124-10326-10098 cman enh Snes v9.1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : tt Document Information ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE : DATE: ‘PAGES: SUBJECTS: | BUREAU SOURCE 100 (ANGLETON) ‘DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : JFK Assassination System Identification Form Agency Information FBI 124-10326-10098 HQ 62-99724-] FBI KEAY BELMONT 06/10/1953 3 PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Secret 1B Redact 08/17/1998 APPROVAL OF CIA WW 50353 Bocldad:32313170 Page 1 Date: 4/9/2015 ———— A hhh sneer
Office Memorandum + oxxrep states GOVERNMENT : FADE bia BS 2 ae DATE: June 10, 1953 oY Ber S | ba @ * bod O CeimOn ee ©g8 INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. _— + SUBJECT: INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM JAMES “ANGLETON Tesey Tincroed . Tele. Room. - SYNOPSIS; Hellones — . Mi oP Gang ~ James Angleton, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of. teyal, ts in charge of [the Special v" [Berti pas located in the Foreign (s Intelligence division of CIA. ] During past year he has been very cooperative and has volunteered voluminous information of interes to Bureau. At the present time he more or less falls in category / of Confidential Informant. In order to handle his material ina m™ efficient and secure manner, tt is being recommended that a control file be created. Section Chiefs are also being alerted regarding the handling of information received from Angleton RX) i] “ee —/ RECOMMENDATIONS s aa i. It ts recommended that the attached memorandum be ' disseminated to all Section Chiefs of the Domestic Intelligence Division, which sets forth instructions concerning the handling of information transmitted to the Bureau by Angleton. GIA HAT Ee ng a Rect: ore ry T-oab 9 ect os > . eo WHIP Ch Ph VS bOE fe ion Ge OG wa OS Cpae bevuivu PN au i THIS OC: ew Rep “Banclew 2. It is CER) amended that @ sepgrate control file of 3 % created which will contain a copy of each| "SP" /memorandum which ud) Angleton furnishes the Bureau. Such copies will be maintained the file in numerical order and it will not be necessary to index the names. It is suggested that this ite be entitled, "Central. Intelligence Agency - James Angleton." bs (*, | Abel TROBE TIO corr ar ver - EXCEPY Wille ME OWN DETAILS: James Angleton, a CIA official, vs in charge of a section al eterrgs to as[Special eas peer © 7438 18% eign YW) x. nO \SyPsia avy JUn 12 1988 1 = Mr. ued ier G JUN 23 1953 Oyo - Mr. Wannall aL san i netiiletecaamaalantes pam Say WW 50353 Boclad:32313170 Page 2
Intelligence @ivision. Angleton handles special cases of a various ¢ Central Intelligence Agency Information Received from James Angleton nature and he is usually given considerable freedom and leeway in directing the operations of his unit. In general, he ts responsible only to the Director of CIAe e@ has numerous foreign sources channels for developing infor ton. The primary source is the . commercial cover. SjIn addition to this, he is in contact with ora aitostcaity makes availa reports which ‘AGS received fro representatives roughout the world. ese representatives) are @ssociated with the Free Trade Union Committee, which is sub- Sidized by the CIA. Angleton also has independent sources in the intelligence services of France, Italy, Greece, and Great Britain. On occasion he utilizes sources in the Vatican. Some of the men under his control are on various foretgn assignments in Europe and are responsible only to him. Most of them are traveling under. During the past several months Angleton has been very cooperative with the Bureau. He has volunteered voluminous infore mation of interest to the Bureau and he kas followed Bureau leads tin an effective manner. Much of the information which Angleton has furnished appears in the raw form, that is, it consists of the actual reports received from Angleton's sources. This has been of advantage because the Bureau has been in a position to better evaluate the information instead of waiting for the delay and processing through normal channels in the CIA. In addition to information regarding security matters furnished by Angleton, he has also been of valuable assistance by keeping the Liaison Agent apprised of administrative changes and reorganization within the CIA. Angleton is thoroughly \ informed regarding the foreign intelligence activities of his agency and he frequently clarifies matters which the CIA_sometimes camouflages with some of its cloak and dagger techniques. }¥% u) For your information, Angleton was instructed by General. Walter Bedell Smith, while he was still Director of the CTA, [to u} cooperate fully with the Liaison Agent and was told that he, Angleton, could disseminate any information he saw fit. | This policy has continued under Allen Dulles. S . Since the volume of information received from Angleton U has tnereased the Liaison Agent has endeavored to encourage Angleton to establish some uniformity in the dissemination of information to HW 50953 DBocld:323135170 Page 3
—— i Central Intelligence Agency, nformatton Received from James Angleton the Bureau, particular with regard to that information which he recetves fron | Angleton is now furnishing th taison Agent blank memoranda which are dated, captioned, and which carry a control number; for example, "Sp=-1." This number will serve as a ready reference when some question comes up within the Bureau or the CIA. The Liaison Agent will make an appropriate notation on each memorandum indicating that the documents emanate from Angleton. It is believed advisable to set up a control file containing a copy of each document furnished by Angleton. fhis can be done in a manner similar to the arrangement effected in handling reports received fronf_|(S) In view of the above, ‘Angleton more or less falls into the category of a Confidential Informant. He furnishes information I of a sensitive nature and tt is, therefore, believed that when disseminating his data, he should be protected as a source. Up to date Supervisors have been handling this information in a secure manner; however, Since the volume of data received from Angléton has increased, it is believed desirable to alert all Section Chiefs regarding the handling of information received from Angleton. (Ru) Memo to Mr. Belmont Ree Eat Bead ¥: emg we : tig tS oe to a HW 50953 Docld:32313170 Page 4 to, see ee