* . * 7-:Phe Honorable ah Richardson ‘ Y J es ~2 October 10, 1973 St ; ° . Page 3 io ° . “+ one . | aa 3 . _ S . oe 4. The number of surveillances installed during each period which continued for each of the following time categories: under one week, one week to one month, one month to six months, “ever Six months. . _ os 5. The numbers of electronic surveillances in which: — 7. 27 --, ee .. »@. One electronic surveillance device’ was installed; > af 7 b. Two electronic surveillance devices were installed; ; . . ec. Three to five electronic surveillance devices were , . installed; ; Doe, ao d. Six to ten electronic surveillance devices were + . installed; c oy ONT ot te e. More than ten electronic surveillance devices were installed. - 4 cot, ee - ye ; 6. ‘The total maximum number of surveillances in-operation at” .!7 any one time during each period, as referred to in Mr. Mardian's - - letter of March 1, 1971. | . Sth ett EO whee Te The hunber of electronic surve cillaneos “instalted, conducted ". maintained or monitored by any person or organization, or by any watt, Jt. unit. or employee of any state or local government , that were + directed, supervised, made at the request of, made with the . knowledge of, or connected in any way with any agency or other -umit of the United States government. ree marker oO a cae... “8. The number of wiretaps or other electronic surveillances wie +. eonduected in a foreign ceuntry in which the object or target of Je 7° 4° the surveillance was a United States citizen and which were directed, “ho eonducted, supervised, made at the request of, made with the : '- knowledge of, or connecte din any way with any agency or other unit of the United States governme ent. tet ma et, BL For each of the periods ‘calendar year 1971, * January I 1, “3972 a - to June 19, 1972, June 20, 1972 to December 31, 1972, and SO TRS * January 1, "1973 to September 30, 1973, please provide: os n Sore. 7 Ge "The number of electronic surveillances. that’ vere Totes installed. an cases involving domestic security, as defined in : _i.--United States v. United States District Court and as’ referred to — Ber Pte an lin. Kieindienst 's statement of June 19, 1972. . ae oo ‘b, The number of electronic surveillances that were to. a Tres installed with respect to activities of a foreign power or Loe Oe .1 + "+ foreign agents as described in United States v. United States . = + District court, 407 U.S. at 322. . eee fhe number of electronic surveillances that were. a  gnstalled on domestic organizations and individuals with a , wee’. + “significant connection with a foreign power, its agents or . AW 55075 - Docld:32989532 Page 179. Ole ts woth wg Tete
. °. Page 4 : . . oy e ae agencies," as delineated:in United States v. United States District be - Court, 40/ U.S. at 309 n.&’, and discussed in the testimony of eed Deputy Assistant Attorney General Maroney betore this Subcommittee. The above 3 categories are intended to be mutually exclusive. Rt 10. a. The particular United States government departments, fh. ‘agencies, bureaus, divisions and other United States government are -entities that engaged in electronic surveillance ot domestic ; organizations and individuals, as described in Question Ya above. ae” b. The particular united States government departments, ° “agencies, bureaus, divisions and other United States government . of entities that engaged in electronic surveillanee within the; . continental United States on a toreign power or foreign agents — " *as'described in Question Sb above. ° area ec. The particular United States: government departments , ae agencies, bureaus, divisions and other United States governmnt “Var entities that engaged in electronic surveillanee ot domestic | ee organizations and individudis with significant connection with . Se foreign power, its agents or agencies , as. described in. + oP oY. itl. a'Question 9c above. whe RES an oe . With respect to each such department, agency, “puréau, “4-3: division, or other govemment entity, please provide the “i? numbers of electronic surveillances installed ‘or in | operation * during each time period, 7, : wets te a a. Please indicate whether the Figures ‘provided in- “-Mr..Mardian's letter of March 1, 1971 included the wiretaps ot 717 newsmen and government otticials disclosed by Acting FBI ; _ Director Ruckleshaus on May 14, 1973. Sea . b. For each period, please indicate the total number of nother’ electronic Surveillances conducted, directed, supervised “made at the request of, made with the knowledge or, or connected >in any way with the FBI or the Department ot Justice -that were “not included in the tigures Provided in, lr. Mardian 's letter - . ‘of March 1, 19/1. er _i:Mumber of national security wiretaps installed since 1945, reported oan page H 4343 of the Congressional Record. These figures seem “inconsistent with those supplied to me Dy the Department on ‘March 1, 19/1. In addition, the figures are unclear in certain key _respects. IT would therefore appreciate’ your supplying the following Beeerne , “po the years indicated refer to fiscal or to calendar perp ce Years? oe b. -Do the totals include interceptions other than by " telephone wiretaps--e. g., micropnone surveillances, etc.? ; c. Do the figures reter tu the sum of all interceptions “in operation during the year, or ees fo those in operation as ; _ of a certain date--e.g., December 31st ! . e, ’ te "a 55075 Dold: 32989532 Page 180 - ive, 12. On June 5, 19/3, the White House released figures on the — a anformation with respect to the figures released by the White House: - . alg ot ‘ 9 ten ei ua tan we tY ba be fis, 8 wt i voy fer ae ee ge er iD fey ort fe pet aee . te ath it, An man ark, ve, eb ae tf « G so « opal Vode reennd id We tet fps ee ‘4h gt wh 1 ts Oh ae te sgt hee ofor, gs ES +o . ” ‘
ty % . “pie Hodiorable Elliot Oe: cnarson @ a re so . - October 10, 1973 rs we “ -. Page >. - 7 a coe ; ad. Do the figures refer to the number of premises at _which interceptions were made, the number of persons who were the primary targets of such interceptions, the number of . Listening devices installed, or some other number? a ; -e@, For each of the years involved, do the figures <a . vefer to wiretapping by all governmental agencies or only by wo the Federal Bureau of Investigation? Ir the reference is to “..'' ageneies other than the F.B.I., please indicate which agencies. How many of the interceptions referred to related to organized - crime investigations? ar t. Tf the answers to the above questions do not ae . ’ explain the inconsistencies between the figures released by °°. coor). : the White House and those supplied to me, please indicate any mot vl, other explanation that may account for the Gdifrerences. esr” ae E 13, a. Please provide the numbér, names , and the present oo. ara status of all. criminal prosecutions in which electronic ne oe .» + Surveillance was used in any way in cases involving domestic an * i security, as described in Question 9a above. psd ror . b. Deprty Assistant Attorney General Maroney testitied tee: © betore this Subcommittee that in “practically all cases" in which oe ‘a criminal derendant was overheard without 2a warrant, the - ° - “government disclosed the surveillance to the trial court. Please ”.aindicate the number, names, and the present status of any cases -- dn which an electronic surveillance ot a criminal defendant was’ | a made but in which such a disclosure was not made to the trial ee court, Please also specify the nature ot any standards and oO : ~° = procedures adopted by the Department to ascertain and. review mis such cases, 7024, With respect to all electronic surveillances newly installed “$étween January 1, 1973, and September 30, 1973, please indicate the number of surveillances authorized under each ot the five _ statutory categories contained in Section 2511(3) of Title 18, . United States Code. Please also provide the same information “with “ “pespect to all electronic surveillances in place on September - 30, /1973, regardless of when they were installed. ta awtos SEG 15. a. ‘Please set forth the standards and procedures that “E> 2 :the Department has adopted with respect to assuring compliance *! °. with the Supreme Court decision in United States v. United States > "District Court. Please also indicate the nature and timing of ; o: any changes in the Department's practices and procedures in as “. = this respect: Pee ab, Poa, aah b. ‘Please indicate the nature of any standards or i: “ 20 ” procedures adopted by any other department, agency, bureau, ae wo . division, or any other entity of the United States government to | assure compliance with the Supreme Court decision. 1 Ce eee en ee i Oe 4, Ue Oe, + ae an’ + she Lf : . - . : . . 7° “48 @. . . . . . . . ‘ . . ste. oo — : . . . ~ . 3 . sot 2 “ er’ ‘ . ‘ i . + ceey "sl s& tote Pa . . . - . . “. —  , yeta i be . “! B . .* . . ~ . i . . vo “sy “ . ; . : . . . . Das . ‘. eo: : . : . . way . EW S5075 Docld:32989532- Page 181° , 0 . . Dea, a it ee eT tar fh Tae 'S oo
tae ers aa —— ote dthe Honorable Elliot . LiaRichardson . te _ ‘ '"!Ggtobey 10, 1975 @® .  ©@ 7 . “Page ° 6 . “s | ; - te . * me ° nye ~~ , I realize that I am requesting a substantial amount of ‘ information, but aS you can well understand, this is a matter: -of great current public significance. It is not only “important that the Congress be kept fully intormed, but also that’ the public be reassured that the Attorney General has full ° ._ + knowledge and control-over the mechanisms ot our government, “.* .that directly arrect the constitutional rights of our citizens. . » Accordingly, I am transmitting this letter in the spirit otf . cooperation between Ehe Department and the Congress stressed “| by Deputy Attorney General Ruckleshaus at. his confirmation ov, . | hearings before the Judiciary Committee. Loe so gh aes on “E very much appreciated the promptness “of the’ ‘Department 's i - vesponse to my initial inquiry two years ago. I assume ne - that much of the intormation requested in this letter is readily “available. Insofar as some of the intormation may not be ‘? immediately available; a prompt response with respect to such . -; .intormation es is readily available would-be appreciated, with. ered + the remaining. information provided at a later date. FEN With best wishes. Ce — Sete Age ot. ee “on. ou on Sineeres} As / 7 an - ‘ OS tAry - * oi ae Edsadca Hf. Kennedy ee, we . Chairman a _ + Subcommittee on Adméieristrative oe ne -* Practice and Procedure : * . € 2 - ; 2. : . zen thle a ; - . ° . as oar eet ° ° 2F. 5 $2. ns - tose 8 2 . ‘ . 3 i . ts _ a _ 4 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 182 © 1. me iy
. - wee ® ~INTELLIGENCE COMMUN ry J) 30 April 1975 , f 1 é NOTE FOR: Mr. William Cregar Federal Bureau of Investigation i> OC. Lt ye) | vl ~ " : This correspondence’ has been sent to it ~ Senator Church, M. Clarke Asfeciate Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community Attachments: Two letters dated 29 Apr 75 from Mr, Colby to Sen, Church io + a Ue3l: REG: ga KAN ‘8 eae ance y 3% / we iv Q eo” INFORMATION 8 4MAY7 1975 : 7 55075 Docld:32969532 Page 183 —
: j i cd 13 : } H H i } i { j seame Nene) genenencg § ommpens Semen wmewemsawee Rmyemrnp ty muerte oe hesee Hb: Denes CR etemmere mm ae ane pede write peemetemen neues Me eet ete eray ae ee Dear Senator Church: THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505 , 95 APR 1975 2be Honporable Frank Church, Chairman Select Committee to Study Goveramental Operations With Respect to intelligence Activities United Statea Senate Washington, B. ©, 20510 -_ ivhave your requast of 24 April for additional material, and we are workmg to make if available to your staffias soon as possible. I believe we will he abla to meet your-ten-day time requirement with the extention of the materials outlined in payagrapha 4 and 8, While the Agency's responses ty paragraph 3 should satisiy part of your request im paragraph 4, a fall’response will require a {ile search and review, which cannot be accomplished in ten days. We donot have separated the responses ts Director Sdhlesinger’s letter of 9 May 1973 as between Senior operating olficiais' and “all employees or ex-employses* re-- BSponses, We 2am of course provide you whal we have as a start. - ia - . * - The answers to mosk of the nine parts of paragraph 8 will involve a carefal file search and a careful review fox sensitive sourcas and - methods information. We will do our best, b uk a fall anawax to para-~ - @raph @ will requires mors than ten days. We have for other parts of your requast summarized material. which wa will provide so that your staff can.discuss with us the best way of proseeding against the more voluminous backup data. For ex-- ampis, in ome instance-the backup to the surmmnary involves ag Many ag 20,950 index cards, In another, the basic data involves a roomful of . miniaturized data. Woe nesd to be certain as to the precise concern of the Commities in these matters in order to respond with the least dis raption to the work of the Agency and to help the staif to understand whether thay haye asked the right questi on. - Re materiais requested in paragraphs 5 and 10fa} are in the gate reports. Iwould hops your staffs could acquire this data from t tne published versions of those repoxts. .
ied A . . oa rn a . . bal y ri. | a ’ P . % t s « a” ¢ ® , é , . 4a the inguiry progresses from a documentation phase fo inter- view phaass, it will becoma even mora imporxtant to adhers to the general agreement we have with your staif to have preliminafy consul- tations and discussions priox to a formal request by the Committee. In . this way we can promote a better underatanding of the work inyolved and establish reasonable tine frames aa well, _ Sincerely, x an . ‘ 7 ms W. E. Colby | | | . ' y ! Jt HW 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 165
rn a ee OF CENTRAL NTELICE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505 29° APR 1978. The Honorable Frank Church Chairman Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence ‘Activities United States Senate Washington, D. C. 20510 ° Dear Senator Church: I believe it would be useful if I placed on the record the situation with. respect to your 12 March request.- I regret that you consifered it necessary to issue public criticism.of CIA's efforts ti) meet” “your, ‘needs. As of this writing, the major portion of that request for ClA-originated néaterial has been met and, I believe, ina responsive manner. / At our meeting of 22 April, ‘we agreed that if-your . investigators could review materials at the CIA Headquarters, it would expedite the inquiry and lessen the amount of material which otherwise would have.to be paraphrased, .a process which - takes a substantial amount of time. Special office space and access. badges have been provided for this purpose. I agreed that, should specific documents or parts:thereof be requested to be sent to the Senate Select Committee offices, the Agency would prepare these as expeditiously as possible without sacrifice to the security considerations consistent with our earlier understanding of the need to protect sources and methods from undue risk of exposure. Ialso gave you my assurance that we would assist in. the clearance of multi-agency papers involving CIA, some of which are on your: earlier request, A speed-up inthe Agency's paraphrasing process is being undertaken, although as you can appreciate, this involves senior personnel with heavy demands for substantive work, and i wens 1) IG PF c-_ (O / | Docld: 32989532 | Page 166
| rr ' , " 7 rr ee | the volume of the material you have requested is considerable. At our meeting, I showed you a list of the materials that have already been provided, and Mr. Miller has been kept advised about the status of other materials. In discussing some of the concerns of people in the Intelligence Community about the procedures addressed above, - you agreed to raise with the Committee the question of ultimate disposition of materials provided. I understand that this is in train. In this connection, I was very much appreciative of you reassurance that you and the Committee members will consult with me prior to the release of any classified materials in - public statements or unclassified reports of the Committee. Such consultation is consistent with the spirit of the inquiry. ~ I believe our staffs are working well together. There have been the usual inherent problems that one can expect in an investigation of this scope. Because the Select Committee staff personnel engaged in the inquiry are relatively new to the field of intelligence and to the seriousness of the inquiry, expectations dre ambitious, But there is something to be said for both sides of the equation. For example, we await the convenience of your investigators on selective follow-up matters on which they had requested further data. Meanwhile, we have urged and are providing the staff with detailed briefings by way of introduction to the Agency's history and functions. I am personally convinced ' that direct discussions about our work and about specific instances of interest to the staff investigators will be far more direct and productive to them (saving us much useless work) than engaging in debates about massive document transfer requests. To that end, lam very anxious to renew and by this letter. Twould repeat my request to you that the Committee move personally and directly into the inquiry at an early date. Tam delighted that you and the Committee are coming to visit our headquarters for a discussion of the Intelligence Community and the Agency and for an exchange on the precise interests which HW 55075. BDocld:32989532 Page 167 LL
particular Committee members have concerning the inquiry. We need to understand the specific objectives the Committee seeks and relate these to the priorities of the materials you will need. I believe we can be helpful if we know these. Again, Iam convinced that the constructive long-term contributions that we both envisage from the Select Committee's work will derive in a far more concrete fashion by focusing on specific and major questions about intelligence rather than consuming an inordinate amount of time reviewing the details of all of our past history. In that way our main energies and our judgment can be addressed to what kind of intelligence we want in our free society of the future; rather than what we may have had ‘ih the past.. 7 5 Sincerely, d4 . W. E. Colby ue aN HW 55075 DBocld:329899532 Page 183 =
ba + oen ee meee wee ee ee 2, ~~ eho ¢: " FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN . . . : . _Bxorsivo 5 RB he 3 4 i SC GC. TOWEM, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN . . . : . Pritt a. HART, MICH. HOWARD H, RAMER, JR., TENN. - - WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN. BARRY COLDWATER, ARIZ, WALTER D. HUODLESTON, KY. CHARLES MCC. MATHIAS, Jit., MO. Caviar eos recnano se sstvememsrte ‘Ainites ~bictes Dencte . WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFR DIRECTOR , FREOZHICK A, ©. SCHWARZ, 3#., CHIEF COUNSEL CURTIS FR. SMOTHSHS, MINDAITY CCUNSZL, : SELECT COMMITTEE TO - STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OFERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (PURSUANT To S. RES. 21, 85TH CONGRESS) WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 - “April 24, 1975 a i Mr. William EB. Colby 7 " '."'. Director of Central Intelligence ..Centrel Intelligence Agency . . ' Washington, D. C. 20505_ oe ; . Dear Director Colby: ote Op behalf of the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental ."+* "| Opérations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, I enclose a - oo, specification, furnished to John Clavke yesterday, which calls for ‘ _ certain material referred to in your. December 2h, 1974 -report to :. .. + the President and provides further detail concerning certain CIA a -. materiel heretofore requested. Obviously it is not intended to , - ‘limit what we have elready requested. 7 oe It is 2 prod Committee's expectation that all this material ; i ; should be produced in ten days. oo . oe , I was heartened by the spirit of cooveration demonstrated in your “personal reassurances in our meeting on April 22, 1975, and * ZI understand that substantial material was made available to us today et the CIA. However, the fact remains that too much material called for in our document request remains outstanding and the system apparentl; being. employed to. clear material for us builds in excessive delays. A necessary prerequisite to our inquiry proceeding expeditiously—-as it should to restore public confidence in our intelligence agencies and develop a new natiorial consensus on the proper functions of intelligence activity—-is to eliminate these delays. ; Enclosure ; Sy antl : . . : oo . Kn See “ _ HW 55075 DocId:32989532 ° Page 189°, - em! eo -_
MATERIAL TO BE SUPPLIED TO S THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE BY THE CIA Specification of CIA Material Relating To ‘Director Colby's December 22, 1974 Report _ and Director Colby's January 15, 1975 Senate Testimony The Committee's original request to the CIA should have - + “been interpreted to cover all of the following in that the Comittee requested all material underlying Director Colby's January 15, 1975 -.. testimony before the Senate Appropriations: Committee. ‘Tn any event, Director Colby's report of December 2h, 1STh, makes clear that all the following material is central to the Committee's mandate. The CIA is requested forthwith to supply the following 2s well as the * material which they have already collected in response to the - oo Committee's March 12 request. 1. AJL of the instructions on "Questionable Activities" which were issued by. Director Colby in 1973, or thereafter, except for the "selected group of attachments” which were included in the a .’.. Colby Report and thus already furnished to the Committee. 2.. All files relating to the following "questionable , activities" which were mentioned in the attachments to the Colby Report: (a) JFK Act 6 (1) (B) (and any other project relating ; “to "Penetration of Another Government Agency"). . (b) "Reporting on Dissident Groups". ; "oe (ec) Projects Mockingbird, Celotex I and Celotex Ir (and 74 . ve an OU gS HW 55075 DocTd:32989532 Page 190 EARS Ti fesrep 1a8' -~ ss “0 an 9 ess) TIO: ah $533 en Bats om CE : € 4 ¥ EWALD pers
Hel a oo ° * “ 2° @ . N co . ap, C ; any other'projects relating to “surveil Llance, "telephone tep, . surreptitious entry or other action” taken on behalf of the Agency against U.S. citizens in the United States). (a) Project Merrimac (or any other project relating to the ' penetration” of domestic. groups). . . . " e) Postal Service: (the files relating to “penetration ef. the mail", mail opening or mail cover). oo , 8 3. ALL reports ‘made by CIA's "senior operating officials" in response to Director Schlesinger's letter of May D>. 1973, asking for reports on activities which "might: be construed to be outside the “(cIA's) legislative charter" . - 7 . , oie wot 4 Ail employee or ex-employee. responses ‘to the same oo ‘Letter as well as responses to the "standing order" referenced in a ." the letter and calling for such material in the. future. / me | ~5. All: files relating to CIA's perticipation in the "so-called Huston Plan" (referenced on page 2-of Director Colby's Report). - no ; ene we vate fo . 6. Annex A of the Colby Report’ (re "Coverage of Subversive | - Student"). . oo ee 2 oD beng. aa tre (e) Any memoranda by Richara Ober on the establishment | | (2) Systems for coordination of activities oy Se (2)' Dissemination of materiel (3) Regular reporting on activities — “¢ : . wy ' ?. . . moe . rary 7 . . _° - . , AW 55075 Docld:32999532 Paye 191: ‘ ; - ot Sot ys te a : |
te , » . “ -(b)- The interim report suggested by paragreph 3 of Mr. _Kardmessines' memo, _  T. Annex C.. (a) Any materials prepared for the review by the Director, - noted in paragraph 1, of Agency efforts to monitor international ’ activities of "radicals and black militants - | (): An index of all projects developed vy the Special . - Operations Group or by Agency Divisions in support of this . "Program. a, ee oo (c) A list of 211 agencies which had data links with the: Special Operations Group as described: in paragraph: 5 of the Meio. 8. Annex D D. (Special Operations Group--Possible Forefgn | Links with American Dissidents) . . . (a) A list of all "organizations of interest" to the Special Operations Group, including but not Limited 4 to those ‘mentioned in the memo from Mr. Ober. + (b) A list of all topic headings or subjects used for - y , filing by the Special Operations Group. 2 (c) ‘A list of all individuals or groups either "special _ targets" of the Special Operations Group or of "special concern". . to. the Special Operations Group, and a list of all program a “ targets, all operational projects and all individual Agent . projects. HW-SUTS —DsTIa: 32989532 Page 192 7 a
_ . ary ‘ * ay fe 4 bal . . or so Suc ckt a nr . @ 7 w ) . ‘ xz ~ « * . . - * a +6 6 6 . ‘ lm u 2 Oe dann . ' . . ‘ . . ; | (a) The materials which constitutes or underlies the "standing requirements” for information from the Special Operations Group by the FBI, Secret Servite, and Immigration and Naturalization Service. ‘s (e) Any documents consisting of or relating to FBI - comments on the "adequacy and relevancy" of Special Operations , Group information, Eg oie i a te (f)) Any reports ' ‘over the signature of. the Director of . ‘crk” pased on Special Operations Group information disseminated ‘to. either the White House, the Secretary of State, the At torney General,. and the FBI. a : ; (gs) Any reports , special studies, or estimates requested oe end prepared by the Special Operations Group for’ the President , his Counsel, or the Attorney General and for the Intelligence Evaluation Committee. : a : (n) A deseription of the audio program o of the Special Operations Group. | | (i) The "formal Table of Organization" of the Special. Operations Group. -9. Annex E The complete "Allegations and Answers" series. 10. Annex F ry . . \ . . - .? (a) ‘The reports from the CIA on Agency activities -“with respect to Mr. Howard Hunt and other parties" which were L 7 e HW 55075 Docld:329899532 Page 193 , . a _ i.