104-10272-10027 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 6 February 1975 6 February 1975
13-00000 Warner advised that Howard Hunt's lawyer is in touch with his office with regard to Dick Gregory's allegation that CIA was somehow beamw, involved in the assassination of President. Kennedy. The Director advised Thuermer to refrain from commenting on this matter.
13-00000 ¢ 3 March 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD ww Morning Meeting of 3 March 1975
13-00000 Ny Blake advised that the attached notice to CIA employees regarding cooperating with the Rockefeller Commission is being distributed today.
FEA STERN anya RPC eer ee AR se estee ape aptten teeters 13-00000.....0 ..2.-— EMPLOYEE BULLETIN: 2 ee eet No. 441 oo 28 February 1975 COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES ' WITHIN' THE UNITED STATES As you are aware, the President on 4 January 1975 established a Commission on CIA Activities Within the: United States to look into allegations that certain Agency activities conducted within: this country. exceeded our charter and statutory authority. Upon ‘completion of its inquiry, the Commission will issue its findings and submit recommendations to. the President and to the Director of Central Intelligence. The President has directed“that the Agency extend support and assistance to the Commission, and I have pledged my coopera-~- tion to the Commission and its Staff. I’ have also told: the Commission that any current employee of the Agency is available to the Commission and its Staff for discussions. The Agency and the Commission Staff have now developed sufficient working experience so that we can design additional procedures to facilitate the Staff's work in examining topics of concern. All members of the Commission Staff have received security ‘Clearances and have been given badges providing them with access to Agency offices in the Washington, D. C. area. The Commission. Staff will, during their inquiries in CIA ‘Headquarters Area Offices, -be given access to Agency. files related. to the Commission's fields of responsibility. . The ' use of specific sensitive data from these files in any unclas- sified report by.the Commission will be subject ‘to consultation between the Director and the Commission. - To facilitate interviews by the Commission Staff Officers with CIA employees, I have advised the Commission that employees are authorized to furnish classified information with certain exceptions. My letter to the Vice President, the Chairman of the Commission, is attached. It sets forth guidelines for the furnishing of classified information.
13-00000 ~2- The cooperative spirit of our relationship with the Commission and its Staff must at the same time take. account of the rights of Agency employees. Like other citizens, they have the right to remain silent. The Commission Staff will advise employees of their rights at the beginning of any interview or other appearance. My own belief, after careful review of all activities in question, is that legal action will not be taken against individuals. The final decision, however, must rest with the Department of Justice and other legal authorities and risk of such action is a judgment each employee must make for himself. When a current Agency employee is asked to be inter- viewed by a member of the Commission Staff, the Staff member may notify Mr. E. H. Knoche who is my assistant in charge of liaison with the Commission and its Staff. Mr. Knoche, in turn, will notify the employee. The purpose of this is in no way to inhibit the work of Staff members. It is intended to allow time for the employee to gain general legal guidance © if he wants it, and to obtain security guidance from an appropriate senior officer. . There is no requirement that an employee report to his supervisor or other Agency authorities on the nature of the interview. This is a matter of the employee's choice. In arranging the interviews, I am acutely aware of the need to avoid the appearance as well as the fact of collusion between Agency and employee. None of us has any intention to fabricate or mislead. I am convinced that being forth- coming will vindicate the Agency and its eminent service to our country. In keeping with long-standing policy, employees with any knowledge of activities conducted within the United States, now or in the past, which they believe to be of a questionable nature can follow the customary practice within the Agency of calling the matter to my attention or that of the Inspector General. This will permit me to take appropriate policy actions with regard to any such activities. It will also ensure my ability to continue to be forthcoming with all those involved in external reviews of Agency activities.
13-00000 -3- ? Employees should also feel free to bring any such matters directly to the attention of the Commission or the Commission Staff outside of Agency channels if they so desire. In doing so, however, employees should bear in mind that the Commission's field of interest is CIA activities within this’country. To contact the Commission, employees can call the Executive Director, Mr. David W. Belin on 456-7010, or the Counsel, Mr. Marvin Gray, Jr., on 456-7014. The mail address is: Commission on CIA Activities Within the United States 712 Jackson Place, N. W. Washington, D. C. 20500 Names of the members of the Commission Staff and their badge numbers are attached. eee, wo ET CSiby Director Attachment a/s DISTRIBUTION: ALL EMPLOYEES
13-00000 ; gee ne eben enn AREER RY te BADGES ASSIGNED TO MEMBERS OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON CIA DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES — NAME NUMBER Beljn, David W.' PC-100 Baker, Harold A. — PC-101 Cargill, Robert Mason PC-102 Clapper, Peter R. PC-103 Gellhorn, Ernest A. PC-104 Gray, Marvin Jr. PC-105 Greene, Ronald PC-107 Hardy, Timothy S. Pc-108 Manfredi, George A. ce PC-109 Olsen, Robert B. PC-110 Wallison, Peter James © PC-111 Schwarzer, William W. PC-112 — Roethe, James N. PC-113 Weidner, James B. Pc-114 yor ft fe an eee
13-00000 9 February 1975 The Honorable Nelson A. : Rockefeller ' Chairman, Commission on CIA Activities — | Within the United States - , 12 Jackson Pace, N.W.. -- Washington, D. c. * 20500 Dear Mr. Vice President: : As. you are aware, all employees of the Central Intelligence Agency are required to sign secrecy agreements when they enter on ‘duty. This is a condition of employment, and it requires that they keep forever secret all classified information gained during the course of their employment. The secrecy agreement further re- - quires that they may not disclose classified information in inter- views or by publication without prior authorization from the Director of Central Intelligence. There is a provision in the secrecy agree- ment that the conditions and obligations with respect to the protection of classified information by the agreement continue after * employment with the Agency has been terminated. As I have stated to the Commission, I will make available any -employee of this Agency to the Commission for staff interview and for testimony before the Commission. This letter will serve as authorization for any such employees or ex-employees to furnish information as requested by the Commission or its staff on matters that may be classified. As has been discussed with the Commission, ' there are certain sensitive items which should receive special han- dling. Such items include names of sources, specific details of technical devices and systems maintained in compartmented channels by the Agency, names of employees, names of persons who may be targets of kidnapping or assassination by foreign intelligence organi- zations, names of organizations cooperating with the Agency, and detailed information which would pinpoint any of the above. Some information might also conflict with a subject's right of privacy. ae
13-00000 There is no purpose here to impede in any way the Commission's investigation. I believe, however, in most cases these specific identifying names and details are not necessary for an understanding of our activities. Where the Commission or the staff believes that specific identification is necessary to the purpose of the testimony or the staff interrogation, the matter will be discussed between the Commission and the Agency, and I will be prepared to consult with you and the Commission to determine the course of action to be taken. Where in the judgment of the employee a specific identification is especially sensitive as outlined in this paragraph, an identity number will be assigned pending resolution of the matter between the Com- mission and the Agency, and in the meantime the identity will not be divulged by the employee. I appreciate the cooperation of the Commission and of Agency employees in this regard. I am still responsible under the statute and as a professional for the protection of intelligence sources and methods from unauthorized disclosure. In many situations the inad- vertent disclosure of a name or identification could have serious repercussions, including placing lives in jeopardy, and I cannot in good conscience put such information at risk. This arrangement of course does not affect the Commission's procedures for advising prospective witnesses of their rights, secur- ing waivers, nor the employee's or ex-employee's right not to answer certain questions if they are concerned that the answers might tend to incriminate them. ‘ Respectfully, WED Colby Director i
13-00000 15 May 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD \ Morning Meeting of 15 May 1975 tw
13-00000 3 June 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 3 June 1975 General Walters chaired the meeting; the Director was at the Army War College. \
13-00000 Nelson said that a Max Gorman Gonzalez is suing CIA for $1 million. Gonzalez claims that his imprisonment in Florida resulted from his associ- ™. ation with "CIA agent Frank Sturgis." (Note Frank Sturgis never associated with CIA a5, sxplaings jn Morning Mecting Minutes. 9629 May 1975) 4, \ Thuermer opined that we can expect a number of inquiries when the Rockefeller Commission report is released. Until such time as it is released and the Director has developed a policy, Thuermer will refrain from comment.
13-00000 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Office of The Assistant To The Director | oo ‘ (703) 351-7676 . (703) 687- 6931 ( night) te May 30, 1975 STATEMENT © Recently the news media have mentioned the names of Mr. Virginio Gonzales and Mr. Frank Sturgis. : Neither Mr. Gonzales nor Mr. Frank Sturgis have ever been connected with the Central Intelligence Agency in any way.
13-00000 23 June 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 23 June 1975 Senate Select Committee for any CIA information on the 20 June murder of Chicago underworld leader Giancana, the Director concurred with Nelson's proposal to query our Chicago field office. , \ In response to the request by Senator Huddleston of the of the edited remarks of the Director's 18 June talk to employees on the Rockefeller Commission Report. The Director will review the final version, after which it will receive wide in-house distribution. \ Proctor initiated a short discussion of the distribution
13-00000 2 September 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD te ., Morning Meeting of 2 September 1975
13-00000 8 September 1975 | MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD: - Morning Meeting of 8 September 1975
13-00000 \ Bolten advised that Senator Schweiker may wish to add to the Senate Select Committee's agenda the allegations that CIA as well as FBI withheld information on Oswald from the Warren Commission. be
13-00000 22 September 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD , POLIS weeting of 22 September 1975 The Director was at the White House; General Walters chaired the meeting.
13-00000 Berend Calied utcention to the Agency statement issucd - on the Oswald phone taps, as reported in the attached article, "Oswald Calls to Embassies Reported Taped by CIA," from the 21 September New York Times. He stated that he was unaware that CIA had issued such a statement and asked to . be kept advised.
13-00000 _ The Central Intelligence Agen- .wdlephone conversations  be- 7 the Cuban and Soviet Embas- ast ' dy was shot to death on Nov. 22, 4963, in Dallas, Government alone, had slain the. President. . sources familiar . -with the . SY, according to: the: sources, *, alerted the C.LA.,. to the pre- .' sence of Oswald In Mexico Ci- -ty, and on Oct. 10 the agency ‘warned the Federal: Bureau of{"ever ‘been: fully. made public .eation that the F.BL, which speculation. for ‘more. _than a ‘Oswald Calls to “mbassies By. NICHOLAS M, HORROCK. war * Speclat fo The New Yorn Times : piyht wt “WASHINGTON, Sept. 20— | Reported Taped by. [, A. ° his. pro-Castro activities,” ever :ollowed up on the Information.. : The call to the Cuban Embas-: sy the sources’ said, was- not! tween Lee Harvey Oswald and associated_.with Oswald‘ until after the death of Mr. Kennedy. A Federal commission headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren found ~ that’. Oswaid, - Jadting cy secretly tape-recorded twoy sies.in Mexico City some eight weeks before President Kenne- To Avoid Publicity The calls were: “répostedly placed by . Oswald. On a trip to Mexico City in‘late Septem: ber and carly: Oclober, . 1963. The. events of this ‘trip have events sald today. The call to the Siviet Embas- Investigation. There is no indi- and have :been the ‘subject of decade.: . The reports of the, ‘calls’ are the latest: developments in the increasing . speculation ~ about the Warren Commission’ $s con- clusions.:, Evidence that - the C.LA, and the F.B.I- May have been less than candid with the commission has. added to the questions ~ ‘surrounding, the as- jContinued on Page 49, Column. I Serer was _investigating ’ Oswald for
13-00000 ‘Oswald Calle _ Continued From Page 1, Col. 2 ~ sassination and has led to more calls for a reopening of the In- -quiry. . : The Mexico Clty trip was given scant treatment In the -" Warren Commission report be- | cause publication of Informa- tion about it might have ex- posed “sources and methods” ‘of the C.LA. and linpaired na- “tional security, Intelligence of- ficers and commission staff ~ sources have gald.- ... In response to inquiries about ‘the matter from The New York ’ Times, the C.LA, Issued an unu- ‘sual public statement on the. matter. It would not confirm that there were any tape-ré- “corded conversations but said: “On October 8, 1963 Central “Intelligence Agency headquar- ters receLved information that -a person named Lee Oswald ‘contacted the Soviet Embassy In Mexico City in late Septem- “ber. or early October, 1963. In “transmitting the information on “10 October 1963 Central Intel- ‘figence Agency headquarters ‘sald Lee Oswald was probably identical to Lee Henry (sic) “Oswald a former radar operator! in the United States Marine "Corps, born 18 October 1939 in New Orleans who defected “to the Soviet Union In 1859 ‘and who subsequently made arrangement to return to the United States with a Russian * ‘wife. Reported Taped by “.1.A. been no “consplratorial” tone to the conversations and one source called them “benipn.” Moreover, the sources sald,of the C.LA. had Information that the Cubans were suspicious of and unsympathetic to Oswald. One source sald the Cubans | regarded Oswald's behavior In ‘returning to the United States from the Soviet Union and then. asking to go back as “strange.” Asked if anything said might have “triggered” Oswald, a Castro supporter, to take “reta- lisition” against President Ken- medy,’ one source said he thought not but sald that: he . thought Oswald had been "frus- . Lee Harvey Oswald __ trated” by the Cubans. photograph of Lee Harvey Os- _ Known by F.B.L wald. Their determinations, and] The F.B.1. ‘acknowledged at the raw dala upon which they/the Warren Commisston hear- were based, along with thelings ‘that [t had recetved infor- reports of hig visit to the Soviet/mation from the C.LA. about Embassy, were made to the/Oswatld's Mexican contact with Warren and Rockefeller Com-|the Soviet Embassy on Oct. 10, missions. as were all other|1963, Former F.B.I. agents in- materials relevant to the inves-lvolved in the Investigation said ligation of President Kennedy’s|the. bursau knew that Oswald death.” seeteite ““2" 2 had been trying to return to the Three staff members of the/Soviet Union. Warren Commission were a$-| Under bureau operating pro- signed to investigate.the Mexi-|cedures at that tlme, the F.D.I, co. City trip and-other matters/foltowed up on any unexplained involving the C.LA.—William|visit by an American citizen to T. Coleman, now Secretary ofjcommimnist embassies and con- Transportation; Howard P. Wil-|culates, It would have been par- lens,- a former justiced Depart-lticularly watchful In the case of ment’ official now in privatelgswald, who had defected once. law practice, and= W. David) the hureau jargon for such Slawson, a law professor il mexntained visits was “bogies” California. ve and agents were sent to Inter- poner cat ‘based upon Federal Bureau of "Investigation reports srovided disclosures of F.B.1. and C.LA. hone interview that he ‘was “disturbed” about the posssibi- lity that United States security might be harmed by recent From F.B.I. Reports :2)° This blographical data was .to Central Intelligence Agency). _):,; following Oswid's defection to activities. But he acknowledged «the Soviet Union. bers had received information s+» "This informatton was also-/from the C.LA. on Oswald's Z.provided to the Immigration| activities in Mexico, and they and Naluralixation Service, theldid not run counter to the “Department of the Navy, the|commission’s conclusion that - United States Ambassador andiQswald, acting alone, - killed * his staff in Mexico and to the|president Kennedy and a Dallas Representative of the F.5.1. in| police officer, J. J. Tippitt. . ener ' ; the us , u . Sure Others Learned -~. “Following the assassination : “intelligence Agency records re-open: -Commission’s chief Mr, Coleman said in a tele- view the person on why he or she had been in contact with the Communists. The only rea- son this was not done in Os- wald’s case, these sources said, may have been because he was already under an F.B.L. security investigation in conneotion with pro-Castro activities. The bureau's forma] response: io these questions was to refer to the Warren Commission re- port. In the report Ht was noled that James P. Hosty Jr., special agent of the Dallas field office, atlempted lo Interview Oswald about his Cuban activities on “vealed that a person believed ‘to be Oswald was. in contact “with the Cuban Embassy on : 27 September 1963 for the pur- “pose of receiving a-transit visa ‘for use enroute to the U.S.S.R. “") "In addition a number of photographs of Individuals be- “Heved to be in contact with _the Cuban and Soviet Embas- sies in Mexico City were re counsel, had been informed of the C.LA., Mexico City data and that “at least two or three commission: members’ knew. He could not remember if the commission had ever discussed the matter in executive session. Mr. Willens and Mr.:Slawson declined to make public com- ment. «5 - om Sources famillar with the ceived from the Central Intei-jcontents of the tapes said that ligence Agency station In Mexi-/Oswald had been seeking a co an were compared with ple-jtransit visa from Cuban offi- tures of Lee Harvey Oswald by C.LA. officers in Mexico City and C.LA, headquarters and by United States authori- ties In Dallas, Texas... cialis’ and that he had been rebuffed.” One source sald that tht ecall to the Soviet Embassy had been an effort to get help in furthering his application CLT i fe es Sees Ot A Se ereees Sl Bk a oo Pt Se ee, Men
13-00000 é 24 September 1975 - MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD . Morning Meeting of 24 September 1975 “The Director was returning from St. Louis; General Walters chaired the meeting.
13-00000 Carver called attention to his memorandum of 23 September attaching a memorandum prepared for the President by Messrs. Buchen, Lynn and Kissinger on implementation of the Rockefeller Commission recommenda- tions. Noting that he had obtained this,memorandum from D/DIA, he expressed his concern that the Director was not aboard.
13-00000 rn, Berend called attention to a false story carried in the 23 September Baltimore News American alleging that working levels of the CIA were aware two months before the JFK assassination that Oswald planned to kill President Kennedy but did not report this information up the line. General Walters asked Berend to draft a statement of denial for public release.
13-00000 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 25 September 1975 25 September 1975 wae, scent eRcA PORTA 1 ESE EES BNE
13-00000 N intend w Blake reported that the Senate Select Committee s to talk to Treasury officials re possible Customs -involvement in the New Orleans mail intercept activity. rs ~. WN “ poy a ty : ira ar . \ . > - on >. 7 re Fa “\ ‘ i 8 \% ” : re . ah ~w t \ \ w \ an » L . / } b Ne Soe ‘a 7 be a 1 nN SS " N., - The Director referred to the CIA/Oswald story carried in the 23 September Baltimore News American and asked that in lieu of issuing a press release an appropriate letter to the paper be prepared (see Morning Meeting Minutes of 24 September).
13-00000 TOP SECRET SENSITIVE 26 September 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 26 September 1975 . The Director was at the White House; General Walters chaired the meeting.
13-00000 Bolten noted that the Senate Select Committee has established a subcommittee to look into the Warren Commission findings relating to information provided by the CIA/FBI. He reported that we are in a good posture to respond to requests from this subcommittee and emphasized that the record indicates that all our information was made available to the Commission.
13-00000 2 October 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD > Morning Meeting of 2 October 1975 . . The Director was attending an ICG Meeting at the White House; General Walters chaired the meeting.
13-00000 NO Bolten recalled that the Senate Select Committee has created a “subcommittee to review Warren Commission findings and noted the probable criticism that we have no record of advising the Commission ’ re any plots against Castro.
13-00000 TOP SECRET SENSITIVE 3 October 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD "Morning Meeting of 3 October 1975 The Director was attending an ICG meeting at the White House; Genesal Walters chaired the meeting.
13-00000 te NO . Thuermer relayed an inquiry from David Martin of the AP ’ \ regarding implementation of the Rockefeller Commission's ‘+ recommendations re the CIA's Inspector General and General Counsel Offices. Martin will be told that the White House is the appropriate spokesman on this matter. Bolten reported on the satisfaction expressed by our employees/former employees with the legal representation being provided for them by Justice during the current investigations.
13-00000 . 16 October 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 16 October 1975 The Director was at the White House and General Walters was out of the city; Mr. Duckett chaired the meeting. tw NN ™“ Blake advised that he will be circulating a fact sheet regarding Representative Abzug's request of the National Archives for our material related to the Warren Commission report,
13-00000 28 October 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD _ Morning Meeting of 28 October 1975 t.
13-00000 2 Ne TTA CCS EST TT eerste i nnn TT \ Warner adwised that the Judge ruled in the Fensterwald FOIA case upholding our position that some documents should be withheld on the grounds of privacy to another party. He also noted a FOIA suit against the National Archives involving some of our Nosenko material and noted that he is keeping Counsel to the President Buchen informed, The Director noted that Scott Breckinridge, bm Latimer, and Bill Hyland have each read the Senate Select Committee report on assassi- nations and that he has sent a letter to the President strongly recommending that it not be published. He asked that this be tightly held and advised that he is limiting his substantive dialogue on this topic within the Agency to — Scott Breckinridge.
13-00000 - TOP SECT TT TUNCTIVE 4 November 1975 - MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD _ Morning Meeting of 4 November 1975
13-00000 N\ _ The Director instructed Chamberlain to have Scott Breckinridge visit the Senate Select Committee staff on the Committee's Assassination Report. JOA eetereaenamee ce te ene ee ee rent eeernemne ara
13-00000 Op eee PINS 6 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 6 November 1975 The Director was attending an ICG meeting at the White House and General Walters was out of the country; Mr. Duckett chaired the meeting. X
13-00000 i Chamberlain reported on Scott Breckinridge's review of the Senate Select Committee's Assassination Report and advised that Charles Kirbow has agreed taall his recommendations to date. Warner noted that the President's letter on the Assassination Report Ny in effect says it is classified, and he will develop a think piece for review ‘later in the day saying that any unilateral congressional declassification of the Report ‘should be subject to judicial review. ae
13-00000 ll November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of ll November 1975 te Mr. Blake chaired the meeting. The Director, General Walters, and Messrs. Duckett and Proctor were having breakfast with Congress - man Milford. \ Chamberlain noted that Scott Breckinridge and Mitch Rogovin are meeting with the Senate Select Committee staff this morning re the assassi- nation report and that it is vague whether or not Bill Hyland and Tom Latimer will join this review.
13-00000 TOP SECRET SENSITIVE 12 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Meeting of 12 November 1975 \ The Director was attending a Christian Science Monitor breakfast; General Walters chaired the meeting until the DCI arrived.
13-00000 17 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD te Morning Meeting of 17 November 1975
13-00000 tt . Chamberlain reviewed names which Breckinridge and Leader report are identified in the Senate Sclect Committee assassination report, He advised that Breckinridge is forwarding to the Director options for addressing this problem and- that of the report in general. The Director noted that he has executed an affidavit and will attend Judge Gesell's hearing this morning on Sidney Gottlieb's injunction to prevent publication of his (Gottlieb's) name in the Senate Select Committee assassina- tion report.
13-00000 YOP SECRET SENSITIVE 18 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD tw Morning Meeting of 18 November 1975 \ The Director was attending a meeting of NRO ExCom principals, and General Walters was addressing the Inter- American Defense College; Mr. Duckett chaired the meeting.
13-00000 Chamberlain advised that the Inspector General's office has completed indexing material furnished the Rockefeller Commission. He explained ground rules for reviewing documents included in this material and noted that requests to do so should originate at the Deputy Director level. vot
13-00000 \ Rogovin read from Judge Gesell's, ruling on the suit filed by Sidney Gottlieb to prevent publication of his name in the Senate Select Committee's assassination report. (See
13-00000 attached article, "Judge Bars CIA 'Plot' Anonymity," in today's Washington Post.) He reported that Gottlieb's attorney is appealing the ruling this morning.
13-00000 eer ouee van ame pani mae by Timothy §. Robinson Washington Pov Siatt Werte U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard A. Gesell yesterday refused to delete the name of a former CIA official from the Senate intelligence com- mittee’s final report dealing with alleged assassination plots on forcign leaders. Gesell issued the ruling in- open court afler a dav of secret hearings on a suit filed by an anonymous former CLA official in an atlempt lo remove his name from the report or block publication of tke report. scheduled-to be released laler this week. The official, who acts (hal are abhorrent to our sociely...dand) who saught to kill foreign leaders,’’ is reported to be in fear of assassination himself if his name is publicly Ued to various plots investigated by the comanitles, Atthouth Gesell aerecd that the ex-ChA man's life routd be In danger if his naree is published in the report. he said the “public inferest preaily outweighs any private interes” of ibe plaintiff, informed sources identified the plaintiff in the suil as Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, fermer CIA divecior of techies) services who has testified in closed sessions befare the Senate conupitlee, Goillich, wha has heen granted immunity from prosecition, has been linked in pedlic reports wilh the alleged destruction — of enlg onheut  cen- PCiA prossaris aad td piel fey slap peisen ste be used ine CLA- Aiaentes Terry PL Lenener, Thomas H Truitl ead Ceraid T. sucklinewhe have represented Gotilich — ite voviows getions--refiurecd te tiisciasy: the ident teaiatiad inthe suit inow Siied befnre Geseil, Via ca was fii.i wteeelly he eked Was Gree sell, scheduled, a closed vibe was: described by a Senate com-" mittee altorney as “a public” official that porticipated in af the: WASHINGTON POST hearing veslerday morning at the request of the plaintiils allerneys. For more than two hours, sheets ef black plastic covered the windows of a locked courtroom door as various witnesses festified about the leged assassinalion plots with which the plaintilf was reportedly connected and about the reported threats on the plaintiff's life. At least one ctirrect high- ranking CIA official was reported to be among the witnesses, The Senate committee also provided a copy of ifs planned report fo Gesell. who later described it in open court as a “report in narrative form and in great detail, telling of a ntiiaber of alleged assassination plots.” Gesell opened his courtroom at 2:5 p.m. yesterday for an haur of arguments by al- fernevs aver Lhe legal issues involved in dhe case Much of that argument centered around the rights of Congress to publish Iegislative material unfettered by the eeiris and the plaintiif's possibin rigut of privacy that iniehl Le invaded by the public Sinking of his assussinalion viols. name le In refusing te block publication of the report, or to order the plaintiff's name deleted, Gesell noted that the Senate commillee had voluniarily deleted the names of 29 of the 32 current and former CIA employees named inthefinalreport. = - However, he said he had no right to interfere with the commulice’s decision to name the plaintiff, whom he described as a “central figure inthe report.” Gesell said he felt specifically that he had no power, to block the publication af 309 uncensored Senain CIA committee reports that are first expected to he made available to senators and their statis. As for the publicly distributed documents sehedtded to ho released fater, Gesell said. the court must balance the individual's alien?! crighl ta privacy apiaine! the public's righ? to be fidly eormed by Cong: ess on ao matter of such ‘'major public evoucerns’’ as the wleged CIA assassination plots. , Judge Bars CIA ‘Plot’ Anonymity ' ] 1e@ Noy 7075 a wwwe
13-00000 19 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Morning Mcetjng of 19 November 1975
13-00000 The Director noted that he has written to Chairman Stennis and Chairman McClicllan expressing his concern over release of the Senate Select Committec's assassination report. He indicated that he will probably hold a press conference*today on this subject.
13-00000 20 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD "Morning Meeting of 20 November 1975 tw ’ The Director noted the dispatch of several letters to the Senate opposing publication of the Senate Select Committee report on assassina- \ tion plotting and advised that the President is writing a few Senators on this topic this morning.
13-00000 a Thuermer noted that Senator Church is scheduled to give a news \ conference today at 1430 on the outcome of the Senate's deliberations re the release of the Senate Select Committee's report on assassination _ plotting.
13-00000 TOP Sranrt ccomerive 21 November 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD "Morning Meeting of 21 November 1975 ¥ . The Director was attending an ICG meeting at the White House; General Walters chaired the meeting.
13-00000 \ McMahon reported that all 12 individuals whose identities were kept by the Senate Select Committee in its assassination report have been contacted re security assistance. ~ Cary indicated that in view of the release of the assassination report, the Director should probably write the Senate Rules Committee expressing his concern that other classified information in Senate hands be given adequate protection. Evans highlighted the current exchange between the Review Staff and the House Select Committee staff on re- trieval of materials provided which envisions our storing same for them at the Records Center in Warrenton. He recommended that a similar dialogue commence with the Senate Select Committee. In response to General Walters’ observation, Elder will review and consult the DCI.