Teletype: FBI Los Angeles to FBI Director re: Confiscated documents; Legal; SITOL (July 26, 1977)

XEROX COPIES OF DOCUMENTS SEIZED DURING EXECUTION OF SEARCH WARRANT ON CAPTIONED MATTER ON JULY 8-9, 1977, IN HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, RETURNED TO LAWYER FOR CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY ON JULY 26, 1977. APPROXIMATELY 22,000 COPIES OF DOCUMENTS RETURNED WHILE 1,300 COPIES RETAINED. THOSE RETAINED FELL WITHIN THE RESTRICTIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE COURT ORDER DESCRIBING THE TURNOVER.

NO INCIDENTS ACCOMPANIED TRANSFER OF DOCUMENTS, HOWEVER, A SCIENTOLOGY PRESS CONFERENCE WAS HELD PRIOR TO TRANSFER AND LOCAL PRESS REPRESENTATIVES WERE PRESENT DURING A DOCUMENT RELEASE.