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2 August 1978
MEMORANDUM FOR : General Counsel
Director of Security
FROM
: S.D. Breckinridge
SUBJECT
: HSCA Request of 20 July 1978
OLC-78-2728
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1. Attached is correspondence from the DDO focal
point on the IISCA investigation, responding to Question
12 of reference. 
It states that there are and have been
no agreements (at least not as described in the IISCA
request) between CIA and the FBI, or other government
agencies, that pertain to the Agency's responsibilities
to report on U.S. citizens abroad who contact Communist
embassies or officials. It also states that current
legislation forbids such reporting.
2. Attached are copics of papers collected by
O/IG 
during the 
Rockefeller Commission's inquiry; I
recall that there was a 1966 agreement, which is not in
these 
papers.
In any event they do not seem to contain
a specific provision such as is envisioned in the report.
It is possible that interpretations of NSCID and DCID
provisions resulted in routine reporting of such con-'
tacts, although there were no agreements, per se, for
such action. 
Since the promulgation of Executive
Orders 
11905 and 12036 there have been limitations on
reporting on U.S. persons, which may affect past practice.
However, 
this office is not in a position to provide an
Agency 
position on this issue.
3.
It is requested that you coordinate with the
DDO in preparing an answer to an Agency response to
the HSCA 
question.
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*FROM: CHIEF, FOREIGN RESOURCES DIVISION
SUBJECT: RELATIONS WITH THE FBI
1. ATTACHED HEREWITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF A LETTER FROM FBI HQs
TO ITS EIGHT FIELD OFFICES IN CITIES WHERE FR BEASES ARE LOCATED.
THIS LETTER IS AIMED AT CLARIFYING A NUMBER OF BASIC FACTS REGARDING FAR
·THE MISSIONE OF DDO IN GENERAL AND FR DIVISION ACTIVITIES IN THE USA
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THE LETTER WHICH EMPHASIZE THE FACT THAT FR IS CARRYING OUT A U.S.
GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT IN ITS RECRUITMENT OF FOREIGN: INTELLIGENCE
SOURCES, AND THAT THIS ACTIVITY IS BEING CONDUCTED IN THE USA WITH
ANOTHER BASIC POINT WHICH THE LETTER MAKES
FULL BUREAU CONCURRENCE.
IS THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE GUIEDELINES (1966 AGREEMENT) IS TO PROTECT
THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE U.S.EGOVERNMENT, NOT ENABLE THE BUREAU TO
MONITOR OUR OPERATIONS.
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WE BELIEVE IT MIGHT BE
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USEFUL TO GIVE ADDRESSEES SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THESE DISCUSSIONS
AS BACKGROUND FOR ANY TALKS YOU MAY HAVE ON THESE SUBJECTS WITH YOUR
THESE ARE SET OUT BELOW:
FIELD OFFICE CONTACTS.
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AND INTERNAL SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES, WE' CONCURRED IN THIS REQUES
FOR MORE DETAILED AND TIMELY REPORTING ON CERTAIN CASES SINCE WE
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THE ADDITIONAL AGREEMENT ALLOWING THE FIELD OFFICES AND THE FR BASI
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· SPECIFICALLY THE "PRIOR NOTICE" REQUIREMENT OF PARAGRAPH THREE OF
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AND ONE OF DEFINITION. THE BUREAU INSISTS, AND WE RECOGNIZE, THAT
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U.S. GOVERNMENT INTEREST, TO BE PART OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS /
TO REQUIRE PRIOR BUREAU CONCURRENCE.
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ADEQUATELY PROTECTED BY THE VERY SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY OF PARAGRAF
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