157-10008-10259 vo] AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : ttn Deas ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : . DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : NW 47129 Docld:32203767 Page 1 FBI _ COUNTERINTELLINGENCE PROGRAM _ PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT - 09/09/1994 . JFK Assassination: System Date: '2/23/201 Identification | orm Agency Inform. tion SSCIA 157-10008-10259 MEMORANDUM 62-116395 Document Info mation COINTELPRO 07/18/1975 5 ‘COINTELPRO FBI MATERIAL Unclassified Redact
SECRET Mpg. ° orncs*or THe-simecTon UNITED STATES DE °ARTMENT OF JUSTICE ify | JO28 7 FEDERAL BUREAI OF INVESTIGATION Se WASHING’ ON, D.C. 20535 62- 116395 July 18, 1975 UNITED STATES SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTE).LIGENCE ACTIVITIES RE: DOCUMENTS PEF TAINING TO THE "HUSTON PLAN,' COINTELPRO, AND &-17-44 OTHER PRACTIC:?S AND PROGRAMS —_ ; | "WFORMATION CORT. banasemad by SE’ comet PRo Bee tg PEPLASSIFIER Daclecsity ow OAcR (. FK) EpT WHERE SHOWE-% JTHERWISE, aes Reference is made .o memorandum from captioned Committee dated May 14, 1975, aid the appendices thereto, which contained requests for information from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Item 17, Part I, Appendix C, requested the Committee be provided all memor:inda and other materials pertaining to the origin and implementation oi all Cointelpro Programs including, but not limited to, the seven progr ims set out in the airtel from the FBI Director to SAC, Albany, dated April 28, 1971, entitled "Counter- intelligence Programs (Cointelpro: ), Internal Security - Racial Matters, "' Bae wens a Enclosed are 23 doc iments which could be considered as originating or implementing doc iments for Cointelpros, These con- sist of nine Headquarters memorar da and 14 communications to field offices, Eleven of these document: are classified "Secret," Ten af the documents (three memoranda aid seven communications to field offices) have previously been public ized through Freedom of Informa- - tion Act actions, although the publi:ized documents contained excisions which have not been made in the attached documents. me) REVIEWED BY FBIJFK TASK FORCE he = as ~ ot on 2/26 e. SECRET JUL 28 3 7 RRS at eer omeE AER Cl. RELEASE IN FULL Classitied by Bag3 FBI ELEASE IN PA Exempt from GD'E Category Number 3 TAL DENIAL RT Date of Deslasdif Nation indefinite _.. .NATIONAL SECURT’Y INFORMATION ; Unauthorized Disclosure Bubject to Crim nal Sanctiong | time SU eee ort ue 2 ee
SECRET Documents Pertaining to the "H. ston Plan," Cointelpro, and Other Practices and Programs These documents may be described as follows: L CPUSA PROGRAM, 1, Memorandum from Mr. A, H. Belmont to Mr. L. Ve Boardman, dated 8/28/56, captione! "Communist Party, USA - Counterintel- ligence Program," clas sified "Secret." (While the first two - paragraphs of the above memorandum indicate prior action had been taken to foster factionalism, discredit leaders and cause confusion within the Cor imunist Party, we are unable to locate any information in our f iles indicating that these were anything 6 other than disruptive ac ‘tons, believed to have been conducted on a very limited scale in conjunction with our continuing investiga~ tion of the Communist Part » and were not implemented under any formalized ‘Cointelp 06 2. Memorandum from Mr. 4, H, Belmont to Mr. L. V. Boardman, dated 9/5/56, captioned "CP, USA, Counterintelligence Program, " classified "Secret, " 3, Letter to SAC, New Yorl, dated 9/6/56, captioned "Communist Party, USA - Counterim elligence Program, " classified "Secret, " I SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY PROGRAM, 4. Letter to SAC, New Yor; dated 10/12/61, captioned "Socialist Workers Party, Disrupt ion Program," ’ * I. DISRUPTION OF HATE GRO JPS PROG Se Memorandum from Mr. 7, J, Baumgardner to Mr. W. C, Sullivan rent, ot captioned "CounterinteHigence Pro- gtam, Disruption of H > Groups, " classified "Secret." 6. Letter to SAC, Atlanta, «ated 9/2/64, captioned "Counter — intelligence Program, D aed g/2/6 Hate Groups, " IV. BLACK NATIONALIST - HAIE GROUPS PROGRAM, 7. Letter to SAC, Albany dated 8/25/67, captioned "Counter- intelligence Program, "Bl ack Nat - Hate Groups," ~2 = JUL 25 1975
SECT ET Documents Pertaining to the "Hus ton Plan, " Cointelpro, and Other Practices ind Programs. 8. Memorandum from Mr. G. C. Moore to Mr. W. C. Sullivan, dated 2/29/68, captioned ''Counterintelligence Program, Black Nationalist - Hate Groups." 9. Airtel to SAC, Albany, da-ed 3/4/68, captioned "Counter- intelligence Program, Bleck Nationalist - Hate Groups." V. DISRUPTION OF NEW LEFT }'ROGRAM. 10. Memorandum from Mr. C D. Brennan to Mr. W. C. Sullivan, dated 5/9/68, captioned ' -ounterintelligence Program, . Disruption of the New Left." 11. Letter to SAC, Albany, dated 5/10/68, captioned "Counter- intelligence Program, Disruption of the New Left." v1 ic) 12. Memorandum from Mr. F. J. Baumgardner to Mr. W. C. \@ Sulli dated 7/14 ned "Counterintelligence Program FRE - 13. Airtel to SACs, New York, Chicago, and Wash mn Fi classified "Secret. " . Vil. COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ANI) SPECIAL OPERATIONS. 14. Letter to SAC, San Franciico, dated 4/2/69, captioned "Counter- intelligence and Special Operations. " 15. Letter to SAC, San Francisco, dated 5/11/70, captioned "*Counterintelligence and $)ecial Operaonei " Ch i ondiony L i iP oo. JUL 25 1915 iT ee FBI
SECRET Documents Pertaining to the "Hv ston Plan, " Cointelpro, and Other Practices and Programs (It is noted the above can iot be strictly defined as a Cointelpro- type program. The file \/as maintained for control purposes for use in-encouraging a /ariety. of intelligence and counter- intelligence activities pri marily directed against foreign or _ foreign- influenced elements. ’ The above two communications are indicative of operatioas considered in this file of a domestic character. ) Oo _ VIL MEXICAN PROGRAM (BORDER COVERAGE). +16. Letter to SAC, San Diego dated 1/9/61, captioned "*Counter- intelligence - Border Cov erage Program, " classified "Secret." FB\.
Po. c SECRET Documents Pertaining to the "Eh.ston Plan, * Cointelpro, and Other Practices and Programs XL GROUPS SEEKING INDEPENDENCE FOR PUERTO RICO PROGRAM. 21, Letter to SAC, San Ju:n, dated 9/13/60, captioned "Groups Seeking Independence for Puerto Rico (Counterintelligence Program), "' classified "Secret, " XIL HOODWINK PROGRAM. 22. Memorandum from Mr. F, J. Baumgardner to Mr. W, C, Sullivan, dated 10/4/6ti, captioned "Hoodwink, "' 23, Letter to SAC, New Ycrk, dated 10/5/66, captioned 'Hoodwink, " Administrative in‘ormation has been excised from the above documents, Also, in thre: instances, references to sources have 1 been exc A sentence emorandum dated 1/14/64 been excised \C_ _ to delete reterence to a sensitive counterintelligence operation with foreign ramifications, In the ev ont the Committee desires, an oral briefing will be provided regarding the information excised, Enclosures (23) RECE” meee TT JUL 25 1975 ae