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               COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF T HE UNITED STAT ES
                       WASH[NGTON, D.C. 20548


B-171019                             May 29, 1975

The Honorable Henry M. Jackson
Chairman, Permanent Subcommittee
  on Investigations
Committee on Government Operations
United States Senate

Dear Mr. Chairman:

     Your March 27, 1975, letter requested that we obtain
certain information regarding the extent to which Law En-
forcement Assistance Administration funds have been provided
to non-Federal governmental agencies invovi&3. in activities
gathering domestic intelligence informatio- x iich may go
beyond those normally and properly carried out by law en-
forcement personnel.  We also received similar requests from
Senator Charles H. Percy and Congressman Ralph H. Metcalfe
pertaining to the Lexpenditure of Federal funds for- such pur-
poses in Chicago, Illinois;.

     In subsequent discussions with your Subcommittee, it
was agreed that the information provided to Senator Percy
and Congressman Metcalfe on Chicago would generally satisfy
your request.  This information relates not only to the ex-
tent to which Law Enforcement Assistance Administration funds
were provided for intelligence activities in Chicago but also
to the extent to which general revenue sharing funds were
used for such purposes.

     Subsequently, we agreed to obtain information on al-
legations reported in Chicago newspapers that the U.S. Army's
113th Military Intelligence Group had supplied equipment
and funds to a Chicago citizens' group known as the Legion
of Justice.

     Our work showed that:

     --About $134.6 million in general revenup sharing funds
       were designated as being used between December 1972
       and October 1974 by Chicago to pay police salaries.
       These funds represented about 73 percent of all rev-
       enue sharing moneys provided Chicago.

     --About $539,000 in revenue sharing funds were desig-
       nated as being used between December 1972 and October
       1974 to pay the salaries of the Chicago Police Depart-
       ment's intelligence Division. However, there was no

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