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James Staff Investigator

April 28, 1978

William Sullivan, Former Assistant Director of FBI; Investigation Concerning Records and Files

On April 23, 1978 the writer visited the area of Bolton, Massa­chusetts to investigate circumstances surrounding the possible destruction of records of subject William Sullivan. In November 1977 I was told by Tim Ingram of a House Subcommittee on Govern­ment Operations that Sullivan had informed him that some of his records were destroyed in a barn fire at his sister's place near Bolton, Massachusetts.

Sullivan's sister is Geraldine Curley and she lives in Hudson, Massachusetts, not Bolton. The barn did burn on Fridav, Octo­ber 3, 1975 and the fire was extinguished by the Hudson Fire Department.

On Sunday, April 23rd, the writer talked to Lt. John Kerrigan at the Fire House in Hudson, Massachusetts. Kerrigan looked up the fire report entry in the book and allowed me to copy informa­tion from it. He said that the records on the fire and pictures were locked in Chief Colette's office and would not be available be fore 1·1onday.

Kerrigan recalled the fire and told the writer that he was in the barn and saw nothing resembling files or file cabinets or re­cords of any sort. He said that the department took pictures inside and out at the time of the fire.

It was noted that the barn was valued at $26,000 but no value was placed on the contents.

I returned on Monday, April 24th, and talked to Chief William G. Collette. He has been Chief since 1973 and was present at the fire. Collette said the call came in from a fire alarm at the school (Hudson High) next door to the Curley barn, which was lo­cated at 55 Brigham Street Ln Hudson, Massachusetts.

Investigation revealed that the fire started at or about 8:00 a.m. on Friday, 10/3/75. Lt. William Hollick investigated the arson. In company with a Lt. Turner from the Hudson Police Department he interviewed the student Daniel Durand who first spotted the fire and sounded the alarm from the school. Durand told Hollick and Turner that he saw a boy whom he described as white, blond and wearing a white or yellow jacket leave the barn and head toward the school. The principal and vice principal (neither

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identified by name) were interviewed by the two and could not identify any student as answering this description. Chief Col­lette told the writer that the school furnished them the names of all students marked tardy or absent that morning from the first period class. (A reading of this list suggests that tru­ancy might have been a greater oroblem to the school than arson.) An explanation might be in the fact that students who had room assignments at 8:00a.m. did not have to sign in.

No attempt was made to interview any students on the list. Hol­lick told the writer, "We just dropped it there."

The Chief said that the barn was adjacent to the house owned by Royal and Geraldine Curley. The Curleys once ran a dairy farm of which the 60 year old barn was a part. It was used to milk the COINS.

Hollick, questioned about the contents, said: There were a couple of very old wooden wagons, some old furniture (dressers), and piles of lumber in the lower part of the barn. The first floor contained hay and straw but the barn had been cleaned out re­cently. The Curleys told Hollick that kids from the school used to hang out in the "cellar" of the barn (ground level) and smoke in there. Because of the extent of combustion, Hollick could not find any burned matches or cigarette stubs. He did see a lot of empty beer cans.

Hollick did not see any files or records in the barn. He said he saw books and magazines and newspapers in the cellar but no files. Collette said he saw no files, records, boxes, or cabi­nets which might have contained them.

The Fire Department is required by State Law to identify and re­port to the insurance company all losses that are reflected in their reports. They sent a copy of the fire reoort to Downey Insurance Agency, 11 Florence Street, Marlboro, Mass. They did not hear from any insurance claims agent and don't know if the Curleys actually filed a claim on this fire.

\lhile the writer was waiting for Chief Collette to return from lunch, he visited the Hudson Library next door and requested a copy of the October 3, 1975 Hudson Dailv Sun. They could not find the appropriate microfilm until late in the day. After the interview a cassette was found which indicates the fire re­ceived front page treatment in the local paper.

Interestingly enough, the news report mentions an explosion was heard by Mrs. Curley's son-in-law Kenneth Jameson, who then re­sided at the Curley's address and heard what he described as

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"an explosion'' just before he saw smoke coming from the barn. He likened the explosion to a ''cherry bomb or a can of gasoline exploding." Neither was interviewed by the Fire Department.

I went to the newspaper office in Marlboro, Massachusetts and obtained a file copy of the paper. It is attached to the ori­ginal of this memo as is the fire report. The pictures are being recopied for us by the Hudson Fire Department and Chief Collette will mail them to the Committee.

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Jet~r . . is · ~~~~~;~~~~4fN-.~ff&_;f~~ ~h:e . w~~n~ c:»f ·:e~tcy,.me.dially and slightly .rds to the vertebral -colutnnd -'It. is .. lineti by hemorrhagic, necrotic tissue, and

. lie ·fragments are oemonstrable in it. At its intersection with the vertebral ;mn there is extensive destruction of . the spines and arches of. the lower cervical

1er cervical vertebrae. ' Two .vertebrae below the main area of destruction a spine ; broke~, off ~f. the arch,' apparently due to the impact of a bullet fragment or bone

.:ragment ... After its in~ersection with the vertebral column, the tract continues laterallY: to ~he. ~e.ft, w~th ~ .. ~hange in direction to sligh~ly anteriorly, ~o the wound of exit describefl labqve ... . ' t\gain, metal fragments ~re demonstrable, including both lead and_ brass.? '·1i, ·i~-t.:.: ::. ~ . -- . . · . · · · •

The panniculus · adipo'sus is normal. The pleural : cavitf contains 100 ~c. of liquid blood, ·and · the ·left ·contains .150 cc. of liquid plood. · The surfaces are smooth and glistening.: .- Fractured) rib ends can be demonstrated in the superior portion of each pleural :cavitY:· ·nea'r ' Hie-jiu:ic'tions· of the right second and left ·first ribs with the spinal column. c,.. The ·pericardia! and peritoneal cavities are unremarkable • .. . ~

The heart ~eighs 315 'gm. and is of normal configuration. The righ_t coronary artery contains·, ·. approximately · 5 ·cm;i <Hstal to its oQ.gin, a yelloWish gray asymmetrical plaq~e. w~i~~ - .~~~~!:~ . ~ .:~t::?~ctio~ i~ cross .se<?t.~.o.~~~ area of tie lumen ,of approx'i.mately 90'7.. No abnormalities are noted in any of the valves • . The myocardium is. 'red-brown and . firm~ .. wit:-h:.-Oo ·fodll lesions; ·; The aorta .. shows small..numbers of .raised yellow plaques, with minimal . focal ulceration and calcification.

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each upper lobe. In addition 'there are sinall thin fibrous . scars .. oveJ::. each apex.

r The bronchi of the right lu~ contain a small amount of blood. · The v.essels are

- unremarkable. .The left lung is. inflated with formaldepyde for sub'sequent exam-1 ination. It contains · 3 small· round calcified nodules at the· pleural,~urface near

the lower late~al margin of the lower lobe. Similar . nodules are . present in the hilar lymph nodes.- .. · .. · · ' ' · ·

The liver weighs 1315 gm. and presents a shiny red-brown outer surface. On cut section the lobular architecture· appears intact, and . the consistenci is normally

. soft. Th~ gallbladder and bile ducts are unremarkable to examination and perfusion. . The spleen weighs 140 gm. and presents an inract dark red smooth capsule. On cut section tne parenchyma is deep red, with no focal abnormalities.

The esophagus shows a gray mucosa, beneath which are visible a few small areas of submucosal reddening. These are well defined and circular, and are at the same level as the aboVe descrived wound. The remainder of the gastrointestinal tract is unremarkable. Th~ appendix is absent~

The pancreas has the normal configuration. Moderately extensive replacement of acinar tissue by yellow adipose tissue is present.

Both adrenals are examined, and show no abnormalities. The right kidney ~eighs 160 gm. and the left kidney 140 gm. The outer surface

is slightly granular, but the capsules strip with ease in both cases. The cortex is red-brown, and no focal abnormalitiE!s aee noted. The medullae, ·calices, pelves and urinary bladder are unremarkable.

The prostate is enlarged, and on cut section several rubbery firm nodules pro­trude from the surface of the lateral l obes .

No abnormal lymph nodes are noted. The thyroid is unremarkable in configuration, and is composed of reddish brown

firm tissue. The larynx contains a small amount of slightly bloody mucoid material. It is

otherwise unremarkable. No abnormalities are noted in the bone marrow. The skull and dura are unremarkable.' The brain weighs 1520 gm. The gyri and sulci have their nodnal relati'ons and the circle of Willis shows intact patent vessels with no atherosclerotic involvement. There is no evidence of herniation of the brain, and

, no focal abnormalities are_visible or palpable. A small amount of blood is present

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MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION:· Heart: One tiny f9cus of chronic inflammatory cells is present in the left ventricular myocardium. Sections of the right coronary artery show a large eccentric plaque composed of dense fibrous tissue with large areas of grumous eosinophilic material, cholesterol clefts and foam cells. Foci of fresh

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and pleural thickening due to dense fibrous tissue with small foci of chronic in­flammatory cells;.· One small artery is occluded by dense but cellular fibrous ,i:is :»

·sue. The. remaining ·lung sections are unremarkable, apart from thickening. of the : ::_ bronchia~ basement membrane. The calcified nodules from the left lung have thick ~ fibrous walls and acellular centers •. No inflammation is present. g

Spleen:: There is .extensive hyalinization of. arteriolar walls. ~ Esophagus: There is a ·large focus of submucosal extravasation of red cells• Pancreas: There are tiny foci of enzymatic necrosis of fat. Large areas of

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Kidneys: !Focally, some of the convoluted tubular epithelial cells show small, n 0 .... ... .. n

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Central nervous system: There is destruction of. some sections of spinal cord, "' with focal extravasation of red cells. The choroid plexus shows focal calcifica- ~

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FINAL ANATOMIC DIAGNOSES:

1. Gunshot wound to posterior neck

A. Destruction of lower cervical vertical arches and lower cervical spinal cord

B. Extensive soft tissue destruction C. Fractures of right second and left first ribs D. Pulmonary contusions, apical, bilateral E. Bilateral hemothorax (right 100 ml., left 150 ml.) F. Focal submucosal hemorrhage, esophagus Generalized atherosclerosis, mild 2.

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SUMMARY: This man died as a result of a gunshot wound to the neck, with marked tissue destruction in and near the path of the bullet. Death was actually the result of the damage to the spinal cord, which was not struck directly by the bullet, but was severely injured, presumably by the shock waves generated as the bullet passed nearby.

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January 15, 1979

Mr. Alan Jul es Weberman Independent Research Associates 6 Bleecker Street New York, New York 10012

Dear Mr. Weberman:

This is in reference to my letter of November 30, 1978.

Enclosed are copies of documents concerning your request for information regarding the death of William C . Sullivan . These documents were processed pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act , Title 5 , United States Code, Section 552 .

Our information within your request totalled 41 pages . You are receiving 24 of the pages. F. leven pages are being withheld in their entirety pursuant to exemption {b) (6), and six of these pages are not being provided inasmuch as they are exact dup l icates of pages which are contained in this release.

Exemption (b) (6) was asserted to withhold personal correspondence between living individuals concerning the death of Mr . Sullivan . The release of this material would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of per­sonal privacy.

You have thirty days from receipt of this letter to appeal to the Associate Attorney General from any denial contained herein . Appeals should be directed in writing to the Associate Attorney General (Attention: Office of Privacy and Information Appeals) , Washington, D. C . 20530. The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal" or "Information Appeal."

Enclosure

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'Attached is a 5/18/78 memorandum, with enclosures, from the Attorney General (AG) which references our 4/26/78 memorandum regarding allegations made by Attorney William M. Kunstler at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, on or about 4/19/78, in which he stated that former FBI Official William C.

(Sullivan was murdered to keep him from making K:nown--what he knew of the FBI's secrets, among those being information regarding the slayings of black leaders Malcolm X and Martin K Jr.

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~his is in reference to a Unit~~ Pr~ss International (DPI) release on '-pril 1~, 1978 (copy attached) that states that ~ttorney WilliaM ~unstler, during a soeP.ch at Clark University, \lorcester, P.!assachuaetts, ch~trCTec1 that former PDI official William C. Sullivan was murdere~ to keep rBI s~crets, ano~q those ~ina information relati~a to FDI operations that would •provide direct liru~s to •layings ot hlack l~~ders Malcolm 7. and rtartin Luther Una, Jr. • ":'he UFI releage also stated that J!r. · Jeu.."l.stler ""-a~ to JnPet with you o~ Fri<'ay (,_pril 21, 1978) to discuss this matter and requ~st an inv~sti~ation based on evid~nce which he stat~d he has in his possession.

In viev of the prior Departmental instruction, containe~ . lettP.r dated Auqust 3, 1~77, tro~ nobert L. ~~uch, >ecial CounRal to ~a Attorney General, captione~ cHouse lect Co~ittee on Assassinations~ that no inv~stiqation

s to be con~ucted r~qar~inq the Cfrcurn~tancns surroundinq he ~eath of t~tin Luther Kinq, Jr. unlnss a?ecifically

- equ~~ted by ~~c ~PP~rtm~nt; •nd aince you ~y have had the "- pportunity to discuss thl• matter vith Mr. J:unstlerr he vill

ot' be interviewerl nor ~ill •~Y other invP.stiqation be oneucted by this Bureau ~egardinq this matter, unless equested by the O~partroent.

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NOTE: According to a UPI release on 4/19/78, Attorney William 1:unstler charged, during a speech at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, that former FBI official William C. Sullivan was murdered to keep him from making known what he knew of the FBI's secrets, among those being information regarding the slayings of black leaders !·lalcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. Sullivan was a victim of a hunting accident in New Hampshire in November, 1977. Kunstle~ charges that he has evidence to prove that a cover-up exijfs and was insured with the murder of Sullivan. He sta~ed would meet with the Attorney General on Friday, 4/21/78, to quest an investigation.

Since Kunst er was allegedly going to discuss this matter with the Atto ey General, and in view of the Departmental instruction that no investigation be conducted regarding the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. unless specifically directed by the Department, interview of Kunstler at thi~'time will not be undertaken. This has been coordinated with J. Aldhizer, Congressional Inquiry Unit, Records Manage~ent Division.

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IJO!"!CESTrn !:ASS. CUPI> - SAYING "THEP.E ISt:'T THE SLIGHEST DOUET • ~.TTOP.l\!:'1' l'ILLIM: KU!!STLER CHARGED LAST NIGHT THAT font:EP. TOP FBI ' OFFICIAL WILLIA!: SULLIVAt: 1UAS t1JRDIRED TO KEEP HH: FRO!l TrLLI!:G 1UHAT P.J: Kr:n: OF THE AGrtlCY'S SECRETS. . .

IN A SPEECH TO STUDEI:TS AT CLARK UNIVERSITY KU!!STLER SAID HE HAS EVl!)E::cr tJP.ICH cor:TRADICTS POLICE CLAI~:s THAT SULLIVAr; WAS THE VIC!!"" OF A V.UNTWG ACClDEt:T LAST tlOVJ:::BJ:R It; NDi HA!PSHI!lE. ll

. "TP.!:P.E lSt!'T rm: SLIGHTEST DOUBT " HE SAID. "I THll!K t:n. . •fSULLIVAI:' S DHTH tiiLL PP.ESEt;T A .SHOCKING PICTURE OF A COVER-UP .

: GR!.:A T.ET. It: SCOPE THAN IJA TERGATE •" -~ KU~:snrnJ vJHO SAID HE WOULD m:rT FRIDAY HITH U.S. ~.TTORI!EY GEJ:ERAL · GRIFFirJ B:LL IN UAS!!Ir:GTO!! TO REQUEST A FEDERAL ItNESTIGATIOl:

CHARGED SULLIV~.r: li'AS SLAI!!. BECA:JSE HE ~JAS "ABOUT TO BLOIJ tv.E ~XISTLE" O!J FEI OPERATIOI!S THAT IIJOULD HAVE PROVIDED DIRECT LI!!JCS TO Tv.E S LA:· It:G S OF BLACK Ll:AD!:P.S MALCOW X A liD l1ARTitJ LUTIWR Kif;G, JR.

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Enclosed for the information of the Bureau are articles from the BOSTON GLOBE, BOSTON HERALD AMERICAN, LOWELL SUN and THE SOUTH MIDDLESEX NEWS of a reported attempt by a representative of the U. s. Hou~ Select Committee on Assassinations to obtain 4 and records of WILLIAM C. SULLIVAN.

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SUGAR HILL, N.H. - WIUiam Sui· of up to .1000 and/or a jail eentmc-e of · .... f N • th FBI up to one year, at tiM obcmion of the Uvan, ... e ormer o. , man at e , 'udc

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~~~ ~lect <Ammlttft on Aaaunna- the uuulnations coinmlttft durina Ita uons tried t.o enter hil house to Mille t tenn Youl\l Aid Clifford A his papers last week, Poli~ Chief Gary =o: Jr., chief tommltt~ lnvestiaa: Young satd yHterd•y. tor, appeand in Supr Hill last Friday

The commtttee failed becauu while Mn. Sulltvan wu on her wa7 to Young declared htmself caretaker of Mauachusetu for ttw funeral. the Sulltvan house and ordered Ita in- "He 1howed hia credenttals," Young vestigator out o( this White Mountains said. "He said he hltd sub~tlal for all hamlt>t of 3:\6 p<'rsona the papen and l'fJC:Of'Cb of Willilm C.

Sullivan, 65, dted Last Nov 9 when a Sullivan." Younraaid he wu incensed huntt>r from a neighboring town al· at t~ timina of the demaad. leged!y mtstook him for a deer and ahot Sullivan's Wuhu1cton lawyer, Jo. him through the neck . .,.Robert Daniels ~~eph Cuey, a.akt unnamed penons at­Jr., 22. of Lisbon, faces trial today m ached to the commitWe "•uaeste<l Ltttleton Otstrtct <Aurt on a charge of they would like to apoiOflae for what tihooti'iig'~'irtfluan ~ing mtstak~n fot happened." ' ..:.......- ..

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- ~tlGAR HILL. N.H - Willutm Sui- LitllNon Dist.rict Court on a charge of ll\:aD:::Lne former No.3 man at the FBI, shuot,ng a human btoing nust~ken ~or hadft'( even bN·n buned when tht-. US game. Conviction could result In a hne HoU"Se St-\P(:t Com1mtt<-e on Assassma- of up to SlOOO and/or 1 )ail sentence o( tionl· tr1t-d to enter h11 housf' lo SCizt> up to one yrar, at the d 1snet1on of the ha~ pa;,:r~ ltt.st WE't.'k, P_ ohcP Ch1ef Gary

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·-Tht comm•Uee failPd because theassas..,mltionscommittH"dunngtts Y<IUng dPdarl"<i himself caretaker _of pr~nt term Young ·~ld C!ifford A. th£' Sullivan housf' and ordered lh Jn· Fenton Jr., due( committee mves~aa:a­vHttgator out of thas White Mountamli tor, appPared in Suaar Hill last Fnday hamll't of 336 pt>rsons Yo'hile Mrs. Sulhvan was oa. hH way to

Sullivan, 65. daed last No\" 9 when <1. Massachusetts for the funf'ral.

huntN from a ne1ghbonn~ town ai~-_ _,_·_.·H,..r showed has c_r_l'<l._e_n_ai_a~~" yol!!!i ~)*us took hm1 for a deH and shl)!

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Sullina." Y~Q~ aaicl be wu Incand at th~ tJ~ of \he~ ·

Sulllvan'a Wuhlncton ... wyer, Jo­~eph Caa~y. aatd unnamed penona at· \ached &o th~ committee •auU"ud

• they would Ilk~ &o apolop ror wt..t bappeoed." ...

'"'Il\ere are no.J'BI papen" at SulU· van'a home, Cuey Aid. •1 &hJnk t.bey're Jutt despel'a\e t. ret 101M wldmce wh~re then l.m't uy. '~be dUef of ~ lice t'Of'DeS out ollt a hero."

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Caley pnJMd SuWvan u a man ~ ~ • , --- • cou.rap. •He !'u the CllllJ _. Ia the c:uatody .of ~ 01 •wJS& WI ind blatory of tb~ bureau who .vw toD· JlaUobal ~ ~~ aWea. fronted (J. Edt•) Boowr and &old bba : ~ s:dJ.-.~· -.. ~t ~litr'riewt!d a 1a1a It wu time for blm to res1p.• Jw eaW. hoiDe lut May by S.juam a.o.ttJ.

Sullivan waa fol'C'ed to retire In lt'Tl ~ ol the Crtmlaal Divtalon If 1M after a ahowdowa with Boov•. wboal bJustJce Deparaaft\1. Sul1Jvw.n .... M b~ luer deacribed •• a ... aaaater dltc\JAed ttduUqlMI...S a., ... nl blackmailer." At that tiroe SuUJvu W lh ) ta ln~lllfeoee lnve.Upt~ 1 • I

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. ·sUGAR HILL, N.H. - William Sullivan the former No.3 man at the FBI, hadn't even been burled when a U.S. House assassinations panel prober tried to enter his bouse to seize his papers last week, Pollee Chief Gary Young said. The com· mlttee agent failed because Young declared himself caretaker of the SulUvan house and ordered Its Inves­tigator out. Sullivan, 65, died when a bunter allegedly mistook him for a deer and shot him. Robert Daniels Jr., Z2, of Lisbon, races trial today tn Littleton District Court on a charge of shooting a human being mistaken for 11ame. Conviction could re_su!t m a fine of $1.000 and/~or a year m JilL Sullivan was to testify before the u­sasslna\lons committee during Its ) liiBEIIlterm. . Goii - ·•

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SUGAR IWJ., N.,..J(AP) .. ;., A~ ._tlfJial ~: lllrmelf .. au Investigator for the Roue assassina­tions committee baJ tried lllisacefafull), Jci lib IIIII'' . papers .00 roes ~ the I.te 1fllllam c.'Sulllvau, ,. former No .. S mau In the FBI, pollee aaJd today. ... :

Suiar Bill Police Chief Gary Y 011111 said a 11U111 who lde!ltlflecl himself u Cllfrorcl A. Fenton Jr., • . went ID Sugar Hill laat Friday, two days after 1 . Su!Uvan, 15, wu llbot fatany hlan appareqt hunUnc . accident ' · · ·. . .-!-< .•. 1. •. _~

In Washington. 0 C., aapokesman f~ the ...:U. ; ' slnatiOill committee aaid It has a staffer by the ·: · 111me ~Clifford A. Fenton Jr. But the apotesmaa would not diiCilu the nature of Fenton'• wort DDr comment 011 the report that Fentoa !lad aooe to Sua.ar Hill to let Sullivan's papen and roes.

.Authorities uy SuDlvan, wM was ~ling•r : ': at the time, died wbeD another hunter mistook him for a deer. SulliYID wu walklila at th.e edp of an orcllard, near the tree line, wearlnc • bron bat .. ·

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THE LOWELL SUN Lowell, Mass.

Dato' 11/17/77 e:•u•o•' SUBURBAN SOliTi

~::~:~lement C;COSTEJ Tul., ASSASSINATION

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himself as an Investigator · for tbe · House assassinations committee has ~~~~SUCCeSSfully at. tempted to obtain papers aDd files o1 tbe late William C. Sullivan, the former No. J maa iD tbe FBI, police said today.

Sugar Hill Pollee Chief Gary Young said a man 'll'llo identified himself as Clifford A. Feoloo Jr., went to Sugar Hill last Friday, two days after I Sullivan was shot and kllled In a hunting accident.

Authorities say Sulllvau died when anot11er hunter mistook hllll l'or a deer. Sulllvau was walklng at the edge ot ID occhard, oear the tree Une, wearing a brown bat aDd a red plaid Jacket, when the accident happened. . . . · ·

Young said Fenton told blm be bad 8llbpoenas for Sullivan's records but be did oot produce them.

Sullivan's famlly was out ci!Dwn to prepare lor Sullivan's funeral Saturday In Massachusetts, aDd Young said he was watch inC the famlly hOme.

The chief said he was IIIM!I" shown any • poenas, and discouraged Fenloo's attempt til (let tbepapen. .

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former No. 3 man ln the FBI, wu abot to death . feU far lhort of what the ~te ~e wu seekfnl, :r Wd.IJ by a bunter who apparentJy mistook him for IN RECENT YEAU, SulUnn wu named a de-a deer, atate FI.Jh and Game officials said. fendant ln several clviliU.Ita brouht by ladJvldu-

6WUYan, 85, was shot while hunting deer ln tbe als who alleged they were ~ o6jectl of Wep1 woodl near hla bome In Sugar HIU, a oomzqunity 1.n FBI runeUianee. -. • • · ~*them New Hampshire'• White Mou.ntalns, otfi· When questioned about his ad!vitles by~ dallaald.. en, Sullivan cited the eulta u the baitl for Ilia

L .Autborftles Identified the other buntet_u Robert refusal to talk about hil FBI career. ' • , Daniell. ln hit early 201. from U.bon, 'N.H. Tbey SulUvan was Interviewed by lnestlaaton ·wort. •

1 Mid the accident was under illveatigaUon 'Ud no lng on the House Judiciary Comm.lttee'a lmJ)eacb-1 ~ea bad been filed. meot Inquiry agalDit Nl.zon.. A mona tbe aetJvitfea ~- New Hampsblre'a deer ltuOD started last week. about whJch they questloned Su.lUvan were the FBJ : SaJiivan's survivors Include bls wife Marlon and wiretaps directed at National Security Cou=4 ! three c.hUdren. He lived In Cbeverl)', Md. aides and newsmen u part ola Nllon admfnl

1 .. tJon tltort to leam &be tOUra ol JeaU to tbe ae 1 1. SULLIVAN, a native or Bolton, Mus., retired u media. ,

!'aulttant to the FBI director ln charge of lnvestJ- ' · -

!at.lonl in 1811 after a falUna-«rt with Dlree1« J. I dgar Hoover. StaiUvan bad seTVed In the buresu

or aC> yean, 10 of them a1 cblef of the lnteWaece cUviJIOil.

t After retl.rina from the FBI, be became uslst­r ant director' or the Insurance Crt me Prevention [ lnatltute at Westport. Conn., and then dlrect.or o1

the Office of Natloeal Narcotics llltelligeaee at tbe IUJtice Department. from wbJch bt retired lD lm. ,

Earlier thlJ year, Sutuvan ortered tG testJty Ia beball of ~eat 1olua J. Kearney, who had beeD JD. dlcted oa c:oft5Plracy charaes In couection wttb u 1 FBI investlgatioo of anti-war groupslD the lt7Ga. 1

\ SullivaD'I feud with Hoover climued wbaa 1M ,

C\( ( f\ · arrived at hiJ office ooe morn.ing and found that . ~) \ C\ Hoover bad ordered the loeb OD bls door cbupd. 1

\\ . His name surfaced durin• tbe Waterpte ICaD- 1 \" . '(' ) · \. da1 whee It waa dia<:over-ed be wu tbe lubject ql ' ' • ooe ol the con venations on the White House tapes. \ , ;(' Prelldeftt Richard Nixon and aldea &~awed

• wiMther Sullivaa ml&bt not prove a Yalaable ~ IGW'Ct Qf lllformatJon about poUtJeal IUrTefllaDc:e I ordered by earUer presldenta. Jolm W. DeaD m.

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Wul:~llOn !'oat Blatt Wrltrr ri&hls of American c!Uae.n· IY oJ. Will iam C. Sullivan, once the th ird· these charges 1aave alnee been l\lb-

r nking official or the FBI and then stantiated and the myth ol Hoover an outspoken critic or the late · J . hJmseiC hu been diipeUed. Ed;:ar Hoo\·er and his policlea, was Mr. Sull h·an played a role in these kill~ In a hunting accident ye.atH"daY transtonnaUons, first as a loyal lieu· nur hi5 home in Sugar Hlll, N.H. He tenant of Hoover who Jnitlated many was 65.

Police said Mr. Sull ivan was ahot -.·hilt deer bunting In the Wblte Mountains. Tbey Identified the other hunter u Robert Daniels, about 20, of llibon, N.H. The lncldent was sUU under lnvestiaauon laSt nl&bt and no eharges bad been flled &~alnst Daniell.

WJWam Clarence Sullivan. a farm boy from Bolton, lia.ss., entered the FBI as a special agent on AU£ 4. 1Ml. By tbe time the late J . Edg3r Hoover bad forced blm to retire on Oct. 8, J 1971, Mr. Sullivan wu the assistant to tbe dlreetor for all the bureau's Investigative activities.

i ms 30 years of servic-e saw enor· mow chantea ln the FBI. Ita place 1n

!American aroverament, and how It wu regarded bJ some other puts of the goverument-rlotably Congress­anJ by some portions of the American public. ,. ~'

1 When llr. SulUvan Jolned Ole bureau, the FBI aaw ltsell-and was aeen by othera--.aa a crtme-fiJhUnr organllaUon and 11 the count.ry•s fint li.De of defense &~alnst Nu:ls and other allbveralves. By the time be lertt. the bure~u._!!!! ~mlna under

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ered by Ccngresa and th• preaa In recent yean, ad thai u a bitter

ctttJc ol bb lal.e ~-Ja an Interview with · The Los

Angeles Time, in .)173, Mr. Sullivu called HOO't'e( !'a lh.ltet 'bl~etmailer.• Re suggestecr that the ffrertor llad IQJt control of bimaelf aDd 11' U verg. Jnc on senility before hJa death. A ~ar later, 'Mr. SulUvu IUbmltted a paper to a m~tlng ot the Roeeoe Pound-.1\metlcan Trial Lawyers Foun· daUon ln which he sald that the FBI, as then organized, posed a threlt to tbe civU Ubertlea of the country.

"The weaknesses of the FBI have alwa.ya been the leadership in Wuh· ln(ton, of which I was a part for 15 years," M wrote. "I accept .my abare of the blame for Ita' urloua abort· co minas."

For 10 or the 15 yean durlnC whlcb :t.tr. Sullivan deacrlbed himself u a member or tho top lcaderthip of t.!le FBI, be was an auutant director Jn charge of domestic intelligence opera· t iona. •

In th is c3pacllY, Ke played a role In numerous abuaes by the FBI that hav!_bcen documented by the Senste

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Intelligence Committee headed by Sen. Frank Church (D·Idaho). These Include "black bag" operatlona, or burglaries carried out by FBI agentr; "Cointelpro,." the counterintelligence projlram against such groups u the Ku Klux Klan, the Black Panthers and other black groups, antiwar group• during the Vjetnam era, and tbe "New Left''; tbe tapplnl of the telephones of 17 members or former members of the l\'ational Securlly Council staff and of reporten, whlcb were Illegal taps designed by tbe Ni.<· on White House to plug ne•n leaks, end a broad range o( other activitlc5 aimed at "dissident" croups within the United States.

The final report of the Cbureh Com­j mittee quotes the followiDI paasage

lfrom Mr. Sullivan's testimony:

''Never once dld I hear anybody, 'tncludJng myself, rabe the quHtion. 'Is this course of action which we ha\·e agretd upon lawful, ~ it legal, is it ethical or moral!' We never fl\·e any thought to this line of reasoning •. .' because we were just naturally prag· matir;."

For his part In this "pragmatism," l!r. Sullivan was ln,·estlpted exten· sh•ely by the Watergate special pros· ecutor's office. The question was this: had Mr. Sullivan conspired to remoYc from FBI fUea the ao-ealled "Kissin­ger'' wiretaps on the 17 National Security Council aides and reporten for the purpose of eonc:ealing these: ups from U.S. Dlmiet Jud&e W. Matt Byrne?

Judge Byrne wu presiding over tbe' trial of Danlel Ellsburg, who released : tbe famoua "Pent&IDn papen" lc! .the preaa In 1970. When It was Jearned that .EI!abure had been overheard on · one of these tapa, Judge Byrne dis· mJssed tbe ebargcs lll:&lnst blm.

In faet, Mr. Sullh·an had ~mo\·ed these files from tbe FBI just before be went into retirement, and turned ~l'l:em over to Robert C. Mardian, a

~ormcr assistant attorney ger\eral in barge of internal security. Tbe flies nd~ up in the Nixon White House.

~Mr. Sullivan u.id later that be had

aken the files because be feared that oover would try to use them to

l'resldent Nixon Into i'ftl!bvoorln his job Indefinitely.

On Sept. 16, 197~. the Watercate l~cial prosecutor's office wrote to Mr. Sullivan's attorney that "the spedai prosecutor has examined the evldPncc (of alleged conspiracy) against Mr. Sullivan and bu eon­cluc!ed that the evldenc:e does not -.·arrant the bringin& or any eriminal c:har~e1 against Mr. SulUvan."

Since hla for<ed retiremeut Ia 1m, Mr. Sullivan repeatedly has ltated the \iew that tbe top FBI officiall-llot tbe field &~ents-.bould .be bel~ _.. lble for vlolatlona of .the law eom­mltted In tbe namo of the bureau.

.Lut summer, he testUied before a federal rrand jul')' Ia New Yorl< that ' ha• brou&ht eharres agallllt John J. Kearney, a retired IUI)trrilor' of lhe FBI's New Y<l't field ofllce. KearDey was Indicted last April ou charru that he helped direct mail-openiDI aDd· wiretapping operations. Tb~ rase hu DOl yet gone to trial.

:Mr. Sullivan acquired a reputaUcn through his career in the FBI u an Intellectual and an expert on commu­Diam. Hi1 views on the Comunilt Party j

of the t:.S.A. led to his break with Hoo•·er. In 1970, Mr. Sullivan told a mC'e'tine: of United Press International edito~ that "radical Ol'I~Diutions," such a.s the Weathermen faction of the Students for a Dtmocratic Sorlety, pre· sented a greater threat to tbe country than the Communirtl.

Hoover reportedly remonstrated with Mr. Sullivan on the around that the FBI's budget was based on the alleged threat ot communism, and that Mr. Sullivan's remarks under· cut this position. Mr. Su1llvan df'­cllned to retract his statements and told him that Hoover himaeiC knew them to be true.

Aner leavin& the FBI, Mr. Sullivan I

worlred briefly 1n private lndultry and then returned to the Justice Depvt· ment to worJr on a drug enforcement projecL In recent years he Juld Jived ID retirement in New Hampshire, al­thouab be was still a party to various d\"il 1uits gro•inc out of FBI abwea at tbe time or bis death. I

Survivors Include hls wife, Marlon, , l/ and two sons, Anttrew 1nd William, all of the home in SU&&r Hill, and a daughter, Mn. Mark D. Tuttle, of Simsbury, Conn.

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ATTENTION CLARENCE M. K£LLEY, DIRECTOR\}

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Wll.LIAM C. /StLLIVAN, FORMER ASSISTANT TO THE DlnECTOR; ACCIDENTAL

DEATH RE SAC, BOSTON TELEPHONE CALL TO THE 0 !RECTOR, NOVE~ER 9,

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SHORTLY AF'TER 9aC0 AM, NOVEMBER 9, 1977, LT. COL. PAUL ..

O'LEARZ, NEW HA ·JPSHIRE STATE POLICE, ADVISED SAC, BOSTON,

THAT ~ILLIAM C. SULLIVAN HAD BEEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT AND KILLED

IN A HUNTING ACCIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY-tizJe AM THIS MORNING

IN THE VICINITY OF' HIS HOME AT SUGAR HILL, N.H. LT. COL. O'LEARY

IN)lCATED THAT MR. Stn.LIVAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE NECK BY A '

30 06 RIF'LE BY A YOUNG HUNTER WHO IS THE SON OF A CORPORAL ON ,.

THE H. H. STATE POtiCE. AT THE TIME Of THE CALL, LT. COL. O'LEARY

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HER HUSBAND.

FORMER SA TIMOTHY M, CASEY, JH,, ADVISED THE BOSTON OFFICE

AT 10130 AM THIS MORNING THAT HE At{) CHIEF OF' POl.ICE GAHY YOUNG,

SUGAR HILL, N. H, PO HAD INFORMED MRS, MARION SULl.IVAN, DECEDENT'S

WIF'E, CONCERNING THE ACCIDENT. MR. SUl.Ll.IVAN WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT

At-U KILLED BY ANOTHER HUNTER, ROBERT DANIELS, JH,, TWENTY-YEAH

OLD SON OF A CORPORAL OF THE N, H, STATE POl.ICE,

ACCORDING TO FORMER SA CASEY BASED ON COMMENTS FHOM MRS,

SULLIVAN, IHC: BODY WILL BE HAt{)LED BY THE ROSS FUNERAL HOME,

LITTLETON, N.H., At{) MR. SULLIVAN WILL BE BURIED IN A FAMILY

PLOT AI HLDSON, MASS, THE BUREAU WILL BE FURNISHED SPECIFIC

FUNERAL DETAILS AS SOON AS ASCERTAINED,

SA THl::ODORE N. GOI:lLl::, CONCORD, N, H, RA IS ENROUTE TO SUGAR

HILL WHERE HE WILL MEET FORMER SA CASEY AND WILL OFFER TO MRS,

SULLIVAN ANY ASSISTANCE SHE MAY NEED AT THIS TIME, IT IS TO BE

NOTED THAT BOTH SA GOBLE AND FORMER SA CASEY ARE GOOD FRIENDS

OF MH, SUI..l.IVAN At{) ARE ALSO FRIENDLY WITH MRS, SULLIVAN,

APPiWPitlATE BUREAU REPRt:SENTATION, INCLUu ING THE SAC, WILL

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INSPECTOR BOYNTON NO\IEMB~ 9, 1977.

P,l ACCORDANCF: \JITH ROUTINE P!lACT ICE IN THE STATE OF' NHJ

HA"'PSHIPE, AN AUTOPSY WAS SCHEDULED TO BE CONDUCTED ON

MARY HITCHCOCK HOSPITAL, MR. Sl"-L IVAN'S BODY TCD.~Y AT THE

HANOVF:R, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1'3 I .x~ /)' -- ~'1:7 REC- ·• ... _ -"-· '_L __ _, ~-~ 'I.e

A MEMORIAL-~ERVICE FOR MR. Stn..LIVAN IS SCHEDLJ..EQ~)~();_F!j: 1 !f'f1:D .

AT SEVEN PM, TI{{JqSDAY, NOI/fMBER 10, 1977, AT 'l'ifE-~OSS FUNERAL-- _j

llO"'E, LITTLETON,' NEW HAMPSHIRE. ON I'll lflAY MORNING, NOI/fMBER II,

!977, THF BOOY lrii..L BE RE~Ovrn TO THE TIGHE FUNERAL HOME, HUDSON,

MASSACHUSF:TTS. :tf THE BODY ARR l\IES EARLY ENOOOH, THERE WILL

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VIEWING HO!RS FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AND IF' NOT, POSITIVELY FRIDAY

EVENING. A F'UNERAL MASS IS SCHED !.LED TO BE HELD SATt.IWAY

MORNING, NOWMBER 12, 1977, AT ST. MICHAEL •s ROMAN CATHOLIC •

CHlRCH, HUDSON, MASSACHUSETTS. THE TIME OF' THE MASS HAS STILL NOT

BEEN DETERMINED BlTT WR.L PROBABLY BE EITHER TEN AM OR ELEVEN AM.

BtR !AI.. WR.L BE AT THE SULLIVAN F'AMILY PLOT IN ST. MICHAEL"S

CE"lET ARY, HI.() SON.

SAC, BOSTON WR.L GO TO SUGAR HILL, NEW HAMPSHIRE, THURSDAY

MORNING, At{) PER 9:l NAI..L Y CONTACT MRS. SULLIVAN A NO AGAIN E XI' END THE

SERVICES OF' T 1£ BOSTON OHICE TO HER.

ffiA THO"lAS H. HANNIGAN AND RA THEODORE N. GOBLE, CONCORD,

NEW HAMPSHIRE RA, HAVE BEEN AT SU3AR HILL THROUGHOUT TODAY.

SA GOBLE WILL REMAIN AT SlJ3AR HILL OVERNIGHT AND MEET WITH SAC,

BOST 0 N, T Hrn &> AY I'IOR NI NG. SUGAR HILL IS A GOOD F'OUR -HOUR DR IVF. FROM

ROSTON.

ANY ADDITIONAL PERTINENT INF'ORMATION DEVELOPED WILL BE

PRil'!PTLY F'OR\o/ARDED TO THF. BUREAU.

ASSOCIATED PRESS CAP> CONTACTED SAC, BOSTON TODAY AND REQUESTED

TO KNOW IF' Tl£ FBI WAS COM:> LCTING AN INVESTIGATION INTO MR. SULLIVAN"S

DEATH IN VIE\/ OF' THE F'ACT THAT FBI AGENTS WERE PRESENT AT St.nAR

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Hn.L, NEW HAMPSHIRE. AP WAS AD VISF:D BY THE SAC THAT THE PRESENCE

Of" THE AGE NT S WAS MERELY TO AfFORD THE SERVICES OF" THE BOSTON

DIVISION TO MRS. SULLIVAN IN HER ~UR Or SORROW BECAUSE OF" MR.

SlLLIVAN 'S LONG AFFIL !AT ION WITH THE FBI AND THAT SAC WISHED •

IT TO BE FIRMLY UM)~ STOOD THAT THE FBI WAS COND UCT lNG NO .. INVESI' IGATION OF' ANY KIND INTO MR. SULLIVAN'S DEATH.

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