FBI File on Bella Abzug released to Cliff Kincaid of America’s Survival, Inc. www.usasurvival.org 443-964-8208 12/3/10 PART ONE»y stant Director ue 8/9/30 fornation Nanagenent Division TOP se Ei nears mgt, AS Tie Top Gls! Sia ‘See: rt ve IN Fi SERIAL otmre See — ace oem ae mao ae ecDsesy abu Y - Ts Stitt icptom no. 77 cxv 999 (PKL) Communication, NATOK ens nos a1 OAdug, Fant . PUREOSE: To request that Information Managenent Division (14D) Conduit a esorch of general indices to identity any person on fou attache! List tha hag an ineivigual file Fefocting activities in or affiliation with the National, tavyers Gaile Cts) “and ite Projects and to appropriately label the File $2 inotre sonpliance with the attached: settlement. RECOMMERDATON: (1) that IMD conduct @ search of general indices fo deteraine whether any individual on the attached ist nas'a tlie acneieiapie ith the'wze ox dee projects, mony tet re ie Bia = co —— (2) ‘That sup place a copy of the attached sottienent in each file iGantitied or othervise appropriately label each file to Gnsure compliance with the attached settlement. DEEALLS: On 10/12/90, the parties to the captioned civil action entered into the attached settienent and stipulation of Dismissal. ‘The Settlenent was approved by the Court on 10/13/90. In addition to a general prohibition on the use or dissemination mclorures (2) 100- 4192s uawomumoycoynnica .——-RORECORSES™ Dae ae ae Sy Piseloe BEP 0 tat) onside * Hale TPS, = *HH3300Menorandun from Yegal Counsel to Assistant Director, Information Managenent Division Ret National Lawyers Guild v. Attorney General, et al. of information on the NEG or its projects, the court approved gettienent provides that present or forner NIG Menbers nay request that their individual tites which reflect cull artiliation oF activities :be similarly withheld. Pursuant to this provision, the NUG has compiled the attached list of individual Nc genbers who have requested relier under So(iv) of the Settlement. Accordingly, TMD is requested to identity any individual on the attached list who has a file reflecting NLC affiliation oF activities which was created prior to 3/1/77.” Any identifies file should he appropriately labeled to inoure non-disclosure as Eequired by the settlenent. Please advise Legal Counsel Division as to the Fesults of the indices search, including the nunber of individual files identiziable with the Hue, individuals for whom ho file could be located or are not identical, and the actions taken to comply with the order. “In addition, ‘please preserve al. search slips. in case ve are required to respond to the court regarding our compliance. It {s likely that no files will be identified with a substantial number of the individuals on the attached list. Finally, inasauch-as the settlement applies to all FBI files, the Field should aleo be xequested to conduct indices searches and to appropriately Iabel their £12. We recognize that this is a time-consuming chore that i being imposed on IMD during a tine of limited resources. Never theless, ve have made this comitnent to the court and we are 2 se(iv) provides in parts ©. the federal agencies vhich are parties defendant to this action (specifically, the FBI, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, ‘the Internal Revenue Service, the Office of Personnel Managenent, the Postal Service, and the Departnents of Defense, Justice, State, the Treasury, the Ary; the Navy ana the Air Force) shail not tse, release oF disclose, within or outelde the Government: (iv) any portion of any docunent or record created prior to March 1, 1977, or the information contained therein, te the extent that it’mentions the Guild affiliation or Gulla activities of any individual, provided, hovever, that bacause of the federal defendants! representation of the practical impossibility of assuring compliance vith such broad restrictions, the following Linttations shail apply: -3-