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# Memorandum to Mr. AdamsRe: SENSTUDY 75FORMER SUPERVISOR LISH WHITSONASSIGNED INTELLIGENCE DIVISIONWhitson must have originated with W. C. Sullivan. Whitson noted that Mr. Hoover and Mr. Tolson are both deceased and that he has heard nothing indicating Mr. Belmont has been contacted by members of the staff of the Senate Select Committee. One other factor that causes him to feel that Sullivan was the source of the information was a question Epstein raised as to whether Whitson had put a return address on the package when he addressed it to Martin Luther King. Whitson said he recalls that when he was in Miami and received the telephonic instructions from Sullivan, Sullivan told him that he should put a return address on the package and Whitson pointed out that if he did so and the name of the addressee became smeared the package would end up at someone's return address rather than in the dead letter office. Sullivan concurred that no return address should be used. Thus, Sullivan would probably have reason to have commented regarding the use or nonuse of a return address.Whitson stated that in the event he is called again to be interviewed by anyone connected with the Senate Select Committee, he intended to notify the Bureau beforehand and would appreciate it if the Bureau would consider having someone present during the interview, if this could be arranged, since he recognizes an obligation not to reveal FBI information contrary to regulations issued by the Attorney General. Appreciation was expressed to Mr. Whitson for his volunteering the foregoing information.This is the first instance which has come to our attention indicating staff members of the Senate Select Committee are proceeding with interviews of former Agents. I have discussed this matter with Mr. Mintz and he and I feel it would be appropriate to furnish an abstract of the interview of Whitson by Epstein to the Ad Hoc Coordinating Group of the Intelligence Community in order that interested agencies will be aware of the procedures presently being followed by the Select Committee and of the Committee's interest in matters other than jurisdictional bases. All Committee requests to us have thus far been confined to the latter.ACTION:If approved, an abstract will be provided for the records of the Ad Hoc Coordinating Group.> [Figure] This figure contains hand written notes, signatures and stamps. The notes are:> *  "We are preponry WHM for AG and WH Cuilderotter Dept. Concur?"> *  "Suggest the abstract be Paraphrased to avoid disclosure of the identity of the addressee of the envelope."- 3 -  NW 88296 Docld:32989532 Page 29
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CODE TELETYPETO SAC NEWARKFROM DIRECTOR FBI (62-116395)SENSTUDY 75REBUTEL MAY 2, 1975.1 - Mr. J. B. AdamsURGENT2- Mr. E. W. Walsh(1 - Movement)May 16, 19752 - Mr. J. A. Mintz(1 - Mr. J. B. Hotis)1 - Mr. W. R. Wannall1 - Mr. W. O. Cregar1 - Mr. S. F. PhillipsSECRETARIZS MARY ANN MASSA AND M. ANN MIERZEJEWSKI OF YOUROFFICE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO APPEAR FOR INTERVIEWS UNDER OATHBY THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC) AT 2 P.M., TUESDAY, MAY 20,REPEAT 20, 1975. YOU ARE TO ADVISE BOTH I AM WAIVING THEIREMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS ORLY TO THE EXTENT OF PERMITTING THEIRDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION RELATING TO DUTIES PERFORMED BY THEMJULY - SEPTEMBER, 1964, IN CORNECTION WITH FBI WORK AT DEMO-CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.EMPLOYEES ARE TO REPORT TO J. B. HOTIS OR P. V. DALY OFLEGAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, ROOM 4513, JUSTICE BUILDING, BETWEEN11 A.M. AND MOON MAY 20, FOR CONSULTATION PRIOR TO 2 Ρ.Μ.APPEARANCES. THEY MAY PLAN TO RETURN TO NENARK SAME DAY. FBIREPRESENTATIVE WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION DURING LERVIEWS BUT WILL NOT BE PRESENT DURING INTERVIEWS..1 - 67-538691 (Personnel file Mary Ann Massa)1- 67-581180 (Personnel file M. Ann Mierzejewski)SFP:PVD: eekFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONCOMMUNICATIONS SECTIONMAY 16 1975TELETYPESEE NOTE PAGE 2
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PAGE TWO 62-116395ISSUE GTR'S FOR TRANSPORTATION AND TRAVEL VOUCHERS FOREXPENSES.DIRECT ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER TO LEGALCOUNSEL'S OFFICE.NOTE:Referenced teletype advised all offices of proceduresto follow if present or former employees contacted by SSC forinterview. These two secretaries were on a Special Squad atAtlantic City, New Jersey, in connection with the Convention in1964. The SSC Staff known to have already interviewed two formerAgents assigned to that squad. Instructions herein pursuant toMr. Mintz's direction. F. A. O. Schwartz, Chief Counsel to theSenate Select Committee advised that the Committee would reimbursethe employees' expenses incurred for transportation, etc..relating to their testimony for the Commission. This matter hasbeen coordinated with L. Clyde Groover, of the AdministrativeDivision.
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# UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTMemorandumTO: Mr. J. B. AdamsFROM: Legal CounselSUBJECT SENSTUDY 75DATE: 5/9/75At approximately 2:35 PM, Mr. Allen G.. Sentinella telephonically advised that he retired from the Atlanta Office in 1971, and is currently employed at Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia. Sentinella said he had just been contacted by an individual who identified himself as Lester Seidel of the Senate Select Committee. Seidel desires to interview Sentinella on Monday, May 12th, concerning the Martin Luther King and Levinson cases.Sentinella stated that while assigned to the Atlanta Office he handled the dissemination of information received from informants during our investigation concerning the communist infiltration of the SCLC. Sentinella said he recalled very little concerning this investigation and gave his assurances that he would not divulge any confidential information.Sentinella asked whether or not he should retain private counsel and he was informed if he felt it necessary, he should do so. He was further informed that his interview was entirely voluntarily and he had no obligation to submit to interview. Mr. Sentinella gave his office telephone number as Area Code 404-658-2167, 2168 or 2170 and his home phone number as Area Code 404-475-5327.REC-100RECOMMENDATION: For information. MAY 27 19751 - Mr. Adams1 - Mr. Wannall1 - Mr. Creáger1 - Mr. Mintz1 - Mr. HotisRFO:mtm![photo of handwritten notes]![photo of handwritten notes]
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# UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTMemorandumTO : Mr. W. R. WannallFROM : W. O. CregarSUBJECT SENSTUDY - 751 - Mr. J. B. Adams1 - Mr. T. J. Jenkins1 - Each Assistant DirectorDATE: 5/19/751 - Mr. W. O. CregarAttached is a copy of a letter to the Attorney General dated 5/14/75, from Senator Frank Church, Chairman, U. S. Senate Select Committee (SSC) with appendices A thru D.Appendix A, entitled "Documents Pertaining to the Committee's Prior_Requests," consists of 10 requests most of which have been already responded to or, in the instances of requests numbers 4, 7, 8 and 9, are the responsibility of the Department of Justice. Item 6 has been previously referred to the White House. Appendices B, C, and D, contain numerous "new" requests which are extremely broad in their definition, often ambiguous in meaning and contain many instances where they seem to be parallel to and overlap previous requests.On 5/16/75, a conference was held in the Intelligence Division between representatives of the INTD SENSTUDY Staff and Departmental representatives Messrs. Robert McDermott and K. William O'Connor. Mr. McDermott is on the staff of the Deputy Attorney General and has been active in coordinating SSC matters. He is being replaced in this capacity on 5/19/75 by Mr. O'Connor, Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division. Mr. O'Connor advised that the Deputy Attorney General, Judge Tyler and White House representative James Wilderotter were both greatly concerned about the requests contained in the May, 14, letter. They felt that the requests were much too broad and placed much too great a burden on the Department and the FBI to be forthcoming. Mr. O'Connor felt that the requests clearly indicated an intention of the SSC to gain access to FBI "raw files" while not actually stipulating this point. In this regard you will note that Page 3 of the May, 14, letter defines the SSC request for "memoranda and other materials" as meaning 'all documents relating to the subject matter requested and are to include (but are not limited62-116395CONTINUED OVER
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Memorandum to Mr. W. R. WannallRe: SENSTUDY.- 7562-116395to) reports, letters, correspondence, airtels, LHMS, inserts,executive conference memoranda, 302s, Assistant Director memos,notes, routing slips, etc." This letter, also on Page 3,recognizes that the request is substantial but urges theexecutive agencies to apply sufficient manpower and attentionto enable prompt responses. Prompt response is defined by theCommittee as having most of the material available within 10days and all of it shortly thereafter. Mr. O'Connor advisedthat he was aware that the imposition of such a condition uponthe responses created an impossible task. He advised that onMonday, 5/19/75, he would contact SSC Chief Counsel F. A. O.Schwarz calling attention to this time factor and also the oftenbroad and ambiguous manner of many of the requests appendedto the May, 14, letter. Mr. O'Connor hopes to negotiate theserequests as well as the conditions attached to the responsesby the SSC to the end that the requests are more narrowlydefined and that the deadline imposed by the Committee berelaxed to a more realistic time frame.Pending receipt of results of Mr. O'Connor's inter-cession with SSC we are proceeding with an analysis of the SSC'srequests and attempting to separate components for specificassignments to appropriate divisions within FBIHQ so that ourresponses may be forthcoming in as coordinated and timelya fashion as possible.ACTION:None. For information purposes.
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JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMANPHILIP A. HART, MISEHOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN.WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.BARRY GOLDWATER, AZWALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.CHARLES MC C. MATHR., MD.ROBERT MOAN, N.C.RICHARD S. SCHWEIKGARY HART, COLO.WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTORFREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSELCURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL# United States SenateSELECT COMMITTEE TOSTUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITHRESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 94TH CONGRESS)WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510May 14, 1975The Honorable Edward H. LeviThe Attorney GeneralWashington, D. C. 20530Dear Mr. Attorney General:The purpose of this letter is to review with you the statusof the Select Committee's outstanding requests to your Departmentand to set out several new areas in which the Committee is request-ing either staff access to documents or copies of documents for itsown files.In the matter of the outstanding requests the chronology is asfollows:You will recall that I wrote to you on March 19, settingout five areas pertaining to the FBI in which the Committeewas initially interested. Although we have had partialcompliance with the request, that process is not yet complete.In addition, on April 21, Mr. Schwarz, Chief Counsel ofthe Committee, met with the Deputy Attorney General about theMarch 19 letter and about the establishment of liaison betweenyour Department and the Committee.On April 23, Mr. Schwarz wrote to the Deputy AttorneyGeneral a letter reflecting that meeting, clarifying theMarch 19 request on the matter of intelligence techniques, andmaking a further request pertaining to the Internal SecurityDivision.Mr. Schwarz also wrote the Deputy Attorney General andthe FBI Director a memorandum on April 30 requesting thatCommittee staff members be permitted access to certain documentsfalling within the scope of the March 19 request.On April 28, I wrote to you concerning the so-called"Official and Confidential" files of the FBI.[ENCLOS]NW 88296 .Docld:32989532 Page 3562-116395=142.
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-2-The Committee has not yet received a formal response to those letters. Appendix A sets out those documents which have not yet been supplied to the Committee pursuant to the March 19 letter and follow-up correspondence.On the second matter, that is, the request for copies of additional documents (and for staff access to others), the Committee's interest falls into roughly three areas pertaining to the activities of the FBI and the Department of Justice:First, the Committee has been made aware of additional documents that are analogous to the background requests made in the First Document Request. These documents are set out as Appendix B.Second, the Committee is concerned about several programs or studies pertaining to specific intelligence or counter- intelligence activities of the FBI. S. Res. 21 specifically requires the Committee to investigate "the conduct of domestic counterintelligence operations against United States citizens" by the FBI. Therefore, the Committee must conduct an exhaustive investigation of the so-called "COINTELPRO" programs as well as miscellaneous other incidents which have come to our attention. S. Res. 21 also specifically requires the Committee to investigate all aspects of the so-called "Huston Plan". Further requests pertaining to these matters are set out as Appendix C.Third, we are interested in allegations pertaining to electronic surveillance generally, electronic surveillance of the so-called "17 government officials and journalists" in 1969-71 by the FBI, electronic surveillance and other intelligence activities directed at Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and electronic surveillance and other intelligence activities at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the summer of 1964. Requests pertaining to these subjects are set out as Appendix D.In setting out certain specific documents in the Appendices, the Committee does not change its position that the original request of March 19 was general in scope and designed to encourage the Justice Department and the FBI to provide us with documents pertaining to the legal authority and the policy and procedures of the FBI which have not yet been brought to the attention of the Committee and were therefore not specifically mentioned in any of its requests. Furthermore, the Committee intends its requests to be generously construed so that descriptive words used herein are meant in a general
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-3-usage sense and not necessarily in the technical serce Justice Department or the FBI. Thus, words such other materials" refer to all documents relosdan so matter requested and are to include (but letters, correspondence, airtels, LHMs, inserts, executive co memoranda, 302s, "Assistant Director memos", notes, routing slips, etc.Where the response to a particular request would involve the production of derogatory personal information about an individual, please provide the document with such information deleted and consult the Chief Counsel regarding procedures for access to the deleted information which will protect individual privacy to the degree consistent with the Committee's need to exercise its mandate.We recognize, of course, that this is a substantial request. But the mandate given to the Committee by the Senate is itself very broad. We are seeking to perform our duties under that mandate expeditiously. For us to do so, it is necessary for the Executive Agencies to apply sufficient manpower and attention to our requests to enable prompt responses. We hope that you will have a schedule for response promptly, have most of the material available within 10 days,, and all of it shortly thereafter.The Committee also asks to be advised at once whether the specific documents presently outstanding from the March 19 request (see Appendix A, items 1, 2, 6 and 7) will be provided.Sincerely yours,![Signature of Frank Church]Frank ChurchChairmanNW 88296 Docld:32989532 Page 37.
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Appendix ADOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE COMMITTEE'S PRIOR REQUESTSPlease provide:1. FBI Intelligence Division memorandum dated July 31,   1972, prepared by T. J. Smith discussing the legal   authority for FBI intelligence activities.2. The following attachments to the February 1975 FBI   Intelligence Division position paper on legal authority:a. Memorandum by former FBI Director Hoover, datedApril 28, 1965, relative to conversation with thePresident concerning effect of anti-Vietnamdemonstrations upon the conduct of United Statesforeign and defense policy and letter to McGeorgeBundy, Special Assistant to the President forNational Security Affairs, dated April 28, 1965,enclosing FBI. memorandum titled "Communist Activi-ties Relative to United States Policy of Vietnam"dated April 28, 1965.b. Letter to McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant tothe President for National Security Affairs, datedJuly 25, 1961, enclosing memorandum concerningUnited States internal security programs under thecontrol of the Interdepartmental Intelligence Com-mittee, memorandum prepared in response to WhiteHouse request.c. Excerpt from report on the Status of the InternalSecurity Program of the United States as of June30, 1958, dated August 27, 1958, prepared jointlyby the Interdepartmental Intelligence Committeeand the Interdepartmental. Committee on InternalSecurity.d. Excerpt from report on the Internal Security Pro-gram, dated March 5, 1954, prepared by Interde-partmental, Intelligence Conference and the Inter-departmental Committee on Internal Security.
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- 2 -e. Memorandum from J. Patrick Coyne, National Security Council Representative on Internal Security, dated November 6, 1950, concerning necessary intelligence measures relative to violence by Puerto Rican nationalists.3. All other FBI documents relating to paragraph I of the Committee's March 19 request. (Note: It is the responsibility of the Bureau to produce all responsive material whether or not the Committee has identified a specific document.)4. All documents in the possession of the Justice Department (as opposed to the FBI) relating to paragraph I of the Committee's March 19 request. (Note: It was made clear on April 21 and 23 that the request applied to the Department itself, but no material has been received to date.)5. All memoranda of the FBI and the Justice Department discussing the legal authority of the FBI to use the following techniques to (1) investigate internal security matters, (2) collect intelligence information, and (3) engage in counterintelligence activities (see letter from the Chief Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General dated April 23, 1975):a. All forms of electronic surveillance, including consensual electronic surveillance;b. All forms of mail surveillance, including mail covers and opening mail;c. Surreptitious entry;d. All forms of physical surveillance, including agent infiltration, observation, photography, and remote viewing and sensing devices;e. Informants, including possible entrapment, provocation, interference with lawyer-client relationship, or other problems;f. Obtaining bank, credit, or other personal information;
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- 3 -g. Incommunicado interrogation;h. Maintenance of files and records;i. Dissemination of information from files and records;j. So-called "COINTELPRO" techniques and methods, including all forms of organizational "disruption".6. The Special Report of the Interagency Committee on Intelligence (Ad Hoc), dated June 1970.7. The original report on COINTELPRO activities prepared by the Committee headed by Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen.8. Committee staff access to all memoranda and other materials pertaining to the policies and procedures of the Internal Security Division (now Internal Security Section) and the Intelligence Evaluation Committee, including, but not limited to, the following materials discussed in the letter from the Chief Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General dated April 23, 1975:a. "The files of the Intelligence Evaluation Committee ('IEC'), including former Assistant Attorney General Mardian's IEC files, which we understand were made available to the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights. We would also like to see any IEC or ICIS files of Justice (now Judge) Morrell Sharpe, Deputy Assistant Attorney General John Doherty, Mr. Bernard Wells, and Assistant Attorney General William Olson."b. "The small box of classified document receipts which we understand is in the IEC file cabinet."c. "Any intelligence estimates prepared by the IEC, particularly E 28."d. "Any requests for Interdivision Information Unit ('IDIU') computer printouts made by the Special Litigation Section, the IEC, or the Analysis and Evaluation Section."
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e. "An organization chart of the Internal Security Division before its 1970 reorganization, after its 1970 reorganization, and after its 1973 merger with the Criminal Division."f. "A copy of the analysis of grand juries convened and prosecutions commenced by the Special Litigation Section which we understand was furnished to the Senate Subcommittee on Constitutions on May 8, 1974."9. Response to the letter from the Chairman to the Attorney General dated April 28, 1975, regarding the so-called "Official and Confidential" files.10. Further response to the memorandum from the Chief Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General and the FBI Director dated April 30, 1975, regarding Committee staff access to materials on FBI policies and procedures.
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Appendix BFURTHER DOCUMENTS PERTAINING TO THE FBIAND DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICEI. Policies and ProceduresPlease provide:1. Committee staff access to all indices and control files pertaining to:a. All SAC memoranda and SAC letters for 1960 to the present.b. All programs operated by the Intelligence Division for 1960 to the present.2. Committee staff access to all so-called "O" files or other general policy files with respect to each file classification routinely used by the Intelligence Division for the period 1960 to the present.3. All general policy memoranda and other materials not already provided the Committee pertaining to internal security, intelligence collection, and/or counter-intelligence matters, operations, and activities for the period 1960 to the present.4. For each of the techniques described in Item 5 of Appendix A above, all memoranda and other materials relating to:a. The original decision to utilize the technique in internal security, intelligence collection, and/or counterintelligence matters, operations, or activities.b. The policies and procedures of the FBI for the utilization of the technique in internal security, intelligence collection, and/or counterintelligence matters, operations, or activities.