f04-10066-10000| “NAL | oo ~bawncassieied = 1" Gvy con ntiaL SECRET 2 ~ ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET "eS | SUBJEGS: (Optional) it s of House Frederick Randall's Interrogati z Me; : ale ommittee ed A wyolle _ DD/O 78-2006/1 : on ASS EXTENSION 9203 28 March 1978 EA/DDO TO: (Officer designation, room number, and — building) : OFFICER'S | COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom . : RDED INITIALS fo whom. Draw a line across column offer each comment.) > DDO agrees that Randall - a valid gripe. Would. please find out from OLC how his name was provided to House Committee without coordination with this } . It does seem a bit of a high-handed way. to deal. withcour officers. | si NO. DATE Ken Knaus ‘Pet 610“emere" (] secret =] CONFIDENTIAL =] INFAMY UNCLASSIFIED
: . 27 March 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Information Management Staff (U) FROM: Frederick C. Randall (C) Chief, IMS Privacy and Information Action Group | 1. (U) On 24 March 1978, I was interrogated for one and one-half hours by Mr. Harold Leap and Mr. Dan Hardway, staff members of the House Select Committee on Assassinations. I answered all questions . truthfully. Immediately prior to being introduced to the HSCA staff members, I was shown a copy of the attached letter to the Committee giving permission . £or me to be questioned, and a copy of the attached _letter from the DDCI which discusses security procedures. I asked for and received copies of the two documents.: Prior to the 24 March interrogation, I was told by SA/DO/O that my personnel files had been made available to the Committee. . Zz. (U) After being asked questions regarding. my CIA career, it became apparent that the staff members were trying to establish that personnel assigned to thet din the early 1960's — had knowledge of an alleged: CIA connection to Lee - . Harvey Oswald. I was asked when I first heard of the assassination of President Kennedy, when I first heard of Lee Harvey Oswald, etc. I was asked to supply many details of the organization, personnel, and operation of the|| |during the period of my tour there -- from 1961 through 1965. . B&B €} En the. context “Of: my: previous. assigns: vo ment to the former Domestic Operations Division beginning in 1965, I was asked twice in a most forcible fashion. whether. I knew Howard Hunt, to which _ CONFIDENTIAL
14-00@00 ge ne 7 e  F « . I answered (twice) in the negative. The interrogators also asked if I was employed in the section of the Domestic Operations Division which handled covert action activities targetted against the United States. I .replied that CIA does not run CA operations against U.S. targets. 4. (U) Although I had heard a rumor that the interrogation was based on allegations by a former. finance clerk assigned to the the staff members would not provide me with any information regarding the purpose of their investigation or of their lead. The New York Times article of 27 March 1978, attached, reports the Wilcott allegations together with the information that the lead came from Philip Agee, and that Wilcott was represented ata committee hearing by Agee's attorney. 5. (U) Although CIA has been an easy “mark for — anyone looking for a cheap headline during the past. three years, my reaction to this situation is that | the rights of many Americans, including current and. former employees of CIA, are being violated by the procedures of this investigation. I can easily draw a conclusion from the Times article that the HSCA is unwittingly performing destruction work conceived by | Agee and his backers. I also wonder how any investi- gation can be based on such flimsy evidence. #4- ‘resent’ having. my. personnel. file. reviewed -by*-the HSCA without - my,,permission.” Finally,;.1.do not like. being shown an unclassified letter. concerning.me (I am under’ | cover), which had already been sent | to the Congress without my knowledge. a 6. (C) I have asked that any ‘notes ‘made by Mr. Leap and Mr. Hardway that are taken from ‘the CIA Headquarters building.use my alias, Frederick Reynolds. I hope that this request is carried out. hhh re detehe C. . Randall ( Attachments: a. Undated letter to HSCA . b. Letter to HSCA dated 23 March 78 c. Clipping from the New York Times dated 27 March 78 -2- CONFIDENTIAL PF ROEE et TEENA ED I OPE ET OSE OAL OIE ABE EOE LE BATE BLIP ne ee ee an ae ee eS rite