Teletype: FBI Tampa to FBI Director re: SITOL (March 24, 1978)

TAMPA’S EXPERIENCE IS THAT COS OFFICIALS WILL REACT IMMEDIATELY TO ANY CRITICAL MEDIA COVERAGE GENERATED BY FBI INVESTIGATIONS. THEY REQUEST FACE TO FACE MEETINGS WITH THE SAC BOTH REGARDING WHAT HAS BEEN STATED IN THE MEDIA AND SO AS TO “KEEP LINES OF COMMUNICATION OPEN.”

[…] THE ABOVE DEALS WITH SENSITIVE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE COS, WHICH IN THE PAST ATTEMPTED TO INFILTRATE THE FBI. DISSEMINATION OR DISCUSSION OF THIS INFORMATION IS ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS. LEADS ARE TO BE HANDLED IN AN EXPEDITIOUS MANNER.