is-trict C

ourt, S

pokan

e, Wash

ingto

n, In

June, 1

968,

of c

onsp

iracy to

vio

late

the F

edera

l Bank R

ob-

bery

Sta

tute

. Tw

o o

ther M

inute

men h

ave b

een

charg

ed b

ut b

ad n

ot b

een trie

d a

t the e

nd o

f the

fiscal y

ear.

Experien

ce has in

dicated

that b

anks w

ith little

or n

o p

olice p

rotectio

n o

r pro

tective d

evices are

partic

ula

rly v

uln

era

ble

to c

rimin

al a

ttack. C

on-

gre

ss has n

ow

enacte

d le

gisla

tion (B

ank P

ro-

tectio

n A

ct o

f 1968) w

hic

h re

quire

s bankin

g

institu

tions to

pro

vid

e pro

tective d

ev Ices —

meas-

ures lo

ng reco

mm

ended

by th

e FB

I -as prescrib

ed

by th

e re

sponsib

le su

perv

isory

agencie

s. When

Implem

ented

, It is hoped

this A

ct will serv

e as an

effe

ctiv

e d

ete

rrent to

the risin

g a

ssaults a

gain

st fin

ancial in

stitutio

ns.

Brib

ery

and

Conflic

t of In

tere

st B

ribery

and C

onflict o

f Interest v

iolatio

ns are

offe

nse

s that a

ffect th

e e

ssentia

l opera

tions o

f

our G

overn

men

t and th

e pro

per an

d efficien

t func-

tionin

g o

f Its departm

ents a

nd a

gencie

s. They

are, therefo

re, deem

ed to

be am

ong th

e most im

-porta

nt c

rimin

al c

ase

s with

in th

e ju

risdic

tion o

f th

e FB

I. It is recognized

that If F

ederal em

plo

y-

ees can b

e corru

pted

or co

mpro

mised

by p

aym

ents

so a

s to d

ischarg

e th

eir o

fficia

l resp

onsib

ilities

in o

ther th

an a

n e

thic

al m

anner o

r if their in

ter-

ests c

onflic

t with

those

of th

e U

nite

d S

tale

s the

efficient fu

nctio

nin

g o

f Govern

men

t instru

men

tal-hies w

ill suffer.

Alleg

ations th

at emplo

yees o

f the D

epartm

ent

of A

gric

ultu

re w

ere

bein

g b

ribed to

falsify

the

gra

din

g o

f cotto

n to

enable

com

panie

s to p

ur-

chase

that c

otto

n fro

m th

e G

overn

ment a

t a re

-duced p

rice w

ere

investig

ate

d b

y th

e F

BI a

nd

resulted

durin

g th

e fiscal perio

d In

the co

nvictio

n

of te

n in

div

iduals In

this sc

hem

e. F

BI In

vesti-

gatio

ns o

f these

case

s durin

g th

e 1

968 fisc

al

year resu

lted In

a total o

f 13 co

nvictio

ns, as w

ell as fin

es, sa

vin

gs, a

rid re

coverie

s am

ountin

g to

$767,1

27.

Civ

il Rig

hts

The ro

le of th

e FB

I In th

e field o

f civil rig

hts

has c

onsta

ntly

expanded in

the p

ast se

vera

l years. T

he C

ongre

ss enacte

d m

ajo

r civ

il rights

legislatio

n in

1964, 1

965 an

d 1

968, all o

f which

greatiy

added

to th

e Investig

ative resp

onsib

ilities of th

e FB

I.

-

11

HIG

H nu A

N.1

1,1

.

The p

rote

ctio

n o

f the c

ivil rig

hts o

f every

citiz

en

is an

esse

ntia

l prin

cip

le in

a d

em

ocra

tic

society

. Sin

ce World

War II, th

ere hav

e been

an

incre

ase

d a

ware

ness o

f ind

ivid

ual rig

hts a

nd a

n

ever-In

creasing d

eman

d th

at they

be reco

gnized

an

d h

on

ored

by

bo

th G

ov

ernm

ent an

d so

ciety.

It Is the d

uty

of th

e F

BI to

Inv

estig

ate

co

ny

pla

ints o

f depriv

atio

n o

f rights a

rid p

rivile

ges

secure

d to

the in

div

idual try

the C

onstitu

tion o

r p

rov

ided

by

Co

ng

ressio

nal le

gisla

tion

. It is the

respo

nsib

ility o

f the C

ivil R

igh

ts Div

ision

of th

e D

epartm

ent o

f Justice, b

ased an

the resu

lts of th

e F

BI In

vestig

atio

ns, to

dete

rmin

e If p

rose

cutiv

e

action u

nder th

e civil rig

hts statu

tes Is warran

ted.

Wid

espread

public In

terest was g

enerated

by

the F

BI c

ivil rig

hts In

vestig

atio

n In

to th

e a

ssas-

sinatio

n o

f Dr. M

artin L

uth

er Kin

g, Jr., In

April,

1968. T

he e

ntire

facilitie

s of th

e F

BI w

ere

com

-m

itted

to th

is inv

estig

atio

n fro

m th

e o

utse

t an

d

with

in fiv

e d

ay

s the m

an

then

kn

ow

n a

s Eric

S.

Galt w

as d

ev

elo

ped

as a

prim

e su

spect. W

ithin

anoth

er w

eek a

photo

gra

ph o

f this su

spect h

ad

been

ob

tain

ed

an

d th

e A

ttorn

ey

Gen

era

l co

nsid

-ere

d su

fficie

nt e

vid

ence h

ad b

een d

evelo

ped to

w

arra

nt F

ed

era

l pro

cess u

nd

er a

civ

il righ

ts sta

tute

. Th

ree d

ay

s late

r, from

a c

heck

of la

ten

t fin

gerp

rints ag

ainst th

ose o

f wh

ite male fu

gitiv

es fo

r wh

om

"wan

ted

" no

tices h

ad

been

pla

ced

in

the flies o

f the F

BI Id

entificatio

n D

ivisio

n, Jam

es E

arl R

ay

was d

ete

rmin

ed

to b

e th

e tru

e id

en

tity

of E

ric S

. Gait. A

t tire re

qu

est o

f the F

BI, C

a-

nad

ian

au

tho

rities d

ete

rmin

ed

that a

Can

ad

ian

p

assp

ort h

ad

been

issued

to R

ay

In th

e n

am

e o

f R

amon G

eorg

e Sney

d, an

d o

n Ju

ne 8

, 1968, R

ay

was arrested

by S

cotlan

d Y

ard w

hen

Ire presen

ted

the S

neyd p

assp

ort to

trav

el h

um

Lon

don to

B

russe

ls. At th

e e

nd

of th

e fisc

al y

ear, e

xtra

-ditio

n p

roceedin

gs w

ere

in p

rogre

ss to re

move

Ray

to th

e United

States.

Th

e in

vestig

atio

n to

Iden

tify a

nd

locate

Ja

mes E

arl R

ay

is a sp

len

did

ex

am

ple

of in

ter-

natio

nal p

olic

e c

oopera

tion. In

add

ition to

the

exte

nsiv

e in

vestig

atio

n c

onducte

d b

y th

e F

BI

in th

e U

nite

d S

tale

s, specific

inq

uirie

s were

m

ade in

more

than a

dozen fo

reig

n c

ountrie

s th

rough F

BI lia

ison re

pre

senta

tives. T

he a

rrest

of Ja

mes E

arl R

ay

was th

e d

irect re

sult o

f vig

oro

us In

vestig

atio

n, c

onducte

d b

y C

anadia

n

an

d B

ritish a

uth

oritie

s at th

e re

qu

est o

f the

FB

I.

Oth

er p

rom

inen

t civ

il righ

ts inv

estig

atio

ns

co

nd

ucte

d o

r co

nclu

ded

in th

e 1

96

8 fisc

al y

ear

were th

e follo

win

g:

Beg

inn

ing

in O

ctob

er, 19

67

, a meticu

lou

s FB

I in

vestig

ation w

as conducted

concern

ing alleg

ed

frau

du

len

t vo

ter re

gistra

tion

s in L

ak

e C

ou

nty

, In

dia

na. A

s a re

sult o

f this p

robe, a

n o

rder w

as

entered

In A

pril, 1

968, b

y th

e United

States D

is-tric

t Co

urt, N

orth

ern

Distric

t of In

dia

na, re

qu

ir-in

g th

e Lak

e Co

un

ty R

egistratio

n B

oard

to p

urg

e , th

e nam

es of 2

,802 reg

istrants.

Inq

uiry

into

the o

pera

tion

of a

so-c

alle

d v

ol-

un

tary fu

nd

by

Pip

efltters Lo

cal 05

62

, St. L

ou

ts, M

issouri, c

ulm

inate

d in

the In

dic

tment In

May,

1968, o

f thre

e o

fficers o

f this lo

cal o

n a

charg

e

of co

nsp

iring

to v

iolate U

nited

States law

s wh

ich

forb

id a co

rpo

ration

or lab

or o

rgan

ization

to m

ake

a con

tribu

tion

or ex

pen

ditu

re In co

nn

ection

with

a F

ed

era

l ele

ctio

n.

Tria

l In th

is case

was

sched

uled

for th

e fall 01 1

968.

Alle

ged irre

gula

rities re

gard

ing a

bse

nte

e

ballo

ts in co

nn

ection

with

the g

eneral electio

n in

L

ee County

, Virg

inia, in

Novem

ber, 1

966, d

rew

FB

I investig

ativ

e a

ttentio

n w

hic

h in

January

, 1

96

8, resu

lted in

ind

ictmen

ts again

st ten su

bjects

for c

on

spirin

g to

vio

late

ele

ctio

n la

ws, a

nd

sep

-ara

te In

dic

tmen

ts ag

ain

st two

oth

er su

bje

cts fo

r v

ote b

uy

ing

. Sev

en o

f tho

se ind

icted w

ere local

offic

ials.

One d

efe

ndant d

ied in

June, 1

968.

wh

ile se

ven

oth

ers w

ere

fou

nd

gu

ilty a

nd

two

w

ere acqu

itted In

that sam

e mo

nth

. T

hre

e D

etro

it, Mic

hig

an, P

olic

e D

epartm

ent

offic

ers a

nd

a p

rivate

gu

ard

were

ind

icte

d b

y a

F

ederal G

rand Ju

ry in

May

, 1968, o

n a ch

arge o

f co

nsp

iracy

to v

iola

te th

e c

ivil rig

hts o

f ten

per-

son

s at the A

lgiers M

otel A

nn

ex, D

etroit, in

July

, 1967, w

here

thre

e o

f the v

ictim

s were

kille

d.

These in

dictm

ents resu

lted fro

m an

FB

I Investi-

gatio

n a

rising

ou

t of th

e Ju

ly, 1

96

7, rio

ts in

Detro

it. In

January

, 1966, V

ernon F

erdin

and D

ahm

er, S

r., a p

ast p

resid

ent o

f the N

atio

nal A

ssocia

tion

for th

e Advan

cemen

t of C

olo

red P

eople In

Forrest

Co

un

ty, M

ississipp

i, wh

o w

as a

ctiv

e In

vo

ter

registratio

n m

atters, was m

urd

ered. T

his k

illing

was in

vestig

ate

d b

y th

e F

BI u

nder th

e V

otin

g

Rig

hts A

ct o

f 1965, a

nd re

sulte

d in

the in

dic

t-m

ent o

f 17 In

div

iduals fo

r this c

rime. F

edera

l tria

l had n

ot b

een sc

hedule

d a

t the c

lose

of th

e

fiscal p

erio

d. H

ow

ever, a

s a re

sult o

f info

rma-

tion fu

rnish

ed in

the D

ahm

er Case b

y th

e FB

I to

local au

thorities, 1

3 in

div

iduals w

ere indicted

on

Sta

te c

harg

es o

f arso

n o

r murd

er a

nd a

rson In

Jan

uary

, 1968. O

ne d

efendan

t in b

oth

the F

ederal

and

State cases w

ho

was tried

on

a local m

urd

er an

d arso

n ch

arge w

as fou

nd

gu

ilty an

d sen

tenced

to

life impriso

nm

ent in

March

, 1968. T

he fo

llow

-in

g M

ay an

oth

er defen

dan

t was g

iven

a Ilfe sen-

tence In

local co

urt fo

r mu

rder an

d, In

add

ition

, re

ceiv

ed

a te

n-y

ear se

nte

nce fo

r arso

n. T

he

Stale trial o

f ano

ther d

efend

ant o

n a m

urd

er and

arso

n ch

arge en

ded

with

a hu

ng

jury

. State p

ros-

ecutio

n o

f oth

er defen

dan

ts Is contin

uin

g.

Fo

llow

ing

an

ex

hau

stive F

BI in

vestig

atio

n,

■

Bom

bed

Mississip

pi resid

ence led

to

FBI

investigation tinder Civil R

ights Act of 1960.

seven m

en w

ere

convic

ted In

Octo

ber, 1

967, o

f co

nsp

iring

to v

iola

te th

e c

on

stitutio

nal rig

hts o

f th

ree civil rig

hts w

ork

ers who w

ere murd

ered in

M

ississipp

i du

ring

19

64

. Th

race c

on

vic

ted

in-

clu

de C

ecil P

rice, a

deputy

sheriff In

Nesh

oba

Co

un

ty, M

ississipp

i, and

Sam

Ho

llow

ay B

ow

ers, Jr,, Im

peria

l Wiz

ard

of th

e W

hite

Kn

igh

ts of th

e

Ku

Klu

x K

lan o

f Mississip

pi. S

ub

sequ

ently

, Ce-

cil P

rice w

as se

nte

nced

to se

rve six

years; S

am

H

ollo

way

Bo

wers, Jr., w

as sente

nced to

serv

e te

n

years; a

nd

five oth

ers w

ho w

ere

convic

ted re

-ceiv

ed sen

tences ran

gin

g fro

m th

ree to ten

years'

imp

rison

men

t. Th

e ju

ry w

as u

nab

le to

reach

a

verd

ict con

cernin

g th

ree defen

dan

ts wh

o are to

be

retrie

d. T

he c

ase

again

st an a

dditio

nal d

efe

nd-

ant w

ho testified

for th

e Govern

men

t was h

andled

in

U. S

. District C

ourt at A

tlanta, G

eorg

ia, where,

afte

r ente

ring a

ple

a o

f guilty

in O

cto

ber, 1

967,

he w

as senten

ced to

four y

ears' impriso

nm

ent.

10

Crim

es on

Govern

men

t an

d In

dia

n R

eservatio

ns

Con

vic

tion

s

Bank E

rnhezzle

ments a

nd R

ela

ted O

ffense

s C

onvic

tions

67.4

13

Crim

es o

n G

overn

ment a

nd

India

n R

ese

rvatio

ns

In th

ose areas w

here th

e Fed

eral Govern

men

t has e

ither e

xclu

sive o

r concurre

nt ju

risdic

tion,

the F

BI h

andles th

e investig

ation o

f majo

r crimes.

The F

BI a

lso h

andle

s certa

in c

rimes o

n In

dia

n

reservatio

ns w

here th

is jurisd

iction h

as not b

een

gran

ted to

the states. M

any o

f the crim

es investi-

gated

by th

e FB

I on G

overn

men

t and In

dian

reser-vatio

ns in

volv

e serious o

ffenses su

ch as m

urd

er, m

anslau

ghter, rap

e, and

armed

rob

bery

. D

urin

g fisc

al y

ear 1

968, 1

,527 c

onvic

tions

were reco

rded

as a result o

f FB

I investig

ation o

f th

is category

of o

ffenses. A

ctual', su

spen

ded

and

pro

batio

nary

senten

ces Imposed

on o

ffenders cam

e to

more th

an 2

,383 y

ears, and fo

ur Ilfe sen

tences.

Fin

es, sa

vin

gs a

nd re

coverie

s tota

ling $

166,5

41

and th

e lo

catio

n o

f 401 fu

gitiv

es w

ere

achie

ved

thro

ugh

FB

I inv

estigatio

ns.

Exto

rtion

A th

reat to

kill, k

idnap o

r inju

re a

perso

n o

r destro

y h

is pro

perty

, or a d

eman

d far ran

som

for

the release o

f a kid

nap

ed p

erson sen

t thro

ugh th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s mall o

r transm

itted In

tersta

te b

y

12

any m

eans w

hatso

ever, Is a v

iolatio

n o

f the F

ed-

era

l Exto

rtion S

tatu

te w

ithin

the in

vestig

ativ

e

jurisd

iction o

f the F

BI.

Durin

g fisc

al y

ear 1

968, 3

1 c

onvic

tions re

-su

lted fro

m v

iolatio

ns o

f this statu

te with

actual,

susp

ended

, and p

robatio

nary

senten

ces imposed

exceedin

g 1

15 y

ears. F

ifty-o

ne fu

gitiv

es w

ere

appre

hended d

urin

g F

BI In

vestig

atio

ns o

f this

offen

se. T

ypic

al o

f the e

xto

rtion c

ase

s handle

d b

y th

e

FB

I durin

g th

e year w

as one in

volv

ing th

e receipt

by a

busin

essm

an in

Housto

n, T

exas, o

f severa

l letters th

reatenin

g h

arm to

him

and h

is family

if $25,0

00 w

as not p

aid to

the ex

tortio

nists. S

everal

days b

efo

re o

ne o

f the le

tters w

as re

ceiv

ed, o

ne

of h

is com

pan

y's b

uild

ings h

ad b

een h

it by a fire

bomb,

The F

BI co

vered

the sch

eduled

pay

off an

d tw

o

indiv

iduals w

ere arrested w

ho ad

mitted

their p

ar-tic

ipatio

n In

this sc

hem

e. T

hey

en

tere

d p

leas o

f guilty

In F

ederal co

urt.

Federa

l Rese

rve A

ct

These cases, w

hich

cover Irreg

ularities o

n th

e part o

f em

plo

yees o

f natio

nal b

anks, sta

te-c

har-

tere

d b

anks w

hic

h a

re m

em

bers o

f the F

edera

l

Reserv

e System

, state-chartered

ban

ks w

hose d

e-posits are in

sured

by th

e Fed

eral Dep

osit In

sur-

ance C

orp

ora

tion, F

edera

l savin

gs a

nd lo

an a

s-so

cia

tions, sta

te-c

harte

red sa

vin

gs a

nd lo

an

asso

cia

tions w

hose

deposits a

re In

sure

d b

y th

e

Fed

eral Sav

ings an

d L

oan

Insu

rance C

orp

oratio

n

and F

ederal cred

it unio

ns, h

ave sh

ow

n a stead

y

incre

ase

over th

e p

ast te

n y

ears. D

urin

g th

e

fiscal y

ear 1

968, th

ere

were

674 c

onvic

tions in

F

edera

l Rese

rve A

ct c

ase

s investig

ate

d b

y th

e

FB

I — th

e largest n

um

ber o

f convictio

ns fo

r this

offen

se in th

e Bureau

's histo

ry. In

additio

n, fin

es an

d reco

veries resu

lting fro

m F

BI In

vestig

ations

totaled

57

,27

8,7

43

for th

e fiscal perio

d.

One o

f the m

ore p

rom

inen

t cases investig

ated

by th

e F

BI in

this fie

ld le

d to

the c

onvic

tion o

f th

e form

er Directo

r of a S

an F

rancisco

area ban

k

who receiv

ed a to

tal senten

ce of 1

3 y

ears' impris-

onm

ent fo

r a c

om

bin

atio

n o

f bank la

rceny a

nd

mak

ing false statem

ents In

obtain

ing o

ver 5

3,0

00,

000 In

loan

s from

ban

ks w

hile u

sing fictitio

us in

- su

rance p

olic

ies a

s colla

tera

l. T

he lo

ot fro

m

this larcen

y-frau

d sch

eme w

as used

to in

vest in

se

curitie

s and re

al e

state

.

Fra

ud a

gain

st

the G

overn

ment

Pro

tection o

f the G

overn

men

t from

fraud is a

basic

and d

em

andin

g F

BI re

sponsib

ility. T

hese

investig

atio

ns re

pre

sent so

me o

f the m

ost c

om

-plicated

cases han

dled

by th

e Bureau

.

The p

rincip

al v

iola

tions h

andle

d u

nder th

is classificatio

n arise fro

m false statem

ents o

r false cla

ims In

matte

rs In w

hic

h a

n a

gen

cy

of th

e

Govern

ment h

as ju

risdic

tion, in

clu

din

g F

edera

l lead

ing in

suran

ce agen

cies, the V

eterans A

dm

in-

istration an

d th

e Fed

eral Housin

g A

dm

inistratio

n.

Those

with

Ile g

reate

st impact o

ften in

volv

e

Govern

ment p

rocure

ments fo

r supplie

s and se

r-vic

es, p

artic

ula

rly p

urc

hasin

g o

pera

tions o

f the

military

for o

ur n

ational d

efense.

Sin

ce man

y frau

ds In

volv

e monetary

matters,

the se

rvic

es o

f expert F

BI a

ccounta

nts a

re fre

-quen

tly req

uired

to co

nduct ex

tensiv

e review

s of

books a

nd re

cord

s. Deta

iled a

naly

ses o

f num

er-

ous fin

ancia

l transa

ctio

ns a

re o

ften c

alle

d fo

r, an

d q

uestio

nab

le items freq

uen

tly m

ust b

e traced

step b

y step

from

Incep

tion to

com

pletio

n In

ord

er to

pre

sent a

contin

uin

g c

hain

of e

vid

ence. L

arg

e

num

bers o

f Special A

gen

t Acco

untan

ts are som

e-tim

es occu

pied

for

exte

nded p

erio

ds o

f lime In

su

ch in

quiries.

Durin

g th

e 1968 fisc

al y

ear, th

ere

were

268

convic

tions in

this c

ate

gory

of o

ffense

s as a

re-

sult o

f FB

I Investig

atio

ns. In

additio

n, 1

05 fu

-gitiv

es w

ante

d fo

r these

vio

latio

rts were

appre

-h

end

ed d

urin

g th

e year.

Sto

len

Moto

r V

eh

icle

s Locate

d

FB

I CA

SE

S

-flkilT

7

1948

15

.ankrc-

i

1068 rm u

rm+

D,yt. 1.11.1.011.1.

Fugitiv

es

During fiscal year 1968, a 19 percent increase

was p

oste

d b

y the F

BI in

fugitive

appre

hensio

ns

of a

ll types o

ver th

e p

revio

us p

erio

d .

A to

tal o

f 18,881 w

ere apprehended as compared w

ith 15,878 th

e fisca

l year b

efo

re.

Inclu

ded In

this to

tal

were 8,467 deserters from

military service —

some

2,200 more than the num

ber apprehended during the preceding period.

Another all-tim

e high and substantial Increase ove

r the p

revio

us fisca

l year w

as re

ach

ed in

the

appre

hensio

n o

f 10,4

14 g

enera

l fugitive

s which

in

cluded p

erso

ns so

ught fo

r FB

I viola

tions a

s w

ell a

s ove

r 3,0

00 In

divid

uals lo

cate

d fo

r Sta

te

agencie

s under th

e F

edera

l Unla

wfu

l Flig

ht S

tat-

ute

. This is th

e fifte

enth

conse

cutive

year th

at

all-tim

e h

ighs h

ave

been re

ach

ed in

the a

ppre

-hension of general fugitives.

The F

BI "T

en M

ost W

ante

d F

ugitive

s" pro

-gram

pertains to criminals w

hose swift apprehen-

sion Is so

ught d

ue to

the vicio

us n

atu

re o

f their

crimes a

nd th

e m

enace

their co

ntin

ued fre

edom

pose

s to so

ciety's a

nd th

e N

atio

n's in

tere

sts. D

uring fiscal year 1968, a record of 31 such noto-rious felons w

ere apprehended.

Inte

rsta

te

Tra

nsporta

tion C

rimes

As a

gro

up, vio

latio

ns o

f Federa

l Inte

rstate

tra

nsp

orta

tion sta

tute

s com

mand a

substa

ntia

l sh

are

of F

BI in

vestig

ative

reso

urce

s. Bure

au

investigations of these crimes in fiscal year 1968

led to

5,8

32 co

nvictio

ns a

s well a

s the lo

catio

n

of 2

,172 fu

gitive

s. In this sam

e fiscal period, 22,620 stolen auto-m

obiles were recovered in cases investigated by

the FB

I. These car recoveries established a new

record in their num

bers. In

tersta

te a

uto

mobile

theft rin

gs, co

mpose

d

for the most

pert o

f skilied, p

rofe

ssional th

ieve

s, continue to challenge F

BI investigative ingenuity.

At the close of the fiscal year, there w

ere approx-im

ately 75 active automobile theft ring cases un-

der in

vestig

atio

n b

y the F

BI.

•

C.u

.••V

Evynlat, N

•ws..•

FB

I Specia

l Agen

t in C

harg

e (SA

C) o

f Buf-

falo, N. Y

., Field

O

ffice

(right) a

nd

N. Y

. S

tate P

olice Capta

in fla

nk co

nvicted

murd

er-

er, ra

pist, a

nd "T

op T

en" fu

gitive, W

insto

n

Mostly, w

ho sh

ortly b

efore, w

hile h

old

ing

three h

osta

ges, w

as talked into surrenderinA

by th

e SA

C.

A m

ajor theft ring case completed during the

fiscal ye

ar le

d to

the su

ccessfu

l pro

secu

tion o

f 10 su

bje

cts who w

ere

identifie

d w

ith th

e th

eft o

f num

erous automobiles valued in excess of 5112,

500. Anoth

er sig

nifica

nt p

ortio

n o

f the F

BI's ju

ris-dictio

n In

this ca

tegory o

f crime is th

e e

nfo

rce-

ment o

f the In

tersta

te T

ransp

orta

tion o

f Sto

len

Pro

perty S

tatu

te. T

hese

inve

stigatio

ns re

sulte

d

in 1,054 convictions and the apprehension of 788 fu

gitive

s, bath

substa

ntia

l incre

ase

s ove

r the

fiscal ye

ar 1

967. D

ue to

wid

esp

read tra

ffic In

stole

n a

nd co

unte

rfeit se

curitie

s, these

viola

-tions of the statute have becom

e a prime concern

of th

e F

BI, O

ver 5

2,0

00,0

00 in

secirit le

s have

been recavered In Bureau Investigations of such

case

s in ju

st the p

ast fisca

l year.

Convictio

ns d

erive

d fro

m F

BI in

vestig

atio

ns

of o

ther vio

latio

ns In

this ca

tegory o

f Inte

rstate

crim

es w

ere

: 112 fo

r inte

rstate

transp

orta

tion In

aid

of ra

ckete

erin

g; 1

5 fo

r inte

rstate

transp

orta

-tion of obscene m

atter; 12 for interstate transpor-tation of w

agering paraphernalia; 9 for interstate transportation of w

agering information; 7 for Inter-

state

transp

orta

tion o

f lotte

ry tickets; a

nd 1

for

inte

rstate

transp

orta

tion o

f stole

n ca

ttle.

Kid

napin

g

The F

edera

l Kid

napin

g S

tatu

te, co

mm

only

know

n a

s the "L

indberg

h L

aw

," was p

asse

d b

y C

ongre

ss on Ju

ne 2

2, 1

932. T

he la

w p

rovid

es

punishment for abduction of a victim

, subsequent in

tersta

te tra

nsp

orta

tion a

nd h

old

ing th

e victim

te

r ransom

, reward or otherw

ise. D

uring fiscal year 1968, there were 34 convic-

tions re

sultin

g fro

m violations

of th

is statu

te.

These convictions included seven life sentences,

The a

ctual, su

spended, a

nd p

robatio

nary se

n-

tences imposed totaled m

ore than 338 years.

One o

f the ca

ses in

vestig

ate

d b

y the F

BI In

-vo

lved th

e kid

napin

g o

f a m

ote

l em

plo

yee a

t D

alla

s, Texa

s, durin

g th

e co

urse

of a

n a

rmed

robbery In January, 1968. Several days later the

employee's body w

as disco

vere

d in an autom

obile

■

Cle

vela

nd

FB

I

Agen

ts exam

ine reco

vered

cach

e of w

eapons sto

len from

an interstate shipm

ent.

trunk in Oklahom

a. Thedeceased had been fatally

shot a

t close

range a

nd, in

exp

licably, h

is body

had been packed in cracked Ice. In

vestig

atio

n Id

entifie

d a

man a

nd w

om

an a

s having been responsible for the robbery, kidnap-ing, and killing, B

oth were prosecuted in F

ederal court w

here the man w

as sentenced to life impris-

onment and the w

oman to 50 years.

Natio

nal B

ankru

ptc

y A

ct

FB

I investigations of the National B

ankruptcy A

ct resu

lting fro

m co

nce

alm

ent o

f asse

ts and re

late

d o

ffense

s contin

ue to

reve

al n

um

ero

us

planned bankruptcies engineered by the criminal

underworld. T

hese sophisticated schemes, com

-m

only kn

ow

n a

s "scam

" opera

tions, h

ave

been

dete

cted in

New

York, P

hila

delp

hia

, Mia

mi, C

hi-

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nd o

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f the c

ountry

, Alle

ged

New

York

City

La C

osa N

ostra fig

ure Jo

hn D

io-

guard

i and tw

o asso

ciates were co

nvicted

in F

ed-

eral court o

f hav

ing co

nducted

a "plan

ned

ban

k-

ruptc

y" sc

hem

e In

whic

h so

me 4

7 c

redito

rs lost

appro

xim

ately $

129,0

00.

John L

onth

ard

azzi, a

reporte

d N

ew

York

La

Cosa

Nostra

mem

ber, a

nd a

n a

ccom

plic

e w

ere

pla

ced o

n p

robatio

n In

August a

nd S

epte

mber,

1967, fo

llow

ing th

eir g

uilty

ple

as in

New

York

F

edera

l court to

charg

es o

f vio

latio

n o

f the N

a-

tional B

ankru

ptcy

Act an

d m

ail fraud statu

tes in

connectio

n w

ith th

e fra

udule

nt b

ankru

ptc

y o

f a

jeweler at B

rookly

n, N

ew Y

ork

. Losses to

cred-

itors in

this b

usin

ess fa

ilure

were

In e

xcess o

f $50,0

00. L

om

bard

ozzi a

lso w

as p

laced o

n fiv

e

years' p

robatio

n In

Septe

mber, 1

967, in

a N

ew

Y

ork

City

Federa

l court d

ue to

a sc

hem

e to

de-

fraud c

redito

rs in th

e o

pera

tion o

f a d

iscount

cente

r at B

rookly

n, N

ew

York

. Cre

dito

r losse

s In

this frau

dulen

t ban

kru

ptcy

were ap

pro

xim

ately

5200,0

00. T

wo asso

ciates of L

om

bard

ozzi, at th

e en

d o

f the fiscal y

ear, were aw

aiting trial In

this

Federa

l case

. S

evera

l meetin

gs w

ere

held

recently

in a

n

eastern m

etropolitan

area to en

courag

e thousan

ds

of "G

hetto

" dw

elle

rs to ta

ke a

dvanta

ge o

f the

Fed

eral ban

kru

ptcy

laws to

free them

selves fro

m

indeb

tedness th

rough m

ass ban

kru

ptcy

declara-

tions. A

t one o

f these

meetin

gs, a

speaker re

-porte

dly

urg

ed th

at b

ankru

ptc

ies b

e p

lanned in

advance a

nd th

at a

ssets sh

euld

be k

ept fro

m th

e

Tru

stee in B

ankru

ptcy

. Such

ill-advised

actions,

of c

ourse

, could

resu

lt in se

rious v

iola

tions o

f th

e Fed

eral Ban

kru

ptcy

Statu

tes. D

urin

g fiscal y

ear 1968, F

BI in

vestig

ations o

f vio

lations o

f this A

ct resulted

in 4

4 co

nvictio

ns.

Natio

nal a

nd

Federa

l Fire

arm

s Acts

When

ever a v

iolatio

n o

f the N

ational o

r Fed

-era

( Fire

arm

s Acts is a

n o

utg

row

th o

f a F

edera

l offe

nse

with

in th

e F

BI's p

rimary

investig

ativ

e

jurisd

ictio

n, th

e B

ure

au a

ssum

es re

sponsib

ility

for e

nfo

rcem

ent o

f these

Acts. P

rimary

investi-

gativ

e jurisd

iction o

ver th

e Natio

nal an

d F

ederal

16

Fire

arm

s Acts in

oth

er c

ircum

stances, h

ow

ever,

is veste

d in

the A

lcohol a

nd T

obacco T

ax D

ivi-

sion o

f the U

nite

d S

tate

s Tre

asu

ry D

epartm

ent.

A to

tal o

f 27 c

onvic

tions w

ere

record

ed a

s a

resu

lt of F

BI in

vestig

atio

ns in

this c

ate

gory

dur-

ing th

e fisc

al y

ear.

It is to b

e noted

that th

e Fed

eral Firearm

s Act

has n

ow

been

repealed

by T

itle IV o

f the O

mnib

us

Crim

e Contro

l and S

afe Streets A

ct of 1

968. T

he

FB

I Investig

ate

s certa

in fire

arm

offe

nse

s of th

at

Act w

hen

they

stem fro

m B

ureau

cases.

■

FB

I Agent skilled

in u

nderw

ater diving

re-co

vers saw

ed-o

ff rifle-shotg

un th

row

n in

lake

by b

ank b

andit.

Selectiv

e Serv

ice T

he m

ain p

urp

ose o

f man

y In

vestig

ations co

n-

cern

ing S

ele

ctiv

e S

erv

ice m

atte

rs Is to lo

cate

delin

quents a

s quic

kly

as p

ossib

le a

nd m

ake

them

availa

ble

for m

ilitary

serv

ice. T

he D

epart-

men

t of Ju

stice and th

e Selectiv

e Serv

ice System

have c

onsiste

ntly

advise

d th

at It b

ette

r serv

es

the p

urp

ose o

f the In

ductio

n p

rogram

to m

ake m

en

who are d

elinquen

t in th

eir draft o

blig

ations av

ail-

able fo

r military

service rath

er than

to p

rosecu

te th

em an

d th

ereby m

ake th

em In

eligib

le. F

BI selectiv

e service in

vestig

ations In

recent

years h

ave b

roadened to

cope w

ith re

currin

g

schem

es to

obstru

ct th

e d

raft. M

uch e

ffort w

as

devote

d d

iein

g th

e p

ast y

ear b

y N

ew

Left-ty

pe

org

anizatio

ns to

enco

urag

e militan

t resistance to

th

e draft In

colleg

es and ev

en h

igh sch

ools. D

raft counse

ling o

f Sele

ctiv

e S

erv

ice re

gistra

nts a

nd

the b

urn

ing o

f dra

ft card

s as a

form

of p

rote

st have b

een a

part o

f this a

ccele

rate

d d

rive to

re-

sist and d

isrupt th

e Selectiv

e Serv

ice laws.

Durin

g th

e fisc

al y

ear 1

968, 7

38 S

ele

ctiv

e

Serv

ice fugitiv

es were ap

preh

ended

as com

pared

to

539 d

urin

g fisc

al y

ear 1

967. F

or th

e sa

me

perio

d th

ere were 8

09 co

nvictio

ns as co

mpared

w

ith 7

63 co

nvictio

ns In

the p

recedin

g p

eriod.

Theft o

f G

overn

ment P

roperty

W

ith ex

pan

ded

Fed

eral materiel p

rocu

remen

ts to

support U

nite

d S

tate

s com

mitm

ents a

bro

ad,

signific

ant in

cre

ase

s have b

een e

xperie

nced in

th

e num

ber o

f thefts o

f Govern

men

t pro

perty

. Dur-

ing fisc

al y

ear 1

968, 7

56 c

onvic

tions w

ere

re-

cord

ed a

s a re

sult o

f FB

I investig

atio

n o

f these

offen

ses. This is an

Increase o

f 34 p

ercent o

ver

the last f N

eel year. O

ffenders receiv

ed in

actual,

susp

ended

and p

robatio

nary

senten

ces more lean

1,3

90 y

ears. F

ines w

ere

asse

ssed o

n o

ffenders

amountin

g to

$63,3

95 an

d a to

tal of $

1,5

18,0

113 in

sa

vin

gs a

nd re

coverie

s w

ere re

aliz

ed fro

m F

BI

pro

bes w

hic

h a

lso lo

cate

d 2

37 fu

gitiv

es w

ante

d

for th

is crime.

Theft fro

m

Inte

rstate

Ship

ment

FB

I investig

ations o

f this v

iolatio

n d

urin

g fis-

cal y

ear 1

968 re

sulte

d in

$6,9

98,9

24 in

savin

gs

and re

coverie

s; 872 c

onvic

tions; a

ctu

al, su

s-pended, a

nd p

robatio

nary

sente

nces im

pose

d In

excess o

f 2,5

16 y

ears; a

nd th

e lo

catio

n o

f 435

fug it Ives. A

meric

a's e

ntire

natio

nal e

conom

y is d

epen-

den

t upon th

e contin

uous flo

w o

f food, fu

el, raw

materials an

d fin

ished

pro

ducts fro

m o

ne co

mm

u-

nity

to a

noth

er. it Is a

n u

nfo

rtunate

fact th

at

goods In

transit a

re a

mong th

e p

rime ta

rgets o

f offe

nders w

ith a

ll degre

es o

f crim

inal sk

ill and

experien

ce. A b

road

field Is co

vered

in lin

e inves-

tigatio

n o

f thefts fro

m In

terstate ship

men

ts rang-

ing fro

m h

ijackin

g w

hic

h in

volv

es th

e u

se o

f fo

rce o

r vio

lence, b

urg

lary

, robbery

, em

bezzle

-m

ent of frau

d, d

ow

n to

petty

pilferag

e-type cases.

Thoro

ugh, im

med

iate,vig

oro

us in

vestig

ation is

necessa

ry to

effe

ctiv

ely

com

bat d

epre

datio

ns o

f m

erc

handise

movin

g in

tersta

te. M

ajo

r case

s are

affo

rded "w

ithin

-Ile-h

our" In

vestig

ativ

e a

tten-

tion b

y th

e F

BI. A

ll com

pla

ints a

re afforded

"same d

ay" F

BI In

vestig

ativ

e a

ttentio

n.

FB

I investig

atio

ns d

urin

g th

e fisc

al y

ear le

d

to th

e In

dic

tment b

y a

Federa

l Gra

nd Ju

ry a

t B

rookly

n, N

ew Y

ork

, of 4

9 in

div

iduals b

ecause o

f their

Involv

emen

t in o

ne o

r more o

f nin

e separate th

efts (Inclu

din

g six

armed

hijack

ings) in

the N

ew

York

area betw

een M

ay an

d D

ecember, 1

%7, w

here

Inte

rstate

ship

ments w

ith a

tota

l valu

e o

f over

$110,0

00 w

ere

stole

n. T

rial in

this m

atte

r was

pen

din

g at th

e close o

f the fiscal y

ear.

•

California F

BI A

gents cata

logue sto

len e

fa-

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eft of G

ov-

ernment property investigation.

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ose

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g fisca

l year 1

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ns w

ere

obta

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m F

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vestig

atio

ns o

f viola

tions o

f th

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A m

ajor resp

onsib

ility o

f the F

BI is p

rotectin

g

the in

tern

al se

curity

of th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s. By

Presid

ential D

irective o

f Sep

tember 6

, 1939, th

e F

BI w

as g

iven th

e d

uty

of c

orre

latin

g in

tern

al

security

investig

atio

ns, T

his d

irectiv

e c

alle

d

upon a

ll law

enfo

rcem

ent a

gencie

s to fu

rnish

pro

mptly

to th

e FB

I any In

form

ation In

their p

os-

sessio

n re

gard

ing e

spio

nage, sa

bota

ge

and oth

er su

bversiv

e a

ctiv

ities.

The F

BI's in

vestig

atio

ns a

re d

esig

ned to

gath

er both

intellig

ence d

ata and ev

iden

ce which

can b

e u

sed In

legal p

roceedin

gs. T

he F

BI a

lso

has th

e responsib

ility o

f imm

ediately

dissem

ina-

ting th

e info

rmatio

n It h

as gath

ered to

the ap

pro

-priate o

fficials of th

e Govern

men

t.

NE

W L

EF

T M

OV

EM

EN

T

The N

ew L

eft movem

ent h

as mush

room

ed in

to

a majo

r security

pro

blem

, with

sorn

e of Its ad

her-

ents ta

lkin

g a

bout sa

bota

ge, v

iole

nce a

nd th

e

forc

ible

destru

ctio

n o

f certa

in k

ey fa

cilitie

s. B

asically a co

llege stu

den

t gro

up, th

e New

Left

dra

ws Its su

pporte

rs from

a m

otle

y v

arie

ty, in

-clu

din

g b

eatnik

s, hip

pies, d

isench

anted

Intellec-

tuals,y

oung facu

lty m

embers an

d so

me"o

verag

e" stu

dents still o

n th

e c

am

pus. T

he m

ovem

ent is

held

togeth

er by a b

itter hatred

of w

hat Is called

th

e "E

stablish

ment," th

at Is, th

e In

stitutio

ns o

f dem

ocra

tic so

cie

ty. T

his h

atre

d Is re

flecte

d b

y

inte

nse

appositio

n to

the w

ar in

Vie

tnam

, the

draft, th

e RO

TC

, military

recruitin

g o

n cam

pus,

and th

e p

artic

ipatio

n b

y u

niv

ersitie

s in m

ilitary

re

searc

h, A

t heart, N

ew

Leftist p

hilo

sophy is

anarch

istic and n

ihilist.

At th

e c

ore

of th

e N

ew

Left m

ovem

ent is a

n

org

anizatio

n k

now

n as th

e Stu

den

ts far a Dem

o-

cra

tic S

ocie

ty IS

DS

I. This g

roup is h

ighly

mili-

tant an

d h

as OM

chiefly

responsib

le for th

e New

L

eft's move fro

m a p

ositio

n o

f "passiv

e dissen

t"

to o

ne o

f "activ

e re

sistance." T

he S

DS

has b

een

the strik

ing arm

of stu

den

t rebellio

ns, su

ch as at

Colu

mbia U

niv

ersity in

New

York

City

, where v

i-ole

nce e

rupte

d, in

clu

din

g th

e k

idnapin

g o

f aca-

dem

ic p

erso

nnel, th

e se

izure

of b

uild

ings, a

nd

the d

estructio

n o

f pro

perty

. T

he c

oncept o

f vio

lence a

s an in

strum

ent to

destro

y th

e e

xistin

g so

cia

l ord

er is In

here

nt in

th

e New

Left as It Is in

the p

hilo

sophy o

f the o

ld-

line c

om

munists w

ho h

ave w

ork

ed fo

r years to

underm

ine th

is Natio

n. G

us H

all, Gen

eral Secre-

tary

, Com

munist P

arty

, US

A, h

as d

esc

ribed th

e

SD

S a

s one o

f the g

roups th

e P

arty

"has g

oin

g

for u

s." Tw

o o

f SO

S's re

cently

ele

cte

d n

atio

nal

offic

ers h

ave p

ublic

ly id

entifie

d th

em

selv

es a

s com

munists "

with

a sm

all c

" to

signify

that

while

they a

re c

om

munists, th

ey a

re a

bra

nd

diffe

rent fro

m th

e so

-calle

d "O

ld L

eft" C

om

mu-

nist P

arty, U

SA

. In

June, 1

968, th

e SD

S h

eld its N

ational C

on-

ven

tion at M

ichig

an S

tate Univ

ersity, E

ast Lan

s-in

g, M

ichig

an. T

he m

ood w

as arm o

f militan

cy,

refe

rred to

as th

e "C

olu

mbia

Spirit," m

eanin

g

the ag

gressiv

e vio

lence o

f the C

olu

mbia U

niv

er-sity

riot. O

ne o

f the w

ork

shops d

ealt w

ith sa

bo-

tage a

nd e

xplo

sives. T

he p

artic

ipants d

iscusse

d

vario

us d

evices w

hich

mig

ht b

e dev

eloped

for u

se again

st Sele

ctiv

e S

erv

ice fa

cilitie

s. in a

dditio

n,

they

discu

ssed M

olo

tov co

cktails fired

from

shot-

guns an

d co

mbustib

le materials an

d b

om

bs w

hich

m

ight b

e d

irecte

d a

gain

st com

munic

atio

n a

nd

plu

mbin

g sy

stems.

CO

MM

UN

IST

AC

TIV

ITIE

S

The C

om

munist P

arty, U

SA

, with

head

quarters

In N

ew

York

City

, contin

ued its e

ffort to

gain

re

specla

biiity

in th

e N

atio

n.

The P

arty

has

work

ed u

nceasin

gly

to e

ncoura

ge A

meric

ans to

accept It a

s a le

gitim

ate

politic

al p

arty

(whic

h

Prote

ctin

g

Ou

r In

tern

al S

ecu

rity

•

it

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JOR O

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UA

L K

EY

OR

T

it Is not) an

d as an

org

anizatio

n w

hich

wo

rks fo

r th

e b

est in

tere

sts of th

e c

ountry

(whic

h it d

oes

not). T

his d

rive fo

r resp

ecta

bility

Ins b

een b

ut-

tresse

d b

y a

wid

e v

arie

ty o

f public

appeara

nces

by to

p le

aders, in

clu

din

g G

us H

all, H

erb

ert

Apth

eker, H

enry

Win

ston, an

d o

thers. T

he P

arty

has b

een d

ebatin

g a D

raft Pro

gram

(which

will set

out its p

ositio

n o

n a

varie

ty o

f topic

s of c

urre

nt

inte

rest) a

nd p

lans to

nom

inate

candid

ate

s for

Pre

sident a

nd V

ice P

resid

ent a

t a S

pecia

l Na-

tional C

onventio

n sc

hedule

d to

be h

eld

in N

ew

Y

ork

City

durin

g th

e first w

eek o

f July

, 1968.

The P

arty w

ill also en

courag

e mem

bers to

run fo

r public o

ffice in lo

cal and state electio

ns.

Anoth

er phase o

f the P

arty's d

rive fo

r respect-

ability

was th

e e

ffort to

Issue a

new

paper, th

e

"Daily

World

,"which

will rep

lace"The W

ork

er." T

he "D

aily

World

" is to b

e a

daily

paper ("T

he

Work

er" w

as issu

ed tw

ice a

week) a

nd w

ill be

desig

ned to

appeal to

noncom

munists a

lso. T

he

new

paper, h

ow

ever, fs b

ein

g e

dite

d b

y v

ete

ran

Party

mem

bers, C

arl W

inte

r and Jo

hn P

ittman,

and w

ill faithfu

lly fo

llow

the P

arty lin

e. T

he C

om

munist P

arty, U

SA

, durin

g th

e 1968

fiscal y

ear c

ontin

ued to

oppose

the w

ar In

Vie

t-nam

, giv

ing su

pport to

gro

ups a

nd in

div

iduals

advocatin

g sim

ilar a

ims. A

t a p

ress c

onfe

rence

on M

ay 1

8, 1

968, In

Philad

elphia, G

us H

all Indi-

cated th

at campus tro

ubles, strik

es, and ev

en th

e P

oor P

eople

's Marc

h a

re p

art o

f the c

om

munist

line. T

he P

arty

is eager to

incre

ase

Its influ

ence

in th

e tabor field

. A P

arty In

dustrial C

onferen

ce w

as held

in C

hicag

o In

April, 1

468.

Youth

, how

ever, co

ntin

ues as th

e Party

's key

targ

et. Mich

ael Zag

arelf, Natio

nal Y

outh

Secre-

tary, b

egan

a natio

nw

ide to

ur o

f colleg

e campuses

In M

arc

h, 1

968, p

rimarily

in a

n e

ffort to

enlist

studen

t support fo

r the n

ew M

arxist p

aper, "D

ai-ly

Wald

." T

he N

ew

Lelt m

ovem

ent Is o

f consid

era

ble

concern

to th

e P

arty

. The P

arty

wants to

obta

in

recruits fro

m th

ese studen

ts, man

y o

f whom

talk

in M

arxist term

inolo

gy an

d d

etest dem

ocratic In

-stitu

tions w

ith a

passio

n e

qual to

the P

arty

's. H

ow

ever,th

e Party

realizes that th

e Indiv

idualism

22

and

lack o

f amen

ability

to d

isciplin

e of th

e New

L

eftists p

rovid

e p

roble

ms. E

arly

in 1

968 th

e

Party

issued a

"Youth

Reso

lutio

n o

n th

e N

ew

L

eft" w

hic

h sta

led: "W

e c

om

munists d

o n

ot se

e

the 'N

ew

Left' a

s a fa

ce sep

arate and ap

art from

our P

arty

or fro

m th

e ric

h, lo

ng tra

ditio

n o

f the

Am

eric

an le

ft. We se

e It ra

ther a

s an o

utg

row

th

of th

e se

eds w

e a

nd o

thers h

elp

ed to

sow

." In

intern

ational relatio

ns, th

e Party

furn

ished

ste

adfa

st support fo

r the S

ovie

t Unio

n. O

n th

e

50th

Anniv

ersary o

f the B

olsh

evik

Rev

olu

tion in

N

ovem

ber, 1

%7, th

e Com

munist P

arty's N

ational

Com

mitte

e Issu

ed a

state

ment re

affirm

ing Its

determ

inatio

n to

work

for A

merican

-Soviet frien

d-

ship

and fa

r the triu

mph o

f "socia

lism" In

the

United

States. W

hile in

Mosco

w, as th

e leader o

f th

e o

fficia

l Com

munist P

arty

dele

gatio

n to

the

anniv

ersa

ry c

ele

bra

tion, H

all d

enounced th

e

Unite

d S

tale

s Govern

ment In

a sp

eech a

t the

Kre

mlin

. In th

e A

rab-Isra

eli c

onflic

t, the P

arty

backed M

osc

ow

's support o

f the A

rabs. H

all

soon fo

und th

at there w

as not w

holeh

earted ag

ree-m

ent fo

r this p

ositio

n an

d w

as forced

to reso

rt to

discip

linary

measu

res to w

ell the d

issiden

t mem

-bers w

ho cam

e out in

support o

f Israel's positio

n.

SP

LIN

TE

R G

RO

UP

S

The Id

eolo

gic

al c

onflic

t betw

een th

e S

ovie

t U

nio

n an

d R

ed C

hin

a resulted

in th

e form

ation o

f num

erous p

ro-C

hin

ese "splin

ter" gro

ups. O

ne o

f th

e la

rgest a

nd m

ost m

ilitant is th

e P

rogre

ssive

Lab

or P

arty. It h

as a mem

bersh

ip o

f roughly

300

and has b

ranch

es In N

ew Y

ork

City

, Los A

ngeles,

San F

rancisc

o a

nd o

ther c

ities. Its a

ctiv

ities

durin

g th

e past y

ear hav

e centered

arou

nd

racial an

d an

ti-Vietn

am issu

es.

SU

BV

ER

SIO

N

FR

OM

AB

RO

AD

The S

oviet U

nio

n an

d its E

uro

pean

allies con-

tinue to

regard

the U

nited

States as a p

rime esp

i-onage ta

rget. T

he tw

o S

ovie

t inte

lligence n

et-

work

s directed

again

st this co

untry

are the K

GB

(C

om

mittee fo

r State S

ecurity

) and G

RU

)Soviet

Military

Intellig

ence).

A S

oviet d

efector, a fo

rmer K

GB

officer, h

as sta

ted th

at a

ppro

xim

ate

ly

70-e

0

perc

ent o

f all

perso

nnel assig

ned

to a S

oviet d

iplo

matic estab

-lish

ment w

ork

in tire

inte

lligence fie

ld. T

here

are

two R

ussia

n d

iplo

matic

esta

blish

ments in

th

is country

: the S

oviet E

mbassy

in W

ashin

gto

n,

D. C

., and th

e Soviet M

ission to

the U

nited

Na-

tions In

New

York

City

. A rev

iew o

f the n

um

ber

of S

ovie

t offic

ials in

this c

ountry

over th

e p

ast

14 y

ears reveals an

increase in

Soviet d

iplo

matic

perso

nnel, w

hic

h a

lso m

eans m

ore

inte

lligence

offic

ers. In

1954, fo

r exam

ple

, there

were

175

Sovie

t offic

ials: fiv

e y

ears la

ter, in

1959, th

e

num

ber h

ad in

creased b

y m

ore th

an 1

00 an

d th

ere w

ere 282. B

y 1

964, th

e figure w

as up to

346; an

d

as o

f June

1, 1968, th

ere

were

573 S

ovie

t of-

ficia

ls here

. In

similar fash

ion, th

e Soviet satellite n

ations

have ta

rgete

d th

eir in

tellig

ence se

rvic

es a

gain

st th

e United

States, F

or ex

ample, a H

ungarian

de-

lecto

r sourc

e h

as In

dic

ate

d th

at th

e H

ungaria

n

Intellig

ence S

ervice co

nsid

ers the U

nited

States

as its prim

e target. T

he in

tertwin

ing o

f the S

oviet

and sa

tellite

Inte

lligence se

rvic

es Is e

vid

enced

by th

e Soviet ad

viso

rs who len

d co

unsel an

d as-

sistance to

their sa

tellite

s at a

headquarte

rs lev

el and b

y th

e liaison m

aintain

ed in

the U

nited

S

tates betw

een O

re represen

tatives o

f the S

oviets

arid

their sa

tellite

s, T

he resp

onsib

ilities of th

e FB

I in U

te Cuban

area are p

rimarily

: 11) th

e pen

etration o

f Cuban

in

tellig

ence a

ctiv

ities In

the U

nite

d S

tate

s; and

(2) th

e Iden

tificatio

n o

f pro

-Castro

Ind

ivid

uals

and o

rgan

izations.

Th

e L

atin-A

merican

Solid

ar-ity

Org

anizatio

n (L

AS

O) C

onferen

ce in Ju

ly an

d

August, 1

967, a

nd th

e C

ultu

ral C

ongre

ss In Ja

n-

uary

, 1968, w

ere held

in H

avan

a specifically

for

pla

nnin

g w

ays a

nd m

eans o

f underm

inin

g U

. S,

influ

ence th

roughout th

e Western

Hem

isphere an

d

for in

filtratio

n o

f inte

lligence a

gents in

to th

e

U. S

. from

Cuba. T

here

fore

, Incre

ase

d v

igila

nce

has b

een n

ecessary In

this reg

ard.

Red C

hin

a c

ontin

ued to

regard

the U

nite

d

Sta

tes a

s Its Num

ber O

ne e

nem

y. T

his fa

ct h

as

resu

lted in

Chin

ese

com

munist In

tel lig

ence

activities In

this co

untry

, overt as w

ell as covert,

to o

bta

in n

eeded m

ate

rial, e

specia

lly in

the

scie

ntific

field

. Com

munist C

hin

a c

ontin

ues its

exte

nsiv

e e

fforts to

colle

ct sc

ientific

and te

ch-

nic

al p

ublic

atio

ns fro

m th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s. The

FB

I remain

s alert to th

is dan

ger.

KL

AN

AN

D

WH

ITE

RA

TE

GR

OU

PS

T

he F

BI d

evote

d g

reat e

ffort to

gro

ups a

nd

indiv

iduals w

hose

pro

gra

ms h

ave th

e e

ffect o

f underm

inin

g law

and o

rder.

Fourteen

Klan

-type o

rgan

izations w

ith a co

m-

bin

ed m

em

bersh

ip o

f appro

xim

ate

ly 1

2,0

00 in

-div

iduals w

ere

under in

vestig

atio

n. T

he la

rgest

Klan

gro

up is th

e United

Klan

s of A

merica, In

cor-

porated

, Knig

hts o

f the K

u K

lux K

lan, w

ith h

ead-

quarte

rs in A

labam

a. It h

as a

mem

bersh

ip o

f ap

pro

xim

ately 1

0,0

00 an

d Is h

eaded

by Im

perial

23

,FTE

,-,rteem

AN

. •

*-•

'•

HIM

Cur

AN

NU

AL

.14

21

1,1

XA

T

Wiz

ard

Ro

bert S

helto

n, w

ho

was c

on

vic

ted

an

S

eptem

ber 1

4, 1

966, o

f contem

pt o

f Congress fo

r fa

iling to

pro

duce o

rganiz

atio

nal re

cord

s sub-

po

enaed

by

the H

ou

se Co

mm

ittee on

tin-A

merican

A

ctiv

ities. S

helto

n w

as se

nte

nced to

one y

ear

in p

rison a

nd fin

ed $

1,0

00. T

his

molte

r Is

presen

tly u

nder ap

peal.

Anoth

er p

rom

inent K

lan o

rganiz

atio

n is th

e

White K

nig

hts o

f the K

u K

lux K

lan in

Mississip

pi,

It was o

rgan

ized in

19

64

un

der th

e leadersh

ip o

f im

perial W

izard S

am B

ow

ers, In O

ctober, 1

967,

Bow

ers was co

nvicted

of co

mplicity

in th

e murd

er of th

ree civil rig

hts w

ork

ers (James C

han

ey, A

n-

dre

w G

oodm

an a

nd M

ichael S

chw

ern

eo. lie

is p

resently

free on

bo

nd

awaitin

g an

app

eal of h

is convic L

ion, T

he A

merican

Nazi P

arty's h

ead, G

eorg

e Lin

-

coln

Rock

well, w

as assassinated

in A

ugust, 1

967,

In V

irgin

ia. Sin

ce his d

eath, th

e Party

has clo

sed

most o

f its chap

ters and o

nly

a small co

ntin

gen

t rem

ains at th

is time, H

eadquarters are lo

cated in

Arlin

gto

n, V

irgin

ia. Th

is gro

up

espo

uses h

atred

again

st Neg

roes an

d Jew

s.

RA

CIA

L

ST

RIF

E A

ND

RIO

TIN

G

Basic

ally

, the F

BI's re

spo

nsib

ility In

this

field Is th

e dev

elop

men

t and dissem

inatio

n o

f in-

tellig

ence In

form

atio

n w

hite

, of c

ourse

, bein

g

ever a

lert to

the d

ete

ctio

n a

l vio

latio

ns o

f Fed-

eral law o

ver w

hich

it has In

vestig

ative ju

risdic-

tion. T

he F

Bt d

oes n

ot h

ave ju

risdic

tion to

pro

-te

ct p

erso

ns a

nd

pro

perty

no

r do

es IL

hav

e th

e

resp

onsib

ility to

polic

e o

r contro

l rioto

us c

en-

dltio

ns.

Intellig

ence d

ata ind

icated a g

row

ing

militan

cy

on th

e p

art o

f bla

ck e

xtre

mists. E

mbold

ened

Negro

agita

tors a

nd re

volu

tionarie

s such a

s S

tok

ely C

armich

ael are

com

ing

to th

e forefro

nt

in N

eg

ro c

om

mu

nitie

s. Th

eir a

pp

eal to

destru

c-

tive a

ctio

n a

nd g

uerrilla

warfa

re h

as in

tensifie

d

a mood o

f tawiessn

ess among sy

mpath

etic follo

w-

ers, thereb

y in

creasing th

e poten

tial for v

iolen

ce. T

he assassin

ation

of D

r, Martin

Lu

ther K

ing

, Jr., o

n A

pril 4

, 19

68

, was seized

up

on

by

militan

t

and crim

inal elem

ents In

Neg

ro areas th

roughout

the co

un

try as an

excu

se to rio

t, loo

t, van

dalize,

burn

, and k

ill. These

outb

reaks re

sulte

d In

37

death

s, inju

ries to

tho

usa

nd

s of p

erso

ns, a

nd

m

illions of

dollars In

pro

perty

dam

age,

Certa

in o

rganiz

atio

ns c

laim

ing to

be c

ivil

righ

ts gro

up

s bu

t wh

ich in

fact preach

hatred

for

the w

hite race, d

eman

d Im

mu

nity

from

laws, an

d

advocate

vio

lence, c

onstitu

te a

serio

us th

reat to

our co

untry

's Intern

al security

.

Am

ong su

ch g

roups Is th

e Stu

den

t Nonvio

lent

Coord

inatin

g C

om

mitte

e, fo

rmerly

headed b

y

Sto

kely

Carm

ichael an

d later b

y H

. Rap

Bro

wn

. O

n M

ay 2

2, 1

968, B

row

n w

as found g

uilty

of

Win

g th

e F

ed

era

l Fire

arm

s Act a

nd

was se

n-

ten

ced

to fiv

e y

ears in

priso

n a

nd

fined

$2

,00

0.

He is

free on b

ond p

endin

g a

ppeal o

f his c

ase

.

Bro

wn h

as a

lso b

een in

dic

ted a

n a

charg

e a

t as-

saultin

g 'a

nd in

timid

atin

g a

Federa

l offic

er a

nd

obstru

ctio

n o

f justic

e, in

additio

n, h

e h

as b

een

indicted

by th

e State o

f Mary

land o

n ch

arges o

f arso

n an

d in

citing

to rio

t arising

ou

t of th

e racial

distu

rban

ce in C

ambrid

ge, M

arylan

d, In

July

,1967.

He Is p

resently

free on

bo

nd

awaitin

g trial o

n th

e ab

ov

e charg

es . A

no

ther su

ch

org

an

izatio

n is th

e B

lack

Pan

-th

er Party

, which

was fo

unded

as the B

lack P

an-

ther P

arty fo

r Self-D

efense at O

aklan

d, C

aliforn

ia,

in D

ecem

ber, 1

96

6, fo

r the a

lleg

ed

pu

rpo

se o

f co

mbatin

g p

olic

e b

ruta

lity a

nd u

nitin

g m

ilitant

bla

ck y

outh

. T

he p

olitic

al p

hilo

sop

hy

of its

leaders is b

ased o

n th

e writin

gs o

f Mao

Tse-W

og

and b

lack re

volu

tionary

write

rs. They a

dvocate

th

e u

se o

f guns a

nd g

uerrilla

tactic

s to e

nd th

eir

alleged

oppression.

The R

evolu

tionary

Actio

n M

ovem

ent is a sm

all, se

cre

t, all-N

egro

gro

up In

spire

d b

y R

obert F

, W

il I lams an

d th

e militan

t Chin

ese-com

munist lin

e.

Wiillam

s, an F

BI fu

gitiv

e, has b

een In

exile sin

ce 1961, first in

Cuba a

nd m

ore

recently

in R

ed

Chin

a. H

e is p

rese

ntly

In T

anzania

and h

as In

-d

icate

d a

desire

to re

turn

to th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s. H

e adv

ocates ach

ievin

g N

egro

righ

ts by

vio

lence.

Tire q

uestio

n o

f foreig

n in

fluen

ces in th

e black

natio

nalist m

ovem

ent Is a m

atter of g

rave co

ncern

, and in

form

atio

n h

as b

een d

evelo

ped sh

ow

ing

foreig

n in

vo

lvem

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Ben

efits Of C

oo

pera

tion

To

a so

ciety th

rea

ten

ed

by a

soa

ring

crime

ra

te a

nd w

idesp

read d

isresp

ect fo

r constitu

ted

au

tho

rity, effe

ctive ta

w e

nfo

rcem

en

t Is a critica

l n

ece

ssity. Pu

blic su

pp

ort a

nd

a p

erva

sive sp

irit of co

opera

tion a

mong a

ll leve

ls of la

w e

nfo

rce-

ment —

Federal, state, and local —

roust exist if th

ese

cha

llen

ge

s to o

ur N

atio

n's se

curity a

re to

be m

et. A

s the principal Irrvestigative arm of the U

. S.

Departm

ent o

f Justice

, the F

BI is d

edica

ted to

th

e fu

ll pr o

fessio

na

ilzatio

n o

f law

en

force

me

nt

In th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s. Th

e m

an

y reso

urce

s an

d

service

s of th

e w

orld

-ren

ow

ne

d F

BI L

ab

ora

tory

and the Identification Division are provided, w

ith-out cost, in any duly authorized law

enforcement

agency. Also extended, free of charge, Is a com

-pre

hensive

pro

gra

m o

f exp

ert in

structio

n In

•a

broad range of police and investigative subjects. T

hrough these and innumerable other services,

the

FB

I strives to

fulfill Its ce

ntra

l fun

ction

In

the law enforcem

ent comm

unity.

PO

LIC

E T

RA

ININ

G

Th

e w

ide

ran

ge

of In

structio

na

l activitie

s an

d

programs conducted by the F

BI during the fiscal

year is indicative of this Bureau's enorm

ous con-ce

rn w

ith th

e p

rofe

ssionafiza

tion o

f law

enfo

rce-

me

nt th

rou

gh

ou

t the

Un

ited

Sta

tes. T

rain

ing

as-

sistance, extended to 184,238 municipal, county,

an

d sta

te la

w e

nfo

rcem

en

t office

rs In 6

,07

4

schools, ra

nged In

subje

cts from

basic p

olice

re

cruit tra

inin

g to

hig

hly sp

ecia

lized in

structio

n

In fin

ge

rprin

ting

an

d m

ob

an

d rio

t con

trol, In

-clu

ded in

this a

dva

nce

d In

structio

n w

ere

120

scho

ols o

n la

w e

nfo

rcem

en

t ma

na

ge

me

nt

con-

ducted

nationwide by trained team

s from the F

BI's

Tra

inin

g D

ivision in

Wash

ingto

n, D

. C., a

nd

atte

nd

ed

by 4

,57

9 p

olice

exe

cutive

s an

d su

pe

r-visory personnel.

To a

id th

e n

early 1

,000 tra

fned a

nd e

xperi-

enced FB

I Special A

gents who participated as in-

structo

rs In th

ese

vario

us p

olice

schools, In

nu-

merable training docum

ents and visual aids were

prepared and revised. D

urin

g th

e fisca

l year, a

tota

l of /9

9 la

w e

n-

force

me

nt o

fficers fro

m th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s an

d

sele

cted fo

reig

n co

untrie

s were

gra

duate

d fro

m

the F

BI N

atio

nal A

cadem

y. Sin

ce Its In

ceptio

n

In 1

935, th

e N

atio

nal A

cadem

y, ofte

n ca

lled th

e

"West P

oint of Law E

nforcement," has graduated

5,3

35 la

w e

nfo

rcem

ent o

fficers in

61 se

ssions o

f w

ho

m 3

,09

1 a

re still a

ctive in

law

en

force

me

nt,

Of those graduates still active, alm

ost 28 percent o

ccup

y top

exe

cutive

po

sition

s in th

eir a

ge

ncie

s.

r•cu

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Of

••TA

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prin

v V

arrry

, M. Y

.

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FB

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t (kneelin

g fo

regro

und) d

iscusses

hit mid ru

n a

cciden

t investig

atio

n tech

niq

ues

with

po

lice officers a

nd

District A

ttorn

ey.

The N

atio

nal A

cadem

y's inte

nsive

12-w

eek

curricu

lum

of in

structio

n is d

esig

ned to

pre

pare

e

xpe

rien

ced

po

lice o

fficers fo

r gre

ate

r ad

min

is-tra

tive a

nd in

structio

nal re

sponsib

ilities w

ithin

25 ej

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r mak

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anagement S

ch

oo

l,

26

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I Nation

al F

irst Session B

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cadem

y July 29, 1935

81 S

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5,335 GR

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UA

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TH

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27

TH

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AB

OR

AT

OR

Y

Thro

ugh th

e fo

rensic

applic

atio

n o

f modem

sc

ience a

nd te

chnolo

gy, th

e F

BI L

abora

tory

seek

s to reset th

e exp

and

ing

and

com

plex

need

s of law

enfo

rcemen

t today

. Durin

g th

e fiscal year,

the L

aborato

ry co

nducted

an u

npreced

ented

342,

69

0 ex

amin

ation

s and

answ

ered m

ore th

an 4

3,0

00

re

quests re

ceiv

ed in

FB

I case

s, from

oth

er F

ed-

eral agen

cies and

local law

enfo

rcemen

t. Ab

ou

t

27

percen

t of th

ese exam

inatio

ns w

ere mad

e for

oth

er agen

cies.

Of th

e e

xam

inatio

ns m

ad

e, 2

06

,92

3 w

ere

In

do

cum

ent, p

ho

tog

raph

ic, and

sho

e and

tire prin

t fie

lds; 5

6,8

19 w

ere

In c

onnectio

n w

ith tra

nsla

-tio

ns an

d related

matters; 7

8,1

E7

inv

olv

ed p

hy

s-ics an

d ch

emistry

; and 7

61 co

ncern

ed rad

io en

gi-

neerin

g m

atters.

In a

n in

structio

nal c

ap

acity

, FB

I Lab

ora

tory

p

erso

nn

el m

ad

e sig

nific

an

t co

ntrib

utio

ns to

the

trainin

g o

f the F

BI's o

wn A

gen

ts, Natio

nal A

cad-

em

y c

lasse

s, an

d la

w e

nfo

rcem

en

t offic

ers

thro

ug

ho

ut d

ie Natio

n.

Ty

pic

al o

f the c

ase

s han

dle

d b

y th

e F

BI L

ab

-ora

tory

thro

ughout th

e fisc

al y

ear w

ere

the

follo

win

g:

On

July

22

, 19

67

, du

ring

the h

old

up

of a L

in-

co

ln, Illin

ois, m

ote

l, wh

ere

he w

as re

giste

red

under an

assum

ed n

ame, E

dw

ard R

ichard

Cesarz

sho

t an

d m

orta

lly w

ou

nd

ed

a d

esk

cle

rk. C

esa

rz

was ap

preh

ended

later in a B

loom

ingto

n, Illin

ois,

mote

l where

he w

as re

giste

red u

nder h

is corre

ct

nam

e. An ex

amin

ation in tile F

BI L

aborato

ry d

e-te

rmin

ed th

at th

e h

andprin

ting o

n th

e tw

o m

ote

l re

gistra

tion

card

s was p

rep

are

d b

y th

e sa

me p

er-

son,an

d ex

pert testim

ony to

this effect w

as giv

en

their re

spectiv

e d

epartm

ents. A

portio

n o

f this

train

ing Is c

onducte

d a

t FB

I facilitie

s In Q

uart-

rico, V

irgin

ia, w

hic

h a

re p

rese

ntly

underg

oin

g

vast ex

pan

sion. W

hen

com

pleted

, an u

ltramodern

F

BI A

cadem

y th

ere will p

rovid

e enlarg

ed train

ing

accom

mo

datio

ns fo

r FB

I Ag

ents an

d w

ill increase

up

to 2

,00

0 th

e nu

mb

er of F

BI N

ation

al Acad

emy

offic

ers w

ho c

an b

e tra

ined e

ach y

ear. In

addi-

tion, sp

ecia

lized tra

inin

g w

ill be g

iven to

an

additio

nal 1

,600 o

fficers each y

ear. D

urin

g th

e !local y

ear, the F

BI sp

on

sored

and

conducte

d 2

75 la

w e

nfo

rcem

ent c

onfe

rences

thro

ughout th

e country

regard

ing legal decisions

affecting

law en

forcem

ent an

d serv

ices afford

ed

by

the N

ation

al Crim

e Info

rmatio

n C

enter. T

hese

pro

gram

s were atten

ded

by 2

1,6

95 o

fficers repre-

sentin

g 6

,788 p

olice ag

encies.

Th

e Om

nib

us C

rime C

on

trol an

d S

afe Streets

Act o

f 1968, re

cently

enacte

d, a

uth

oriz

ed fu

nds

for th

e F

BI to

use

in th

e in

ten

sificatio

n o

f Its N

atio

nal A

cadem

y a

nd p

olite

field

train

ing p

ro-

gra

m, d

esig

ned

to a

ssist mu

nic

ipal, c

ou

nty

, an

d

state

law

en

forc

em

en

t ag

en

cie

s with

train

ing

when

requested

.

Typ

es of F

ingerp

rints o

n F

ile a

t FB

I Iden

tificatio

n D

ivisio

n

Total 188.396,701

nducted

257,060

76,383

284,30 71—

— - 0,516

$

42 fig0

yIEC

1"1964

,

1965,

1966,

1067'

1968' 20,270

22,375 22.614

27,450

31,404

Fu

gitives Id

entified

by F

ing

erprin

ts r,'Ka 1964 I

1965

1966

1967

1968

77

777.1a 7..77,11

11168 P

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NN

E! L

m

cPartz.

-7

r

durin

g C

esa

rz's tria

l in M

arc

h, 1

%8. A

jury

sub-

sequen

tly fo

und

Cesara g

uilty

and

recom

men

ded

the d

eath p

enalty

. In

anoth

er c

ase

involv

ing th

e se

rvic

es o

f the

FB

I Lab

orato

ry, T

ho

mas K

ee Min

g H

su, p

osin

g

as a

form

er g

en

era

l in th

e C

hin

ese

Natio

nalist

Arm

y, sw

indle

d se

vera

l perso

ns In

the U

nite

d

Sta

tes o

f substa

ntia

l sum

s in a

schem

e b

ase

d o

n

his al leg

ed clo

se relation

ship

with

Gen

eralissimo

C

hian

g K

ai-shek

. In o

rder to

giv

e creden

ce to h

is rep

resentatio

n, H

su ex

hib

ited p

ho

tog

raph

s dep

ict-in

g h

imse

lf in th

e c

om

pany o

f Genera

lissimo

Ch

iang

. Su

bseq

uen

t exam

inatio

n b

y th

e FB

I Lab

-

orato

ry d

isclosed

that th

ey w

ere skillfu

lly altered

co

mp

osite

s of le

gitim

ate

ph

oto

gra

ph

s in w

hic

h

Hsu

had in

clu

ded h

imse

lf with

Genera

lissimo

Chia

ng's sta

ff. T

estim

on

y to

this e

ffect w

as

giv

en

by

an

ex

pert in

Un

ited

Sta

tes D

istrict

Co

urt, N

ew Y

ork

, New

Yo

rk, in

Janu

ary o

f 19

68

, an

d H

su w

as successfu

lly p

rosecu

ted.

FIN

GE

RP

RIN

T

IDE

NT

IFIC

AT

ION

The F

BI id

entific

atio

n D

ivisio

n p

rocesse

d

6,9

74,3

34 se

ts of fin

gerp

rints d

urin

g th

e fisc

al

year —

mark

ing

the la

rgest n

um

ber re

ceiv

ed

in

any y

ear since W

orld

War II —

and in

creased its

tota

l file to

well o

ver 1

88,0

00,0

00. A

record

28

Sp

ecial A

gen

t Do

cum

ent E

xam

iners o

f F

BI

Labora

tory su

ccessfully sea

rch b

arrel o

f ch

arred

deb

ris for id

entities o

f mu

rder su

s-p

ects.

2,0

45

,31

8 crim

inal id

entificatio

ns w

ere mad

e, and

an u

npre

cedente

d n

um

ber o

f fugitiv

es, 3

1,4

04,

were id

entified

as a result o

f searches co

nd

ucted

In th

e fife

s of th

is Div

ision. A

t the c

lose

of th

e

fiscal year, w

anted

notices o

n fu

gitiv

es sought b

y

vario

us law

enfo

rcemen

t agen

cies totaled

56,7

07,

and o

f these 3

9,8

17 w

ere for p

robatio

n an

d p

arole

vio

lators.

Durin

g th

is year,

law en

forcem

ent ag

encies at

all levels o

f our G

overn

men

t called u

pon th

e La-

tent F

ingerp

rint S

ectio

n o

f this D

ivisio

n to

aid

In

the in

vestig

atio

n o

f case

s thro

ugh th

e su

b-

missio

n o

f 21

9,2

64

articles for ex

amin

ation

. Th

e 2

7,4

25

cases han

dled

by

this S

ection

con

stituted

a 1

6 p

erc

ent In

cre

ase

over th

e p

revio

us fisc

al

year an

d an

all-time h

igh reco

rd. T

he n

um

ber o

f case

s in w

hic

h su

spects w

ere

identifie

d, 2

,578,

mark

ed

a 1

5 p

erc

en

t incre

ase

ov

er th

e p

rev

iou

s y

ear. Du

ring

the y

ear, exp

ert exam

iners fro

m th

e S

ection

mad

e 31

4 co

urt ap

pearan

ces wh

ich led

to

ov

er 1

,80

0 y

ears in

priso

n te

rms, n

ine life

sen

-ten

ces, and

one d

eath

sente

nce b

ein

g im

pose

d.

Intern

ational E

xch

ange

As a resu

lt of its In

ternatio

nal E

xch

ang

e Pro

-gra

m w

ith 8

3 frie

ndly

noncom

munist c

ountrie

s

and U

nited

States p

ossessio

ns o

utsid

e the co

nti-

nenta

l limits, th

e F

BI re

ceiv

ed 1

6,8

20 se

ts of

fing

erprin

ts du

ring

the fiscal y

ear, of w

hich

2,0

50

w

ere iden

tified w

ith th

ose o

n file in

the Id

entifi-

catio

n D

ivisio

n, in

retu

rn, th

e F

BI se

nt 2

49 fin

-gerp

rint c

ard

s abro

ad a

nd 7

5 o

f these

were

id

entified

.

Th

e F

BI D

isaster Squad

A

no

ther co

st-free coo

perativ

e service

IS lh

at

rendered

by th

e FB

I Disaster S

quad

. Com

posed

of h

ighly

trained

iden

tification ex

perts, th

is team

stands re

ady to

assist, u

pon re

quest, in

the id

en-

tificatio

n o

f majo

r disa

ster v

ictim

s. Du

ring

the

fiscal y

ear, th

e D

isaste

r Sq

uad

assiste

d in

the

iden

tificatio

n o

f 22

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e d

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volv

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ne h

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know

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obta

ined fro

m a

n e

stimate

d 1

11 vic-

tims o

f whom

81 w

ere

identifie

d th

rough th

ese

p

rints,

PU

BL

ICA

TIO

NS

N

umerous requests for law

enforcement infor-

mation are received by th

e FB

I from m

embers of

the p

rofe

ssion, e

duca

tors, stu

dents a

nd o

ther

citizens. T

o m

eet th

is dem

and, th

e F

BI p

rints a

num

ber of booklets, charts and other items. S

ome

are

tech

nica

l In n

atu

re a

nd a

re re

stricted in

dis-

tributio

n to

law

enfo

rcem

ent p

erso

nnel. O

thers

are available to the general public.

30

Th

e Un

iform

C

rime R

eportin

g P

rogram

T

he Uniform

Crim

e Reporting P

rogram collects,

analyze

s an

d p

ub

lishe

s crime

figu

res fo

r the

U

nite

d5ta

ies. T

he F

BI co

mpile

s these

statistics,

furnished on a voluntary basis bylaw enforcem

ent nationw

ide, and publishes them in an annual bul-

letin, the Uniform

Crim

e Reports, w

hich provides data

on crim

e tre

nds a

nd ra

tes b

y state

, geo-

gra

phic d

ivision a

nd p

opula

tion g

roup. T

his b

ul-

letin

Is supple

mente

d q

uarte

rly durin

g th

e

year w

ith sta

tistical re

lease

s show

ing crim

e tre

nds

based on a Crim

e index, which Is the only nation-

wide m

easure of the volume and type of crim

inal a

ctivity.

Developed to furnish w

orthwhile inform

ation to assist the heads of law

enforcement agencies in

the administration and operation of their depart-

ments, th

e U

nifo

rm C

rime R

eportin

g P

rogra

m

colle

cts data

on fo

ur m

ajo

r hem

s of p

rimary in

-te

rest to

the

se e

xecu

tives, n

am

ely: (1

) offe

nse

s know

n to police; (2) age, sex and race of persons arre

sted; 1

31 p

olice

disp

ositio

n o

f perso

ns a

r-re

sted; a

nd (4

) police

em

plo

yee in

form

atio

n. In

additio

n to

their u

se b

y police

exe

cutive

s, the

statistics p

ublish

ed try th

e F

BI a

re b

ein

g u

sed

increasingly by sociologists, penologists, judges, stu

dents a

nd o

thers in

tere

sted h

i crime a

nd Its

social aspects.

A p

rogra

m, in

itiate

d in

1963 to

analyze

the

crimin

al ca

reers o

f know

n o

ffenders fro

m th

eir

fingerp

rint re

cord

s, has sh

ow

n th

at o

f appro

xi-

The N

ational Crim

e Information C

enter, a com-

pute

rized in

dex o

f info

rmatio

n co

nce

rnin

g crim

e

and crim

inals o

f natio

nw

ide In

tere

st, beca

me

opera

tional In

January, 1

967.

This C

ente

r is located in F

BI H

eadquarters In Washington, D

. C.,

and serves as the nucleus of a vast comm

unica-tio

ns n

etw

ork w

hich

Inclu

des lo

cal, sta

te a

nd

Federal law

enforcement agencies throughout the

Unite

d S

tate

s. The C

ente

r Is desig

ned to

com

-ple

ment th

e d

eve

lopm

ent o

f metro

polita

n a

nd

state

wid

e e

lectro

nic syste

ms a

nd

ma

kes a

vail-

able in a matter of seconds inform

ation essential to

the e

fficient and effective perform

ance of law

en

force

me

nt p

erso

nn

el. A

t the

en

d o

f the

fiscal

year, the National C

rime Inform

ation Center net-

work w

as comprised of 61 control term

inals repre-se

ntin

g 4

2 sla

tes, th

e D

istrict of C

niu

mbia

and

mately 195,000 individual offenders processed by

the end of 1967, three out of every four had been arrested on som

e charge prior to the arrest which

bro

ug

ht th

eir re

cord

into

the

pro

gra

m. It is h

op

ed

th

at th

is pro

gra

m w

ill pro

vide va

luable

info

rma-

tion

to th

ose

con

cern

ed

with

the

ad

min

istratio

n

of ju

stice a

s well a

s to th

e stu

dent o

f crime.

The F

BI

Law

En

forcem

ent B

ulletin

The F

BI L

aw

Enfo

rcem

ent B

ulle

tin, a

month

ly p

rofe

ssion

al jo

urn

al, co

nta

ins m

ate

rial o

f Inte

rest

rela

ting to

al! p

hase

s of la

w e

nfo

rcem

ent w

ork.

This p

ublica

tion, w

hich

is not a

vaila

ble

to th

e

genera

l public, Is w

idely circu

late

d a

mong la

w

enforcement agencies and serves as a m

edium for

the mutual exchange of Ideas and the discussion

of problems confronting the profession.

Canada. It is a

nticip

ate

d th

at b

y the e

nd o

f 1968,

the e

ntire

50 sta

les w

ill be tie

d in

. T

he C

ente

r Inclu

des d

ata

regard

ing sto

len

automobiles, stolen property In certain categories,

all F

edera

l fugitive

s, and fu

gitive

s wante

d fo

r the

com

missio

n o

f serio

us sta

te crim

es. T

he

Ce

nte

r serves as an index to the docum

ented files main-

tain

ed

by tire

loca

l ag

en

cies a

nd

do

es n

ot Itse

lf co

nta

in co

mp

lete

de

taile

d In

form

atio

n re

ga

rdin

g

the crimes. O

ver 552,000 active records were on

file a

t the C

ente

r at th

e clo

se o

f the fisca

l year.

Additio

nal a

pplica

tions In

cludin

g an

index o

f sto

len se

curitie

s, trave

ler's ch

ecks, a

rid m

oney

ord

ers w

ill be in

corp

ora

ted In

the syste

m in

the

near fu

ture

,and re

search

is under w

ay to

furth

er

utilize

the

system

for th

e co

llectio

n a

nd

stora

ge

o

f crimin

al sta

tistics an

d o

the

r crime

da

ta.

31

NA

TIO

NA

L C

RIM

E IN

FO

RM

AT

ION

CE

NT

ER

NA

TIO

NA

L C

RIM

E IN

FO

RM

AT

ION

CE

NT

ER

law

Enforcem

ent Agencies P

articipating In System

AP

PL

ICA

NT

a

nd

EM

PL

OY

EE

IN

VE

ST

IGA

TIO

NS

• . _

Prote

ctin

g th

e G

overn

men

t

It Is the d

uty

of th

e F

BI th

rough a

ppro

pria

te

inv

estig

atio

ns to

secu

re th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s Go

v-

ernm

ent fro

m crim

inal an

d su

bversiv

e elemen

ts w

hich

could

brin

g co

rruptio

n an

d ru

in to

the F

ed-

era

l serv

ice. T

his p

rimary

role

of th

e F

BI a

lso

ex

ten

ds to

the In

vestig

atio

n o

f spu

riou

s cla

ims

affecting th

e Govern

men

t which

result fro

m civ

il m

atters.

INV

ES

TIG

AT

IVE

R

ES

PO

NS

IBIL

ITIE

S

Federa

l Em

plo

yee

Security

Pro

gra

m

The F

BI first b

egan

conductin

g in

vestig

ations

concern

ing L

he lo

yalty

of F

ederal em

plo

yees in

th

e 1942 fiscal y

ear when

the D

epartm

ent o

f Jus-

tice Appro

priatio

ns A

ct pro

vid

ed fo

r the in

vesti-

gatio

n o

f any G

overn

men

t emplo

yee b

elongin

g to

a su

bversiv

e org

anizatio

n o

r advocatin

g th

e over-

thro

w o

f the F

ederal G

overn

men

t. Sim

ilar pro

vi-

sion

s w

ere

made in

1943, b

ut th

ere

afte

r, an

Instru

ctions o

f the A

ttorn

ey G

eneral, th

is type o

f in

vestig

ation w

as conducted

under th

e pro

visio

ns

of th

e H

atc

h A

ct w

hic

h p

rohib

ited F

edera

l em

-plo

yee m

embersh

ip In

any o

rgan

ization ad

vocat-

ing th

e overth

row

of o

ur co

nstitu

tional fo

rm o

f govern

men

t. T

hese

Instru

ctio

ns re

main

ed

in

effe

ct u

nfit th

e F

ed

era

l Em

plo

yee L

oy

alty

Pro

-g

ram b

egan

with

the sig

nin

g o

f Ex

ecutiv

e Ord

er 9835 b

y th

e Presid

ent In

March

, 1947. T

his w

as re

pla

ced In

1953 b

y E

xecutiv

e O

rder 1

0450,

under w

hich

the F

BI is ch

arged

with

the resp

on-

sibility

of c

heck

ing

thro

ug

h Its file

s the n

am

es

and fin

gerp

rints o

f emplo

yees an

d ap

plican

ts In

the E

xecu

tive B

ranch

of th

e Fed

eral Govern

men

t. W

hile th

e FB

I Is required

to co

nduct in

vestig

ation

only

where in

form

ationof a d

isloyal o

r subversiv

e natu

re Is d

isclo

sed c

oncern

ing th

e e

mplo

yee o

r ap

plican

t, allegatio

ns b

earing

on

sultab

ility,su

ch

as dru

nk

enn

ess, dru

g ad

dictio

n, n

ervo

us o

r men

tal diso

rders, Im

mora

lity, d

ishonesty

, and su

scepti-

bility

to co

ercion, are also

fully

dev

eloped

durin

g

such in

vestig

atio

ns.

Pre

limin

ary

Inquirie

s are

freq

uen

tly m

ade to

verify

iden

tity o

r to d

etermin

e th

e e

xact sig

nific

ance o

f Info

rmatio

n o

bta

ined

from

the in

itial file

searc

h.

Experie

nce h

as

show

n th

at th

ese

inquirie

s ofte

n e

limin

ate

the

necessity

for

full fie

ld in

vestig

atio

ns. C

ase

s in

volv

ing o

nly

allegatio

ns b

earing u

pon th

e gen

-era

l suita

bility

of th

e e

mplo

yee o

r applic

ant a

re

investig

ate

d b

y th

e e

mplo

yin

g a

gency o

r the

Un

ited S

tates Civ

il Serv

ice Co

mm

ission

. T

he ro

le o

f the F

BI in

imple

mentin

g th

e p

ro-

visio

ns o

f Execu

tive O

rder 1

0450 is to

report th

e fa

cts w

ithout b

ias, c

onclu

sion, o

r recom

menda-

tion

. It Is the re

spo

nsib

ility o

f the C

ivil S

erv

ice

Com

missio

n a

nd/o

r the e

mplo

yin

g a

gency to

w

eig

h th

e fa

cts a

nd

to ta

ke a

dju

dic

ativ

e a

ctio

n.

Durin

g th

e perio

d Ju

ly 1

, 1967, th

rough Ju

ne 3

0,

1968, a to

tal of 4

02,6

79 in

div

idual secu

rity fo

rms

were

handle

d. A

s a re

sult o

f pro

cessin

g th

ese

fo

rms, sp

ecific

requests b

y th

e C

ivil S

erv

ice

Com

missio

n a

nd o

ther a

gencie

s, and c

om

pla

ints

received

directly

by th

e FB

I, 975 p

relimin

ary in

-quirie

s and 5

64 fu

ll field

investig

atio

ns w

ere

In

stitute

d d

urin

g th

e 1

968 fisc

al y

ear. M

any o

f th

ese

disp

roved th

e a

llegatio

ns a

gain

st the a

p-

plican

t or em

plo

yee co

ncern

ed.

Unite

d N

atio

ns

Loyalty

Pro

gra

m

Pu

rsuan

t to E

xecu

tive O

rder 1

04

22

, Am

erican

citiz

ens e

mplo

yed b

y, o

r seekin

g e

mplo

ym

ent

with

, the U

nite

d N

atio

ns a

nd o

ther in

tern

atio

nal

org

aniz

atio

ns o

f whic

h th

e U

nite

d S

tale

s is a

mem

ber are In

vestig

ated b

y th

e FB

I when

Info

r-m

atio

n o

f a d

isloyal n

atu

re c

oncern

ing th

em

is develo

ped. U

nder th

is pro

gra

m fo

ur p

relim

inary

In

quirie

s and 4

3 fu

ll field

loyalty

investig

atio

ns

were

institu

ted in

the fisc

al y

ear.

33

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Departm

enta

l Applic

ants

FB

I Investig

atio

ns a

re c

onducte

d, a

t the re

-q

uest o

f the D

epartm

ent o

f Justice, o

f ind

ivid

uals

to b

e e

mplo

yed in

the v

ario

us d

ivisio

ns a

nd b

u-

reaus w

ithin

the D

epartm

ent, su

ch as th

e Bureau

o

f Priso

ns an

d th

e Imm

igratio

n an

d N

aturalizatio

n

Serv

ice. T

hese

investig

atio

ns In

clu

de a

pplic

ants

for F

edera

l judgesh

ips,

United S

tates M

arshals

and th

eir d

eputie

s, and o

ther p

ositio

ns su

ch

as

atto

rney

s an

d c

leric

al e

mp

loy

ees in

the D

ep

art-

men

t of Ju

stice, as well as im

mig

rant In

specto

rs In

the im

mig

ration an

d N

aturalizatio

n S

ervice an

d

corre

ctio

nal o

fficers in

the B

ure

au o

f P

risons. In

vestig

atio

ns a

re a

lso c

on

du

cte

d o

f main

te-

nan

ce emp

loy

ees wh

o h

ave access to

FB

I space.

Darin

g th

e fiscal year 1968, th

e FB

I received

3,7

14 req

uests fro

m th

e Dep

artmen

t for ap

plican

t-ty

pe In

vestig

ations.

Oth

er R

equests

The C

ivil S

erv

ice C

om

missio

n h

as p

rimary

respo

nsib

ility fo

r con

du

cting

app

licant in

vestig

a-tio

ns fo

r the U

nited

States G

overn

men

t. How

ever,

when

die P

residen

t so d

irects, when

the p

ositio

n

Involv

ed is c

ertifie

d a

s one o

f a h

igh d

egre

e o

f im

po

rtance o

r sensitiv

ity, o

r wh

en d

ata Ind

'cat ing

p

ossib

le dislo

yalty

is dev

elop

ed, th

e FB

I han

dles

these

inq

uirie

s. With

in th

ese

pro

visio

ns, th

e

Civ

il Serv

ice Co

mm

ission

requ

ested 1

82

inv

esti-gatio

ns fo

r vario

us a

gencie

s in th

e fisc

al y

ear

I96

8.

Oth

er a

pplica

nt

or e

mplo

yee in

vestig

atio

ns

con

du

cted o

r initiated

by

the F

BI d

urin

g th

e 19

68

fisc

al y

ear in

clu

ded: 1

,012 fo

r the W

hite

house

an

d C

abin

et officers; 5

7 fo

r certain C

ongressio

nal

comm

ittees; 2,720 fo

r the A

tom

ic En

ergy

Co

m-

missio

n; 2

3 fo

r the A

gen

cy fo

r intern

ation

al De-

velo

pm

ent; 4

for th

e United

States A

rms C

ontro

l and D

isarm

am

ent A

gency; 1

8 fo

r the N

atio

nal

Aero

nau

tics and S

pace A

dm

inistratio

n; an

d 2

29

for th

e Peace C

arps.

inv

estigatio

ns to

determ

ine th

e character an

d

conduct o

f perso

ns re

questin

g P

resid

entia

l par-

dons a

fter c

onvic

tion o

f a fe

lony in

the F

edera

l

co

urts a

re c

on

du

cte

d b

y th

e F

BI a

t the re

qu

est

of th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s Pardon A

ttorney, P

erson

s re

qu

estin

g p

ard

on

s seek

resto

ratio

n o

f certa

in

civ

il righ

ts den

ied

them

as a

resu

lt of th

eir

con

victio

ns.

As a

coopera

tive m

easu

re w

ith th

e P

ard

on

Atto

rney

, this B

ureau

con

du

cts inv

estigatio

ns o

f

perso

ns m

akin

g a

pplic

atio

n fo

r executiv

e c

lem

-en

cy

, bu

t on

ly In

tho

se c

ase

s wh

ere

the o

rigin

al

offen

se up

on

wh

ich th

e app

licant w

as con

victed

w

as with

in th

e prim

ary ju

risdictio

n at th

e FB

I. D

urin

g th

e fiscal year 1

968,4

03 in

vestig

ations

were

co

mp

lete

d a

nd

the re

sults fu

rnish

ed

the

Pard

on A

ttorn

ey.

NA

ME

CE

EC

KS

The F

BI h

as the resp

onsib

ility fo

r the co

ord

i-

natio

n an

d d

issemin

ation

of In

form

ation

pertain

-in

g to

the in

terv

al se

cu

rity o

f the U

nite

d S

tate

s. in

form

ation co

min

g in

to p

ossessio

n at th

e FB

I is m

ade availab

le to all au

tho

rized In

terested G

ov

-ern

ment a

gencie

s of th

e E

xecutiv

e B

ranch to

assist th

em in carry

ing o

ut th

eir official fu

nctio

ns

and

to safeg

uard

the secu

rity o

f the N

ation

. D

ata in F

BI file

s Is also

disse

min

ate

d in

resp

on

se to

n

ame ch

eck req

uests fro

m th

ese agen

cies. Nearly

tw

o m

illion su

ch re

quests w

ere

handle

d d

urin

g

the fisc

al y

ear.

CIV

IL IN

VE

ST

IGA

TIO

NS

Each

year su

bsta

ntia

l sav

ing

s accru

e to

tax

-pay

ers as a result o

f civil in

vestig

ations co

nduc-

ted b

y th

e FB

I in m

atters iv w

hich

the G

overn

men

t Is a p

arty in

interest. T

hese in

vestig

atIons,m

any

of w

hich

often

Inv

olv

e com

plex

accou

ntin

g an

d

scie

ntIfic

ex

am

inatio

ns, w

ere

resp

on

sible

for

savings ard

recoveries b

enefi B

ing th

e Govern

men

t to

the e

xte

nt o

f mo

re th

an

12

10

,65

0,0

00

in th

e

fiscal year,

A b

reakdow

n o

f the am

ounts recorded In som

e cate

go

ries o

f these

case

s inclu

ded

: Ad

mira

lty

Matters, 57,529,353; A

scertainin

g F

inancia

l Abil-

ity, 11,0

60,5

15; C

ourt o

f Cla

ims, $

26,1

73,0

71;

Fed

eral Torl C

laims A

ct, $111,890,063; and R

e-negotiation A

ct, 545,243,693.

PE

RS

ON

NE

L A

ND

A

DM

INIS

TR

AT

ION

34

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th o

f Se

o

f FR

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rson

ne

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N

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Org

an

izatio

n

Togeth

er w

ith a

traditio

nal d

edic

atio

n to

the

ideals o

f fidelity

, brav

ery, an

d in

tegrity

, the F

BI

is abso

lute

ly c

om

mitte

d to

the h

igh

est p

ossib

le

deg

ree of o

peratio

nal efficien

cy In

Its service to

th

e Am

erican p

ub

lic. Th

rou

gh

the eco

no

mic an

d

Imagin

ativ

e u

tilizatio

n a

t Its reso

urc

es, th

e F

BI

has o

ver th

e years retu

rned

to th

e taxpay

er In th

e fo

rm o

f fines, sav

ing

s, and

recov

eries an am

ou

nt

In ex

cess of th

at app

rop

riated fo

r Its op

eration

s.

DIV

ISIO

NS

AN

D O

FF

ICE

S

Th

e F

BI H

ead

qu

arte

rs staff a

t Wash

ing

ton

, D

. C., is d

ivid

ed in

to ten

Div

ision

s. Su

perv

ising

all F

BI a

ctiv

ities, th

ese

Div

ision

s hav

e c

learly

d

efin

ed

resp

on

sibilitie

s to In

sure

clo

se su

per-

visio

n an

d av

oid

duplicatio

n o

f effort.

FB

I Fie

ld O

ffices a

re lo

cate

d in

50 m

ajo

r citie

s in th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s and In

the C

om

mon-

wealth

of P

uerto

Ric

o. H

eaded b

y a

Specia

l A

gen

t in C

harg

e, each o

f these o

ffices Is man

ned

an

d o

pera

tion

al c

on

tinu

ou

sly, T

hese

Fie

ld O

f-fic

es h

ave a

ver 5

00 R

esid

ent A

gencie

s (subaf-

flees) wh

ich facilitate th

e pro

mp

t han

dlin

g o

f In-

vestig

ative m

atters thro

ug

ho

ut th

eir areas. F

acilitating th

e exch

ange o

f Info

rmatio

n w

ith

fore

ign a

gencie

s an m

atte

rs rela

ting to

Inte

rna-

tion

al c

rime a

nd

sub

versiv

e a

ctiv

ities, th

e F

BI

main

tains liaiso

n p

osts iii1

2 m

ajor fo

reign cities.

PE

RS

ON

NE

L

Al th

e c

lose

of th

e 1

960 fisc

al y

ear, th

ere

w

ere

15

,96

1 e

mp

loy

ees o

n th

e ro

lls of th

e F

BI,

inclu

din

g 6

,69

9 S

pecial A

gen

ts and

9,2

62

cleri-cal, ste

nogra

phic

, and te

chnic

al p

erso

nnel. S

ig-

nifican

tly, o

ver 6

6 p

ercent o

f the S

pecial A

gen

ts an

d o

ver 2

1 p

ercent o

f the n

onin

vestig

ative p

er-so

nn

el h

ad

serv

ed

10

years o

r mo

re. T

he p

rev

-ale

nce o

f larg

e n

um

bers o

f ex

perie

nced

care

er

em

plo

yees h

as fre

qu

en

tly e

nab

led

the F

BI to

effic

ien

tly c

arry

oat a

dd

ition

al re

spo

nsib

ilities

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with

ou

t corresp

on

din

g in

creases in m

anp

ow

er. In

recognitio

n o

f outsta

ndin

g se

rvic

e d

urin

g

the fisc

al y

ear, 9

69 c

ash

aw

ard

s tota

ling m

ore

th

an $

199,0

00 w

ere

giv

en to

FB

I em

plo

yees fo

r su

ggestio

ns o

r superio

r accom

plish

ments. S

pe-

cia

l Agents re

ceiv

ed 6

64 o

f these

aw

ard

s while

305 w

ent to

oth

er e

mplo

yees. A

dditio

nally

, 630

quality

with

in-g

rade salary

increases w

ere giv

en

emp

loy

ees for su

stained

abo

ve-av

erage p

erform

-ance. A

gents re

ceiv

ed 2

29 o

f these

and

no

n-

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t emplo

yees acco

unted

for 4

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IO

• F

BI A

gen

ts score firea

rms tra

inin

g ta

rget.

Th

e F

BI re

cru

its its ow

n p

erso

nn

el. A

ll ap

-

plican

ts for em

plo

ym

ent w

ith th

e FB

I mu

st meet

rigid

requ

iremen

ts, and th

ose w

ith th

e necessary

qualificatio

ns are affo

rded

inten

sive b

ackgro

und

investig

atio

ns to

assess th

eir s

ulla

blId

y. O

nly

M

ose w

ho

meet th

ese hig

h stan

dard

s are offered

appoin

tments, w

hic

h b

egin

with

all e

xte

nsiv

e

train

ing p

rogra

m c

overin

g

all a

sp

ects

of th

e

duties th

ey are ex

pected

to p

erform

. Train

ing p

e-rio

ds fo

r new

emp

loy

ees rang

e from

a few d

ays

for so

me clerical p

ositio

ns to

14 w

eeks fo

r Spe-

cia

l Ag

en

ts. Tra

inin

g, h

ow

ev

er, is a

ll un

en

din

g

pro

ce

ss in

th

e F

BI. R

efre

sher c

ou

rses

and a

w

ide

range o

f specialized

tralefrig p

rogram

s are

giv

en p

eriodically

to all em

plo

yees to

Insu

re that

they

are

kep

t ab

reast o

f an

y n

ew

dev

elo

pm

en

ts affectin

g th

eir wo

rk.

INS

PE

CT

ION

S

A h

igh

ly tra

ined

staff o

f Insp

ecto

rs Is main

-ta

ined fo

r perio

dic

and

exhau

stive ex

amin

ation

Into

all a

spects o

f the o

pera

tion

s of e

ach

FB

I fie

ld o

ffice, lia

ison p

ost, a

nd re

sident a

gency,

as w

ell a

s each o

f the d

ivisio

ns a

t FB

I Head-

quarters.

The

Insp

ectio

ns a

re d

esig

ned

to

assure m

axim

um

efficiency

and econ

om

y o

f op

era-tio

ns, p

eak u

tilizatio

n o

f manpow

er a

nd e

quip

-

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,11 A

NN

UA

L n

wro

ns

41-

men

t, co

rrectio

n o

f weak

nesse

s, an

d d

isco

very

an

d ev

aluatio

n o

f new

techniq

ues and p

roced

ures.

Assistin

g th

e In

specto

rs In th

is mo

st imp

orta

nt

fun

ctio

n is a

cad

re o

f sele

ct A

ides w

ho

se p

rior

perfo

rman

ce h

as m

erite

d th

eir fu

ture

co

nsid

era

-tio

n fo

r ad

van

ced

ad

min

istrativ

e a

nd

ex

ecu

tive

po

sition

s in th

e F

BI. T

hro

ug

h th

e w

ide ex

peri-

en

ce a

fford

ed

In e

very

secto

r of F

BI a

ctiv

ities,

the In

spectio

n S

taff th

us se

rves a

s a [ra

inin

g

gro

und fo

r the F

BI's m

anagem

ent d

evelo

pm

ent

program.

Du

ring

the fisc

al y

ear, th

e in

spectio

n S

taff

con

du

cted H

O in

spectio

ns an

d 6

8 m

iscellaneo

us

surv

eys an

d in

quiries,

SP

EC

IAL

SE

RV

ICE

S

An in

creasing n

um

ber o

f statistical and ad

min

-

istrative fu

nctio

ns at F

BI H

eadq

uarters are b

eing

perfo

rmed

with

modern

data p

rocessin

g eq

uip

men

t.

By

a pro

cess at mu

ltipro

gram

min

g w

ith th

is equ

ip-

men

t, appro

xim

ately 8

5,0

00

per m

onth

has b

een

saved

du

ring

the fiscal y

ear. T

he h

ighly

skilled

craftsmen

and artists o

f the

Ex

hib

its Sectio

n at F

BI H

eadq

uarters p

erform

ed a

wid

e v

arie

ty o

f un

iqu

e se

rvic

es d

urin

g th

e fisc

al

year. O

ver 2

70 trial aid

s, such

as charts, m

odels,

and

ph

oto

grap

hic en

largem

ents d

esign

ed to

assist F

BI p

erson

nel in

the p

resentatio

n o

f testimo

ny

in

co

urt, w

ere

pro

du

ced

, an

incre

ase

of n

early

77

percen

t over th

e prev

ious y

ear. A n

early 2

4 p

er-cen

t Increase In

the n

um

ber o

f artists' concep

tion

draw

ing

s used

by

inv

estigativ

e perso

nn

el to id

en-

tify u

nknow

n su

bje

cts w

as sc

ore

d In

contra

st to

the p

revio

us fisc

al y

ear. In

keepin

g w

ith th

e

FB

I's rapid

ly ex

pan

din

g train

ing

pro

gram

, a record

n

um

ber o

f train

ing

aid

s, 15

62

, were

pro

du

ced

,

mark

ing

a 2

E4

perc

en

t incre

ase

ov

er la

st year's

ou

tpu

t.

FIL

ES

AN

D

CO

MM

UN

ICA

TIO

NS

By th

e e

nd o

f the fisc

al y

ear, th

e n

um

ber o

f

files re

tain

ed a

t FB

I Headquarte

rs gre

w to

over

5,6

17,0

00. C

entra

l to th

e o

pera

tions o

f the F

BI,

this v

ast reservo

ir of in

form

ation

relates main

ly

to su

bv

ersive an

d crim

inal activ

ities, Mo

re than

54,2

34,0

00 in

dex c

ard

s pro

vid

e re

ady a

ccess to

th

is vita

l Info

rmatio

n. N

am

e c

heck re

quests fo

r

searc

hes th

rou

gh

these

ind

ices e

xceed

ed

2,8

02

, 000. T

hro

ughout th

e y

ear, w

ell o

ver 3

,034,0

00

pie

ces o

f mall a

nd m

ore

than 2

10,7

00 e

xpedite

te

leg

raph, te

lety

pe, a

nd ra

dio

messa

ges w

ere

h

and

led at F

BI H

eadq

uarters.

TO

UR

S

Org

anized

tou

rs of F

BI H

eadq

uarters co

ntin

ue

to e

njo

y im

mense

popula

rity a

mong th

e p

ublic

, particu

larly to

urists to

Wash

ingto

n, D

. C. D

urin

g

the y

ear, 570,0

97 p

ersons, in

cludin

g a h

igh n

um

-ber o

f young p

eople, In

creased th

eir know

ledge

of th

e jurisd

iction an

d w

ork

of th

e FB

I by m

eans

of th

ese info

rmativ

e tours. C

onducted

by train

ed

lead

ers, th

ese

tou

rs, av

aila

ble

on

a d

aily

basis,

last app

rox

imately

an h

ou

r and in

clud

e a view

ing

of im

ag

inativ

e e

xh

ibits d

ep

ictin

g th

e v

ario

us

activ

ities o

f the F

BI, R

ecently

a n

ew

exhib

it pertain

ing to

the o

peratio

n o

f the N

ational C

rime

info

rittatiati Can

ter was ad

ded

.

Isrters our n

g F

BI

Headquarters

•

New

FB

I Hea

dq

uarters D

esign

Rep

rod

uced

ab

ov

e Is a

n a

rtist's co

ncep

tion

of th

e n

ew

FB

I Head

qu

arte

rs Bu

ildin

g

no

w u

nd

er c

on

structio

n. T

his v

iew

is alo

ng

E S

treet fro

m its In

terse

ctio

n w

ith N

inth

Stre

et,

No

rthw

est, W

ash

ing

ton

, D. C

. Risin

g to

sev

en

storie

s on

the P

en

nsy

lvan

ia A

ven

ue sid

e a

nd

ele

ven sto

ries o

n th

e C

Stre

et sid

e, th

e H

eadquarte

rs wilt h

ouse

all F

BI o

pera

tions fo

r the D

is-trict o

f Co

lum

bia w

hich

are no

w scattered

amo

ng

seven

locatio

ns In

the city

.

The d

esig

n o

f the n

ew

FB

I Build

ing is sy

mbolic

of th

e stre

ngth

and d

ete

rmin

atio

n

with

wh

ich

the F

BI lo

ok

s forw

ard

to Its g

row

ing

role

of se

rvic

e la

the N

atio

n a

nd

lire la

w en

-fo

rcemen

t Pro

fession

.

38

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