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----_ ..Office M e m t ~ , , ~ J u m UN ;D 5Th. .. E5 GOVERNMENTTO J/r. L. Y. Boardman "'x1\.. DATE: October 3l, 1957

&\I 'A1.L INFORMATION CONTAINED P

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..... --.. "" , .. ....---,' ParsoDS_WHITE HOUBE REQUEST FOR BUREAU A . 8 S I S T A 1 f ~ _____ ...,UBJBCT: IN THE EVENT OF.AN EJlERGENCTQ: Q of 0 be r 1"I 19157:1[,; to the Pre8 ..den:l u lie 0 elauon blec ton that the Prea tdent waa deeply concerned with the '.I roblem of eal a l , e hn 0 onflreB8 in the euen''V 0/" ~an e m e r g e n c ~ . a t1t.sed tho .s olf tce has '7Jeen .WHign t . b6(futy 0/ drawtng up lOor a e plana Jor nottJ'icatton to : m e m b ~ ' r , 0/ ( ~ 7 C ;Amare" j r he eaergenclI happens . hUe Congre88 f.s not me.e-t'e'1lg.}-eo. 'II .said that Congres8 hi lS taken a rather dtatntereIji;tta vielO . ~in a relocatton st te jor 00ngre8/J and that as a result only the majori ty . :,and m ' n o r ' ~ y leader. o ~ both HOr::. ~ 1ft. aotual location 01 the ' , 'W o , , ! . ~ . r ~ ~ . 8 J ! . ~ . ~ . ~ " relocatton 8ite.:. ___ _ _ satd that the P r e ~ J d e n t " ...f i i aeek tn g an anawe.,. to the ques on a hOlD to nott.fy these _ ~ 1 1 l b e r 8i / they are scattered throughout the country so that a quoru . could beaa88'J1t.bled to handle emergency buatnesa at the O o n g r e a 8 j o n o l r ~ l o o a t t o n ~ .s i te . II Isugge8ted. "'.at the FBI ia the most respornstble ~ ' : :agency o ~ !1over ....nt E ;9&1; at, "CIteglcally located by ~ h l < $ 9!l ice. to a jd in th is pro bl e . . _ _ IaSKed that the Bureau cons ttff,,,r the t. i!l"Jrhtte Houae proposition t a t each Jtela of/t.ee o j the FBI bt l .furnished . _

IIDtth a aealed envelope contdintng the locatton 01 the Congr""ional Jrelocat ion a t te lIItth tnBtruct tons that th ta ent1tllope be opeife.'f! onlyin the event o j a national emergency plus the Prest.dential p ~ p c l a a a t t o n ~ ,.lor a 8pecial 8easl.on 0 / Congress_ Each Congress.an and S ' t l q i ~ o r wouldbe told to get in touch rDtth the nearest FBI j ield of/ jce aru;j, ident t /y Sfht.msell and that the FBI would t e l l h i . at that t tae the location o j theeeaergency Congressional relocation s t te . According tal I the FBIwould haue no responBlbtl'tty tn locattng ae.ber/J oJ Congr8,8;&. He sat4that he hoped th ts added duty 'Poula not t"t .rIBre rstth the q : ~ , r ...al1important act iv t t 'es that the Bureau totll be engaged in at.,the o ~ t b r e a k0/ an emergency. . ., . ~ . ,_:,,1 ,..,.

Od(1'8ed tha t thts plan ts not ./inc,l buT;, ,"8 olle oj'. ; u . a m z . . . . . . b d : ~ r c c r a o : n s m e r e d t i t ::ta t:;@rorthehandlin90ft.1tif 'PrObl.ell.pointed out tal that tre .endous res-Roh:lltbtltttes~ ~ ~ p ~ a ~ c ~ e ~ ~ o ~ n the Bureau ate au reak 0./ hoat t l t t tes and ' ~ a t theser e a p o n B t b t l ~ t t e s aust be met bV th e Bureau in order to t n s ~ r ~ theinternal secur' ty 0./ the United StatesJ that el1erll OMoe oje,'fIergy .fro.,OHB'Ibj'l; (6) .&If, r .- . .- / -' , /1:=,11 - l I r . Board.GII" 11-, j T.;: } . . . ~ 9511 B ~ " . ~ ~ a " & ! 1 1 OOT I1 - i ~ OCT , ' / 1Z7 .1 - on" ~ - - -1

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Memo Belmont to Boardman .RE: WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOB BUREAU ABSI8!'!ANCEIN THE EVEN!'! OJ' AN :EJlERGENCreuery FBI AR!a' ts needed durtng a cri t tcal period. f Itold r ::J that he lDOuld take thts 1Mtter up at ih.e, Bureauand that an answer would be forthoomlng in the near Juture ....-------"""t the eventng 01 October 18, I> I te l eplro ned .c6

and made relerence to hh . i7iqutry and 8tated, that lb7C~ " ' e - c - o - _ - l : - t : - t : - e " e a t the ""1-te Douae handl'&ng thts m.otter lDQII' goingto get together on rednesday, October 23, and i / p08sf.b,),..,hewould appreciate an answer by tha i ' tiMe.OBSERYATION;

I t lS logioal to assume ihat th e Pre,tdenttalproclamatton call ing a spec1-al session 0/ Congress wil l ~ m m e d i a t e l yfOllow the beginning 0 / host t l i t ies . At that s t r a t e g ~ o P . ~ t n t th eBureau wtl l be ustng every ",gent to l u l /H l t ta obliga:tr',o.ons inroundtng up enemy aliens and delegates 0 / enemy oountrtes plushandling our other aSSigned duties, 8uoh as matters d e a i i ~ g with8sp1,onage, sabotage and internal a e c u ~ # y.I t is possl ble that aOlae laember 0 / Congres8 ' ' ' ' ' J ~ i J . t comBto an FBI ol/ tce al ter the begtnntng 01