Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 Isc 2107 Hote} ¢ DATE: 11-14-2017 | ~ OPTIONAL FORM No. 10 C) ~ Coro-t08 O a MAY 1.962 FDITION : 9 GSA GEN. AEG. NO. 27 - na Tolson : UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Ape asper 1 ~ Mr. Belmont eal - Memorandum...) 2%: Rie Se “es y 1 - Mr. DeLoach . aun 1 - Mr, Gale , a , ™ * Trotter FROM Mr. W. A. ‘profean i ~ rahe gosen Holmes 7 NS - Mr. Sullivan Holme rem, 1 - Mr. Baumgardner = f7™ SUBJE ~ PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE ON t ~ Re We Smith 1 — W.Rs Wann Adaison.. 1 - WA. Braniga HRRMADE - L, Whitgpn, 0 EXCEP THE WARREN REPORT —::) ag QC ‘Mrs: Baumgardner. to: Mr.:'Sullivan’™ :. ws Narr draft agreement being negotiated between the Secret Service i ES and the FBI. A question had been raised by Mri Robert Carswell, go? Chairman of the President's Committee on the Warren Report, as to “oe es Why there was nothing in the draft agreement to the effect that the xfs FBI, in order not to jeopardize sensitive subversive investigations, ay did not disseminate to the Secret Service the names of a select group of highly sensitive cases, The Bureau did not want anything in the agreement relative to exceptions which were within the responsibilities of the FBI nor any secret agreement indicating there was exception to the agreement, Carswell's query related to a group of 16 individuals identified through penetration, of Soviet-bloc intelligence on whom we e working#ooking toward; woth doubling them rosecuting then, onffur ther penetrating:: bloc GR Yu | ~ 4 intelligence? (u) i C ; The memorandum pointed out that,while it was not thoiignt x [desirable from a security standpoint for the names to go over & ( > ~ {Secret Service, it was still less desirable to have any fuzziness “ . fin the agreement with Secret Service which could be utilized at, *N | some future date to indicate the Bureau did not meet its . eS - | }xresponsibilities, The proposed action was that, if the Director# + « ;. }agreed, we would furnish the names to Secret Service under thejj- A “4 {appropriate classification, , 2 om RE . . SS & XS Mr. Tolson noted, “I thought all names were sent to SS ; “Secret Service weeks ago." The Director noted, "Yess I.‘did not 9 & "_% know we had not done so," CIA HAS NG ORUECTION TA - NS! AN DECLASSIFICATION A oF 14 ws BACKGROUND: Po RELEASE OF Cl& INFORMATION ~o <0; = gent IM 40/47 : As of 11/64 the Bureau had furnished to the Secret Service some 18,500 names. Included in this dissemination were 16 names of . highly sensitive cases which had been submitted solely because they _ were included in the Espionage Special Section of the Sec ity Index, Enclosures woes hp REEQ ee eee 73 Bes \. 62-109717 - hg ok ) . % LW:mec (13) CONTINUED — OVER a FEB 2 1966 AN gb 70 FEB 4 1965 <3 Yo, \ ey tet RAT yay ee &) £O MR. OT Canad AERC en anctin me Ranta pre Docld: 32300445 Page 2?
PReleased under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC PIO H DATE: 11-14-2017, , ' %S Af yi cme ; rN. a , ; \ 4 ‘Memorandum to Mes We C; Sullivan RE: PRESIDENT*®:S COMMITTEE ON THE WARREN REPORT ~ 62—-109717.. Mee, 7 oo , were supplied bygour Yugoslav .defector-in-place’ hree_ wee. Czecht~ agents who were identified byj.cur Czech defector-— -plase} Gisie]CS) CIA) in | Two of these cases involve Yugoslav caer whose identitie {who is now being operated by Céntral Intelligence Agencyé. oe are agents of the Soviet Committee for State zechoslovakia‘s “C Security (KGB)“idehtified through FEDORA, a Soviet defector—in- place; Four are agents of Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) identified through TOPHAT, another Soviet defector-in-place. One is a Castro-Cuban intelligence agent who represents an important penetration of Cubangelandestine communications‘ ) ; In no instances have the original sources indicated that any of these espionage agents have ever had an assignment or training in assassination or terrorist activity. These people are collectors and transmitters af information; Memorandum Mr W.| As Branigan to Mri) W. C. Sullivan 11/12/64 (memorandum attached) recommended that these cases be | removed from the Espionage Special Section of the Security Index, that the Liaison Section retrieve from Secret Service all documents concerning the Bureau regarding these cases, that the appropriate field offices be informed that this has been done with the caveat, ¢ii, that should any of these subjects become involved in a plot a against the President o ‘get OF other reasons disassociated with our Live’ defectors-in-place, warrant reinstatement on the Security Index, the field should again. recommend such subjectfor inclusion on Security Index and prepare appropriate material for dissemination to Secret Service: The Director noted, "Just what would be my explanation if one of these 16 should attempt to kill the President and we had not furnished background to Secret Service?" . . 4 In response to the Director's inquiry, memorandum Mrs W, Ay Branigan to Mr;' W. C.; Sullivan dated 11/16/64 (memorandum 4‘ attached) pointed out that, bearing in mind that these 16 individuals have not.threatened the President .and are not the type to engage in such activity, we would be in the same position as we are in with reference to thousands of other individuals on whom we have investigative coverage or information who are not on the Security Index and whose statements and activities do not bring them within the criteria for dissemination to Secret Service, The Director noted, "I concur most reluctantly.” . oe ~~ 2=- CONTINUED — OVER fig, 13 a4 | Docld: 32300448 Page 3 ined