10d-10059-10218 - the afternoon of 6 February and the morning of 7 February to ‘in locating documentation which supported the creation of the Special © TAB C DIRECTOR 25628, 4 August 1967 -- book message originated 7 February 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD a at A eee SUBJECT:: “Requeste-fiom’ Mr, ‘Ober. for Basic “Documentation Circa Mid-1967 ls. Subsequent to his second appearance before the Rockefeller.” : Commission on 3 February 1975, Mr. Ober returned to Headquarters a continue his review of the files he had developed while Chief, “CI/so. . At the request of the Commission, he was particularly interested Counterintelligence Operation. 2. He had previously taken note of the 15 August 1967 ts, oa 7 : . memorandim from the DDP to C/CI but was interested in determining ns ae whether there was any other documentation that ‘could be used. In 7 oe this context I showed him the following list of documents which r had unearthed in: various and sundry places: — TAB A 4 August 1967 memorandum from Mr. Fred Virison, Ir, oo Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, - oo - Department of Justice to the Director of Central Intelligence TAB B The Director's response to TAB A in WH Division in response to TAB AD TAB D WH/COG 67-259, 10 August 1967 -- Memorandum from =. |} Mr. Broe, C/WH Division, to Mr. Houston, General : a Counsel, detailing actions taken to respond to the 4 August letter of Mr. Vinson (TAB A) E2 IMPDET » CL BY 014848 _SEGREF—— _ SOF sy
14-00000 TAB E TAB F ‘TABG ‘TAB H TAB I ' TAB I~ TAB K TAB L TAB M @ _SECRET ea |. "SENSITIVE ae Relay of DIRECTOR 25628, 9 August 1967, to[___ D Bs a DIRECTOR 26741, 10 ‘August 1967, sending essentially * the same message as DIRECTOR 25628 to additional : European stations, specifically Fn em cg Mt AER ITS SSAA HEE wp nate RANEY oH REL OR eM RENO ‘DIRECTOR 27069, 11 ‘August 1967, ‘tol Jo “DIRECTOR 32283, 31 1 August 1967, bearing ¢ on os a : oe DIRECTOR 26741.(TAB F) . cae cake 28 September 1967 memorandum from a ‘Walter r Yeagley -to Mr. Lawrence Houston | oo a _ asking for cabled replies to” DIRECTOR 2 a 21 September 1967 memorandum from J. “Walter Yeagley, ee oo = = a | Assistant Attorney General, Internal Security Division, (09. Department of Justice, to Mr, Lawrence Houston, General a ~ wee Counsel, CIA 22 September 1967 memorandum from the > General Counsel _ es to the Director of Current Intelligence, Subject "Stokely - Carmichael" 28 September 1967 memorandum from 5. Walter * Yeagley to Mr. Houston 7 3 October 1967 memorandum from Mr. Houston to” Mr, Yeagley TABs I through M were located i in a file held by the Office of General | Counsel entitled "Stokely Carmichael", The original letter to Mr. Helms (TAB A) and his reply (TAB B) were located in a file held by C/WH Division, as was a copy of the memorandum from Mr. Broe to Mr, Houston (TAB D), The cables (TABs C, E, F, G and H) were located in DDO/OPS/ITG RYBAT (UHALPHA /{(HPASHA chronos. SENSITIVE SECRET
1 frooeee | SECRET  @- o SENSITIVE | ® 3. In the OGC file (Subject: Stokely Carmichael), there 3 isa series of memoranda from the DDI to Mr. Houston which is- obviously e in reply to the Department of Justice requests for information on .-.- | ' Stokely Carmichael and his travels to Europe and Africa in the fall © , of 1967. Mr. Houston obviously served as the point ¢ of relay for these wn - ote memoranda. t to the Department « of Justice. ce wot. 4, Mr. “‘Ober's second request was s to try t to s locate oe documentation from either the President or the White House to the” Director in mid-to-late October 1967 wherein the President asked. ° ae the Director to prepare a study on "International Connections \ with the : oo eo. United States Peace Movement". ee co Be iN 31 October 1967 memorandum for the record wees. eo _ by Mr. Ober details a meeting held by C/CI Staff wherein C/CI states 7 * that the President has directed such a study be made and indicates. that the CI Staff will be the DDP unit responsible for providing DDP | information to the DDI which will be charged with writing the study. oo i 6. A ‘1 November 1967 memorandum for the record written | by Mr. Ober details the first meeting between the DDI and the DDP - 7 on the subject of this study. Mr, Ober represented the DDP while _ Mr. Godfrey (Director of OCI), Mr. Lehman and Mr. Peter Dixon Davis represented the DDI. Mr. Davis was designated by 1 the Director, OCl . sont to draft the study.» . : a . 7. A third memorandum for the record prepared by ste Opes oo on 1 November 1967 entitled "Progress Report" details action which —.. he had taken at the request of Mr. Angleton to set in motion the . ' necessary actions to collect information not only from DDP overseas stations but from other government agencies which would be necessary — -in order forthe DDI to properly prepare this study. 8, DIRECTOR 49260, dated 2 November 1967, sent from. the | Assistant DDP, Mr. Cord Meyer, slugged RYBAT MHPASHA, levied the requirement on all field stations to produce information which — could contribute to this study. SENSITIVE SECRET
14-00000 ew SECRET  §- @— sts SENSITIVE . 7 or the White House in C1I/SO records and finally contacted Mr. Dixon Davis in OCI, He stated that the DDI has also searched its records — looking for a memorandum from the White House requesting.a study but had been unable to locate one. He did, however, have a copy of . a ‘two’memoranda;- apparently prepared‘as cover-sheets-to transmit”: pee ee .the finished study'to the President on 15 November 1967.. “Xerox © ae copies of these two memoranda are attached as TABs N and oO. 10. Mr. Ober was specifically desireous of taking copies of oo TABs N and O with him to use in his next appearance before the . Rockefeller Commission. He recognized that, under the current 7 ground rules, he had to clear this with Mr. Knoche.  Iarranged for vo Mr. Knoche to call Mr. Ober. Asa result of a series of conversations -.  -..,} between Mr. Knoche and Mr. Ober, Mr. White and Mr. Knoche and © °° - myself and Mr. Knoche, Mr. Knoche authorized Mr. Ober to take copies of TABs N and O as reference material. If asked, Mr. Ober could show these tq the Rockefeller Commission but he was not authorized to leave these papers with the Commission. He wastold. __- to advise the Commission that, if they wanted copies, they would aE have to request same through Mr, Knoche. a i i 9. Iwas unable to locate any document from the President | _ ue al | | | | 11. At the regquést of Mr. Knoche, I am making available a copy of this memorandum to the Inspector General, specifically TABs N — and O which Mr. Knoche felt had r not previously. been made available to that office. . (Redes D wn, Ja. Deputy Chief, East Asia Civision Attachments Distribution: 1- IG, w/atts 1 - Mr. Knoche, w/atts 1 - DC/OPS, w/atts 1 - ADDO, w/atts 1- DCEA, w/atts 4 SENSITIVE SECRET