Unlocking the Files of the FBI

A Guide to Its Records and Classification System

By: David A. Langbart, Gerald K. Haines

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Hardcover | 1 January 1993

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This volume is the first comprehensive guide to the records of the FBI. At last historians have clear descriptions of the FBI's documents and how to gain access to them.

Dr. Gerald Haines, who was a member of the National Archives FBI Task Force, and Mr. David Langbart describe the contents of each of the 278 classifications the bureau uses to organize its records. They detail how much material exists, its history, where it is housed, plans for its ultimate disposition, and how one can gain access.

The volume includes descriptions of unclassified records; lists of abbreviations used on FBI documents; a full explanation of the FOIA with a sample letter requesting access; organizational charts; and other useful information. This book's combination of practical advice and archival surveys will enable researchers to exploit fully this largely untapped collection of U.S. government records.

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An information heist. . . . Haines and Langbart have added value . . . by pointing out the research potential of the records. . . . Any reader or student interested in what the FBI does will treasure this guide.--Booklist

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Introduction
Background
The FBI Record-keeping System
Using the Guide
Classifications	p. 3
Specialized Indexes
An Overview of the Indexes	p. 219
FBI Unclassified Indexes	p. 221
Special Files
J. Edgar Hoover's Official and Confidential (OandC) File and the Nichols File	p. 249
W. Mark Felt Files	p. 251
Electronic Surveillance Files	p. 252
The FBI Interesting Case Program	p. 258
FBI Budget Records	p. 260
Japanese Activities in the United States	p. 262
Appendixes
Appendix I. Standard FBI Abbreviations	p. 267
Appendix II. Abbreviations Used in Espionage and Foreign Counter-intelligence Cases	p. 277
Appendix Ill. Abbreviations of Field Office Locations	p. 279
Appendix IV. Abbreviations of Foreign Office Locations	p. 281
Appendix V. FBI Records Released under the Freedom of Information Act	p. 283
Appendix VI. Classification 80: Standard Files and Reference Collections	p. 291
Appendix VII. Symbols Used by the FBI on Documents	p. 295
Appendix VIII. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)	p. 297
Appendix IX. Department of Justice Classification System	p. 305
Appendix X. Department of Justice Old Classification System	p. 311
Appendix XI. FBI Central Records Classification System	p. 313
Appendix XII. FBI Records Turned over to NARA in 1992	p. 321
FBI Organizational Charts, 1941-1990	p. 323
Index	p. 333
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