TO FROM SUBJE L TNC al ATE Dia iW CONT ORMATIO OPTIONAL wound noe 10 FAAY 1962 EOITT GSA s2mRK (41 crn 1OT11.6 UNITED STATES Qennaenr Memorandum 1 - Mr. 1.- Mr. 1 - Mr. Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm. _. Dep. AD av Admin. Comp. Syst. Ext. Affairs Files & Com. — Mintz Adams Wannall Mr o o © B © Adams DATE: L1L/11/75 Gen, Inv. 1 -~ Mr. Cregar ident. . VY, . 1 - Mr. Hotis inspaction ——— Legal Counsel {Wf ,; 1 - Mr. Daly Lebordig a . | AN { ik te pe ' } ec. Inv, Lh, cT: HOUSTUDY - Tretaing. ih oi 2 . : Telephone Ris, C SENSTUDY. 75 Director Sec’y E_. re . / By way of background the House Select Committee had scheduled the Bureau for testimony on 11/18/75 and we were tentatively scheduled for an appearance before the Senate Select Committee on the same date. Assistant Director Wannall of the Intelligence Division requested that the possible schedule con- flict with ‘the captioned Committees be resolved, inasmuch as it. appeared the same Bureau personnel might be necessary. to appear before both Committees. . On 11/10/75, John T. ELLIf£, Task Force Directcr of ) he Domestic Task Force was contacted by SA Paul V. Daly of this ivisiion and informed SA Daly that the Bureau's scheduled testimo or 11/18/75 which was. to have been on COINTELPRO was being re- cheduled. He stated the whole format concerning Bureau testimony was being revamped and that it would not be necessary for a Bureau OP htt t D £ Ss ar witness to appear on 11/18/75. E11iff stated that the Bureau wou KG ° be advised of the new schedule as soon as it was finalized. Ogpsd Be On 11/10/75, A. Searle Field, Staff Director of the im a} House Select Committee, was telephonically contacted concerning iz the proposed Bureau testimony on 11/18/75 before that Committee. It was pointed out to Field that there was a difference of opinion between him and his Staff Members as to what would be the topic oD the testimony. Field had indicated that the Bureau testimony would be of a very general nature and that specific investigations would not be addressed. It was also pointed out to him that ADEX would not be a topic at the hearing. Yet, Staff Members of his Committee have stated that there will be testimony concerning particular 2 1/6 AIS “ CONTINUED - QVER ECORDED HoT RE a6 Nov 26 V7 why iS NOV #0 {875 FERED DATE I PVD:lad ley (9) " ee erriana oF “eR TaERAL ERITIALS OF ONIGIZAL ty U.S, Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan Page 109 4 1975 ‘Docld: 32989534
bee an rome a Aree WE oe ee HW 55077 » & “, a . ° @ Legal, Counsel to Mr. Adams RE: HOUSTUDY | SENSTUDY 75 Bureau investigations. It was suggested to Field that he should prepare a letter to the Department outlining the areas of expected testimony on 11/18/75 so that the Department and the Bureau would be on notice and could insure the Bureau's representative was knowledgeable in the areas to be covered. Field stated he would do so. RECOMMENDATION 3 For information. oN Docld: 329894534 Page 110 ao ° ee
Dep. AD Adm. — Dep. AD Inv. _— OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 “ “ wy we a ; MAY 1962 EDITION GSA FPMR (43 CFR) 101—31.8 @ J UNITED STATES . ° Assoc. Dir. L - Mr. Wannall - \y -1- Mr. Cregar : Mr. J. B.. Adams DATE: 11/11/75 1 - Mr. Hotis - Ident. / . .- il - Mr. Daly mre pe FROM : Legal Counsel Intell EY Laboratory’ Legal Géun* We Plan, & Eval. E i Spec. Inv. Training QO -—~ SUBJECT; SENSTUDY: 75 Telephone Rm. — we Director Sec’y __ On 11/10/75, James Dick, Staff Member of the Senate | Select Committee, requested that former Assistant Director of hied . the Crime Records Division Thomas Bishop and former Deputy Rhy ~ Associate Director of the Files and Communications Division tj Paul O'Connell be made available for Staff interview concerning . their” Knowledge on mail openings. Mr. Dick ‘stated that he had the current addresses of both Bishop and O'Connell. O'Connell subsequently telephonically contacted SA Paul V.. Daly of this Division and informed him that he had been contacted by James. Dick of the Senate Select Committee | and requested to make himself available for interview. Ar- rangements: have been made for O'Connell to. be briefed by the Intelligence and Legal Counsel Divisions prior: -to. his interview by. the Senate Select Committee. RECOMMENDATION: That Thomas. Bishop and Paul O' Connell be released from any. existing. employment agreement for purposes, Of interview. by Y . the Senate Select Committee concerning mail openings. oy en if A Sr 109 | . 1 = Personnel File - Thomas. Bishop . 1 - Personnel File - Paul O'Connell ALY, Tang FORE 13 ON corp DETR 1 9~ ove Bergen AT U, rg) \ Nhs. Buy U.S. Seige: | Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan HW 550s8¢-10sDocla:: 32969554 Page
po »? FROM SUBJECT: a SELECT COMMITTEE pyle oo NO. 10 MAY 196: TION, GSA iene a CFR) 101—11.6 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT  ) ” . Assoc. Dir. oo” Dep. Oh Memorand ue emoranaum al , Comp. Syst. __ " Ext. Affairs :Mr. J. B, Adams DATE: 11/10/75 Files & Com — a Ident. ? inspection C ‘ “gil cll Spec. Inv. Training ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Telephone Rm. Director Sec’y —_ On November 10, 1975, John P. Mohr telephonically advised that he had been contacted by David Boshong of captioned committee and requested to appear for a deposition on November 18 or 19, 1975, concerning briefings of the Attorney General(regarding aspects of the Cointelpro) which were conducted by Mr. Mohr and Mr. DeLoach. Mr. Mohr asked whether the Bureau would approve his résponding to this request and I told him that I would waive the secrecy agreement in regard to the limited subject of the deposition. Mr. Mohr said that he was to await a further call from Mr. Boshong making final arrangements. RECOMMENDATION: For information. (& ( jin— ‘Ca 1 - Personnel file John P. Mohr ST 109 1 - Mr. Moore N 1 - Mr. Wannall 1 > Mr. Cregar WO OD 437 fla 1 - Mr. Hotis (Attn: Mr. Daly \y ' 6 <A een seme 1 - Mr. Mintz ) vi 15 NOV 191975 Se a \\ — — — JAM: (7) orf ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED jr Vv DATEL LILOL DATE ie Al [6 2 4 1975 Bocta: 32989994) BSy SABES Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Ph Plan
OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 MAY 1962 EDITIO! GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101~11.6 @. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum Assoc. Dir. if _ dij _ did AssteDirtt Admin, Comp. Syst. —__ Ext. Affairs 11/10/75 Files & Com. — en. Inv. Ident, | wre fiero TO >Mr. J. iP Adams DATE! FROM : Legal Comset Ur SUBJECT? SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ‘ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Laboratory _£ kee Training Telephone Rm. Director Sec’y —_ At 3:42 p.m. on November 10, 1975, Miss Helen W. Gandy formerly the Secretary to the Director, telephonically advised me that she had been called by Mary DeOreo who requested an interview at 3:00 p.m. - on Tuesday, November 11,1975, at Miss Gandy’s apartment. Miss DeOreo said that she would be accompanied by Mark Gitenstein and a court reporter. She said that Miss DeOreo indicated that representatives of the FBI would not be permitted to be present during the interview, however, she was not concerned about that because she felt that she did not feel the need to have anyone present and she did not desire to have counsel. 2 I advised Miss Gandy that she could consider the employment ao a agreement requiring secrecy to be waived for the limited purpose of the ~ Be interview which Miss DeOreo described as concerning only Director — Out \sHoover's correspondence files. Po re eid Miss Gandy volunteered that she would take notes during the | 35 interview and at the conclusion she would forward a summary to the Bureau. re ae RECOMMENDATION: sr Ba For information. bo pe do “ j0 “fy REC-1 / .) Re i - Personnel file Miss Helen W. Gandy 1 - Mr. Moore 15 NOV 191975 1 ~- Mr. Wannail 7 i Me Soke (Att Daly) oy - Mr. Hotis n: Mr. Daly 1 Mr. Mintz ile 4S | Me JAM:mid J a (7) } | 8 aie 2 6 1975 | WW _S5BRtw Docta:32989% US. Sayings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 MAY 1962 EOMION ws . GSA FPAR (4) CFR) 101-316 , UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ‘eee wake a M a: Dep. brit. V emorandum rai Comp. Syst. —— To : Mr. J. B. Adains a pate: 11/5/75 Fe Gon i a Ione caion FROM : Legal Couns nell — eo ool ‘al, SUBJECT: NATE SELECT COMMITTEE Spec. Inv. > Training ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Telephone Rm. Director Sec’y __ Mi Pan American World Airways, telephone number 212-973-6139, whose office is located at Room 4512 in the Pan Am Building in New York City, called at 3:19 p.m. on November 5, 1975. Mr. Wick said that he had been f\ called at 11:35 a.m. on October 31, 1975, by an individual identifying himself as Mike Epstein representing the Senate Select Committee. Epstein requested him to come to Washington for a two to three hour SS interview concerning a matter relating to his "employment. " Epstein did not further describe the subject matter of the interview. An appoint- ment was arranged for 10:00 a.m. on November 7, 1975. Mr. Robert Wick, Vice President, Audits and Security, aD Ba Sy Mr. Wick said that he was uncertain as to the probable subject Bribe matter of the interview because other matters coming within his responsibilities aN at Pan Am which were unrelated to the FBI have been of recent interest to the 3 =. Committee. He asked that he be furnished with advice concerning this matter. Paes fed At my request, SA Daly telephonically contacted Epstein and = determined that the subject matter of the interview of Mr. Wick would jhe "Martin Luther King, Jr.” mG I called Mr. Wick at 5:00 p.m. on November 5, 1975, and advised him that we learned that the subject matter of the requested interview would be "Martin Luther King, Jr."" I told Mr. Wick that under the arrangements existing with the Senate Select Committee, it would be appropriate for me to release him from his secrecy agreement with the FBI for the interview requested by Epstein. I further advised him of the need to avoid discussion of matters that may pertain to pending eae pe derived REC. camera | 4) 1 - Personnel file Robert Wick {Cnt of” BEC-30) UW 2-7 Mg 94 79 ; o78" a (yet 1 - Mr. Wannall Lo DEC 1 5 (ve 7 1 - Mr. Cregar 7 cemenens EH, Pp 1 - Mr. Hotis (Attn: Mr. Daly) hs h 1 - Mr. Mintz a JAM: nafd ws CONTINUED - OVER reeks pocrd: 32989 CS, Sire Savjyes Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
HW 55077 \ . ‘ a Memorandum to Mr. Adams Re: Senate Select Committee - from agencies other than the FBI, sensitive investigative techniques, and informants. I also told Mr. Wick that should it appear to him that he would desire to have counsel available concerning matters that might raise Fifth Amendment questions, he should call me and I would handle such a request from him. Mr. Wick agreed to advise me should such a need arise. He said that he would appear at the appointment as requested by Mr. Epstein. RECOMMENDATION: For information. Docld: 32989534 Page 115 f me y, pith’
— ? OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 6 5010-106 @ ° . . MAY 1962- EDITION , GSA GEN, REG. NO. 27 Acsoe. Die. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Dep A Bex TOM gGECRET agi) 1 - Yr. am acck Be Memorandum i> Mr. W. B. Wannall “snp x 1- Mr. W. A; Branigan Comp, Syst LA >: Mr J. B,Adams DATE: 11/5/75 Files & Com. — ; 1-Mr. J. A. Mintz aie 1- Mr. W. O. Cregar cor as FROM : W, Re ‘wannall Lil | Tabor Legal Coun. wee nd Plan. & Eval, — Spec. Inv. we SUBJECT: _sineruDy 75: Te ae eit penne Training Telephone Rm. — Director Sec'y —— This is to advise of the results of our meeting on this date is with Senator Frank Church, Chairman of the Senate Select Committee (SSC), members of the Committee's staff, and Department represen- tatives, wherein these individuals were afforded a complete briefing ‘ on our ‘sensitive Solo intelligence operation and specifically as.it \y relates to our investigation of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Present at the meeting, in addition to Senator Church, . -, were William G. Miller, Staff Director of the SSC, and SSC staff ~\ SS members John Elliff, Michael Epstein, and Mark Gitenstein, N i Senator John Tower, Vice-chairman of the SSC, was unable to attend SN i \ and John Bayly of his staff was designated by him as his representative 3 i | at the briefing. Michael E, Shaheen, Jr., Special Counsel for Intelli- 2 Fi gence Coordination at the Department, and his deputy, Steven a fy Blackhurst, attended. In addition to myself, Inspector-Deputy Cf 5 ; Assistant Director T. W, Leavitt and Supervisors Seymor:: F. (i FS Phillips, Michael J. Steinbeck, and David Ryan of the Intelligence G ] i Division attended. The meeting was held in Room S201 of the Capitol." 3 SX | which had previously been swept to counter possible elsur coverage. 3 eB The briefing commenced at 9:45 a,m. and although Senator Church Ag {departed at 11:30 a.m, informal discussion continued for another I commenced the briefing by furnishing the Senator and SSC representatives a general overview of our Solo intelligence opera- tion. I emphasized the extreme sensitivity and pointed out the continuing value of thesg,squrces to our ee) responsibilities 3G 62- 116395 EC] BS OvE ah ? 4O a 1- 100-428091 TOP SCRET eciematses wares. SENN (Solo) ClassiNed Py 12 DRE YS; Exempt iedm GDS, CatebSrit@v2 144935 (7) JN Date of Déclassification Indefinite Pe ‘ROUTE IN iN VELOPE we Bs NOV 24 979, 5oss4 Page 116
TO CRET Memorandum to Mr. J. B, Adams Re: Senstudy 75 62~116395 and the national security interests, I summarized the highly- valuable positive counterintelligence obtained through the operation relating to the Soviet Union and other hostile communist countries indicating the importance attached by the State Department and the intelligence community to the information obtained through this operation. A photograph depicting one of these sources in conference with Soviet Communist Party Chairman Brezhnev was exhibited only to the Senator, Although the names of the sources were not men- tioned, I clearly pointed out that the information being disclosed through this briefing could pinpoint the identity of the informants and, if compromised, could be disastrous to our intelligence interests and possibly result in personal jeopardy to the sources, Inspector Leavitt briefly mentioned his recent meeting with the sources and their concern for the security of their operations, Supervisor Ryan furnished a general overview of the financial apparatus of the Communist Party, USA, including its secret character, cover company operations, and control by the Soviets, tying this informa- tion into the relationship of the sensitive sources with Stanley David Levison, the advisor to the late Martin Luther King, Jr. Supervisor Phillips set forth in detail the relationship of Levison and King, emphasizing our first-hand information received either directly by the sources or through Lem Harris indicating King was under the influence if not the control of secret Communist Party member Levison. Supervisor Steinbeck advised of the continuing liaison function of these sources between the Soviets and the Communist Party, USA, Soviet funding of the Party through the informants and also highlighted the sensitive nature of the operation, Many questions of the SSC staff members were candidly answered, CONTINUED ~ OVER TOPASECRET HW 55077 DBocld:329895354 Page 117
TOPXSECRET Memorandum to Mr. J, B, Adams Re: Senstudy 75 62- 116395 Senator Church expressed appreciation for the thorough briefing and stated he believed there was adequate basis for the FBI to reasonably conclude certain advisors and close associates of King were affiliated with the Communist Party and undoubtedly influencing King. He expressed his belief it was the responsibility of the FBI to determine the extent of communist or Soviet control or influence of King, but that he was disturbed that in the course of this coverage an attempt was made to publicly discredit King, He said he questioned whether the FBI as a law enforcement agency was acting within its proper scope in publicly discrediting King. He said it was his view and concern that such activities placed the Bureau directly involved’ ‘inc’. the political process where it does not belong. Senator Church stated he had viewed one FBI document which indicated an effort within the FBI to cultivate a new responsible leader of the black movement and he characterized this as political involvement which he considered highly improper, Senator Church stated he wished it was possible for the American people to be aware of the extent to which the Soviets were funding the Communist Party, USA. He said this is something the people should know and he regretted this could not be done under circumstances which would not undermine the Bureau's work and responsibilities. He promised his Committee would be as protective as possible regarding the sensitive information provided and that he would insure that there would be no public hearings which would betray the identities of the sources, CONTINUED - OVER TOP XECRET HW 55077 DBocld:329895354 Page 116
TORPSECRET Memorandum to Mr. J. B, Adams Re: Senstudy 75 62~116395 I reiterated the Director's concern regarding the security of the sources and the operation and pointed out the extreme need-to- know basis which this information is held within FBI I advised Senator Church that we had requested the meeting with him since the Committee had raised questions as to the basis for an FBI inves- tigation of King and from his comments it was felt we had accomplished the purpose of the meeting--to show there were firm grounds for opening the case, It was acknowledged that the Committee was con- cerned with other issues relating to what was done during the investigation and I was not prepared to address such issues at this time, However, he could be assured of FBI cooperation in responding to any questions to the best of our ability. ACTION: None, For information, i wx Nios a HW 55077 Docld:329899534 Page 119
ORTIONAL FORY» NO. 10 5010-106 . > 7 aa MAY 1962 EDITION GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES G RNMENT 1 - Mr. Adams Memorandum } - Me. Adams : “ yt { 1 - Mr. Bassett a Lfo + Me. WAR. yeonart WKS ‘DATE: §=— 41/3/75 Fllec & Coma } 4 ym 1 - Mr. Wannall cen as rom: 3.6, DebgaKY 2} 1M. Helgeson sie ee - . Laborator ? * 1 -~ Mr. Phillips Plan. & Eval. — 1 - Mr. Deegan rein y - a SUBJECT: \SENSTUDY '75 ) ~~ nes Telephone Rm. — Director Sec’y —_ The purpose of this memorandum is to summarize. results of a meeting on 10/31/75. between Mr. Mike T. Epstein, ' " Staff Member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence at Activities, Section Chief Joseph G. Deegan and Supervisor, ft Homer A. Newman, Jr., relative to documents removed from | the office occupied by Mr. W.C. ‘Sullivan at the time of the termination of his duties with the. FBI. . This meeting was held pursuant to a request previously received from the Committee to interview someone knowledgeable concerning the material and/or documents which were retrieved from Mr. Sullivan's office at the time of his termination of service. Mr. Epstein's inquiries were directed principally Stoward obtaining..information regarding the chain of custody NTAINED iw OF OR naa y of this material from the time it was removed from Mr. Sullivan's & S office to date. He was advised that although Mr. Deegan nt a has custody of this material he would not be in a position f to furnish information relative to the chain of custody with: out further research. In this connection it was suggested L- to Mr. Epstein that he make his request in writing, which <” ye INFORY ae dag he agreed to do. . He also inquiréd as to whether or not this was the- material in which the original of a letter was located that had allegedly, from its face, been prepared to be utilized in transmitting information and/or tapes regarding Rev. King -to Mrs. King. He was informed that this is the group of documents in which this material had been ZG ath VP - 296 “1037 HAN:tdp (9) Wa —GONTINUED_-_OVER i, * ST 109 Noa 15 NOV 19 1975 iS jae 8 4 Nov 2 4 197 LEGAL HW S5077 Bocld: 32969534 Page 120 ~
Memorandum to Mr. W.R. Wannall RE: SENSTUDY '75 At his: request, Mr. Epstein was permitted to review briefly the inventory of the documents removed from Mr. Sullivan's office. He indicated that it would appear that a great number of these documents have already been jmade available to the Committee through other requests. He did note, however, that he observed a description of some documents that he had not previously seen and that he may make a.request for delivery of all documents (properly excised) contained in this material that had not been previously made available through other requests. | ACTION: | | . For information. \ 8 py? 4 ro) fue 0 { i, “NW 55077 Docld: 32969534 Page 1271 S rr
aM g A nea ; OPTIONAL FORM NO,*10 bd * JULY 1973 EDITION * GSA FPMR (41 CFR) 101-11 ‘ UNITED STATES. &§ ENT. “. Memorandum Director, FBI’ | Asst. Dir.: ; Admin. .. OM : Harold R. Tyler, Jr. / Deputy Attorney Genefal ‘ Spec. Inv, Tra F Coun, 2 { Th ne Rie, | i Director Sec’y 3 SUBJECT: Testimony of Nicholas deB. Ka zenbach before the Church Committee gt AA US A en erence te ttt eC ALL DIFORMATION CONTAINED . BOREL ye. SSHINTE ; DATE, BY, I refer to a conference held in my office between me, James Adams, and Paul Daly on Friday, October 3, 1975. As I am sure you have learned from Messrs. Adams and Daly, former Attorney General Katzenbach testified before the Church Committee recently and was shown copies of FBI memos, three in number, dated in the months of May, October and December, 1965, regarding surveillances ss Of the late Dr. Martin Luther King. In addition, it Should be noted that Mr. Katzenbach -was’ shown a xerox copy of a hand-written-note by him to former Director Hoover bearing date of December 10, 1965. ’ Although Mr. Katzenbach does not question the validity of his hand-written note dated December 10, 1965, he has informed the Attorney General and me that he questions his initials on’ the three Bureau memoranda described above. Moreover, he asserts that his recollection of his activities on the dates in question indicate to him that he never saw these memoranda nor did he initial them. R It is respectfully requested that representatives of the fe Bureau talk to Mr. Katzenbach about this matter. When he is Le interviewed, I would particularly suggest that Mr. Katzenbach i be shown a copy of a memorandum apparently signed by Mr. ae Katzenbach and addressed to Mr. Hoover in March, 1965. The latter memorandum cannot be described by me in any greater detail X because I do not have a copy. Nonetheless, I can describe it 9 | sarthes by indicating that Mr. Adams showed me a copy at our meeting on October 3, 1975. ; Should you have any questions about in matter, please - do not hesitate to telephone me. by 2a! _ [lig 3 2 Is (0388 REC-] 15 NOV 19 1975 . es Re AT PCT mbes, f We , Oy | gel rhe t ROD Lar Maier N08 IS Raye ; Sail a4 i975" Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Blan 78 HW 5507" boora: 329989534 Page 129