Exhibit 1069 ยท Congressional report
The FBI informant program, Philadelphia Field Office memorandum of 16 September 1970 (Church Committee, Book III)
The expanded campus coverage called for by FBI Headquarters was quickly implemented at the Field Office level as part of the FBI's effort to have New Left campus groups think "there is an FBI agent behind every mailbox."
In its section on campus informants, the committee reports the FBI's September 1970 lifting of the age restriction on student informants and quotes the Philadelphia Field Office's 16 September 1970 memorandum to Headquarters, which relays a conference consensus that more interviews 'will further serve to get the point across there is an FBI agent behind every mailbox.' Book II (PDF p. 33) repeats the phrase.
- Source
- United States Senate, Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations
- Date
- 23 April 1976
- Quoted from
- Book III, informant program section, PDF p. 271 (footnote 173 cites Memorandum from Philadelphia Field Office to FBI Headquarters, 9/16/70)
- Grade
- Primary record
- Document
- https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-94755-iii.pdf
- Accessed
- 2026-11-10
- Cited by
- Findings citing this exhibit
- Note
- Same PDF as church-1976-book3-cointelpro (exhibit 299), different part of Book III. Add as a second locator on exhibit 299 if the register prefers one exhibit per volume.