AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10271-10009 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER: 62-116395-189 AGENCY INFORMATION DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HQ ‘TO: AG TITLE: DATE: 05/20/1975 PAGES: 49 SUBJECT: CC DOCUMENT TYPE: . PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION: Secret REVIEW DATE: 11/06/1998 ‘STATUS _ Redact RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) ~ JFK Act 6 (1)(C) COMMENTS: | INC MEMO, RPT, LET, LHM, NOTE Docld: 327198665 Page 1 NEW CLASSIFICATION: UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001
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[ Released under the John | DATE: 11-14-2017 - . : , , ee \? F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hotes. . A NTEPNAL SECURITY PRecrayt JULY 1, 1960, THROUGH JUNE 30, 1061 a ST PREPARED BY THE INTERDEPARTHENTAL INTELLIGENCE CONFERENCE JULY 25 ; 1961 Docld:32198668 Page 3
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 19597 (44. Usc 2107 Hote;y. DATE: 11-J4-2017 » PgP. SECRET STATUS OF U.S. INTERNAL SECURITY PROGRAMS BACKGROUND OF DIPERDEPARTNSNTAL WNTBLLIS2 C3 Cons SRENCE (LIC) The IIC was established on June 26, 1939, bya . Presidential Directive which cnarged the Directors of the. Federal Bureau of Investisation, tne Military Intelliaence Division of the Har Department, and the Office of Naval Int elligence of the aavy Devartment with functioning as a commictee to coordinate the investigation of ali espionace, counterespionace, and sabotaqe matters. Subseauent circctives were issued, the latest on July 24, 1950, providing that the PBI should take charae of investicative vork in matters relating to espionage, sabotace, and. subversive. activities. , ° On duiy 18, 1949, the Nationai Security Council ‘granted a charter ie the IIC authorizing and directing the JIC to effect the coordination of all investication or ~ domestic espionace, countercspionace, sabotace and subversicn, and other related antellicence matvers aifecting internal  - security. The Tit membersnip was retained intact with the addition of the Director of Special investicatiens of the Department of tne Air Force, which department nad been created since the issuance of the original Presidential: Directive. The TIC has functioned under this charter as an internal security’ adviser to the National Security Council concerning maticrs . within its fieid of responsibility. a In order to clarify the resn onsibilities. of each - of the ate members, an Agreement delimiting these has boen entered into by the members. fnis has been ane nded. fron tine to tina bane all to take changing circumstances into acccunt. The Acreement ae provides for the free exchange among the members of ail. information of mutual interest. ths FBI is responsible for the 7 investigation of ail espionade, counteresnionage, subversion, | and sabotage anvolving civilians and foreiqn nationals in. Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the entire. United. States. with the exception ot certain areas of Alaska which are. | an specifically assianed to the Naval and Air Force’ mompers. Each of the military members is responsible for the investigation of -~-1l1- Docld: 32198668 Page 4
Released under the John-F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC Fi0T Hotey- DATE: 11-14-2017 . UE rite treeineernies TOP SECRET . i to other potentially dangercus persons located in civilian areas within the investigative responsibility of the milita ry services. As an example, the « Air Force has a program under which background investigations are conducted en all Air Force nilitary personnel on active duty and applicants for enlistment or appointment who ~ are.either aliens or U.S. citizens with connections in ~ communist~controlied countries, To date ainost all such active duty Air Force military p personnel have been identified and vo investigated under*this Program. | During the vast year this. 4 program has been extended t5 include Cuba as one of the- 7 communist-controlied COUNTYICS.» . i Consideration is being given to expanding this program to include res erves who are nat on active duty and the Air National Guard. individuals in the Air National Guard and those reserves who have mobilisation: asslanments and are considered as ready reservists would be- investigated under this program, . Office of Special Investiaations-FBI joint counter intellige nee coverace or Strategic Air Covmand mis Sile and manned combat elenents now includes 68 Strat eaqic Air Command bases and 2 Massiie sates, This ceverace includes Patrick Air Force Base and the Air Force Missiie Test Center at . Cape Canaveral, Florida, Coverage of new installations is initiated severai months vrier to the time the installation is ‘scheduled to becone operaticnad. : STAN anit gel Rare area TICE meme ERTIES ry services have cial briefing of essure. through threats S . As a further exaniple , the. m parallel programs which also includ personnel who may o@ subject Ts nos of harm to reiatives in communist. cc ~ i. De 5 A. Number _o of Officials in the United 1 States There are in this. country fi ,605| Soviet and sate e11itel 5] diplomatic and official personnel, Clu ing their dependents. Of this.total (65.4) are officials and dipionats and (95. are ($'] 4 P SECRET Srp menage prtrmenmay eer ere aE yg —— Docld: 327198665 Page 5
“Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC JI0T Hote). DATE: 11-14-2017 a er , . ” sateae oe . . - _ Be © bp spore epee ee ny ettins erent: eee Nee eS vie oa RA TN RARER SETA PREVA ORI HE i. dependents. Of the total unber, 849 Jot the individuals are (8) Soviet officials, diplomats, and d@réndents. Soviet daplonatic and official pers onnel alone total [366 -) Cs_j It should be noted that the total nunber of such personnel and their dependents has increased yearly since 1951. In that year there were 051 \Soviet bicc officials, diplomats, Cso and dependents in this cOuntry. The figure offi, 605 \repre es088 C59 . an increase of (250 Jsince July 1, 1960.C5$ fete vee meee tener nen rr te [Beh awed eater te oA ee AIS eS) |, The FBI has continued its special proaram of intensified coverage of Sovie&_bloc officials in this COUNtrY , and since i9$1 ; has identified(593\scviet bios officials as either being or r CS highly suspvectéd or being engaged in intelligence activit the[{ 654 ofsics 1s statisned in the United States on June TO > a tota! 38\were either known to be or hichly suspected of fS bein onda Gd in 1 intellicerc operations, Tnese(138lare conprised(¢] -of(72\Soviet cfficiais ani [66 satellite officials, “this eee numbér of individuals enaaqed in such activity points uv the .... dntense Soviet dice effert directed aaainst the United State's ~ and represents over (twenty-one) per cent of all Soviet poe CS) officials in the United. States, Be Soviet Bloc Tntellicenc ee Taraets : ‘Soviet bioc inte ‘seientific, political, ¢cac: ie i. igence targets include military, classified and un classified aq THA omic, and technical da ta, both Sovact bisc intelidagence personnel . ¢ o a . have bee gressive in their widespread intoliiaeace collection -activitics, They have nov: hesitated to attenpt tc. develoo and subvert U.S. citizens. fhe effort ef the Soviet bree intelliconce i services is coordinated and guided by the Soviet The satellite intelligence services have: been deveioned according £0 the | ~ ; Soviet pattern, their key perssnnel have been selected and trained b by the Soviets, and the Soviets have access to ail data Obtained i by the satellites 4 C. Public Source Data Soviet bloc intelligence agents have taken full .. advantage of public sources or infermation, both in Government ~*~ and industry. information has heen ccilected throeuqh the purchase of readily availiable pubsications, beth from Gevernnent and private industry, and by attendance at scientific and SPE os SHAT ELT eaten SBP - technical conventions, conferences , and exhibits which are : * .. frequently conducted by industry in this country. As an cxample ‘ . i - } ~ 4 TOP SECRET nn . -—_ - oe - Eas : wee He - Docld: 327198665 Page 6
. Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act DATE: ‘ detailed tour of the Department of Health, New York Citys “gamples of the forms used for the registration of births, deat HS» - He was then instructed to obtain maps of tweive other U.S. cities. Soviets. For example » Guring (February, 1951,\ he instructed CS] ad 11-14-2017 a) TOP SECRET » ‘ Fen ee eeree ea ena Mere merece MBA RNN ar ANAS a male and female who were born in the United States between 1930 and 1935 and had since left the United States and had not returned, It is obvious that the Soviet’ was attempting "£0 establish suitable Identification and backaround: data to faciiiiate the entry and operation of Soviet illegal agents sent to the United States, A Soviet Counselor at the United Nations took a s08 00 Arwen ein MUNRO EE Ls etre ied ee a Re in October, 1950. He evidenced extreme interest in the nandling of birth, death, aad morrdege, contivicates by Hew York City authorities. During the tour, he was interested in cbtaining : and marriages. This is another case of an attempt to secur documents witich can be used to establish identification for. individuals sent to the United States as iliegal agents, F. Miscellaneous Operatic ms __A Sovict (Assistant } Vaval Attaché}has used a source C6]. or the FKL to conduct numerous espionade assiaqnments tor tne he source to obtain Pooks on Tne subject offoceanogra phy) bye CS U.S. geological su reet yn maps: of fifteen U.S. Stties., tne janes turned over the requeste d manslatter the mans had heen cleared oS 3), appropriate Government agencies /for transmittal to the Soviets. Also [in February}, papezechosiovakian Bmbassy official CS] instructed a source of the. to obtain telephone directories of the Defense pepartment, the United States Information Agency t aw and the International Cooveraticn Aaministration, To Partie it efforts to penetrate the United States Government, the (Czech C<) official also suggested that the source seek employment with. ~ the State Department and USEA. A Soviet Attache during March, 1961, recuested that | another source of the FBI obtain a report of the Iicuse Appropriations Committee , U.S. Congress, which deait with the appropriaticn of money for the inspection of U.S. imbassles | throughcut. the world to detect Wire tapping and concealed microphones. Again in March, 1961, an employee of the Sovict Bnbassy was in contact with another FBI source. He offered the source five hundred dollars iy the source would obtain two classificd U.S. Army manuals for ham. = Docld:32196668 Page 7 of 1992 (44 USC F107 Hatey.
[Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection.Act of 1992 (44 Use Di0T Hotey- DATE: 11-14-2017 , » 8 os . ¢ , ad af P, SECRET > ‘Ge Reconnaissance Trips/ In addition to the attempted use of U.S. citizens as sources of information and as agents, Soviet bloc personnel have traveled extensively throughout the U.S. Asian iliustration, in/March, 1961,\ two Soviet t(issistant Air Attaches jmade af $ reconnaissance throuch the States of Texas, New Mexico, colorado, Utah, and Arizona. suring this trip, tne exhibited interest - dn the(Atomic Energy Commission office atjGrand Junction, CS ~s, Coloradd, and in various Aix Force bases in Colorado. they were 3. observed(taking motion picttires fromja site on lranklin } fountainCs’) overlooking El Paso, Texas. : From this point, they were able to observe the El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico, area which contains a portion of Fort Bliss and Big ggs Air Torce Base, In addition to malcing trips themselves, Soviet bloc officials have requested sources of the FBI to make such seer On{Harch 23, 1961) an official of the Soviet Embassy requested CS) ‘that a source of the FBI make an espionage reconnaissance trip. tof New London, Connecti cut) and obtain data con .cerning feels 1 fa) Aue Warnino haoca atk Naw Tondon, Pha. courcea WAC ANnaradad moxee WF RE VILE ede ht ee ee Same te ee — mene we ~~ - etwwe ene a we vo ww i f 3 vit a q ; i ] i | i i ! peak with Gailors in taverns and to take a tour or the Cc | Gnarine pase .\ 7S a ce , H. - Pechnical Data and Eouinnent The Soviets have also utilized the Antorg Trading Corporation, New Yerk City, to obtain informaticn and equipment. In(April, 1953) an officiai.of the Amtgra Trading Corporation SJ requested that an cbt source purchase(ten thovsard dollars C $7) worthy of electron ic eauipment. The Ante org official specifically -instfucted the source not to obtain an export license for such : equipment but instead to bring it directly to Amtorqg, It is. - 4 probable that the Soviets ccentempiated shipping such eauinment -.te Russia by daplcmatic pouch thereby caircuriventing Unit red States © export laws. . Ban Pndihi degre ae FP Lads tn t As an example of Soviet interest in technical data available in the United States, an official of the Soviet Imbassy has contacted cver one hundred U.S. cornorations for. information recardina their products. lie has joined two- -, technical societics and has suposcribed to fourteen technical publications. He has shown particular interest in steel, glass, plastics, electronics, and automobile manufacturers. Hiphed ee nedlacie akee dbo I. Use of Hostaane Situations eh ie et Lie bet Sates oe The Sovict bloc has not hesitated to prey upon the yo fears of U.S. residents with relatives behind the fron Curtain ~ ] . | | php SECRET i ae 1 MN Docld: 327198665 Page &