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m . A. Mintz (Ll - Mr. J. B. Hotis) Mr, W. R. Wannall Mr. F. J. Cassidy the Attorney General December 10, 1975 1- Mr. W. O. Cregar 1 -Mr. J. P. Thomas be 1 ‘ at 3 Director, Fpr } U. S. SE fon SELECT COMMITIEE ON INTEV/LIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) Reference is made to the November 26, 1975, request of the SSC for information, in summary form, relating to De instances in which information obtained by the FBI was used we effectively to prevent violence. “ inclosed for your approval and forwarding to the ea? SSC is a memorandum in response to that request. A copy of N the memorandum is furnished for your records. It is noted that the aforementioned request was or “ received by the FBI on December 9, 1975. In view of th indicated urgeney of the request, the enclosed memorandum, nN § based on readily available summaries of information believed £ responsive and/or pertinent, has been prepared. It has not 7S been possible within the Limited time available to locate ~ ~, and examine documents underlying the events described, It is not, therefore, known whether or not such underlying a } documents could be produced without jeopardizing current a k operations or informants and sources of continuing value. ao F However, should the SSC request access to documents underlying — any of the items included in the memorandum, efforts will be initiated’ to locate them and to determine the extent to and form ix} tnich SSC access to them may be granted. sesoe- OW Enclosures (2) of. RECT 2 x oy wae | 4 Dep. AD Inv. — Fe a SEE NOTE PAGE 2 ce owe 27 rimemtes a setinee — ctumemeaeirrtON ) “foes 62116395 Comp. Syst. —— wy Ex Affrs —] ~ The Deputy Attorney General ates | pre ere Gen. Inv. Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, Ir. men ” whe A Ineneetion Special Counsel for ( am mas a Intell. JPT:Uhb lh Intelligence Coordinatio fo Laboratory —— ae oe Plon. & Evol. — £GEO ~ HER Artorinna TION CONTA ny Treining —— Soa asta to egol Coun. _—— ft - Toiophere Rm. — fr . mS hy f Director Sec’y, ty CBR b erype UNIT CJ of As dN 90.49: SE9554 Page 2 GPO : 1975 O - 569-920
The Attorney General WOLE : Response is based on memorandum Cassidy to Wannall, dated 10/17/75, captioned "FBI Domestic Security Investigations," prepared by AFWivb, which contained a review of pertinent material as located in INID inspection reports from 1970 to 1975. | WW 55101 Docid: 32989554 Page 3
- Mr. W. R. Wannall ~ Mr. F. Jd. Cassidy ~ Mr. W. O. Cregar - Mr. J. P. Thomas y 4 Hy lel aol ee 62~116395 December 10, 1975 U. S&S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTER TO 88 UDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH 295 RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) 3.5 & pacts sas ' Reference is made to the November 26, 1975, request Qs of the/ssc for information in summary form, relating to ris § instavices in which information obtained by the FBI was used SSg  @ffegtively to prevent violence. BQ S a 8 It is noted that the aforementioned request was £8'S | received by the FBI on December 9, 1975. In view of the indicated sSSn urgency of the request, the following information, based on Sesk readily available summaries of information believed responsive est, and/or pertinent, has been prepared. It has not been possible ~S8S8 within the limited time available to locate and examine s Re 24> documents underlying the events described. a §_ Sox8 It is not, therefore, known whether or not such ss $§ underlying documents could be produced without jeopardizing = SSS Current operations or informants and sources of continuing R8y, value. However, should the SSC request access to documents RSS underlying any of the items included below, efforts will be Ss 8S initiated to locate them and to determine the extent to & See and form in which SSC access to them may be granted. + aS sss8 A Los Angeles racial informant in Decenber, 1969, Ss s Ss furnished valuable information which was instrumental in cS SES (D preventing deaths and additional bodily injuries in connection | 5 8 with the confrontation between the Los Angeles Police Es Ss § Pepartment and the Black Panther Party (BPP). Assos. Dit. - A Detroit racial informant advised that the National oe pm Committee to Combat Fascism headquarters in Detroit, a BPP Asst. Ding OPEration, had become a veritable fortress. The stockpiling wining weapons in that office included an arsenal of over 46 Le afer, Weapons and 4,000 rounds of ammunition, along with four sticks Fils &ComOf dynamite. 7) Gen. Inv. . y , Keven ORIGINAL. AND ONE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL Inspection Intell. ; . ah he } hi gee NOTE PAGE 6 Ds Laboratory =F senAri ros AINED Plon. & Eval. — « pore ATO CANT, , . \% Spec. Inv. Training — Legal Coun. a kay Telephone Rm. — * i 2 - ,, Director Sec'y — MAIL'ROOML_] TELETYPE UNIT [__] 4 ) aye ve ah b2 +h GAY ~ its 5 0 ~ 569-920 NW 55101 Docld:329099554 Page 4
4 NW 55101 Docld:32989554 Page 5 . » . ™ “ , RB: U. &. SHIATE SELECT COMTISTEE TO STUDY COVERMERNTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SoC) Miami ghetto racial informants were responsible for the identification of the principal suspects in four fire bombings, and this information enabled local police to make the arrest ef the suspects and charge them with first-degree arson, A Cleveland racial informant obtained advance information concerning planned racial violence. This was furnished te the police department which took appropriate preventive action. in May, 1969, Hew_Orleans and Jackson informants ware instrumental _in neutralizing fh high order explosives which were in possession of the Klan. This action has probably saved lives since the Klan group involved has terrorized Ucqroes in the past, A Detxoit racial informant Furnished advance information rogarding planned . ambush of Detroit police officers which enabled the Datroit Police Deopartrent te take necessary action to provent injury or death to the officers and resulted in the arrest of eight persons and the seizure of a cache of weavons. The infornant also furnished information resulting in the lecation and confiscation by Bureau Agents of awproximately 50 sticks of dynamite available to BPP and likely resulted in saving ef lives and preventing possible property damage. A Chicago, racial informant furnished information which identified an individual who is a member of the 3PP as the person who raped and shot a housewife and then pistol whipped her husband in Chicage om BDecerber 25, 1970. ‘he same Chicago informant furnished information which rasulted in the identifi-~ cation of an individual who was responsible for the nurder of a police officer in Carbondaic, Illinois. A Springfield ghetto informant furnished information concerning an individual vhe was attommtine to sell explosives. This information cnabled local authorities to apprehend the individual and confiscate 100 pounds of exvlosives. fm informant of the Richrond Offico reported a conspiracy by leaders ef the Yashington, BD. C., Chanter of the BPP and leaders of the Richmond Information Center (RIC), an affiliate of the BPP, to steal and transport weapons from Richmond, Virginia, to Yashington, DBD. Ct.
4 _ _ — ce 13 | SOD RE: U. S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) AS a result of this information developed and other investigation, two of the BPP leaders in Washington and three RIC leaders in Richmond, Virginia, were subsequently indicted by a Federal Grand Jury. Subsequent trial resulted in the conviction of the two Washington, D. C., leaders and two of the RIC leaders, Detroit extremist informants advised that a BPP member was involved in a holdup killing in Detroit. Fe also advised that this individual was carrying the same pistol used in the killing, which enabled the Detroit police to arrest the BPP member, recover the pistol, and determine that this weapon was used in the killing referred to ahove. A Detroit informant provided information which saved two lives. This informant, who was a member of the BPP, was instrumental in saving the lives of two BPP members who were being disciplined by the BPP. Wis information, when furnished to local police, was responsible for the arrest of seven BPP mem- bers, who were charged with kidnapping and assault to do bodily harm less than murder. A Memphis informant furnished information which prevented a shoot-out Bbetwéén members of the BPP chapter and the Memphis |’Police Department. In duly, 1971, a then recently developed member informant of the black extremist “Afro Set," headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, furnished us extensive information concerning criminal activities by this group, including information related to several murders of whites which occurred in 1970. We furnished this information to local authorities in Cleveland. Working in conjunction with our Cleveland Office, the Cleveland Police Department instituted an intensive investigation and in October, 1971, a local grand jury returned secret indictments against six members of “Afro Set," including its leader, Harellel B. Jones. In March, 1972, dones received a life sentence following a trial in which our informant was a key witness. Two other "Afro Set" functionaries who had been involved in this murder plot pleaded guilty and received life sentences. DooTd: 32989554 Page 6 .
« . 4 5 . : ~ » ed ‘ , RE: U, S. SENATE SELDCT COMMITTEES TO STUDY GOVORITMGICAL QOPERAFIONS WIT RESPECT TO INTLLLICENCE ACTIVITINS (SSC) The Searet Army Organization {SAO) is an anticommunist, uLtraconservative, paramilitary orqanization founded in October, 1971, in San Dieda, California, by former members and jesupporters of the Ifiinuterion organization. Its purpose is to conduct urban querrilla~type warfare aqainst * Left-wing” groups and suspected "enenies of the United States." Ag a Yesult of information furnished by a long-time PBE extremist informant, local authorities arrested eight merbers of the SAO on charges ranqing fron attempted murder to , the possession ang storage of illegal quantities of qunpowder. WW Search vorrants executed in connection with these arrests led to the xecovery of a large cache of explosives, rifles, handauns, a flame thrower, thousands of rounds of military ammunition and a large quantity of extremist literature. ‘. fiimnearpolis informant obtained information on a proposed assassingtion of a narcetics agent. This information y, Was given to Federal Bureau of Narcotics and the individnals involved in the plot were arrested. i Potroit oxtremist informant furnishad advance information regarding a plot of the Cleaver Faction of tho BPD and a rormber of the Vhite Panther Party (UPP) to hijack an aQizplane and hold passengers as hostages for the purpose of \7 sotaining release of two jaliod BPP loaders. This information resulted in the arrest of the WPP member, who attenoted to hijack the plane, and the arrest of others on a conspiracy charade, A Jackson informant furnished information indicating that Byyon Pe ha Dackwith, a noted Klansman fron Nississinni, planned to blaw up the home of the head of the Antidefamation Leacdue in Vow Orleans. Information from this infermnant enabled \8 rex9 Orloans police to arrest Beckwith in possession of a substantial dynamite bomb capable of destroying not only the hone of tha intended victin but those of surrounding neighbors. A Bekroit informant furnished information concerning a possible plan to kill pelice officers at the funeral of an )f individual killed by police, As a result of information fron NW 35101 Doold:32989554 Page 7
YI ye MW 35101 Doold: 32889554 Page 6 RO: U, G. SENATE SHIM? COMTITER tO SwupY GOVERUMIUEAL OSRBARICUS Fe RASPrOT OO INTHLEICENCE ACMIVESIES (850) oox informant, the Datreit police remeved all uniformed officers xen the scene of tha funeral, thus aveiding a potentially dangerous situation. in 1973, seven merbors of the orthedor Honafti Muglim sect in Washington, D. C., wore brukally murdered. Untreniet informants of the Philoadeichkia Division contributed materialiv to the identification of the rmurcerers, which zasulted in the conviction of sin Mation of Islan (sor) membars fron Philadelphia, Pormovivania, in late 1974 and eerily 1575, Shese individuals received consecutive Life terns totalling a rmindoos of 149 years in prison. In June, 1974, dt vas dotermined that a vhite hete notivist, Frank Rracer, plarmed to bomb tvo blocks of an unidentified eity on Tuby 4, 1374, Drager, it later dovelored, was in vosgercion of diaqrars of the sewer and weter syetens of Uashingbon, 0. C., and planned to bork the Interne] fevenue Soxviee (TRS). Ballding. After intensive investiqabien, unlawful flicht process was obtoeined for Draqer, whe was vanked on leeal Gheck gharges, Uo was arrested with a number of associates in Mow doersey in dete June, 1974. Thene individuals were in possession of numorous veavens and chemical components. Drager Was dnearcorated on local charges, This investication was instrumental in the prevention of a borbing and may have saved mercrous Lives. On Aagues 7, 1974, 2a avnamite bomb vas discovered in thea United Nations Tuliding in Now York City. Tnvostiqabion identifind Michanl Nalscy Brow, an affilietbe of the white hate Notional Socialist white Peapie's Party (SUPP) and Identity Group (1G), as tha abhemtead bonher. Brown vas convietet? on RPacorber 3, 1974 on Federal charges, inolnuding tho Interstate Sransportation of Emlosives. The extremist matter investigation of Brown directly contributed to the suceassful conclusion of this case. a
Nw S5101 Dooclid: 32969554 Page & RE: U. 5. SENATE SELECT COUITIOER TO STUDY GCOVERMUENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) A Retroit, Michigan, informant furnished information reqarding plans being made by the Black Panther Party (EPP) to arrange a jailbreak of individuals incarcerated in the vestchester County, New York, jail on bank robbery charges. y+ Data was furnished lecal authorities including prison officials and necessary security steps were instituted to thvart this attemptred jailbreak. One of our extremist infornants in the New _Navoen, Connecticut, arca furnished information regarding the identity of individuals involved in 15 arsons, including one which resulted in a fatality. The infermant also furnished advance information fj regarding a proposed arson of a dwelling occupied by 18 persons, 13 of whom were children, ‘This information was immediately furnished toe lecal authorities and undoubtedly was instruncntal in saving a number of Lives, During the latter part of 1974, a source determined that an individual vas endeavoring te bomb a store in Portland, Oredon. This information was furnished to local police authorities, wwho were able to arrest the subject without comorozmising the source. When arrested, subject was armed and in possession of a four-stick dynardte bomb. The subject was subsequently convicted and sentenced to fifteen years in prison, 1 -~ The Attorney General NOTE: Material herein is based on memorandum Cassidy to Wannall, dated 10/17/75, captioned "FBI Domestic Security Investigations ," prepared by AFW:vb, which contained a review of pertinent material as located in INTD inspéction reports from 1970 to 1975,
\ \ Ww 55101 a ry ny ae ete ~ — po 5-140 (Rev. vy. vef74) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535 SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE roof ae ee t i , iddressee: CULT Gz] LHM £7] Memo (cj Report dated 12/10 75 B.S a Senate Select Committee (SSC). (11/26/75 Ure el Sy peer ne est) Links obtaijeh as ° PRELCHF Yialerice . { Originating Offices: Ome Delivered by: Received by: Title: Return this receipt to the Intelligence Division, FBl ~ a a a oe ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED EE on-}l, Boold: 32989554 Page i0
*> * ™ TE: SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE cy CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATE . f BEFORE COMPLETING. TO: Intelligence Community Staff FROM: ATTN: Central Index FBI SUBJECT: Abstract of Information Provided to Select Committees 1. HOW PROVIDED (check appropriate term. If a document was made available 2. DATE PROVIDED for review but not transmitted, so note.) ae | woconent | [onrerine [[omrenvien| [testimony | Joruen | 12/10/75 + TO WHOM PROVIDED (check appropriate term; add specific names if appropriate) . IDENTIFICATION (provide descriptive data for documents; give name or identification number of briefer, interviewee, testifier and subject) Momorandun 5. IN RESPONSE TO (list date and item number if in response to formal request, other- 6. CLASSIFICATION OF wise state verbal request of (name), initiative, subpoena, etc.) INFORMATION (enter Uu, C, S, TS or SSC letter 11/26/75 Codeword) U . KEY WORDS (enter the appropriate key words from the list provided separately; if key words not listed are used underline for emphasis) Information handling . SUMMARY (see reverse side before completing this item) Specific instances cited regarding information obtained by the FBI and used effectively to prevent violence, 62-116395 FMR: fmk (4) ORIGINAL VIA LIAISON TO CENTRAL COMMUNITY INDEX IN CONNECTION WITH SENSTUDY 75 ALL THRO , AL sd CONTAINED A AS YELLOW. g.? CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATE 3791 «6-75) 1 NW 55101 Docld: 32989554 Page
NW 35101 INSTRUCTIONS e Type or print clearly in ink. Ce ihe a ae «> Andis ate, clasgigteation of the abstract top and bottom. closer sete e ‘pire’ the ‘abstract and put on any internal control numbers required. Date cae A e "FROM" entry should clearly identify the organization providing the information. e if additions (as when a copy of document sent to SSC is later sent to HSC) or changes to a previously submitted form are necessary, submit a copy of the original abstract, with the change indicated. SPECIFIC ITEM NO. 8. SUMMARY - enter brief narrative statement describing substance of information and showing relationship to Intelligence Community matters if appropriate. Any feedback or evidence of investigatory interests should be noted. Commitments made to supply additional information should be noted. Additionally, certain administrative information may be entered here, e.g., restrictions on review of a document, if document was paraphrased, whether interviewee is current or former employee, etc. If actual document or transcript is provided, that fact should be noted and no summary is required. Additional pages may be attached if necessary. DoclTd: 32989554 Page i2
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Robert L. Shortley : 310 North Pitt Street : Alexandria, Virginia 22314 December 9, 1975 Senator Frank Church United States Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Senator Church: Taking the liberty of presuming on our short past acquain- tance, I am writing you to express my deep concern over the tragic adverse criticism being levelied at the FBI in the news media as a result of current congressional inquiries into United States intelligence operations. As you well know, ninety per cent (90%) of the work of the Bureau is concentrated on the investigation of violations of U. S. criminal statutes over which the FBI has primary investigative jurisdiction. Your committee and the other committees of the Congress now looking into the activities of the Bureau are therefore examining and criticizing the work which constitutes a very small percentage of their overall ‘responsibility. Not to stress the long and successful history of the Bureau along with the few mistakes (the Congress itself’ has had its share) they have made over the years is, I think, unfair and not in the national interest. Just one example of the effect these stories are having occured Sunday, November 30th, when the Washington Post carried a letter to the Editor entitled — "The FBI Discredited"’. That letter followed testimony before Congressional committees relative to the FBI, ‘much of which was unfair and misleading. The letter itself, I'm sure you will agree, contained not one fact but was Filled with personal vitu perations against the FBI and its officials. Secondly, you know and I know, as a former congressional investigator, that each and every witness is interviewed by committee staff members long before he’formally appears before the committee. For the life of me I cannot understand why a reputable and responsible congressional committee would allow testimony to be put on the record when it had already been denied by officials of the FBI and was, in fact, untrue. L refer, for example, to statements made by Mr. Rowe last week. This Nation is in grave danger of having its greatest daw enforcement agency (FBI) unnecessarily destroyed based on, oe ccam ee La. Heats f (I x! DATE. ry: MNOe- 55101 Docld:32989554 qe 14 ENCEGSERE {- 7) aE | /
Senator Frank Church . “December 9, 1975 Page 2 at least partially, untrue and/or unsubstantiated statements of witnesses, ‘I urge you, Senator, to be fair and judicious. To my _mind the current rash of congressional hearings have not been that. ‘ Proper and effective law enforcement cannot be realized without the full voluntary cooperation of the citizens of this country. Congressional hearings and the news media are dis- troying that bond sometimes for nothing more than political ambition, financial reward or basic dislike of law enforcement ~ agencies themselves. . ; I am taking the liberty of forwarding a copy of this letter to Senator Tower, my two Senators and my Congressman. Respectfully yours, - Robert L. Shortley ) HW 55101 DBDocld:32969554 Page ‘isd . : : a
a Hes: Michdot 9 8 Shaheen,” Ie. ‘Beg. - ep OE leas )-  Speedai Counfel for Intelligence Ssordtnation - iy. Office of te Deputy Attorney, General. er “ote. Se Depa ment of Justices. ~ ar | Washingtorf: DB. c 20530. rues no ta _ «Pear: Me rs This 48 an referetice’‘t ; ure “addressed Bo _ ito me on November 14, ‘1975, ‘and entitled: Request from the Senate Select me “\:., Conimittee on Intebli ence." Pursuant to the request .contained ‘therein, .. T have ‘had. _Fesponsés prepared tothe enumerated questions posed by the _ Senate Select Committee on’ Intelligence, copiss of which are attached ~ hereto. in duplicate. ot 2 mo, a : Beas oan a i" “a ad - - The’ ‘material Ancorpérated in “the: referented ‘vesponses was extracted . ot ‘from: ‘the official Service. tecords: relating ° ‘to Thomas and Hana. Riha,. which | : ". were. procured from the field and will be. temporarily housed ‘at Service ve headquarters during ‘the pendency of this matter before -the Committee. The fs _ Central indices. of this Service contain no. record: | relating: ‘to. ‘Gloria(Galya) | ’. Ann Tannenbaum; hee Forest. Doge pl oly 8 : ae vee Te is hoped’ that ‘the: foregoing ig tesponsive to} your . request ‘and of - "assistance to- the Committee. “In the ‘event’ I can be of further assistance * .- te you inthis or any other mattér,- please consider” me at your: ‘disposal. Since the. tasponses set forth: in thé attachment’ contain reference to mat- °°" / ters involving. the Federal Bureau of: lnvestigation and the CIA, the Direc- ‘tors thereof are, pened Provided + with " coptes of this: comminication and aa ee eating, ba. MoI WA > *Ssincerety, | oo Fe thy . ut a ans an os 5 aA ; 4 5 20> *
~ Dm tc: Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, DB. C. 20535 _ ; Please find attached hereto copies of the communiestion and enclosure under acknowledgement together with a copy of the attachment to the instant response, since the latter contains references relating to operational considerations relating to this case, which wera interchanged by Denver offices of this Service and the Bureau. ee: Director, Central Intellisence Apency Washington, D. C. 20505 Please find attached hereto copies of the communication and enélosures under acknowledgement together with a capy of the attachment to the instant response, since the latter contains references relating to operational considerations relating to this case, which were interchanged between this Service and your agency. ce: Director, Intelligence with copies of communication and enclosures under acknowledgement pursuant to your request. ENE S JCC: diy MSi0L Doold: 32989554 Page if
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iple ent = gat ay . ee? 4 \ at, - paHd, CRAIRMAR te ETT PAAg. VICE Cnramninaant 2  HowanD f1. BAKER, JR. TENN. . - “MARRY GOLDWATLE, ARIZ, ; “ ate SHAHLES MGC. MATHIAS, JA, MD. . - 7 ' ate RICHARD S. SCHWEIKEM, PA, WC if 2d ro f { { SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE, ACTIVITIES os yoy wre (PURSUANT To 5s, RES. 21, HTH CONGRESS) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 0 yee, MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR oA. O. KCHWARZ, JIt., CHIEF COUNSEL « pete et, SMOTHERS » MINORITY COUNSEL a 5 1 August 22, 1975 ~ ~ A PRT, SVN et sientn ante! Whi rrasun, ty kom, a Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Esq. Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination Office of the Deputy Attorney General U. S. Department of Justice Washington, D. C. 20530 Dear Mike: On May 14, 1975, the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations With Respect to Intélligence Activities requested all memoranda and other materials related to the 1969 disappearance. of Associate Professor Thomas Riha, University of Colorado, insofar as such memo- randa and materials related to: (a) efforts of the FBI to ascertain the identity of confidential sources of the Central Intelligence Agency; and (b) inspections and administrative inquiries related to the disclosure of information to Dr. Joseph R. Smiley, then President of the University of Colorado. The Select Committee also request- ed all memoranda and other material related to actions by the Director or any other official of the FBI severing liaison or terminating contact between personnel of the On j FBI and personnel of the Central Intelligence Agency. 1975, the Select Committee received a very ada- June 13, quate response to the Committee's May 14 requesti - ee . ; ; - . The Select Committee would, however, like to. request one further item in relation to the Riha case. Specifically, the Select Committee would like to request TERR CE. Of Associate a be - i . . | P LEGISLATIVE akfaRs a @ ToT RRR ea ™ pore 2 AUG 27 197BY all information relating to the disapp By eae “ao Bact C a) QEFICE OF RESISLATIVE eres as PUTY ATTORNEY Gewsayy e HAPPEN wees ' _ gg Page i195 MW. 55101. Docld: 32989554
de nad A a re es ‘ Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Esq. , Page Two August 22, 1975 Professor Riha, any and all background material the Bureau may have.on his disappearance, and any subsequent informa- tion the Bureau has developed on his current whereabouts. * . Sincerely, VB ¥. Bluff John T. ElLIf£ Director . Domestic Intelligence Task Force NW 55101 DocId:32989554 Page 20
¥ bsitedgeatere OBEY ichatensita ha nbetatennenn rent deLaed4ADe RINE oMserm Cab ENS IE LHe Meant sak kieS Kadena S Hae oe bin baAaie ain mvehanntites 4 . setae! panna KA wade Staste HEAR LOE eet, Sat et Response to May 14, Request Appendix C Section fT: Huston Plan and Related Developments Item 7a. 7. All memoranda and other materials relating to the 1969, disappearance of Associate Professor Thomas Tiha, University of Colorado, insofar as such memoranda and materials relate. tor a. Efforts of the FBI to ascertain the identity of confidential sources of the Central Intelligence Agency; and LY WW 55101 Docld:32989554 Page 21
HESTIONS AND RESPONSES RUs THOMAS RIBA 1. @. Was Mrs. Gloria (Calya) Tannenboum of Denver and Coulder, Colorado, ever employed directly or indirectly by the INS When? In what capncity? A. <A thorough search of all retrievable personnel records for the U. &S. Immigration end Neturalization Service CINS) dis- closed no record of a Mrs. Cloria (Calya) Tannenbaum nee Forest, haying ever been employed directly or indivectiy by this Service in any capacity. “2 @ Vas Mrs. Tannenbaum ever hired by INS in connection with the visa status of Riha's wife, Mrs. Hana Riha, formerly lana Erushkova or Hrushkovnova? 4A. Hrs. Tannenbeum was never hired by INS in connection with the visa status of Riha‘s wife, Mrs. Hana Riha nee Hrushkova. 3, Q. What inguiry was made by John L. Todd, INS District Director in Denver, after he received a call early on the morning of March 9, 1969, involving a disturbance at the Thomas Rihe home in Loyilder, Colorade? The disturbance involved Riha, ies. Tentenbeum and Mre. Tans Riha ond ether placed in Mrs. IMiha's bedreom, apparently toa overcome her. A. & thorough review of official Service files C-7 105 013 (Thomas Riha} and Al4 627 222 (Hana Riba) contains no written material indicatinn that then District Director John L. Todd (now retired) had received a call early on the morning of Karch 9, 1969, rela- ting to a disturbence occurring at the home of Thomas Rihn, involv- ing Mrs. Tannenbaum, Mee. Hana Riha and her husbend Thomas. ‘This does not necessarily mean that he did not receiva such a call but merely that he made no written record of same, if in fact he received such 4 cail. Irrespective of such a call, the immisration stetus of Mrs. Mena Rihea was already a matter of Service inquiry initiated by the New York office of INS predicated upon a sixth preference petition filed in her behalf ag a secretary, to sustain an application she filed seeking to adjust her immigration status te thet of 4a lawful permanent resident alien, During the pendency of precessins this application, Mrs. kiha had received an extension of her temporary stay to October 20, 1968, to complete a period of prectical trainine. NW 55101 Docld: 32989554 Page 22
NW 35101 4 Q. A. DoclTd: 32989554 Page 23 ~26 On January 28, 1969, the New York office of this Service addressed a request ta Hana Riha to appear for an inter- view on February 5, 196%. This letter was returned to the New York office bearing an endorsement by Bena Riha’s aunt advising of Hena's marriage te a U. &. citizen on October 13, 1968, and her current address in Boulder, Colorade. Accord- ingly, the Service file was transferred to the Denver office for continuance of thie inquiry. The Service file of Mrs, Hana Riha contains a hand written memorandum dated March 7, 1969, indicating a Mrs. Tannenbaum had called rerarding this case. Tannenbaum wanted to know what wag necessary for approval of an immediate relative visa petition. Tannenbaum wanted to get it doné right away since the husband (Thomas Riha} was getting a divorce from the alien {Hana Riha}), Also of record in this file are typewritten let-~ ters addressed to the Denver office dated March & and 9, 1969, respectively and bearing a signature "Hana Riha" in which the writer, among other matters, designates Mrs. Tamenbaum as the person she desires toa handie her business with the Immigration Service and that All correspondence relating thereta be directed to Tannenbatm'’s home address. Cumulatively these letters allepe that her marriaze to Thomes Riha was induced by her Aunt, Mrs. Gressman, as ¢ ceans of eireumventing the immigration laws and establishing permanent residence status in the U. S. althouch she claims she is un- decided as to whether in fact she desires to remain in the United States. ¥ What were the findings of Toddts inquiry? Predicated upon the referenced letters (supra} and the fact that Mrs. Riha had overstayed her lawful admission, to wit, Getober 20, 1968, Pistrict Director Todd approyed an e¢p,:lics- ‘tion for an Order to Show Cause prepared by a Service inves- tigator on March 10, 1969, and on March 11, 1969, issued and signed an Order to Show Cause and Notice of Hearing on Mrs. Riha eharging her with being subject to deportation pursuant to the provisions of Section 241{a}(2) of the Immigration and Nationa- Lity Act, in that, after admission as 4 nonimmiprant, she had remained in the United States for a longer time than permitted. This Order and Notice were served on Mrs. Riha by registered mail on March Li, 1969, directing her to appear for a hearing before a Special Inquiry Office on the charges, to be held at the Denver INS office at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 25, 1969. On
~ 3 o« Sen al March 21, 1969, the Denver office received a registered letter dated March 20, 1969, with enclosure in thea form of a Notice of Appearance as attorney for Hana Riha, in which a continuance of the scheduled deportation hearing was requested and granted, The file of Hana Riha contains & memorondum dated April 10, 1969, prepared for the file by then District Uirector Todd reporting that at 10:30 P.N. in the evening of April 9, 1969, he was telephonicaliy contacted at his home by a reporter from the staff of the Colorado Daily, Colorado University, Boulder, Colorado, who advised he was preparing an article for his paper and desired some assistance. The reporter stated that a Mrs. Tannenbaum hed informed him that she was employed in some capacity by the Immipration and Naturalization Service and that she had the authority to direct what disposition of Mrs. Riha's ease. The reporter also stated that Professor Riha had disap- peared two or three weeks before from the University and that Mrs. Tannenbaum had stated his disappearance was the result of activities by the secret police of three (3) foreign countries; that Mrs. Tannenbaum also claimed to have access to certain intellipence information in possession of the military author- ities. In response to specific inquiries «he reporter was ad- vised: by Ristrict Director Todd to the effect that (1) a lirs. Gerald Tannenbaum is not and has never been, to his knowl~ edee, an employae of INS (2) that he (Todd) had no idea of what her enployment might be and (3) thot he could give him (the re- porter) no specific information resarding a Professor Rika, the alleced husband of subject Hana Riha. In conclusion, the memo- randum suggests that the reporter mipht desire to contact Mrs. Riha'ts attorney since he had already mentioned the name of Mrs. Riha’s attorney during the course of the conversation. 5. Q. Were these findings communicated to the CIA and the FBI? A. A memorandum dated April 11, 1969, prepared by thon Deputy Dis- trict Director Lieyd D. Prowell and addressed to the file of Yana Riha reports that on April 10, 1969, Prowell telephonically contacted the fssistant Agent in Charge of the Denver office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and provided him with the - substance of the information contained in District Director Todd's memorandum of April 10, 1969, (supra} and implies that such agent was requested to advise whether a contemplated investigation by INS would interfere with any actions which might be under consideration by the FRI. _ NW 55101 DooiId: 32989554 Page 24
a hw On April 11, 1969, the Assistant Agent in Cherge of the Denver FRE office telephonicaliy edvised Mr. Prowell that is office hed a pending investication on Urs, Tannenbaun for alleged numerous impersonazions o£ federal officiols, but that investigation by INS would not interfere with their operations in this matter. He requested, however, that upon completion of any investigétion by INS, his office be fur- nished 4 copy of the report. Tavesttiration was initiated on Eana Riha the same date. (April Ti, 1969} A report of this investicetion vas prepared on April 23, 1969, and a copy of seme wes provided to the Den< yer office of the FBI pursuant to their request. No distri- bution of this report was made to the CIA. a — & OO. Uhy, im the fall of 1969, did the INS in Denver decl. ‘veply at all ta an inquiry made by 4 friend of Rika’. whether the professor still was alive? Why was this ..: O£ Rihats then told it would te better 1£ he wouldn'.: | inkerested in the Rihsa casa? A. The Service files of Thomas and Hana Riha contain no recorded data indicating that an inquiry was directed te the Ponver IMS office in the fali of 1969 by a friend of i'rofessor Rihsa, in- quiring as fo wiether he was still alive, nor any response to anyone advising "it would be better 1f he wouldn't be interested in the iha case." — NOLTI: Bespite the absence of any record of the above inquiry, the declinetion to reply at ail to same would have been entirely proper, should it have been made and not recorded. Frofessor Piha was naturalized a citizen of the United States in 1952 and there were no matters relating to him pendins before ond within the jurisdiction of INS. 7. @. On what basis did the INS in Denver tell one of Rihats friends in May or June 1969 thet Riha was alive? Who in the INS office in Denver made this report? A. The Service files relatine to Thomas and Hana hiha contoin no recorded data that anyone in the Denver ZNT office ndvised any inquirer in May or June 1969, or at any other time, that Pro- — fessor Siha was alive, Further, ssid files contcin no factual information upon which such a response could be pradicéted. : WW S510L Dooid:32989554 Page 25
NW 55101 8. Q, A. 9. Q. « 5 « Vere Rihas or his wife, Hana, ever employed by the INS? When? For what purposes? The official personnel files of INS disclose no record that Thomas or Hana Riha were ever employed by INS in any eapa- city at any tine. Vas the INS in contact with the FBI and the CIA on the Riha and Tannenbaum ceses and the disturbance incident involving Mre. Tana Riha at the Rihn home in Boulder, Colorada, on the nicht of March 9, 19697 The responses to questions #3 and 5 are also substantially responsive to this question and are ineorporated by refer- ence. There is no recorded materinl indicating any contact between this Service and the CIA with respect to Thomas Rila, Nrs. Tannenbaum or Mrs. Hana Riha within the time frame of the disturbence incident of March 9, 1969, or for that matter at any tinue during the year 1960. Tie CIA did contact this Cervice with respect to the Service files of Thomas and ifana Riha fer the first time in early 1970. DociId: 32989554 Page 26
i i HY OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530 NOVI 4 1975 TO: Leonard F. Chapman, Jr. Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service WS rx0e —_ SUBJECT: Request from the Senate Select Committee ‘on Intelligence Michael E. Shaheen, Jr. Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination This Office has been directed by the Deputy Attorney General to coordinate all Justice Department responses to requests of the Senate and House Select Committees on Intelligence.’ Attached is a letter and questionnaire from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence requesting the Immigration and Naturali- zation Service to provide answers to questions concerning a certain Thomas Riha, former Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, who allegedly disappeared in | 1969. Copies of the Senate Select Committee's two | previous requests for information on Riha are also attached for your information. Please prepare responses to these questions at f your earliest convenience and forward them in both classitied and non-classified form to this Office for L transmittal to the Senate Select Committee. Should you have any questions concerning this request, please do not hestitate to call upon this Office for assistance.’ Your early cooperation in this matter is appreciated. ALL Pat meron _ | F>Y B USED eee ri fauna a Fils in: co nl moe} ye soe 8 Sm = : oe ie ea : gan a — “WW 55101 Doold:32989554 Page 27 _ Sf ee
QUESTIONS RE: THOMAS RIHA FBI ‘“MWSSPO4 - Doold:32989554 Page 29 , -WMOL- ly ; vo ahi Does the FBI know the whereabouts of Riha--whether he is ‘alive or dead? Where? . | ., Was Riha known to the Agency? If so, when first known and . _ why? . a | | ‘Was Riha employed by FBI? If so, in what capacity? Dates of employment? . os Jf : | | . | ; In March or April 1969 or thereafter, did Mrs. Gloria (Galya) - Tannenbaum of Denver and Boulder, Colorado, contact the FBI in Colorado or Washington to assure the FBI that missing — ~ 7 University of Colorado Professor Thomas Riha was alive and . / \ / i ‘ well and had left his home for personal reasons on March 15, \ ‘, ~ 1969? Lt so, who in the FBI received this information and J te whom was ‘this information passed, on in the FBI and the ocetnnnesnnnntnenegenyee pee “SEK Act 6 (1) (B) When was this done? (an : “ cocceee ld censnsnegg netnstnencnennaennetgeeenenetgene te EAR EET , JEK Act 6 (1) (B) What was the information conveyed? Whén w was this done? Why did FBI say in 1969 and 1970-2and continues to say now-- that it conducted no investigation of Riha's disappearance _when it is known that FBI agents talked in 1969 and 1970 with friends of Riha about his disappearance? - . Why, in January or February 1970, did an FBI agent at the Denver office refuse to accompany |__|} ag from Boulder to see then Denver District Attorney Mike McKevitt? ALL INFORMATION CONTADIES . . eon acne a
LO. ‘li. 1 -EROUR Daren gre eye ene matron Se Be tata ere Net caaneecemmet on mee MW 35101 _ 2 - Was it made known by the CIA agent that the purpose of the visit was to ease the pressure on issuance of a subpoena to Dr. Joseph Smiley, former president of the University of _ Colorado? (Under such a subpoena, Smiley might have been’ “required to reveal the agency that had given him the April 1969 report that Riha was alive and well at that time. ). In December 1969, when Riha's dying mother,. Dr. Ruth Ann Cook of Taunus, West Germany, contacted the FBI in Washing- ton about her missing son, she was very anxious to "do any- thing” to determine witre he was and ‘what had happened to “him. Yet the FBI (Ja Edgar fodver)s Said in December 1969,. that Mrs. Cook: decline’ the FBI! 3 offer to place a missing | persons notice on Riha ‘in the FBI bulletin. What informa- tion did the FBI bornish ates. \ ook to lead her to make this unlikely deeision Bot to: pursue all possible ways to find out what happened to her Son? . Was Dr. Cook ‘connected with the FBI in any way at any time? In what capacity? . When? | | | “Was Mrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum ever employed by the FBI? | For what purpose or purposes? Was .she hired to check on ‘Leonard Carlin, Chicago attorney who was active in defend-_ ing antiwar activists in the 1960s? Was Mrs. Tannenbaum: sent by the FBI from Chicago to the Boulder-Denver, Colorado area. in 1968 to check on Riha or ‘on Boulder attorney Dennis Blewitt, who later became Riha's attorney and confidant? Docld: 32989554 Page 30
14. 15. 16. 7 - * 12. 13. -3- “What knowledge does the FBI have on Riha's translations of Czechoslovakian tapes for Mrs. Tannenbaum in March 1969, before he disappeared? ‘What knowledge does the FBI have,on Tannenbaum's reported suicide at the Colorado State Hospital in March L971? Is the FBI acquainted directly or indirectly with Henry Madrid, a technician at the hospitai?: | Did the FBI contact the Colorado Bureau of Investigation at. any time on the Riha disappearance,, Mrs. Tannenbaum's death or any other aspect;- £ the Riha-Tannenbaum case? If so, when were these cofltacts and w at was their extent? Did the FBI have any c¢ ntacts with Reha when he was working as an incerpeeter/ fry eh Army in phe early 1950's? Does the FBI have ies on ‘any of the following persons, or were any of them. at any \ ins ‘employed by the FBI directly or indirectly or contacted by the FBI, and for what reason? Mrs. Jan (Kenneth) Sorensen - Boulder,. Colorado Zdenek Cerveny ~' Boulder, Colorado Mrs. Carol Word - Littleton, Colorado George and Francesca Stein - Lyons, Colorado Professor Donald Fanger - Cambridge, Massachusetts — Henry Madrid - Pueblo, Colorado | Professor Stephen Fischer-Galati - Boulder, Colorado ° Harvey Bevier - Denver, Colorado | Professor Oldrich Leska - Prague, Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Riha - San Antonio, Texas Professor Joyce Lebra - Boulder, Colorado “HW SSi0L” Boota: 32980554 Page 31 . . ue mt ete
? . . re . , . ~ & - 17. “Does the FBI have knowledge about Riha's connections with oa the Treasure Tours International Travel Agency in Montreal, Canada, and what is the significance of this connection? 18. Does the FBI have knowbedge of Riha's connections with the | World University Service in Chicago and with Susan Kresge, one of the officials of this. organization? . 19. Were FBI agents trailing Rtha early in 1969, especially in late February and early March? If so, why? aa a f A BU NL AS TP EA ODAC ES PTTL TO LU ENT aR et : -¢ 3 Fete soe sett ae . MW 55101 Doold:323989554 Page 32 . * as we
QUESTIONS RE: THOMAS RIHA , / Ins NC 1. Was Mrs. Gloria (Galya) Tannenbaum of Denver and Boulder, . . ee — ‘Colorado, ever employed directly or indirectly by ithe INS? When? In what capacity? “2. Was Mrs. Tannenbaum ever hired by INS in connection with the visa status of Riha'‘s wife, Mrs. Hana Riha, formerly . ieee aie _ Hana Hrushkova or Hrushkovnova? ae no, . 3. What inquiry was made by John L. Todd, INS district director in Denver, after he received a eall early on the morning of March 9, 1969, involving a disturbance at the Thomas Riha home in Boulder, Colorado? The disturbance involved Riha, . Mrs. Tannenbaum and Mrs. Hana Riha and ether placed in Mrs. » Riha's bedroom, pparent tly to overcome’ her. 4. What were the findings of Todd's inquiry? 5. Were these findings communicated to the CIA and the FBI? - 6. Why, in the fall of 1969, did the INS in Denver decline to. reply at all to an inquiry made by a friend of Riha's on whether the professor still was alive? Why was this friend of Riha's then told it would be better if he wouldn't be interested in the Riha case? 7. On what basis did the INS in Denver tell one of Riha's friends in May or June 1969 that Riha was alive? Who in the INS office in Denver made this report? 8. Were Riba or his wife, Hana, ever employed by the INS? When? For what purpose or purposes? . “ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED ; a AS nage . DAT ' uc 7 aN ROTTER REAPER ER Se eves Niycmmninm as = me sae “ - mB I ly . Foe ge ee etn en ee mm ee ae =n? Mv 55101 Docld:32989554 Page 33 : ree
+ sages rege, Wf SSL0T” Dodla: Se9s9s54" Page 34 ae ° ~ 2 - 9. Was the INS in contact with the FBI and the CIA on the Riha and Tannenbaum cases and the disturbance incident . involving Mrs. Hana Riha at the Riha home in Boulder, Colorado, on the night of March 9, 19692 | | é Pa