404-10104-40145 NOTE: The following materials relate to preparation of the psychological assessment of Daniel Elisberg.
NOTE: The first page of this affidavit was missing from Tab C, Volume I, Documentation Supplied by CIA 1 June 1973..-
14-00000 a2 | effort was prepared by Dr. AB _ STATE OF VIRGINIA) )ss. COUNTY OF FAIRFAX) AFFIDAVIT 1, MA” — being first duly sworn, depose and say: i. i was born on 2 September 1928, vas graduated from Lambuth College, Jackson, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, and have been employed by the Centrel Intelligence _Agency since Novenber 1958. I have been in the Psychiatric Staff of the Office of Medical Services of the Agency since that time. 2. In the summer of 1971 the Medical Office was approached by the Director of Security concerning the preparation of a psychiatric ' study on Daniel Ellsberg, who had been accused of leaking the Pentagon papers. To the best of ny recollection, it was my understanding from the Director of Medical Services that-the DCI wes knowledgeable and had approved the Director of Security's visit and the request tliat was being made of the Medical Office. There was‘ general reservation and concern expressed about such an effort involving as it did potentially ” ' + eontroversial and highly speculative efforts... It was felt that such activity, involving as this did an American citizen, might be outside of the Agency's purview. It was recognized that such efforts, waile desirable in some quarters, could be misunderstood, misinterpreted, and mistakenly considered to have been derived from the doctor-patient therapeutic relationship which was in fact far from the case. An initial _ under the direction. of nyself based upon a review of magazine and newspaper articles containing biographical data about Ellsberg, as well as some FBI documents consisting of interview reports by informants about Hllsberg. ~-GIAHISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM
14-00000 3- On 12 August 1971, on instructions from the Director of Medical Services, the writer met with Mr. David Young, Room 16, Executive Orfice Building, to discuss the matter of a psychiatric 1 write-vp on the case of Daniel Ellsberg. Mr. Young, at the time the appointment was mede , had stated that there was more information which he wished to discuss. The meeting lasted for approximately an hour and Mr. Young was joined by a Mr. Linney (orobably Liddy), who seemed to be an assistant. Mr. Young stated that the Elisberg study had the highest priority and had deen requested by Mr. Bhrlichman and Dr. Kissinger. Mr. Young also stated that the President had been informed of this study. “He stated that it vas a multi-faceted approach and the psychiatric report would be only one facet. He stated that he understood that the Agency was uneasy about undertel ting such a study and assured me that there had been no Gelineation as to how information derived from the study yould. be utilized, end if there were : any. utilization that great care would be. given to make it nonattributable to ‘the Agency. Mr. Young was interéstea in knowing | what kind of data would be needed in “order tO provide further study of the sort. done “on 1 Fidel Cast tro." Leter on Mr. Howard Hunt joined the group’. Mr. Hunt recognized me, being a former Agency employee, and we greeted cordially. Mr. Hunt amplified on Mr. Young's comments ‘and stated it was his wish to “ory Dr. Elisberg in public." Other coments were made by Mr. Hunt or “Mir. Linney" to the effect that the ain woula be to render Dr. Ellsberg ineffective or to mele hin the object of pity as a broken man. Mr. Hunt stated that he wished to see data of the sort that "Psychiatrists found out about Barry Goldwater in 1964," and he expressed interest in being able to refer in a knowledgeable way to Dr. Ellsberg' s oedipal conflicts or castration Tears and other similar points. . , 4. It seemed fron Mr. Young and. "Mr. Tinney" that there was ” considerable concern that Dr. Ellsberg had a great deal more sensitive information which it was feared he would from time to tine periodically expose. "Mr. Linney" stated that Dr. Ellsberg thought of himself as "having the white hat and the President as having the black hat.”