U.S.

DepanunentofJustice

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Washington, D. C. 20535

December 17, 2014

MR. BILL GEERHART

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FOIPA Request No.: 1234153-001

Subject: FILE NUMBER 66-HQ-17388
Dear Mr. Geerhart:
In response to your Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA) request submitted to the FBI ,
enclosed are processed documents responsive to your request.
Material consisting of 4 pages has been reviewed pursuant to Title 5, U.S. Code, 552/552a, and
this material is being released to you in its entirety with no excisions being made by the FBI.
For your information, Congress excluded three discrete categories of law enforcement and national
security records from the requirements of the FOIA. See 5 U.S. C. 552(c) (2006 & Supp. IV (2010). This
response is limited to those records that are subject to the requirements of the FOIA. This is a standard
notification that is given to all our requesters and should not be taken as an indication that excluded records
do, or do not, exist.
You may file an appeal by writing to the Director, Office of Information Privacy (OIP), U.S.
Department of Justice, 1425 New York Ave., NW, Suite 11050, Washington, D.C. 20530-0001 , or you may
submit an appeal through OIP's eFOIA portal at http://www-iustice.gov/oip/efoia-portal.html. Your appeal
must be received by OIP within sixty (60) days from the date of this letter in order to be considered timely.
The envelope and the letter should be clearly marked "Freedom of Information Appeal." Please cite the
FOIPA Request Number in any correspondence to us for proper identification of your request.

Sincerely,

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David M. Hardy
Section Chief,
Record/Information
Dissemination Section
Records Management Division

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1-J..Ir.P~rsons 1-}lr.Belmont !-Liaison
1-Mr.Cregar 1-Defense Plans Unit
March Q, 1961

prot~~~ the secFity of the Congressional

rel'Ocation site~ an agreement nas roached be~een the Office
of ci vi1 and Dofen.s o Yo.billi~tion ( OCDH), .and tlie leaders
-Q.qn:~ess o.n~ ;t... plan. for not~~cation o'f individual Hombers of
C.on;gress ~ .emergency~ w~~n,. in the judgment. of the President,.
C~~~4)ss should be co nvened putside o Tf.ashing:ton, D.c.
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DEP.miSE PLANS .
BURDAU ASSISTANCE FOR HmmBRS OF

CONGRFSS IN EVENT OF EHERGBNCY

as broa~ as possiblo. At the same time, a .message will

be broadcast advising all lfeDlbers of Congress to proceed to
tho nearest PBI Office, where they can personally obtain
information as to tho location of the COngressional relocation
"site. Subsequent to proper identification on the part of the
Congressman, tho office receiving the personal inquiry from
the Con~essman should advise hinl of the location of the
Congressional relocation site.
Attached hereto, for each of{!oe, js an appropriate
number of _sealed envelopes, classif~ecl.~ each c~.ataining
the identity of the spe~ific location of the Congrossional
relocation site. In accordance with Congrossion&l instructions
received through OCDM, these envelopes should not be opened,
except in the event the condiiion cited previouslY exists.
A sealed envelope should be filed in each copy of your ofice
defense plan as Ap~endix zs. Copies of the sealed envelope
are not being furn~sbod for ~elusion in those copi~s of your
defense plan whic~ are maint~~ed at the .Bureau.
Apprtapriate change~ in the Defense Plans Manual and.
Pilot Plan are being propar.ed and will, be furnished all offices
in the near future. These r.Qvision.s will set forth .the manner
in which the above instructiQns should be incorporated into
the field office defense plan. t/

NOTB:

Cover ' memo L'Allier-B~lmont, 3-6-61,

DEFENSE PLANS - ~U ASSISTANCE FOR

l.tmm.ERS OF CONGRESS IN EVENT OF ID.IERGEN'CY.

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