[404-10096-10251 “7 ] UNCLASSIFIED. =? INTERNAL , - [] CO” “IDENTIAL [-] SECRET ; JSE ONLY ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optjonal) Congressional Investigations of the Agency EXTENSION NO. DATE 13 October 1976 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and building) OFFICER'S COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom INITIALS to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.) RECEIVED FORWARDED {@ f 4 Moe - z ~ Fel will ger Ces fe Hounae Crete EER « SGe a pers €- o Sef Dione 1 he Avre- see’ OO “toriess* [-] SECRET ([[] CONFIDENTIAL (] (RERNAL = [7] UNCLASSIFIED
14-00000 13 October 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Inspector General FROM Group SUBJECT : Congressional Investigations of the Agency 1. Per our discussion, I would like to throw out the following thoughts with relation to establishing a set of procedures to handle requests from congressional committees for information, with specific reference to the newly formed House Committee to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy, et al.: a. All requests from Congressional committees should be directed to a given focal point within the Agency. Any requests levied directly on any other component should not be accepted, and the requester should be referred to the focal point. b. The focal point should initially be com- prised of Agency officers who have the benefit of previous experience in dealing with congressicnal investigations, and the assignment of these officers should remain reasonably stable in order to capitalize on this experience factor. This would, inevitably, require a rather long overlap prior to any reassignments. c. An action unit within each directorate be officially designated to handle congressional inquiries of this nature (I believe this has already been accomplished) and again, where possible, the experience factor should be taken into consideration. d. All requests received by the focal point should be directed, in writing, to the appropriate action units within the various directorates. (A form similar to that used by the Review Staff would be appropriate.)
14-00000 e. The Review Staff Registry (now under the control of the Executive Registry) be reacti- vated and placed under the direct control of the focal point. Two registry officers be assigned and slotted to this registry, and for the immediate future it would be preferable if the two officers formerly assigned to the Review Staff Registry be utilized. f. The newly designated Registry should then keep complete records on the following: —4 (1) Copies of all incoming congressional : requests. (2) Copies of the focal point's dissemi- nation of the request to the various action units within the Agency. (3) Copies of all responses received #F trem the action units. (4) Copies of the final response to the congressional committee. (5) Records pertaining to any interviews of current Agency employees by a congressional committeeyor staff of that committee. Mmensct (6) Records pertaining to any material reviewed at the Agency by the staff or members of a congressional committee. (7) Maintain an adequate index to the above materials, which would preferably allow for retrieval on the basis of date, subject matter, and/or requesting committee. / 2. As you know, the above suggestions represent my own personal views, but I feel strongly that we are heading down a path leading to the total disregard of all knowledge we have gained during the last two years of extensive outside investi- gation of the Agency. Since it is clear that these investigations
14-00000 2 will continue for the foreseeable future, it would seem to me that we must fall back to our earlier posture of setting up a unique and separate organization within the Agency to handle these inquiries. The Review Staff was formed for this purpose, and I think a similar staff is required at this time.