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GOVERNMENT
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Boardman
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DATE:
October
3l,
1957
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ParsoDS_
WHITE
HOUBE
REQUEST
FOR
BUREAU
A 8SISTA1f~
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UBJBCT:
IN
THE
EVENT
OF.AN
EJlERGENCT
Q:
Q
of
0
be
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to
the
Pre8
..
den:l
u lie
0
e
lauon
blec ton
that
the
Prea
tdent
waa
deeply
concerned
with
the
.
I
roblem
o
eal
al,e
hn
0
onflreB8
in
the
euen''V
0/"
an
emergenc~.
a t1t.sed
tho
s
olftce
has
7Jeen·
.WHign
t .
b6
(futy
0/
drawtng
up
lOor
a
e
plana Jor
nottJ'icatton
to
:memb~'r,
0/
(
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Amare
j
r
he
eaergenclI happens
.hUe
Congre88
f.s
not
me.e-t·'e'1lg.}-eo.
'I
I
.said
that
Congres8
hilS
taken
a
rather
dtatntere·Ij·i;·tta vielO
.
~
in
a
relocatton
stte
jor
00ngre8/J
and
that
as
a
result
only
the
majority.
:
,and
m'nor'~y
leader.
o~
both
HOr::
~
1ft.
aotual
location
01
the
,
Wo,, .~.r~~.8J .~.~.~"
relocatton
8ite.:.
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satd
that
the
Pre~Jdent
fii
aeek
tng
an anawe.,.
to
the
ques
on
a
hOlD
to
nott.fy
these
_~11lber8
~~
i/
they
are
scattered
throughout
the
country
so
that
a
quoru
.
could
be
~~
aa88'J1t.bled
to
handle
emergency buatnesa
at
the
Oongrea jonolr~looatton
~
site.
I
I
Isugge8ted.
"'.at
the
FBI
ia
the
most
respornstble
~ ::
agency
o~
1over
....
nt
E
;9&1;
at
"CIteglcally
located
by
~hl<
9 lice.
to
~.
a
jd
in
th
is
pro
bl
e..
_ _
I
aSKed
that
the
Bureau cons ttff,,,r
the
t.
i l"
Jrhtte Houae
proposition
t
at
each
Jtela
of/t.ee
oj
the
FBI
btl
.furnished
.• _
I
IDtth
a
aealed envelope
contdintng
the
locatton
01
the
Congr""ional
J
relocat
ion
a
tte
lIItth
tnBtruct
tons
that
th
ta
ent1tllope be
opeife.'f
only
in
the event
oj
a
national
emergency
plus the Prest.dential
p~pclaaatton
~
,
.lor
a
8pecial
8easl.on
0/
Congress_
Each
Congress.an
and
S'tlqi~or
would
~.
be
told
to
get
in
touch
rDtth
the
nearest
FBI
jield
of/jce
aru;j,
identt/y
Sf
ht.msell
and
that
the
FBI
would
tell hi.
at
that
ttae
the
location
oj
thee
eaergency Congressional
relocation
stte.
According
tal
Ithe
FBI
would haue
no
responBlbtl'tty
tn
locattng
ae.ber/J
oJ
Congr8,8;&.
He
sat4
that
he
hoped
thts
added
duty
'Poula
not
t"t.rIBre
rstth
the
q:~,r
al1 important
activtt es
that
the
Bureau
totll
be engaged
in
at.,the
o~tbreak
0/
an
emergency.
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Od(1 8ed
that
thts
plan
ts
not
./inc,l
buT;,
, 8
olle
oj'
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tit
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./
hoattltttes
and
'~at
these
reaponBtbtl~ttes
aust
be
met
bV
the
Bureau
in
order
to
tns~r~
the
internal
secur'ty
0./
the
United
StatesJ
that
el1erll
OMoe
oje,'fIergy
.fro.,
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Memo
Belmont
to
Boardman .
RE:
WHITE HOUSE REQUEST
FOB
BUREAU
ABSI8 ' ANCE
N
THE
EVEN '
OJ
AN
:EJlERGENCr
euery
FBI
AR a'
ts
needed
durtng
a
crittcal
period.
f
I
told
r
::J
that
he
lDOuld
take
thts
1Mtter
up
at
ih.e,
Bureau
and
that
an
answer would
be
forthoomlng
in
the
near
Juture
....------- t
the
eventng
01
October
18,
I>
I
tel
eplro
ned
.c6
and
made
relerence
to
.
i7iqutry
and
8tated,
that
lb7C
~ 'e-c-o-_-l:-t:-t:-e e
at
the
1-te Douae handl'&ng
thts
m.otter
lDQII'
going
to
get
together
on
rednesday,
October
23,
and
i/
p08sf.b,),..,he would
appreciate
an
answer
by
thai
tiMe.
OBSERYATION;
It
lS
logioal
to
assume
ihat
the
Pre,tdenttal
proclamatton
calling
a spec1-al
session
0/
Congress
will
~mmediately
fOllow
the
beginning
0/
hosttlities.
At
that
strateg~o
P.~tnt
the
Bureau
wtll
be
ustng
every
,gent
to
lul/Hl
tta
obliga:tr',o.ons
in
roundtng
up enemy
aliens
and
delegates
0/
enemy
oountrtes plus
handling
our
other
aSSigned
duties,
8uoh
as
matters
deaii~g
with
8sp1,onage,
sabotage
and
internal
aecu~
y.
It
is
possl
ble
that
aOlae
laember
0/
Congres8
'''''J~iJ.t
comB
to
an
FBI
ol/tce alter
the
begtnntng
01
<In
eurgency
p{?rt,od
and
pri
or
to
the
Presi
dential
prool<lm.otton 0011
tng
/01
a
speoial~e88'ion
0/
Congress.
I./ the
ae.ber
0,/
Congress
should
delland
thet4enttty
01
1;he
congresstonal relooattoll
sf,te
and
the
Bureau
not
jur:ff i.sh
'it
to
h~.
the
Bureau would
be
put
in
a
bad
light.
.
MgOKJ .JNDAfIOJl.J
1I0U
approve"
.£'(J'hqn
..,'11
Gau,
1
I.at
the
I
Whtte Houae aJ 'ter
conatderjng
t1l. .
proble.
tAe
Bur,aift'flla
that
th1a
added
dutll
'~osed
on
the
Bur.Gu
at
t_'8
cr~t~qQl
period
UDuld
haaper
our
alreadu
a
gned
dut".']
there/ore,
tn.
Bureau
/eela
that
108
should
not
take
on
t"",
added
duty,
G8
:it
:<,:~ould
Ii So
106
prove embarrassing
to
the
Bureau,
'lhtte
House
and
MlJ&be"i tI.oj
Congres8
biC
1;0
make
tt
a
requtreDIBnt
jor
.eabere
o/'
00ngre.8
to
c QJi;6
to the
FBi
be/ore
the
location
0/
their
relocat'on
.its
could
bed.'f8:clQsed.
I
fats
tap1iss
1;hat
the -.htts
Douae
do.,
1Iot
.a'U/j1.ct. ,tJ:lI:
trust
the
rank
and
11,1e
0/
the
oon9r".s
to
tell
theta
now'
0/
-the:
af;.f;.e
lor
conventng
the
Coruzrsa,
in
case
0/
eurgenclIe
"e
.0'111
p,01,nt the·se
/'aotor.
out
to
(
",, eo
that
the
utter
iaGy
be jur'tlr6''p
'Qo ,stder<id
by
til-
""tte
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