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This part of the FBI Animal Mutilation file covers 1979 to 1980 and includes FBI memoranda, letters to Senator Harrison Schmitt and Senate staff, and press clippings. At the Justice Department's request, the Albuquerque office investigated fifteen animal mutilations on Indian lands in New Mexico, but it did not identify anyone responsible. Kenneth Rommel, a former agent who directed the District Attorney's project, sent flakes from a pickup truck in Taos to the FBI Laboratory, which identified them as white exterior house paint.
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HARRISON SCHMITT NEW MEXICO COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS SELECT COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS United States Senate WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT June 6, 1979 Dear Mr. Director: 15 As you may know, the U. S. Attorney for New Mexico, R. E. Thompson, and I convened a multi-state livestock mutilation conference in Albuquerque on April 20. As a result of that meeting, Agent Sam Jones of the Albuquerque office of the FBI was assigned as the Bureau contact for those individuals desiring to report animal mutilations and to organize the Bureau's activities in this investigation. Please provide an update with regard to the status of the Bureau's activities to this point, as well as an outline and timetable for projected action. I am receiving many questions from constituents on these matters. In addition, please advise me whether sufficient funds are contained within your present budget to cover projected activities with respect to the Bureau's involvement. As mark-up is scheduled to begin within the near future in the Senate Appropriations Committee, of which I am a member, your contacting me by June 11 as to whether additional funding is required, and the amount, would be appreciated. REC-8 11/10/19 Sincerely, Sincerely , Vanier Blunius Assoc. Dir. ___ Dep. AD Adm. ___ Dep. AD Inv. ___ Asst. Dir.: ___ Adm. Serv. ___ Crm. Inv. ___ Ident. ___ Intel. ___ Laboratory ___ Local Counc ___ Plan. & Insp. ___ Rec. Ment. ___ Tech. Servs. ___ Training ___ Public Affs. Off. Telephone Rm. ___ Director's Sec'y ___ Harrison Schmitt 5 JUN 22 1979 The Honorable William H. Webster, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20535
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FOIA release, from the fbi-vault collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 33 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.