PERSONAL ATTENTION
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
SAC LETTER NO. 97
Series 1949
October 19, 1949
DECLASSIFICATION AUTHORITY DERIVED FROM:
FBI AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION GUIDE
DATE 10-01-2010
(a) SECURITY: INDEX INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES, - ADMINISTRATIVE HANDLING, AND RELATED MATTERS -- From the standpoint of efficiency, economy, supervision and adequate, handling the Bureau desires that the investigative procedures and steps and the administrative handling of all matters relating to the investigations of individuals under the security characters he as uniform throughout the field as possible. However, the Bureau does realize that the volume of work which the number of individuals, as well as the particular or peculiar local circumstances, create, does present diverse problems of administration. This may graphically illustrated by comparing extreme totals on the Security Index and Communist Index Cards.
Offices vary from one Security Index Card to a high of 1,842 Security Index Cards and similarly vary from 14 Communist Index Cards to a high of 39,700 Communist Index Cards. Obviously an administrative procedure used for a particular purpose set up for a small volume would be wholly inadequate for an office with a large volume. Reversing this thought, an administrative procedure set up for a large volume would, of course, be cumbersome and probably unnecessary for an office with, a small volume. Therefore, a basic level of uniformity must be strived for.
Within this framework of uniformity, however, the Bureau realizes the necessity of allowing and permitting a local approach to particular administrative or investigative problems.
