424-10167-10378 © nate, : "a SIONAL OMA Ho, 10 “oo : UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT . M : , | . ‘Den AD Adee emorandum t -Mr. Leavitt ori ine | L ad eaten . TO : Mrf/T, W. LeaviteT W pare: 5/26/76 Fin. Pere, — | oe 1 - Mr. Cassidy . icp ton ; From By, cassiegff_- : | | wu Ws L. , 1? Legal Coun. Plan. & Eval... suBject: HOUSTUDY ) \ Ree a . ee . pee. Inv. , | - | | (} Training PURPOSE: | | cats] Telephone Rm. —. Director Sec’y _ To record results of the interview of you and me by August Fipp, investigator for the Standards of Official Conduct Committee of the House, with regard to the handling of the draft report of the House Select Committee (HSC) received on 1/20/76 from the Attorney General's Office. (First Draft Final Report) . . 4 SYNOPSIS: On 1/20/76 two copies of the First Draft Final Report of the Hc were received from the Attorney General's Office at approximately 5 p,m with instructions to review for classified information or information which contained errors relating to Bureau operations. As best as can be recalled, five Xerox copies were made of this report, with one copy being furnished to Mr. J. B. Adams; one copy to then Assistant Director W. R, Wannall; one copy to you; one copy maintained by: IS-3 Section, INTD, which Section coordinated the review; one copy to SA David Ryan; one copy split up for review by the various Sections of INTD; and one copy split up for review by Inspection, General Investigative, and Finance and Personnel Divisions., With regard to disposition, the copies of Mr. Adams, Wannall and your copy ¢ wurv8) were returned t loffice,}CIA, by liaison on 3/5/76, ori instructions of Départment, IS-3 copy Teturned to the Attorney General's Office at their request. SA Ryan's copy, as well as the two copies which were broker down for various Sections of INTD and other Divisions, were destroyed. nT = RECOMMENDATION:  RECIOE be a-/e 1b, aie see None. For information. - 62-116464 Tol ar ath 28 |gR8 : FJC:glw | aa _—— K en 2) a CONTINUED = OVER 1976 ‘s Buy US. Savings B Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan  Fevpes $016—108
ar f @) Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt Re: Houstudy — 62-116464 DETAILS: — On 5/18/76 Mr. August Fipp, investigator for the Standards of Official Conduct Committee of the House, interviewed you and me in your office concerning the Bureau's handling of the first version of the final draft report of the HSC, which version was received by INTD on 1/20/76. Mr. Fipp was furnished the following information, which to the best of my recollection was the way in which this was handled by INTD. At approximately 5 p.m. on 1/20/76 SA Dalseg received from Douglas Marvin, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, two copies of the draft report. SA Dalseg furnished these two copies to then Assistant Director Wannall who in turn appointed me to coordinate the review of the report, which consisted of approximately 340 pages, for classified material _ and any errors concerning information furnished by the Bureau to the HSC. This review,was to be accomplished by 9 p.m. 1/20/76 and the results . furnished to he CIA. Based on Mr. Wannall's instructions, each Section’Chief, INTD, was assigned approximately 50 pages to review. SA Ryan was assigned the task of reviewing the Cointelpro portions of the report and, as the report contained considerable information concerning the U.S. Recording Company, the Inspection Division was requested to review that portion of the report. Tom Hardy, a former informant handled by General Investigative Division, had been interviewed by the Committee. Accordingly, General Investigative Division was requested to review that portion of the report. As former SA Arthur Murtagh had testified before the Committee and made a number of allegations concerning the Bureau, a portion of the report was referred to the Finance and Personnel Division for review. With the short deadline imposed, five Xerox copies of the report were made making a total of seven copies of the report in the possession of the INTD;:. These copies were handled as follows: one copy to Mr. Adams, one copy to Mr. Wannall; one copy to you; one copy to IS-3, INTD; one copy to Mr. Ryan; one copy split up for review by appropriate Sections of INTD; and one copy split up for review by Inspection, General Investigative, and Finance and Personnel Divisions. . ~2- CONTINUED - OVER
Memorandum to Mr. T. W. “Leavitt Re: Houstudy oo 62~-116464 J F¥ 4 (168) With regard to the disposition of the seven copies, the following is set forth: on receipt of instructions from the Department on 2/17/76 that copies of this report were to be returned to the CIA, a canvass of all - Sections and Front Office of INTD was made by SA Thomas J. McNiff, who located three such copies. These copies were the ones furnished to Mr. Adams, Mr. Wannall and yourself. Memorandum §, F. Phillips to Mr. Leavitt, dated 3/1/76, captioned "Houstudy 75," contai at on, 3/5/76 Liaison Agent Weimar returned three. copies to office pt CIA. At the request of Mr. Douglas Marvin of the Attorney General's | Office, we had previously furnished to him the IS-3 Section copy of the report. SA Ryan has advised that the copy utilized by him to accomplish the review for classification and errors was destroyed. 7 It is the recollection of both myself and SAR. H. Ross, IS-3 Section, who assisted me in coordinating this matter, that the working copies broken up and distributed to the various Sections of INTD an the other Divisions were destroyed.
. OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 | $010~106 uo ; : oo | MAY 1962 EONION * a : GSA GEN, REG, NO. 27 eS —- e * UNITED STATES G . Assoc. Dir. 1-Mr, Adams verla Bie = \, M Memorandum. gy) EME Test ‘af . r Mintz : oe Syst. nom To ; MrT J witKeant aC) L DATE: 4] 30/76 Filee & Com | 7 (l-Mr. Hotis) enn - w ft ent a | . pion FROM ; W, Of Cregar ‘ FT. Nipo al al ime. Cregar oa oe E> . - ORF oor ie sugect; HOUSTUDY 75 ie we Semen oecen —_- Training ____. | PURPOSE: To advise that on 4/29/76 Mr. Norman McDaniels * Dhetter Sect (former 8 SA), a member of the investigating staff looking into the leak of the House Select Committee Intelligence Report, telephonically we, contacted Deputy Associate Director Adams for the purpose of ob- ef taining information regarding the Bureau's knowledge of the drafts o oie the House Select Committee Intelligence report. . ee ws DETAILS: On 4/29/76 Mr. Norman McDaniels (former SA), a member of the investigating staff looking into the leak’. of the House Select Com- mittee Intelligence Report, telephonically contacted Deputy Associate Director Adams indicating he desired to meet with representatives of the Bureau in an effort to determine what knowledge the Bureau had regarding. the disposition of the reports of the House Select Intelligence Committee fe After conferring with Assistant Director Mintz it was Agreed that Deputy Assistant Director Cregar would contact McDaniels telephoni- cally and advise him that his request should be submitted in writing to the Attorney General over the signature of the Chairman of the Committee - looking into this matter. This was done on the afternoon of 4/29/76 and McDaniels said that he would definitely be contacting the Attorney General's Office but probably would do so by telephone rather than in writing. Cregar advised McDaniels that the Bureau would take no further. | action in this matter pending advice from the Attorney General's Office. McDaniels agreed with this arrangement. ‘ It_will be recalled that on the morning of Saturday, 1/24/76, | ero the secretary ot Ti attorney hired by William Colby, i‘ ; then Director of Central Intellige ce Agency, telephonically contacted Cregar in an effort to arrange delivery of the "final report of the House Select Intelligence Committee to the Attorney General," The secretary indicated that the Attorney General needed the report inasmuch as the report } WAS to be discussed at the White House the following day and the Miorney General's presence had been requgel A ; 2 af ‘t woc: enm Le | fs NTIG CONTINUED - .8 4 MAY 2 0 1976
Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt — Re: Houstudy 75 — \ secretary indicated that this was an "informal" copy of the final report.and that its availability should be restricted. _— Prior to calling McDaniels Cregar cleared with Mr. ex) | the official of CIA handling the House Select Intelligence J Committee mattdr for that agency. advised Cregar that McDaniels had contacted_him and arrangements had been made for McDaniels to interview. at CIA Headquarters on 5/4/%6.: so adyised that McDaniels was aware of the fact tha 1ad gotten informal copies of the final draft of the House FE I ') r by Se wii iS elect Committee Intelligence Report and in fact knew the identi of the person from whomn| bbtained this informal copy. advised that CIA interposed no objection to the Bureau's furnish to McDaniels the precise sequence of events leading up to the FBI's obtaining a ote of the final draft of the House Select Committee Intelligence Report through| ffice. - In the event McDaniels does obtain the Attorney General's . approval and we are notified by the Attorney General's Office that we should cooperate with McDaniels, Cregar will meet with McDaniels to respond to any questions he. might have regarding the Bureau's. receipt and handling of the draft of the House Select Committee Intelligence Report. As a matter of information, advised thaf _ _ SC __] who has been completely cooperative with the Bureau while ; cel representing CIA, suffered a mild heart attack approximately two weeks ae ago and is currently hospitalized in Georgetown Hospital, Washington, D.C. ACTION: | For information and record purposes. i APPROVED: Comp. Syst... Laboratory... i Assoc, Dir... Ext. Affairs... Legal Coum......0-« Ki Dep. AD Admm........ Gare WV. ecsssses Plan. & Eval. cc0s ; Cur Dep. AD Inurpah. - Rec. Mgmtececoone - Asst. Dir.: . Spee. Inv. AGM onanseansesssccects Training