Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 59]
Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National ConventionThere are no new indications, as of this date, of foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, or take advantage of activities designed to disrupt or harass the National Convention of the Republican Party in Miami, Florida, 21-24 August 1972.9 AUG. 1972![warning notice sensitive intelligence sources]![classified by exempt from general declassification schedule of ec, automatically declassified, impossible to determine]00565
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 60]
# Foreign Support for Activities Planned to DisruptOr Harass the Democratic National ConventionSUMMARY AND CONCLUSION:There are no direct indications thus far of foreign efforts to inspire, support or take advantage of activities designed to disrupt or harass the National Convention of the Democratic Party in Miamis 10-13 July 1972. The concept of coordinated international support for domestic activities in the United States was generally endorsed at the recent World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the Peoples of Indochina; however, the Conference issued no specific call for international support of disruptive actions at the American national political conventions.BACKGROUND:At the Soviet-controlled World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the Peoples' of Indochina, held in Versailles from 10-13 February 1972, there was mention of American plans for demonstrations at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. The final draft resolution from the conference's "Action Commission" contains an appendix submitted by American delegates whose goal was to secure global coordination for domestic actions in the United States. It calls for international support to six weeks of domestic antiwar actions and demonstrations, from 1 April to 15 May 1972, and concludes with the statement: "This campaign will lead up to the Democratic Party Convention at Miami on July 9, 1972, and the Republican Party Convention in. San Diego on August 21, 1972."The final "Resolution of the Paris World Assembly for the Peace and Independence of the Indochinese People" of 13 February 1972, drafted by the "Political Commission" states:"In the United States particularly, the protest against the war is voiced more and more strongly,
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 61]
CONTROLLED DISSEMunder various forms, such as draft evasions, desertions, resistance, demonstrations which now affect even the soldiers. The Assembly calls for support to these progressive and antiwar forces in the United States, and asks the governments to grant asylum to deserters and to support their right to repatriation.All together, the peoples of the world will efficiently help to impose on the U.S. Government the restoration of peace, independence and freedom in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia."CONTROLLED DISSEM00559
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 62]
# Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Democratic National ConventionSUMMARY:New indications of foreign efforts or plans to inspire, support, influence, or exploit actions designed to disrupt or harass the Democratic National Convention in Miami, 10-15 July 1972, are limited to a reiteration by a member of the Secretariat of the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam of a statement previously issued by the World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the Peoples of Indochina. The Assembly's pronouncement generally endorsed the concept of international support to a campaign of anti-Vietnam War activities in the United States leading up to the Democratic and Republican Conventions, but made no specific call for support of disruptive actions at the conventions themselves.DEVELOPMENTS:In early April 1972 an influential and well-informed staff member of the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam discussed, in private, the international anti-Vietnam War activities conducted on 1, 15, and 22 April. The Stockholm Conference member stated that these actions were part of an international campaign in support of domestic American antiwar efforts during the period 1 April to 15 May 1972, and "will culminate at the election conventions in July and August."The World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the Peoples of Indochina, of which the Stockholm Conference was a major organizer, had earlier enunciated a similar statement in an appendix to the final draft resolution of the Assembly's "Action Commission." The appendix called for international support to six weeks of domestic antiwar actions and demonstrations, from 1 April to 15 May 1972, and concluded with "the statement: "This campaign will lead up to the Democratic Party Convention at Miami on July 9, 1972, and the Republican Party Convention in San Diego on August 21, 1972."
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 63]
# CONTROLLED DISSEM23 MAY 1972Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Democratic National Convention## SUMMARY:Indications remain limited of foreign plans or attempts to inspire, support, influence, or exploit actions designed to disrupt or harass the Democratic National Convention in Miami, Florida, 10-13 July 1972. A member of the Swedish Committee for Vietnam, who is also a member of the Secretariat of the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam, has stated that the U.S. National Elections are playing a role in the Swedish Committee's work. The British-based International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace (ICDP) has distributed a "Spring Offensive Calendar" of activities in the United States against the war based on a submission by the Peoples' Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ). The calendar includes actions planned in connection with the Democratic Convention.## DEVELOPMENTS:In mid-April 1972, a member of the Swedish Committee for Vietnam, who is also an influential and well-informed staff member of the Secretariat of the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam, stated in a private discussion of the Swedish Committee's unusually heavy work load that "things will be hectic right until the elections in the U.S."The International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace, a British-based antiwar organization and one of the more prominent member organizations of the Stockholm Conference, has attached a "Spring Offensive Calendar" to the April-May 1972 issue of its regular international publication Vietnam International. The calendar had been furnished by the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and included the following entry:July 9 - 12 Democratic Convention, Miami Beach. Demonstrations organised by Florida People's Coalition, Box 17521, Tampa, Florida 33612.
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 64]
CONTROLLED DISSEMThe ICDP commentary on the PCPJ calendar urges demonstrations in support of some of the dates listed but does not specifically call for actions in connection with the Democratic Convention.CONTROLLED DISSEM00572
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 65]
# CONTROLLED DISSEM7 JUN 1972Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Democratic National Convention## SUMMARY:The only new indication of foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, influence, or exploit actions designed to disrupt or harass the Democratic National Convention in Miami, Florida, 10-13 July 1972, is an expression of interest by a member of the North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks in the plans of the major antiwar organizations in the United States for demonstrations in connection with the political conventions of both major parties.## DEVELOPMENTS:In mid-May 1972, a member of the North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks invited a visitor to contact him again when the visitor returned from an imminent trip to the United States. The North Vietnamese official gave the visitor the New York City addresses of the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC), and asked the visitor to inquire at their offices regarding their plans for demonstrations during the coming summer. The North Vietnamese official stated that he was especially interested in plans for actions in connection with the Democratic and National Conventions.CON NTROLLED DISSEM00573
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 66]
Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disruptor Harass the Democratic National Convention21 JUN 1972There are no additional indications, as of this date, of foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, or take advantage of activities designed to disrupt or harass the National Convention of the Democratic Party in Miami, Florida, 10-13 July 1972.
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 67]
![image of a page with some specks and marks on it, and with the number 00575 at the bottom right]
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 68]
SECRET/CENSITIVEEYES CILY4into the US labor situation, and particularly to try to ameliorate the quarrel between George Meany and Walter Reuther. IDEN-36 steered a very skillful course in this connection, but the Agency could be vulnerable to charges that we went behind Meany's back, or were somehow consorting with Reuther against Meany's wishes.8. There are three examples of using Agency funds which I know to be controversial. One was the expenditure of money under Project MOSES in securing the release of Cuban Brigade prisoners. Details of this operation are best known to Larry Houston, Mike Miskovsky, IDEN-131, and James Smith. Second, as you well know, when Lou Concin received his summons to report to the Joint General Staff Headquarters on 1 November 1963 a large amount of cash went with him. My impression is that the accounting for this and its use has never been very frank or complete. Third, at one of the early Special Group meetings attended by McCone he took strong exception to proposals to spend Agency funds to improve the economic viability of West Berlin, and for an investment program in Mali. His general position was that such expenditures were not within the Agency's charter, and that he would allow such spending only on the direct personal request of the Secretary of State or the Secretary of Defense, or the White House.9. I raise these issues of funding because I remember the Agency's being severely criticized by the House Appropriations Subcommittee for having spent $3,000 for stamps in connection with a program to buy tractors to secure the release of prisoners from Cuba.10. Under the heading of old business, I know that any one who has worked in the Director's office has worried about the fact that conversations within the offices and over the telephones were transcribed. During McCone'sRB CHY00430
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 69]
SECRET/SENSITIVEEYES ONLY5tenure, there were microphones in his regular office, his inner office, his dining room, his office in East Building, and his study at his residence on White Haven Street. I do not know who would be willing to raise such an issue, but knowledge of such operations tends to spread, and certainly the Agency is vulnerable on this score.11. Also under the heading of old business, I well remember the hue and cry raised, especially by Carl Kaysen in the White House, when the Agency injected a contaminating agent in Cuban sugar bound for the Soviet Union. Shortly after the Cuban missile crisis, there was a disposition in Washington to reexamine the Bay of Pigs, and the fact that several Alabama National Air Guard officers lost their lives in the Bay of Pigs was surfaced with surprisingly little excitement at the time.12. During my stint on the 7th floor there was a special arrangement with the Office of Communications whereby the Director's office gained access to non-CIA traffic. This surfaced briefly at one point shortly after Admiral Rayborn became DCI. He had visited the Signal Center and removed a copy of a telegram from the Embassy in the Dominican Republic for Under Secretary George Ball, Eyes Only. He returned to his office and proceeded to discuss this telegram with George Ball who was naturally quite curious as to how Rayborn knew about it, and also as to how Rayborn had it in his possession before Ball did. Ben Read in the Secretary of State's office and I spent several weeks putting this one to rest.13. Finally, DCI McCone, as you and I well know, operated on a very lofty plane, and I think certain of his activities could be misunderstood: One example was his decision in July of 1964 to have Aristotle Onassis and Maria Callas flown from Rome to Athens on Air Force KC 135. Their arrival in Athens in this airplane attracted the attention of the local press and in due course Mr. John00462
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 70]
EYES ONLY6Hightower, Chief of the Associated Press Bureau forWashington, came to see me to ask about the proprietyof this action.14. The use of IDEN-132 aircraft    has been remarkably secure, but DCI McCone himself    forgot about the cover arrangement and became quite    excrcised when he saw Candidate Goldwater land in the    San Francisco airport for the Republican National Con-    vention in 1964 aboard the IDEN-133 with    the highly visible tail number IDEN-134. This was, I    explained to him carefully, a perfectly legitimate    charter, but he didn't like it.15. McCone dealt quite extensively with newsmen    in Washington. In fact, they gave him a gift and a    luncheon when he left Washington, which is perhaps    indicative of the press's relations with him. However,    in the case of the Ross and Wise book, *The Invisible    Government*, he did try to bring pressure on the publisher    and the authors to change things. They did not change    a comma, and I doubt that this old saw willover sing    again.16. Finally, and this will reflect my Middle    Western Protestant upbringing, McCone's dealings with    the Vatican, including Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul    VI, would and could raise eyebrows in certain quarters.17. The above listing is uneven, but I have a    sinking feeling that discipline has broken down, and that    allegations from any quarter which cast these things in    the wrong light would receive great publicity and attention,    and no amount of denial would ever set the record straight.    If I may be of any assistance in tracking down further    details, I am of course at your disposal, but I would point
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 71]
EYES CALY7out that I was very much in the position of the enlisted man who knew that the commissioned officers were aware of these activities and better able to judge their propriety and possible impact or misinterpretation.WelderWALTER ELDEREYES CLY00463
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 72]
SECRET SENSITIVESUBJECT: PLMPLODESTARProject MPLODESTAR is a Headquarters initiated program which has as its fundamental objective the long term manipulations of selected agent assets operating against EA Division difficult targets in the leftist and communist milieu in various parts of the world. Although targetted overseas these agents are often exposed to and directed against American radical, leftist, and communist targets to gain a practical knowledge of the leftwing, radical, communist world. There is a possibility that an asset might become suspect and be accused of being an employee of the Agency or the Bureau; or it might happen some asset would, for some reason, become disenchanted with his role and expose his Agency relationship and his activities, with resultant embarrassment. To minimize potential problems, therefore, each case is cleared with the FBI and through CI/SO the Bureau is kept informed on a regular basis.SECRET SENSITIVEE2 IMPDETCL BY 06109000482
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 73]
SECRET- 2 -6. As a means of sharing more fully our operational experience we have invited three FBI officers to be students in our Soviet Operations Course from 14 to 25 May 1973.7. A Soviet defector was confined at a CIA facility from April 1964 to September 1967 while efforts were being made to establish whether he was a bona fide defector. Although his present attitude toward the Agency is quite satisfactory, the possibility exists that the press could cause undesirable publicity if it were to uncover the story.![signature]JFLATBIDavid H. BleeChiefSoviet Bloc DivisionSECRET00522
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 74]
MEMOR....DUM FOR: Mr. ColbyAttached is the material we requested of Dick Ober:A. Ten Reports, Subj: Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National ConventionB. Five Reports, Subj: Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Democratic National ConventionC. Two Memoranda re Agency support to Secret Service for Democratic and Republican ConventionsOber advises that the only American we reported on to the IEC is Rennie Davis.BE (11 May 73)(DATE)FORM NO. 101 REPLACES FORM 10-101 WHICH MAY DE USED.00545(47)
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 75]
SLONDE.UNCLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SECRET# OFFICIAL ROUTING SLIP| TO  | NAME AND ADDRESS  | DATE         | INITIALS       || --- | ----------------- | ------------ | -------------- || 1   | Inspector General |              |                || 2   |                   |              |                || 3   |                   |              |                || 4   |                   |              |                || 5   |                   |              |                || 6   |                   |              |                ||     | ACTION            | DIRECT REPLY | FREPAPE FOPLY  ||     | APPROVAL          | DISPATCH     | PROC:PENDATION ||     | CUISMENT          | FILE         | RETURN         ||     | CONCURRENCE       | INFORMATION  | SIGNATURE      |Remarks:Mr. Broe:(Dick Ober)has been advised that this package SEC(AB)is being sent to you. Since knowledge of theexistence of this Committee has been strictlyl'imited. I've asked that it be delivered to youunopened. Although it has an ER number on it,it has not been sent through that office -- I gavethem only the day, subject, and originator.*Barbara*00547FOLD HERE TO RETURN TO SENDERFROM: NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NO.O/ES/MC/Barbara Pindar 15 May 73UNCLASSIFI.LD CONFIDENTIAL. SECRETFORM NO. 237 Use previous editions (40)1-67
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 77]
# EYES ONLY14 MAY 1973SUBJECT: Intelligence Evaluation Committee and Staff1. Background: Formed December 1970 to produce fully-evaluated national domestic intelligence studies, including studies on demonstrations, subversion, extremism and terrorism. Membership: Department of Justice (Chairman); Federal Bureau of Investigation; Department of Defense; Secret Service; National Security Agency; Central Intelligence Agency; and as necessary representatives of other Departments or Agencies (following have participated: Treasury and State). Staff: IES Executive Director John Dougherty and later Bernard Wells supplied by Department of Justice with title of Special Assistant to the Attorney General reporting to the Assistant Attorney General for Internal Security Robert Mardian and later William Olson. IES has received requirements directly from and delivered reports directly to John Dean of the White House. The White House has insisted that the existence of this Committee be kept secret. Awareness of its existence within this Agency has been limited to DCI, DDO (DDP), C/CI and four officers of this office.2. CIA Participation: Contributions on foreign aspects (by memorandum with no Agency letterhead or attribution). Contributions occasionally include foreign intelligence provided by FBI and NSA. The Chief of the Special Operations Group serves as the Agency representative on the Intelligence Evaluation Committee Staff and as the alternate to the Agency representative on the Committee (who is the Chief, Counter Intelligence Staff).3. Special Report: The Unauthorized Disclosure of Classified Information, November 1971. This study was initiated in July 1971 by the White House as a consequence of the President's concern about the release of the Pentagon Papers by Daniel Ellsberg. Both Robert Mardian and G. Gordon Liddy initially involved in tasking the IES to produce this evaluation. Drafting done by IES Staff members from Justice and FBI. Only Agency participation was editorial review.EYES ONLYSENSITIVESECRET00549
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 78]
EVES CALY4. Republican National Convention (21-24 August 1972): At the request of the White House, a series of estimates was prepared by the IES on "Potential Dis- ruptions at the 1972 Republican National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida." The Agency provided from February through August 1972 periodic contributions for these estimates concerning foreign support for activi- ties planned to disrupt or harass the Republican National Convention (copies attached).5. Democratic National Convention (10-13 July 1972): At the request of the White House, a series of estimates was prepared by the IES on "Potential Disrup- tions at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, Miami Beach, Florida." The Agency provided between March and July 1972 contributions on foreign support for activi- ties planned to disrupt or harass the Democratic National Convention (copies attached).Attachments: a/sEVES CALYSENSITIVE00550
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 79]
# FOREIGN DISCO DISSE ACROADCONTROLLED DISSENM23 FEB 1972SUBJECT: Foreign Support For Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National Convention1. There are only limited indications thus far of foreign efforts to inspire, support or take advantage of activities designed to disrupt or harass the National Convention of the Republican Party in San Diego, 21-23 August 1972.2. Some American participants at the Soviet-controlled World Assembly for Peace and Independence of the Peoples of Indochina, held 11-13 February 1972 in Paris/Versailles, attempted unsuccessfully to include a call for international demonstrations to take place at the time of the Republican National Convention. A representative of the San Diego Convention Coalition (SDCC) one of the domestic action groups targetting on the Republican Convention, requested the American Delegations' Steering Committee at the World Assembly to include a specific call for international support of activities against the Republican convention in their proposal to the Action Commission of the World Assembly. This request, however, was dropped as too divisive by the Steering Committee, despite initial indica- tions that the proposal would be taken to the floor of the Assembly.3. John LENNON, a British subject, has provided financial support to Project "YES", which in turn paid the travel expenses to the World Assembly of a representa- tive of leading antiwar activist Rennie DAVIS. (DAVIS' representative is tentatively planning to assist in preparations for disruptive actions at the San Diego Convention.) Project "YES" is an adjunct to another LENNON-supported pro- ject, the Election Year Strategy Information Center (EYSIC), of which Rennie DAVIS is a key leader, which was set up to direct New Left protest activities at the Republican National Convention. In Paris Rennie DAVIS' representative to the World Assembly met at least once with officials of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam; it is not known if the Republican National Convention was discussed.CONTROLLED DIESEM00552
[124-10185-10099.pdf — page 80]
II FOREIGN DIESSEMLAID DISSEM ABROADCONTROLLED DISSEM4. The SDCC is planning for foreign support for its harassment of the Republican convention. A working draft plan of the SDCC includes proposals for (a) the use of a special television network to broadcast video-taped messages from other countries, including coverage of sympathetic demonstrations elsewhere; and (b) broadcasts over public address systems of live telephone calls from the Vietnamese in Paris and from the Communist Chinese and others at the United Nations.CONTROLLED DISSEM00553