2/15/70
"OON IBOO
riting you peoplo aes boer oneofthe leset produetive things I do.
whan I consider thet it cancot benefit me personslly,Ieqtetlnes wonder
whyI do it,with all the other tbinga Icsn do and went to,eegocislly.
Iress itis boceuseIthink ofyou asfurry-lit:lelermingswac mightbe
ledawayfrom she siore.ndshould be.
HopingIbsve capaured ycur sttention,end thet perhapa,you can ce
lapoilod to co somathingtohelp yourself,Itoll you thatae soon esIgot
the trenacripts yesterdayIbegan reaiing then.Ive gona over the elaht
Clinton witnesses anda fewothers。
Iuet thwee or four of the Clinton witnesges the morning.they went
into the courtroom to soe if taey could identify Shew.Ifound taen very
cradiblo witnessns.Reading taoir testinony.they cone out tne sane wey.
roslly.quitocredible。
Bomeoftuis atory-nottheirs-is in the Warzon Commiaslon files
I saw sons reports in the deys whon I juet wasn't sending aoney on xeroxing
bacsuseI didn't nsve it。Tnen,when I tooxTom to tne Arohivas,loxpected
howould pioktais sortofthingup and havo it..I do not know shsthar he
aid,butldokaon ue oisosawthesaregorts,fcr hecncegakedmyopinion of
them andtieincidont。
Thorg is one thing taet runs tarough taeir testiaony thotis ao con-
.spicuously inconsistente itimnodietely csgturedmy interest:theFBlmethod.
whon theFBi found gwitness or witnesses tbey dicn't want creditad,tbey
ldn't ignore them。Tley worked on then.I ccn'tknowhow mny times they
1th Arnola LoussRowlan,who they coulant sbake,thay saw hin more than a
helf-dozen times,but when thieyat dian't wantg record,tney just diint
file reports.Look at the Ferrie materialI've juet sent you.liow mcay roports
9fewnore atil] Sane with Dave Chandler,who they saw coru thun they reported。
Samealsowitnienaandtnstpartothestory。
Tho one thing the FBI didnt do waa stay away。They tried to get the
Dit not wita Clinton.There tney stayeo away,xnowing taere ware wit
nesseg 9ni whet tbey could sey.Hemember,one even colled up cnd vag tola,
gknowallgboutlt。
Ncw,with the Baton Houge stufe,waich thoy kne they coul shake,
they went shead and shook it.iere they did soothiceI do not recsll from
enyothar incident:they triod to leave italone
Whem the FBI bohavea in e wey so sntirely difiarent thsn ite usual
Way,I think wo aave to ragard it as significent,and1 think hehould
better legve alons。Ramomber,asneve jugt written you 6nd ohia,tigseWhem the FBI bohavea in e wey so sntirely difiarent thsn ite usual
Way,I think wo aave to ragard it as significent,and1 think hehould
better legve alons。Ramomber,asneve jugt written you 6nd ohia,tigse

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elabornte,costly end tine-conaumingprocess oftreating every tiny
that ia tao total absnece of sny reporte oh what fingerprinte ttey did
find.You kucs tiey found sone.as1recell it,they rsprted aeingle
caseofonoofn1sonsl1seven0sgazinos。
So,lete asitia for tno casicworkt4it shouldhavebean done
before tha trial,I think it should etill be cone before thero are sny
more triais.Tha indicstions bere are thatxt something cr somebeoy importent
wasbidden.I heve ahuneh what it might ba。
Booring on this iswhstIen elgo inelined to believa,thet ttore
was eu employmont opplication snd thstitdiseppeared.Intluit irrtitutien
this wos no txaok et all.After all,hsve tuey notconfined a run vithcut
due process on tue wninofa oderelecency?

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sndknowing full sell.hs cculo ro*bove,ens through the whole
elabornte,costly end tine-conaumingprocess oftreating every tiny
that ia tao total absnece of sny reporte oh what fingerprinte ttey did
find.You kucs tiey found sone.as1recell it,they rsprted aeingle
caseofonoofn1sonsl1seven0sgazinos。
So,lete asitia for tno casicworkt4it shouldhavebean done
before tha trial,I think it should etill be cone before thero are sny
more triais.Tha indicstions bere are thatxt something cr somebeoy importent
wasbidden.I heve ahuneh what it might ba。
Booring on this iswhstIen elgo inelined to believa,thet ttore
was eu employmont opplication snd thstitdiseppeared.Intluit irrtitutien
this wos no txaok et all.After all,hsve tuey notconfined a run vithcut
due process on tue wninofa oderelecency? And insnospectof thiecaae? 1cennotposaiblybeginmorkingthrough the archiveson this starting
fron scratch.So,I an writing to esk thet you mske dupliqate copies of
those thingsom did get for mo and send anything elso you have on this
that you aid not use in tae trial。Vith tais for s begianing it mey be
posaible for me yet to findmore。This will not take you long.for theso
filea are fow end accessible,so ploasa get one of tue women to copy shem
sndaendthsm assoonaspossible,to theondthatIcsnhuveotharsdosome
checkingthrough wnet they have end eoIcan plumbchxtliterarymoraas
inWaahingtonasson8spossible。
Onenothersubfect,youaekedhommuch itwouldcoattoduplleato
the clearer coyy of the wisu Ima footags 1nave finslly gottan them to
producs,m5rkod ag the originsl，whether or notit ia。The technicien sold
newhen I aswit taat.1tWould fell within thomininum.That islo.00.Now
tia Lawranco material.In this eVent,I taink you noy want to project the
pieturo ofhiaand Palnisasno wlth tho bluoprinta anJbriefcase.IthtnkI
hiavo spotted chom ana Neeley (aho I,an still trying to locata,aeving traced
her back to Dallag arter separating fron Ike)。Orperhepe,you mey wont
toaaowstills.Ihaveestablishedtnleisoneoftie etillgthe Prl naver
gave twaWarran Coraission.Iould oncourege younotto rogard sniaag an
overaighton tneir part.And waila I conot say that from this pnrticular
footageyouwillboable toirdentifypeopleIn tho bsckground,liko toward
Oanal St.,thdirection inwhichitwaa chot.Idochincitwill cemore of
epcssibility.Beceuse the Archives mlll not let me nsve e copy.should wo
want it,without rsug approval,aove already writton Bd Flener and ssked
for this,also telling him ebou+ the film snd its markinga.I hove,in fact,
aaI originelly told him,xept him poeted onwhatIve loarnod oit。nd I
heve also writtenJogann seeking more infermation。
Boo.Isn not taking tais tiue beforg daylight on eSundey morning
ploase help ne to help you for a change。and doitnow.It will te9_you
only a few monents...ind if yod woat snon,yu eaould be iere aow.Juat ss
wbote tais,wita a littlelight as tie dawn ap.rcaches,ueil ran up to the
Window,under walch lsst nightI put fead out for taen.I can ase viet I think
are daar tracxs witiin lo feet。We hav9 about 4"f new gaow.Beat,