CODE TELETYPE ” 5/2/75 x TO SACS ALEXANDRIA ys BALTIMORE “\.. a” uv hg NEW HAVEN Bie NEWARK PERSONAL ATTENTION < Q: OMAHA, 1-Mr. J. A. Mintz ; . ~ . FROM DIREGIOR FBI (62-116395) 1 - Me. S. FL Phillips | SSS _ SENSTUDY 75 ON q* CAPTIONED MATTER PERTAINS TO BUREAU'S HANDLING OF REQUESTS ; ) SA EROM SENATE AND HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEES TO STUDY GOVERIMEi aby br "ey © iy A GN \"“opERatious WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES, I ey X 43 ) COMMIECTIO’N WITH WORK OF THESE COMMITTEES, STAFF MEMBERS MAY 4 3 LG | , SQ. SS’, LAWERVIEW CURRENT AND FORMER FBI EMPLOYEES, THE SEWATE SELECT : eS Sg SS \ 4x. COMMITTEE (SSC) STAFF HAS ALREADY INTERVIEWED SOME FORMER : « NM Qe < EMPLOYEES, EWARK TELETYPE APRIL 30 LAST "ADMINISTRATIVE ea a ss INQUIRY; 1964 DEMOCRATIC PARTY WOMINATING CONVENTION, 5 IN ATLANTIC CITY, WEY JERSEY," REPORTED ADVICE FROM FORMER E Ss “S « _@ an » SPEGTAL. AGENT JOHN P. DEVLIN THAT HE HAD BEEN TNTERVIEWED BY 3 ‘ Ny n , MIGHAEL tT. EPSTETN, ssc STAFF MEMBER, =I, ING Cem S PART Pon RECRS 27 oe ik SA he A “pee AD Ann 1 Personnel File of Each Former SA Dep. AD Inv. __ oe ki 44" Lu. . Asst. Dir as Nv ‘y or A oO sn aad Be” 5 "NA a4 ce Fes ele “) SEE I HOLE PAGE THREE ey “ed Gan. Inv. ____.. . ’ ' a Ident. _ ot ‘ y eet, Inspection - f, , NE, * FEDERAL BUREAU. OF INVESTIGATION \? - inet f a i s O cae A aia SECTION we Plon. & Eval. 7 ‘A i \ Lf specs Inv. z +. Ae as 2 MAY 0 9 1975 ‘ von 7 a Telephone Rm. 4 pues i On) (4 6 (97 is) ‘ (guts 1h Director Sec’y ~_. » MAIL ROOM | TELETYPE UNIT .35075 Docld: 32969532 Page 1276 TELETYPE
r TELETYPE TO SACS, ALEXANDRIA ET AL RE: SENSTUDY 75 62-116395 — IN FBI'S ACTIVITIES AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, ATLANTIC CITY, AUGUST 22-28, 1964. SET OUT BELOW ARE NAMES AND LAST KNOWN ADDRESSES OF FORMER BUREAU AGENTS ASSIGNED TO SPECIAL SQUAD AT ATLANTIC CITY, AUGUST, 1964, EACH OF THESE FORMER AGENTS IS T0 BE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED AND ALERTED THAT THEY MIGHT BE APPROACHED BY THE SSC STAFF, THEY ARE NOT, REPEAT NOT, TO BE ADVISED OF THE AREA WHICH MAY BE COVERED IN ANY INTERVIEW OF THEM BY THE SSC. THEY SHOULD, HOWEVER, BE TOLD THAT IN THE EVENT THEY ARE INTERVIEWED AWD DURING THE COURSE OF SAME, QUESTIONS ARE ASKED WHICH RELATE TO SENSITIVE BUREAU OPERATIONS, THEY CAN REQUEST THAT AN FBI AGENT BE PRESENT. COLTACTS WITH THESE FORMER AGENTS TO BE HANDLED PERSONALLY BY SAC OR ASAC, IN THE EVE THIS NOT FEASIBLE FOR JUST CAUSE, TO BE HANDLED BY A SENIOR SUPERVISOR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER CONTACT, RESULTS SHOULD BE FURNISHED BUREAU BY TELELYPE IM! ABOVE CAPTION. IF A. FORMER AGENT NO LONGER Tit YOUR TERRITORY OR TEMPORARILY AWAY, SET OUT IEAD TO OTHER OFFICE IMMEDIATELY WITH COPY TO FBIHQ. NEWARK SHOULD INCLUDE RECONTACT WITH DEVLIN FOR PURPOSE INDICATED ABOVE AND ALSO FURNISH BUREAU ANY INFORMATION DEVLIN 7 HAY HAVE FURNISHED YOUR OFFICE Ii] ADDITION TO THAT IN YOUR TELETYPE. ~2- . AW 55075) Boold:32999532 Page 129 Nee
TELETYPE TO SACS, ALEXANDRIA KT AL RE: SENSTUDT 75 62-116395 ie ALEKASDAIA: HAROLD 7. LEIMBAUGH, 1643 ORTH VAN DORK, ALEXANDRIA. WILLIAH P. GEOSGK, 8338 WAGON WADLEL ROAD, ALEXANDRIA BALTIMORE: DONALD G. HAMMING, 16 OXFORD STMEET, CHEVY CHASE WEN HAVEN: HOBSON H. ADCOCK, 65 GLIQIBROOK ROAD, STAMFORD, COMMECTICUT. WEMARK: LEO CHOMAS CLARK, 1421 ATLANTIC AVENUE, SWORT HILLS, BEV JERSEY. JomASTON, IOWA | NOTE: Addresses are most recent available in personnel files of these former Agents, The Newark teletype mentioned was sent up with an informative note advising that we had checked with Mr. James Wilderotter, Associate Counsel to the President, and he imterposed no objection to our contacting former Agents who garcticjeated in the special squad we had at Atlantic City in 8/64 and advising them they might be approached for interview ‘by the SSC. Assistant Director Mintz concurred in the Intelligence Division recommendation that we, on approval, contact the former Agents as indicated in this outgoing teletype. Deputy Associate Director J. B. Adams advised of his agreement with this recommen- dation and for instructions to go forward to the field. Howard J. Wilson, one of the former Agents designated to be contacted, resigned for family reasons after being censured, suspended, placed on probation, and transferred for unsatisfactory work performance detected during an inspection of the Newark Office. However, there is no evidence in his personnel file suggesting Wilson is hostile to the Bureau and the INID believes he should be included among those former Agents to bec@ontacted. HW 55035 Docld:32969532 Page 130 - 3 ~
4-312 (Rev. 12-11-73) P| rs Date of Mail 5/8/75 Has been removed and placed in the Special File Room-of Records Section. See File 66-2554-7530 for authority, wu pied Subject JUNE MAIL U.S. SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Removed By Y OMAY 19 1978 File Number 62-116395-126 Permanent Serial Charge Out DOS/ FB! | WW 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 131 Sc - oo —_ _ _ J
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 ” 5010-106 © 7 BEERS fo UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT bap Memorandum a Gg. : Mr. Je B, Adams DATE: 4. 9. 15 ; Files & Com. — “Leval C i 2 ADL BOR soon com 4 ; FROM egal Counsel Nye (oul HERWIN 1S UNCLASSIY ITE- Phy Peri ae pm eleod BSP? ALM TTS eit 2 ee Fe Tan& EVal. SUBJECT: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE 7 a , Spec. tv. —— ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Qe” rolerhons Rm na Director Sec’y —_ HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE aller ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ‘h, 5 hy During various contacts with William Miller, Staff Director of N the Senate Select Committee, and Congressman Lucien Nedzi (D-Mich. ), “8 Chairman of the House Select Committee, the question has come up regarding S the need for a check of the private offices of individual Committee Members to ot assure the absence of any electronic listening devices. The Committee NG personnel have been told that we consider this absolutely essential and they agreed. In exploring this matter, it was determined that the Capitol Police Department recently has established a special unit to handle all types of security problems within the Capitol Hill complex, including checks for electronic listening devices. Personnel of this unit have received extensive “} training, Some from CIA.) The operations of the unit are contrdled through A \ the Sergdants at Arms of the House and § Se ase AN eae agers te SS omy feaell, Gea led t This matter has been discussed with Robert Hough, Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, and with Kenneth Harding, Sergeant at Arms “ of the House. Hough advised that the special unit already has conducted com- ; plete security surveys of the new office space of the Senate Select Committee a and certainly will perform any other checks of this type needed by the Committee a or its individual Members. He said, in fact, that since they now have this = capability they would oppose any outside agency coming on to the Hillio perform * this function. Hough said he already has been in contact with Miller regarding - the necessary security ch. wera S stated he will let us know wher th q aitig es of ‘5 the Senate Select Committee een checked. He said their rules ‘ules require , specific requests from the individual Members in Gage 1 - Mr. Adams REC-100 Ga - f= yis bbs SSO) 1 - Mr. Wannall apo 1 - Mr, Farringt6i; “SA 1 - Mr. White hee 1 - Mr. Bowers 1- Mr. Mintz Neue 4h 1908 DWB:kjs (9) \ CONTINUED - OVER Vag 975, y a MAY 14 4 pie SEE ADDENDUM PAGE TWO e AsMAN bAT 2009592 Page 132
, FEDEItAL BUREAU GE INVESTIGATION NR@14 NK CODED COMMUNICATIONS SECTIO | ten Sr hePn URGENT 5/2775 DJP 4 MAY BANS 4 ITO TEGO Ait a wa in OHNENAR aca p caer Ee mats foo Ge Q Zz “or os fs FETS / SENSTUDY 7 mane, | | Bo 3 RE: BUREAU TELETYPE TO ALEXANDRIA, MAY 2, 1975. Comp. Syst. it Ext. Affairs .} Files & Com. —. TAMING eens f Legel Coun nn. | Telephone Rm. uo. i . Director See’y __.. f LUE RAe CLE aI CECA IN VTE Ed FORMER SA, LEO THOMAS CLARK CONTACTED MAY, 2, 1975, BY SAC j PAUL J. MOHR AND HE WAS TOLD HE MIGHT BE INTERVIEWED BY THE SSCGevme scecer | STAFF MEMBERS AND THAT IF QUESTIONS WERE ASKED WHICH RELATED To a Ae SENSITIVE BUREAU OPERATIONS HE COULD REQUEST THAT AN FBI AGENT (kes et) BE PRESENT, CLARK VOLUNTEERED HE WAS SUBPOENAED BEFORE WATERGATE “ONMITTEE AND TESTIFIED, ALL THIS MATTER WAS REPORTED IN PRESS, . HE AGLSO VOLUNTEERED THAT ON APRIL 17, 1975, HE WAS INTERVIEWED BY Ee evn TEE STAFF MEMBERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON SAME MATERIAL RE #a‘GARDING 1964 DEMOCRATIC PARTY Nong TION CONVENTION. . STAFF  geneers WERE MICHAE CePstet now @hreRS TEL, oom isons _¥e EATD THEY HAD ALL OF HDS PREVIOUS TESTIMONY AND vent WER SAME, MATERIAL, AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATIRNESIOR.ARK BECAME BELIGERANT STATING HE. ONLY TOLD THE TRUTH REGARDING HIS ACTIVITIES PR“THE~ BUREAU AND ADVISED THE BUREAU TO DO THE SAME. HE WANTED 350 MANOW 1975 . ‘WHAT ASSISTANCE AN AGENT COULD RENDER TO HIM AND WHO INS RRUGT Ease onncnemes THAT HE BE CONTACTED AND FOR WHAT REASON, CLARK WAS ADVISED WE MERELY INTENDED TO ASSIST HIM AND HE COULD ACCEPT IT OR NOT, Si FORMER SA, HOWARD J. WILSON, SHORT HILLS, N.J.e, ALERTED CZ ' J Cveccde ee bY hb YO b ons BAe: ce b7 37H C Cad ¥ / | 8 A MAY 18 19752 9a Se ¥ (Wilson) ) | Yov2iy! ; -39989532 Page ahg( Dv Lin »
PAGE TWO ASAC WILLIAM BAILEY PER RETEL AND WAS APPRECIATIVE AND STATED HE HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED BUT WOULD ADVISE THE NEWARK OFFICE IF CONTACTED IN THE FUTURE. FORMER SA, JOHN PATRICK DEVLIN, LIVINGSTON, NeJ., CONTACTED BY ASAC WILLIAM BAILEY AND ALERTED PER RETEL AND STATED HE HAD NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OTHER THAN SET FORTH IN NEWARK TELETYPE APRIL 3 LAST. END | HOLD FOR FOUR MAH FBIHQ ACK FOR ONE HW 55075 Docld: 32969532 Page 137
| « @ 1,- Mr. J. A. Mintz av’ : 1 - Mr. W. R. Wannall roo Se, ye ay Hay 2, 1975 ward oa ny 7 KEP? “ 1 - Mr. W. 0. Cregar C, Snr 1” ORAL TEFORMATION PROVIDED To THE b= Me. S. F. Phillips ge - SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC) TOS Oe BS PS ee gO NIVESTIGAYING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES Pe 2 i “<4, supgecl: Martin Luther Kine, Je. a ™ , 2. Wit wESS! ORGANIZATION: Me. Lish thitson, a retired Special Acent, FBI ~ 2 3. CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION: Unclassified > fi < 4. SUMMARY OF CONTENT: oe, G ve ~ Mr. Whitson vas questioned and furnished information ra concerning the former FBI investigation of Martin Luther King, Jr. A ‘ 5. DALE OF TTERVIEW AND BEFORE WHOM: yt Part fs) Intervie conducted by Mr. Michacl Epstein, Staff "0 Member, SSC, in person 4/23/75; supplemented by information . . & Epstein obtained from thitson telephonically 4/24/75. ore ey * se a ° t } 4 6. ORGANIZATION REFERENCE M0: FBI file 62-116 om lees REC-100 G2 -//6 4 20 Te “So a) _# 7. RELATION TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY Pi ROPE None, 1G MAY 413 1915 62-116395 were aed Wr a) fo Assoc. Dir. 1 - 100-106670 (Martin Luther King, Jr.) Ce pret ~ 67-29405 (Personnel File Retired SA Lish Whitson) i v x. Asst. Dir: ‘ coon Sas eee ela ’ ral Omp. st. ‘d Lm ~ 4 “7 Con ace cm “MOTE: * Originaliwia liaison to Célitral Community Index in dent. egnnection with Sens tudy 75. Memorandum from W. R. Wannall to on Inspection met, J. B, Adame 4/23/75 “Senstudy 75; Former Supervicor Lish Whitron, | ae aoratory Assigned Intelligencé | Divivion," recommended, and it was approved, that an Abstract would be provided for the records of the Central | Lenten Community Index, concerning the intervie of Whitson by the SSC. Telephone Rm. Dirggtor CY, + o OOM. TELETYPE UNIT [__} GPO 954-546 wr “bdeval 89532 be 138 Spec. Inv.
1 - Mr. McNiff May 5, 1975 2-Mr.S.F.Phillips MATERIAL FOR JOINT COMMITTEE ERNAL REVENUE TAXATION St ed 1. TITLE/SUBJECI: FBI's Investigation of Extremist \' Organizations and Individuals 2. ORIGINATING ORGANIZATION: FBI 3. NATURE OF MATERIAL: Letter from FBI to Mr. Laurence N. Woodworth, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation, dated 4/10/75. 4. DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified 5. NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION STAMP: NA 6. SUMMARYOOFCCONTENTS: The Joint Committee requested the names of FBI employees who made the decision to provide the Specie Service Staff (Activist Organization Committee) of the Internal . Revenue Service with FBI reports relating to the FBI's investi- gation of extremist organizations and individuals. The FBI response was that the matter had been thoroughly researched and it was established that the decision in the above matter was personally made by the late J. Edgar Hoover, then Director of the FBI. 7. REQUESTER/DATE OF REQUEST: Joint rie, on Int Revenue Taxation. 3/28/75 REC-100 4 a-/ié 3 on T 8. RELEASING AUTHORITY: FBI ve ‘aa 9. DATE OF SUBMISSION: 4/10/75 10. LOCATION OF FILE COPY: 62-17909-1104 168 MAY 13 1975 Assoc. Dir. Dee “0 me 11. RELATION TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PROBLEMST~Thfs | Ass. Dies matter is of joint interest to the FBI and the Internal Revenue Admin. . Comp, Syn Service, Ext. Alfa rs Files & Re 116395 ven: ~~ —-SFP :ekw eK Ieee tion NOTE: Origing® via liaison to Central Community Index in melt. —---eonnect ion with ee Lae See memorandum R. L. Shackelford to Plo ken, Me. W. R. Wannal 75 "Internal Revenue Service Investigations Specs im. of New Left and Extremist Organizations and Individuals,"' TIM/dgr . Lega I Cov n PO 954-545 | aan , A 5 4Q%hR0om(] TELETYPE UNIT (_] @ wor, S075 DBocld: 32999532 Page 139
} | HY 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 140 Aa ares tta snes ah PERLE LE ; j Assoc. Dir. — mem f | Dep~A.D.-AdMnue j FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION COMMUNICATIONS SECTION Aast, Dir,: f 6 Admin. . ee Wt down S| 4 xt. FAITE cee f m “VETYD Files & Cor. a | KR@ZA NK CODED Ie Ib .. ten tee Vs 3:55PM URGENT 5/5/75 DUP Awl Intell, CRP et a . han Liab ratory ‘ TO DIRECTOR (62-116395) eat ave 2 ofl WR ssvce & Beal — | Kish seeker pan “| nine 4 FROM NEWARK sages " pore DAs “ Gdustwvy an RE BUTELCALL OF SUPERVISOR SEYMOUR PHILLIPS TO SAC, NEWARK,, MAY 5, 1975, - FORMER SA JOHN PATRICK DEVLIN WAS RECONTACTED -BY ASAC, NEWARK, AND FURNISHED FOLLOWING INFO ON MAY 5, 19758 HE WAS ORIGINALLY CONTACTED BY ms ge SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC) STAFF MEMBER MICHAEL Z-#EPSTEIN TELEPHONICALLY AT WORK (HERITAGE BANK + IRON, MORRISTOWN, Ned.) A DAY OR Two das f PRIOR TO HIS INTERVIEW ON APRIL 25, 1975. MR. EPSTEIN DID NOT A INDICATE IN ADVANCE AREA OF INQUIRY CONTEMPLATED AND WHEN , cA aghED BY FORMER SA DEVLIN HOW HE, EPSTEIN, HAD OBTAINED HIS, Dg 18 S, PHONE NUMBER AT WORK, EPSTEIN INDICATED, “YOU KNOW, — ae” GOT WAYS." IN ADDITION, EPSTEIN TOLD HIM THAT THE ssc PIM — 12 0: - EDEEN GIVEN A BROAD SCOPE OF INQUIRY AND wee Ga nbatED To ‘ox 1 {NTO ps Raced meee a see ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS INTELLIGENCE GATHERING AGENCIES. a pi 18 MAY 13 1975 GORBTEIN DID NOT MENTION THAT HE HAD: ANY TYPE OF CLEARANCE BUT [RE «NOE WAS VERY POSITIVE IN HIS POSITION THAT THE SSC HAD BEEN MANDATED BY CONGRESS TO CONDUCT INQUIRIES, EPSTEIN EXHIBITED = 9,-¢ aw " ye a 413 8 4 MAY 45 1975,
TO FROM 4 Nl v. SIF A (suse Qusrame ae) Sala ween ael | lea SUBJECT: SENSTUDY 75 j aril iF : Mr. W.R. Wannall DATE: 5/1/75 | Flee & toms . ; % Gen. Inv. mele 6 ae Ineneeria : W ° O \NQsan Lb TNFORNATE a CONTAINED _— i Intell. OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-106 ~ MAY 1962 EDITION ce GSA GEN, REG, NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Assoc. Dir. Dep. AD Adm. — Memorandum ie Laboratory Plan. & Eval. — Nn ceemennneerrenn ig g On 4/30/75 Mr. Donald E. Moore, Chairman of the i Security Committee, U. 8S. Intelligence Board, furnished the attached list of Senate Select Committee staff members who have been certified by the Chairman of the Select Committee to the Central Intelligence Agency as having been cleared for access to classified information up to and including Top Secret based upon a background investigation conducted by the FBI within the last five years. Certain of these individuals have also been certified by the Select Committee for access to compartmented classified information in accordance with the requirements of Director ; of Central Intelligence Directive 1/14. ye Copies of the list of staff members are being attached to the tickler copies of this memorandum for retention by personnel who may be in contact with the Select Committee staff. ACTION: For information and record purposes. REC-100 0 Enclosure a / ( / (> 62. 116395 — vn ff LFS:tdp (8) ‘f yer"; 1 - Mr. Adams \ } 2 - Mr. Mintz eo - Mr. Wannall ne Mr. J.C, Farrington - Mr. J.B. Hotis - Mr. Cregar - Mr. Schwartz 1% MAY 18 1975 ost font ead feed bd fot i , * | Sa \3 16 4A 4 4 3 1975 Docld: 329689532 Page 143
Name | Aaron, David Bader, William 1 ¢ Baron, Frederick Benz, Charity I, Brooks, Nancy ) Carter, Barry Chesnik, Barbara Davis, Lynn Dawson, Thomas De Oreo, Mary ‘Dillon, Molly ‘Dwyer, Daniel _ Epstein, Michael T. . Fenn, Peter - Gitenstein, Mark Greissing, Edward Hatry, Audrey Inderfurth, Karl '. Johnson, Dorothy “* Johnson, Loch — ca. Kieves, Lawrence ie : Kirbow, Charles | Lombard, Charles me 5 ELiebengood, Howard ca fi McDonald, Naldeen cp! = i *Madigan, Michael J, i: Marshall, Bénjamin 2 Maxwell, Eliot E. Mecham, Martha E. rit Miller, William G. wile O'Flaherty, Jas. D. Orloff, Jan Peterson, John F, Pitts, Susan Romberg, Alan ' Schwarz, F.A.O. Shea, Patrick - Smith, Stephanie Snider, Lewis B.. Towell, Mary -- mses Burton V._ Ol. FON og ese Ms gE <4 Pp aii a bs “ona & pi ° 24 Er } Ezy Ee es 4 & RE gt air or 2 : HW 55075 Dopid:32989533 Page 144 . ~ Mote 7 F DPOB ee a Ba te 3/7/46 Ala. "12/1/38 N.Y. . 4/20/35 N.Y. ' 2/28/48 Utah 6/14/41 NJ. Ps ¢ a = 9 8/21/38 D1. 9/8/31 N.J. 12/2/47 Conn. 7/23/46 N.Y. 2/14/40 Ky. 12/14/42 Cal. 4/18/46 WI 9/6/43 FL 9/9/52 Minn. 6/13/47 Ohio 4/16/51 Va. 8/24/52 Ma. 3/10/37 Mass. 12/12/47 Ma. 11/27/50 Germany 6/10/23 Md.- 9/29/46 N.C, 6/8/25 OR ' 2/21/42 N.Z. 1/4/48 N.Y. JFK Act 6 10/2/22 Ga. 6/2/30 FR- 12/29/42 IN 10/19/51 Brazil 4/18/43 D.C... 5/4/19 NE 7/24/46 N.Y. 2/11/40 Ca. 8/15/31 N.Y. SI, 11/4/42 Tl. S 11/14/47 Ca. (3) . 6/15/41 Ca. 10/24/53 Canada 3/23/54 OH 1/12/45 N.C, G1, 4/25/44 TN TK, TK, TK, TK, B TK, TK, TR. TK, TK, B TK, B TK, TK, TK, B TK, B ¥ BYC} 4/15/75 BYC$ 4/17/75 (s) (s) BYO)4/24/75 BYQ|4/17/75 BYG]4/ 24/75 @)- BYC]4/24/75 BYC 4/24/75 Om YC\4/15/75 BYG 4/17/75 BY C}j4/15/75 YC}4/15/75 YCf4/15/75 5 BYC a 175 BYCj4/15/75 BYC] 4/15/75 svg) [24/75 ae /17/75 (9 .
ALL InFUnimurtivns we ; dis HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED May 6, 1975 DATE_a-a0-< BY SP¥JAnf 1 = Mr. W. O. Cregar (4°97 % ORAL INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE 2-Mr.S.F.Phillips CSENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC) INVESTIGATING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 1. er, ‘Martin luther King, Jr. 2. WIINRSS’ ORGANIZATION: Mr. Jehn P. Devlin, retired Special Agent, yar 4’. CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATSON: Unclassified 4. SUMMARY OF CONTENT: | Mr, Devlin was questioned and furnished informat | iF X N -* @oneerning: the former FBI investigation of Martin Luther ~ _ King, Jr... _ x 5S, DATE OF INTERVIEW AND BEFORE WHOM: ; - Interview eonduated by Mr. Michael Epstein, Staff 8 Meaber ssc, 4/25/75. e100 ba.Slb ibe died N 6., ORGANIZATION REFERENCE NO: FBI file 62- 1fe3¥8. 18197 oa 62-116395 ‘hier : 1 - '100-106670 (Martin lather King, Jr.) Uh 2 1 -.67-220521 (Personnel File Former SA John P. Devlin) f, [4 ret ec. 0; SFP rekw<09' a De. aD Ao NOE: Original via liaison to Central Commmity Index in 8 ae oe “ecomection with Senstudy 75. The furnishing of this Abstract is*-'° & | ann ome one piel to protedure previously éstablished-in-cohnaction-with a EB Files & Com, — Gen, Inv Ident. “Ext, Avie Similar interview by’ ‘Epstein of former ~ Lish Whitson. sont + “ s are Inspection. —_ ‘Intell. Laboratory Plan. & Evat. Spec. Inv Traini raining Legal Cou Telephon a Rm —_ 8 5 Room ELETYPE UNIT (__] a MAY 3? So 009532 Page 145 GPO 934-545
é e ALL INFORMATION CONTaiNe); L- Mr. J. A. Mintz HEREIN 1S INCLASSNEY May 6, 1975 i-he.W.R.Wannall DATER-20-€! BYSP4 Sarg th 1-Mr .W.0.Cregar lo07% _QRAL IFORMATION PROVIDED T0 THE 2.¥e,s,FPhillips , SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE (SSC) INVESTIGATING INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES 1, SUBJECT: Martin Iuther King, Jr. - at 2. WITHESS' ORGANIZATION: Mr. Daniel J. Brennan, Jr., retired Special Agent, FBI. 3. CLASSIFICATION OF INFORMATION: Unclassified 4, SUMMARY OF CONTENT: Mr, Brennan was questioned concerning the former FBI invectigation of Martin Luther King, Jr., specifically during 1964. However, he was unable to furnish any of the requested information concerning the King investigation as he could not recall any information of the nature desired. 5. DATE OF INTERVIEW AND BEFORE WHOM: / Interview conducted by Mr. Michael Epstein, Staff Member, SSC, 5/2/75. 6. ORGANIZATION REFERENCE NO: FBI file 62-116395.q\, J : r] Z ' 7. RELATION TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY PROBLEMS: None. . {° 62-116395 ~ 1 - 100-106670 (Martin Luther King, Jr.) 1 - 67-428628 (Personnel File Former SA Naniel J. Brennan, -Jr.) J gw eas, - HT ASsoc. Dir. _SFP:ekwy COVEK \ Ae OA . Shh LF 4 - Il} De ap ne NOTE: Original via liaison to Central Community Index in “Pr: connection with Senstudy 75, The furnishing of this “Abst paete item Admin, — e : 2 Q 2. Comp. Syst. pUrSuant to procedure previously established in connection with a wt similar interview by Epstein of former Agent Lish whiBsMAY 13 1975 Gen, Inv. Ident. Inspection . Intell. Laboratory \W ’ Plan. & Eval. —. 3 ~ ms) t ioe w EY atyé , 4 Spec. Inv. Training ’ Legal Coun. Telephone Rm. __ ox (! Director See'y.. MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT L_] PLS 4 HeTPT32999532 Page 146 \ wy S , wit —_ iO /I0-/0bLTO a7 er ee Ee Waa iF we. bd 97 1-346
OPTIONAL fonm NO. 10 5010-106 : MAY 1962 EDINQN GSarGEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT : . Assoc. Dir. M d 1 - Mr. J. B. Adams ne AP Ado — . Admin, Comp. Syst. ___ TO ‘MR. J. B. ADAMS pate: April 25, 1975 Ext. Affairs —_ Files & Com. wv 1 - Mr. J. A. Mintz rene Inv. oe 1 - Mr, A. J. Decker ~ BRoM :MR. W. R. WANNALL¢ ove aretha a { rie aw ue 1 - Mr. W.. R. Wannall rel ; © 1 ~ Mr, W. Oo. Cregar Plon. & Eval SUBJECTYSENSTUDY.. .25- 1-Mr. S. F. ASSIGNED INTELLIGENCE DIVISION T. lephdte Rm. Difector Sec'y __ Philli Spec. Inv. FORMER SUPERVISOR LESH WHITSON Aye nid Sra 1 Reference is made to my nek tel Lin to you"4/24/75 reporting interview by Michael Epstein, Staff Member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities, of retired SA Lish Whitson concerning a trip to Miami, Florida, by Whitson in 1964, The trip was for the purpose of mailing a package to the late Martin Luther King, Jr., and indicated we were checking our records for information regarding the expense voucher and Government \, Transportation Request:: (GER) issued by Whitson and would report : our findings. Jay Deane Cox, Voucher Unit, Data Processing Section, Computer Systems Division, supplied the following information as a to the records available concerning Whitson's travel and what the Ys 5 procedures generally are for maintenance of travel and voucher Q 2 records, The Voucher Unit maintains a Travel Authority Card Qe ah (TAC) for all investigative and any other FBI employees who have RE on évér had GIRs issued to them. The TACs are retained indefinitely = SQ! as there is no provision for their destruction. For every voucher pas processed, there is recorded the voucher period, amount of BA date processed and record of any GIRs ee 1) 12 aa fF 6G29S = US <i G The TAC for Whitson ss entries to show that™6n 12/9/64 a voucher was processed for payment to Whitson in the sum of $19.40 for travel during the period 11/1-30/64, With that voucher was a memorandum copy of a GIR issued 11/21764 to National Airlines in the sum of $107.40 for air coach travel, Washington,D.C., to Miami and return. Attached to instantememorandum—s! a Xerox of the memorandum copy of the GIR, which copy is being rétained in, the — Voucher Unit. Because of the illegibility HeBul€ings from Xeroxing, Enclosure CONEENUED—= OVER } is) 62-116395 & J 1 - 67-29405 (Persofihel File Former SA Lish meen SEP :ekw : eR (9) ve 94 MAY 1.9 4975 “55075 Docld:32989532 Page 147 Le |
GPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 4 5010-106 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES ., ee _ Dep. AD Adm. _ Memorandum ead Admin, Comp. Syst. —_. Assoc. Dir. TO Mr. J. B, Adams DATE: April 24, 1975 Ext, Affairs —_ : yb een Com, __ Nd & ‘Ge nv FROM We R. Wanna igo Aut INFORMATION sir ion ee, HEREIN 95 soy Bs SIF Holley ——__ . a [ . (o. ~ DATE Plan. & Eval. SUBJECT: SENSTUDY 7 5) Spec. nv. FORMER” SUPERVISOR LISH WHITSON Lesa! Cevm ASSIGNED INTELLIGENCE DIVISION re Telephone Rm. — te wif Director Sec’y __ HW 55075 De Memorandum captioned as above 4/23/75 veported on interview of Mr. Whitson by Michael Epstein, staff member of the Senate Select Committee. The interview related to Whitson's trip to Miami in 1964 at the instructions of former Assistant to the Director William C. Sullivan to mail a package to Martin Luther King. Whitson telephoned my office twice this morning. At 10:35 a.m. he advised that Epstein had asked him by telephone how Whitson had made the trip to Miami, meaning how it was paid for. Whitson told him he had issued a Government Transportation Request (GTR). Epstein asked whether there was any prior written authorization for Whitson to make this trip and Whitson told him there was none. Epstein asked what kind of record would have been made covering the trip. Whitson explained that the only record that he knew of would be the expense voucher he submitted covering the expenses involved and possibly the copy of the GTR which he had issued. He explaine to Epstein the voucher would merely show the GTR had been issued Lf for a round-trip to Miami and how much per diem had been claimed in connection with the trip. In advising of the foregoing, Whitson stated it was his recollection he had made the Miami trip either in the late Summer or early Fall of 1964 and that Martin Luther King was "away" at the time. In my absence from the office, Whitson called again at 11:05 a.m. to say that Mr. Epstein asked him as to whether he had registered at the Airport Hotel in Miami and, if so, whether it was under his own name, Whitson told Epstein that he had 7G der his a at this hot = unde is own name i Opie 100 ae s5/16275— | ACTION: . ny 6 1975 We are checking ‘our records for inférmation the expense voucher and GTR issued by Whi tson_jnweort nection with this trip and results will be ‘reported. amen WRW:1m1 (6) f° ' 1 ~ Mr. fu" 1 = oe neous AJ ¢ Lim oe cregar, 1 -~ Personnel tile of SA Lish Whitson (Out of Service) 8 4 MAY 43 1975 : (yh 7 DocId: 32989532 Page (151
OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-106 ‘ & MAY 1962 EDITION « > GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27 @ @ ssoc. Dir . UNITED STATES GOV@&RNMENT " Assoc. OM Dep. AD Adm. — ; . Dep. AD Inv. — Memorandum we Comp. Syst. _— TO : Mr. J. B. Adams DATE: 4=25=%5 Fee & Com — " 4 hoe tian FROM : Legal Counsdi fi Wd Fe. Laboratory: y . tga Goon. a = ‘ sas Eval. — p SUBJECT: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE . 2 \j fr (Fie ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES ey Tolephene Rms Director Sec’'y __ HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES fAvas Reference Legal Counsel to Mr, Adams memorandum of 4-9-75 to which the Intelligence Division placed an addendum dated 4-14-75 showing that Roderick Hills, Counsel to the President, had requested that the Sergeants at Arms of the Senate and House of Representatives keep the Bureau advised regarding checks made for Wy electronic listening devices in the offices of captioned Select Committees. Ss | ¥ Y> This was discussed on 4-23-75 by Inspector Bowers with @ NY ; Senate Sergeant at Arms William Wannall and his Deputy, Robert Hough. RN | _ They were amenable to notifying us concerning the checks they make o a KE Senate Select Committee space and the offices of the Members of this S Pa a Committee. Hough was designated by Wannall to handle this matter. NX 3 5 ? Hough advised that the special Capitol Police unit had made a check ’ aie of Room $146 in the Capitol on that date (4-23-75) prior to a meeting a Bi of the Senate Select Committee in that room and found nothing. Hough & a5 stated they have received no requests whatever to make any checks of \9 & EN the offices of individual Committee Members. He said he had discussed eB et N this matter with William Miller, Staff Director of the Select Committee, | Es SI and-Miller indicated it would be taken up with the Committee but he has ~ em heard nothing further from him. ws ory oe GPL ing Rosy 68-116 395-]4 ‘On 4-24-75 Bowe rs discussed this matter with Kenneth Harding, Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives. Harding stated he has had no requests for any checks of the Members offices ore“ 21 MAY 6 1973 hoe peed sort ao iat: Ty & de: rhe fone 1- Mr. Adams 1 - Mr. Wannall a. pi y we reigty fy oe 1 - Mr. White ; 3 1- Mr. Mintz | \ . - 3 1- Mr. Cregar a) gor Ay 3 1 - Mr. Farrington uh a wd e 1- Mr. Bowers gnok a A (Ve : \- Begin uw OG DWB:kjs (9) ar. we, CONTINUED - OVER My yF | mB sealdsY do%rlO7vSos32 Page 152
Legal Counsel to Mr, Adams Memo RE: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES space of the House Select Committee since the Committee really has not begun to function as yet. He said he has discussed this matter with Committee Chairman Lucien Nedzi, and he certainly will give us complete accounting of checks they make of this Committee's space and the space of the individual Members of the Committee. RECOMMENDATION: For information. HW 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 153
. x ~ OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 5010-106 ; MAY 1962 EDITION ' » GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum: xe) : Mr. J. B. Adams pate: 3-12-75 Ext. Affire — Ae Gen. Inv. Vs on § . ne - FROM : Legal Counsel-~: > "y4i Inspection { * Laboratory ee 4 SUBJECT: ‘SENSTUDY i “Ny ee DESTRUCTION OF BUREAU FILES on a AND RECORDS fon ecy Jy ae Re my memorandum to you dated 2-14-75, Plan. & Eval. — As indicated in referenced memorandum, the Bureau's program concerning destruction of files and records has been suspended until we can determine whether it involves any documents that might be of interest to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities. We contacted William G. Miller, Staff Director for the Committee, and he asked that we withhold further destruction of files ) until the Committee Counsel, who had not been appointed at that time, had an opportunity to review the matter. Mr. F. A. O. Schwarz 3d, a New York attorney, was recently named the Committee's Chief Counsel. It is recommended that representatives of the Files and Communications Division’and the Legal Counsel Division meet with Mr. Schwarz and a Mr. Miller at the earliest opportunity to resolve this matter. My S RECOMMENDATION: That representatives of the Files and Communications Division and the Legal Counsel Division meet with the Chief Counsel vA and Staff Director of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities a HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED we, ALD INFORMATION connaritad "LAG 5 sl to determine whether the Bureau's destruction program can be ipa i. 3 } REO 22 - 1/5 395- Le ' <3 bet yt en bea *2I MAY 2 1978 > 1 - Mr. Adams Manna 1-Mr. Jenkins - 1 - Mr. McDermott . 7 1 -Mr. Ash a we a 1 -Mr. Wannall : ft | 1 - Mr. Mintz " ” 1 -Mr. Farrington * ue dss ty ca Mr. Hotis tea Lemay 8 Torr } LA AEA DoclId: ait B532 pag? 154
OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10 5010-106 at MAY 1962 EDITION x GSA GEN, REG. NO. 27 } UNITED STATES Mexxrcen Assoc Dir, — Dep. AD as _4 Dep. ADGn Behe emorandum Mt Admin, Comp. Syst. —_ Ext. Affairs TO : Mr. J. B. Adams DATE: 4-24-75 Files & Com. Gen. Inv. 7 Ident. ¢ bie a r : Ht 2 ns sion (fRom . Legal C onset . _conyffi0n CONTATIED ) ia eran / wise ae ee ame i} x, K i a: g UNCLASS STPieD \ Gre , Laborato i a ( “a ) HERTS ro) SSE AALS: Looe! Canal a % 28%, supjeet: SENSTUDY '75 htt Jc 7 sapngent nee! Training Spec. Inv. Telephone Rm. —_ SAC Thomas Kitchens of the Louisville Office Director Sec'y —_ telephonically advised on 4-23-75 that former Section Chief Fred Baumgardner. had been.contacted by Michael Epstein, staff member of the Senate Select Committee, and Epstein had sought to arrange an interview of Baumgardner. SAC Kitchens adviséd Baumgardner ‘réquested that a Bureau representative be present during his interview. SAC Kitchens further advised that Baumgardner will telephonically contact SA Paul V. Daly on 4-24-75. On 4-24-75 at 2:30 p.m., former Section Chief Baumgardner jj Vy. } telephonically related that he had been requested to come to Washington for WA the purpose of being interviewed by Michael Epstein, staff member of the Senate Select Committee. Baumgardner advised Epstein that he would make himself available for interview but at his office at 970 South 4th Street, Louisville, Kentucky, telephone number 584-5183. Mr. Baumgardner expressed concern £ regarding the interview pointing out that he was Section Chief in the Intelligence: ef Division for some 18 years and during the time was continually dealing with — i very sensitive matters which he felt were not the proper subject matter 6f disciis- sion >. with people outside the FBI. Additionally, he pointed out he has been out of the Bureau for some eight years and since he is not aware of current Bureau operations he, therefore, requested the Bureau have a representative present during the interview and that the Bureau representative so designated be thoroughly familiar with Intelligence Division operations so that he might be made aware of those areas which are sensitive and might compromise current Bureau investigations. He suggested that the Bureau representative should arrive sometime the day before . the proposed interview which is 4- 2q- 75 so that he may have a preliminary discussion with the Bureau repre- sentative concerning those areas in which he has knowledge of and § may be iti sensitive. | REO A Ane 629 5- RECOMMENDATION: ead comme li MAY 1 1975 That a representative of the Intelligence Division be mae made available to be present during the interview of former Section Chief Baumgardner to assist Mr. Baumgardner in insuring that he does not divulge or ae a sensitive material. oF Oud oy) 1 -Mr. Wannall 77K - 1 - Mr. Cregar A 1 - Me oa is” ie 1 - wae Mintz 1-Mr. Farrington | U 1 -Mr. Daly posfaiaesa9592 48 0 yar ee ; i Pd. Ulta by ible 7 i ay AW 55075
TO ROM: W. R. Wannaligy, ALL INFORMATION CONTA NEB st SUBJECT: SENSTUDY 7s) DATED. 0- OPTIONAL FORM NGM10 p 5010-106 pt a” # MAY 1962 EDITION . @ GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES eexvconr Assoc, Dir. Dep. AD Adm. — Memorandum a i ae Asst. Dir.: Admin. Comp. Syst. —_ Mr e Je B, Adams DATE: May 1 ; 1975 Ext. Affairs —_ Files & Com Plan. & Eval. — HEREIN 1S UNCLASSIFIED tee TEd.20-G) By FORMER-~SUPERVISOR LISH WHITSON CnviE Le ln ASSIGNED INTELLIGENCE DIVISION @2> 2 Ro — irector Sec'y __ Previous memoranda have reported former Supervisor Whitson's contact with the Bureau to report concerning an_interview 4 of him conducted by Michael Epstein, staff member of the Senate —~ ~ select Committee of Intetbigernite Activities on 4/23/75, The fe ~ interview related to Martin Luther King, Jr. i a ar He On 4/30/75 Whitson telephoned my office to report that. wy he had been trying to establish in his mind the specific date when ay he made a plane trip from Washington National Airport to Miami, ~ Florida, He had previously said he thought it was in the late Summer of 1964. During a subsequent call he fixed the time as the late Summer or early Fall of 1964, During his contact, 4/30/75, : Whitson stated that to the best of his recollection, this plane trip took place in October, 1964. The Bureau's appreciation for his call was expressed to Whitson; Memorandum 4/25/75 in captioned matter has reported the location of information from the files of the Voucher Unit, Data Processing Section, showing that Whitson traveled by plane to Miami utilizing a GTR issued 11/21/64, It has been determined - this date was on a Saturday, it being noted Whitson previously stated he made the trip to Miami on Saturday and the return trip the next day, a Sunday. ACTION: KEC- 106 b 4 Mb I7 TN O nf 2PYAY goclyg742989532 Page 156 None, For information and record purposeSwe may ‘7 1975 W fed : WRW: 1m1/'(6) —h etek Mr. Adams in ¥ Mr. Mintz Mr. Cregar Mr. Wannall Personnel File of SA Lish Whitson (Out of Service) 1 L 1 1 L Gur Veer if
THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ‘“~ WASHINGTON, D. C. 205¢5 \j t 30 APR 1975 i, intelligence Community Staff ‘ . ‘ le, Fil ty i ny MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the USIB Ad Hoc Coordinating Staff SUBJECT >: Security CL rances ; Denote Ly - 7S On 25 April 1975, we provided--you a listing of the a security clearances to date for members of the Senate Lf Select Committee start. Attached is a listing of eight —_ acaregonat Staff personnel cértified by Mr. William G. Mill r, Staff Director, as meeting the requirements of Executive Order 10450 for access to classified informa- ion up to and including Top Secret. eh EF hprr6O ; ohn M. Clarke Agsoctiaxze Deputy to the DCI for the’Intelligence Community Jod to gee dd i REC BY -/G 3 BT § {3 MAY '7 1975
30 April 1975 Staff.Members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities who have received a security investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation within the past five years and are certified as meeting requirements of EO 10450 for access to classified information up to and including Top Secret. NAME ; DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH sOC. SEC. NO. Belva Brissett 6-23-41 Oklahoma Margaret Carpenter 8-27-44 California Joan Erno 8~30-46 D. C. Arthur Harrigan 3-16-44 New York gPK Act 6 (3) Diane LaVoy 11-10-48 Venezuela James Rowe... 6-6-51 D.C. Elizabeth Smith 6-21-49 New York | Martha Talley 9-7-50. No. Carolina \ e (ENCESURE oe op, - ; _ ; oF | be yg Pos 1 | NW 55075 Docta:32989532 Page 158 ba Mla D7 ©
TO Le he | Jom SUBJECT: SENSTUDY 75 Ce. Ait e AL THYORMATION CONTAINED tobe HEANIN IS WICLASSIFIED ry eGo WAYLes : W. O. Cregar io- Mr. W. R. Wannall 4h pion a eval. — 1 - Mr. W. 0. Cregar ng ee sae . o> ‘ ah Trainin - Department. 5010-106 Ly OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10 MAY 1962 EDITION GSA GEN, REG. NO. 27 UNITED STATES rcxnsent Assoc. Dir. ___ Asst. Dir.: 1 - Mr. 3. B. Adams - Admin. ———— Memorandum Lome. SD AL Mints con, 1- Mr. E. W. Walsh | Files Mr. W. R.. Wannail |p Ly DATE: 4/22/75 Ident, —__ ce EE Files & Com. —_ 1 - Mr. J. B. Hotis Intell. Laborato: Telephote Bone Director Sec'y —_ This memorandum reports. the results of an Executive Committee meeting of the Ad Hoc Coordinating Group of Congressional Review for the Intelligence Community on 4/21/75. The Executive Committee, hereinafter referred to as the EXCOM, was chaired by Mr. John Clarke, Associate Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for “ the Intelligence Community, in the absence of Mr. William vo Colby (DCI), who had been called to the Hill to testify wf on the current situation in Vietnam. Present at the ~ meeting were Mr. Philip Buchen and Mr. Roderick Hills, Counsels to the President; Mr. James Wilderotter, Associate Counsel to the President; Mr. Thomas K. Latimer, Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, as well as senior officials of the State Department, National Security Agency (NSA), Office of Management and Budget, and the Treasury Mr. Antonin Scalia, Assistant Attorney General, was scheduled to represent the Department of Justice but failed to appear. ; The following matters. of interest were discussed at the meeting: ’ KEY ISSUES: ‘The purpose of the key issue papers is to completely familiarize the White House with all facets of certain key issues which could arise from Senate Select Committee (SSC) deliberations. It is hoped these key issue papers will permit the President's Counsel to be a more articulate advocate of the intelligence community should 4 of ‘Ga A issues by raised. Q- GS= JO REG. 106 Enclosures ~ 48 MAY 7 1975 POE AARNSY se su 62-116395 woc: imh | mh : (7), © CONTINUED - OVER an oe i (Noe 1 Bo80530 Page 159
HW 55075 Docld: 32989532 Page 160 Memorandum to Mr. W. R. Wannall Res Senstudy 75 Memorandum Cregar to Wannall dated 4/14/75 reported that Mr. J. Dennis Miller of the Legal Counsel Division was preparing the key issue paper entitled "Intelligence Files and Privacy." A copy of the outline for this paper was presented to the EXCOM with the commitment that a draft of the paper would be ready for review in the next two to three weeks. sue paper is one being prepared by of CIA entitled "G. A. O. and the Audit uthorities o n elligence Agencies." Mr. Wilderotter suggested Mr. Magnusson consult with the FBI inasmuch as the Bureau was currently being audited by GAO. Mr. Robert Finzél of the Intelligence Division maintains liaison with GAO representatives auditing the. InteLligenée Division. Mr. Finzél's name will be furnished|  —Ss- for consultation purposes in line with the sysgestton from Mr. Wilderotter. N SEK Act 6 (1) (A) ' WHITE HOUSE RESPONSES TO SSC REQUESTS Enclosed _ is a co of a memorandum from James A. Wilderotter to dated 4/16/75. The memorandum advises that the White House provided copies of the Colby report :(including annexes), as well as a list of documents to the Senate Select Committee on 4/14/75. The Colby report is the document prepared for the President following the Seymour Hersch articles which appeared in "The New York Times" alleging CIA was engaged in massive domestic surveillances. GUIDELINES FOR PARAPHRASING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS PROVIDED TO THE SELECT COMMITTEES ~ Memorandum Cregar to Wannall dated 4/7/75 attached a copy of sanitization guidelines for documents provided to Congressional Select Committees. Attached to this memorandum are new guidelines entitled "Guidelines for Paraphrasing Certain Documents Provided to the Select Committees." In essence the attachment is almost identical to the sanitization guidelines. The reason for the change is the White House prefers the word "paraphrase" rather than "“sanitization." Thus, guidelines under the paraphrasing description were promulgated. - 2 - CONTINUED - OVER
Memorandum to Mr. W. R.. Wannalil Re: Senstudy 75 LETTER TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FROM SENATOR EDWARD: M.’ KENNEDY : Attached hereto is a copy of a letter Senator Kennedy has directed to the Attorney General. Copies of this letter were furnished to the EXCOM by Mr. Wilderotter. In furnishing a copy of this letter, Mr. Wilderotter noted that the Department of Justice would handle the response to Senator Kennedy after consultation with individual agencies as well as the White House. Wilderotter was furnishing a copy to members of the EXCOM for coordination purposes. He further advised that the Department of Justice's response would be made a matter of record with the Interagency Registry. * ACTION: For information and record. purposes. ‘ oC wl wo We" Or “es Yor HW 55075 Docld:329899532 Page 161
SECRET ATTACHMENT | po -THE WHITE HOUSE ae _ WASHINGTON April 16, 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: DR, JOHN M. CLARKE Associate Deputy to the DCI * for the Intelligence Community /FROM: .  ”.—ss, (ss CW JJAMES A, WILDEROTTER ‘a . On Monday, April 14, the White House provided copies of the "Colby Renort' fincluding the annexes) and the attached list of documents to the Senate Select Committee as classified docu- _ments. NSCIDs 4, 5, and 6 -- as well as the obsolete and superseded NSCIDs corresponding to them -- were not provided . to the Committee. '. SECRET ATTACHMENT wo * “> HW 55075  Docld:32989532:. Page 462° oe
SECRET © ASETELE ' LIST OF DOCUMENTS TO EE RELEASED TO THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITES 1. National Security Council Intelligence Directives (NSCIDs) -- - These directives prescribe the organization and division of respon- '*  gibility of the various elements of the intelligence community; provide ' + graphic Interpretation Center. procedures for the collection and production of overt intelligence; establish a communications system for the rapid reporting of critical intelligence information; and establish | the National Photo- “2. Obsolete and Superseded NSCIDs.-~ These documents predate the | existing directives (in itern 71 above) but provide essentially the same guidance under the bureaucratic structure established by previous a, a ns Neer rears trations. -~- ev? 3% Letter from President Nixon to Director Helms -- This letter, - issued following a major review and restructuring of the intelligence | community, set forth the Director's responsibilities and established | - goals to channel his further effort. 11/5 [71 ‘oo 4, . -NSAM 57 - Paramilitary Operations ~- This memorandum defines paramilitary operations; states US policy for rendering assistance to such operations overtly or covertly and establishes a procedure mes ; ‘for the planning and approval of paramilitary operations, 6/28/71 "+: "5. NSAM 124 - Establishment of the Special Group (Counter- 7 Insurg ency) -- This 1962 memorandum set forth procedures for ensuring the use of all available government resources in preventing . and re sisting subversive-insurgency and rélated forms of indirect 4 6. NSAM 196 -~ Establishment of an Executive Committee of the ". National Security Council— This 1962 memorandum established a aggression in friendly countries. committee to serve as a crisis management group during the Cuban missile crisis, 7s NSC 5511 -- Establishment of a Net Evduation Subcommittee _ ' This 1955 directive established a subcomittee of the NSC for the purpose ‘of providing estimates of the capability of the USSR to inflict direct injury onthe US in time.of gene ral war, ae "55075 _Docla: 32989532 Page 463, ; emoele mtn FACT CONTAINED DES Palen le
| HW 55075 SEGRE 989532 Page 164 SECRET -e Zw 8. ‘NSAM 5815 ~ Comparative Evaluation Group -- This 1958 directive established an inter-agency body to prepare comparative evaluations of the US and Soviet weapons systems. 9. - NSAM 303 - This 1964 document changed the name of the Special Group (5412) to the '303 Committee". (The predecessor body documentation is at Tab B). . eyo, . 10, NSAM 327. --This 1965 memorandum disestablishes the net evaluation Subcommittee of the NSC. ‘ . 11. NSDM 40 ~ Covert Operations.-- This directive provides authority and sets forth procedures and responsibility for the planning, approval ‘and conduct of covert operations. It also brings a number of Defense --reconnaissance activities under the cognizance of the 40 Committee. 12, NSDM 224-. This 1973 directive established a Net Assessment: Standing Committee to carry out intelligence assessments as directed by the NSC, oy . 413, NSDM 239 -~ National Net Assessment Process ~-- This directive ‘transferred responsibility for management of the subject program from the NSC to the Department of Defense, 14. NSDM 253 --~ This 1974 memorandum updated the  embership of . the NSC Intelligence Committee. 15, The balance of documents included herein consist of unclassified reports, diagrams and press releases concerning the organization and functioning of the NSC and the Intelligence Community. ‘ie -
~ HW 55075, DoclId: 32969532 Page 465. THE oo OF CENTRAL INTEWIOENC Ey o . WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505- 21 April 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: Members of the USIB Ad Hoc Coordinating Group SUBJECT _ ¢ Guidelines for Paraphrasing Certain Documents , Provided to the Select Committees 1, Attached is a guidance paper, subject as above, prepared by the USIB Security Committee, and approved by the Director of Central Intelligence. 2. In the interest of commonality in our approach to the matter of paraphrasing sensitive documents, it is requested that each of you arrange for the use of these guidelines in the handling of responses irom your organizations to requests irom the Select Committees. Sohn M, Clarke N#~ Associate Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community Attachme nt pana arn os 62 2Me 395 /08 ) SEEPS S PPE IT I ee
. ’ e te - . . . . » « . e oy . . ” , Fy oo eye : (d) Names of particular employees whose physical safety or future careers might be placed in jeopardy by “ exposure. - (e) Foreign or US sources, official or otherwise who , agreed to cooperate under terms of explicit or implied confidentiality, who would be embarrassed or endangered ~ by disclosure of their role. (£) Assumed identities, locations or other information permitting identification of defectors or refugees who might be targeted for retaliation. _ (g) Identifying information on intelligence services of , friendly and neutral countries and collaboration of those services with US intelligence agencies, (h) Identification of technical foreign intelligence operations of high vulnerability or extremety high political . sensitivity. : “ (i) Details of arrangernents with US and foreign banks, o, ‘investment houses, etc., in support of intelligence operations. _-(j) Specific information on special relationships with oan private firms establishéd with the approval of top corporate officials. This includes names of firms or industrial ‘associations that collaborate in a special manner such as providing cover for foreign intelligence operations. (k) Names of firms collaborating with US intelligence ‘agencies in collection and assessment programs (especially those having large foreign clienteles). oad “(l) Proprietary, trade secret or patent information, ° “ . . . . . ot _ - 6 . » ¢ . . - , © = HW 55075 DoctId: 32989532 _Page 169 _ a _ ~ , _ eo _ _ ]
HW 55075 . & . ©@ Docld: 32969532 Page 170 i 9, Techniques of Paraphrasing \ . . . Paraphrasing of intelligence material may include the physical removal of the identity of a person, place or thing from written communication with or without regard for the residual content. Use of a substitute terms is an example of paraphrasing which permits intelligent continuity of the material without revealing the true identity. Paraphrasing does not. extend to the use of false or misleading substitute material.. ot ‘The integrity of official records must be maintained. Thé following paraphrasing techniques apply only to copies of records. (a) Names may be obliterated, “masked or replaced with substitute terms, the residual material xeroxed and the copy submitted to Committees. (b) The material can be retyped or reprinted with substitute phrases or substitute descriptions which do not reveal the sensitive material. (c) Entire pages can be removed from some documents and replaced with a blank page carrying only reference information as to the location of the sensitive material within the contributing department or agency. (d) Within a category of inquiry, it may be desirable to extract a complete document from requested material when the request is broad and all-inclusive within its field. The ' existence of such a document should be made known to the ‘Committees but retained by the agency or department for review under escort of a representative of the department or agency. : oo 10. Management of Documents goo _ @ >: The original record and a copy of the paraphrased version provided should be readily available in all cases. Materials developed within an agency or department in response to requests should be
HW 55075 t reviewed at an appropriate level for completeness, responsiveness and accuracy. In the case of documents or materials of a community nature, the release should be done in coordination with the depart- ments or agencies and/or the Program Manager concerned an any paraphrasing should be agreed upon during coordination. This proposed use of paraphrasing as a special arrangement to protect selected issues contained in material provided to Select Committees by one agency may prove to be a futile exercise if not practiced in common by all participating departments and agencies. ‘It is essential to the proposal that departments and agencies attempt to employ the same criteria for paraphrasing and coordinate as required. This paper can serve only as general guidelines. . , . <6 “ . . 3 e . . . Docld: 32989532 Page 171 . . :
rr . : ‘ . . . B; . : : . . pemendbe + ' <1" GAMES 0, EASTLAND, MISS., CHAIRMAN @ . a suscoumirree: fe A . ‘3 J0KN ft Morse, AehR, MOMAN L. HRUSKA, NENA, RD M. KENNEDY, MASS., CHALYMAN BAM ) Borer’, dae NC, - HIPAN LL. FO*.G, HAWAII . 7K . *e » o RNILIP AL ART, MICH, HUSH SCOTT, PA. , PHILIP A. HART, MICH, RTAGOM THURMAN, 5.0. EOWARD 81, SLNNEDY, MASS. STRUM THURMOND, S.C, : RIMCH BAYH, IND, CHARLES MCC, MATMIAS. 2R,. MDL EDIT Bae, 1D, + MARLOW W. C094, KY. " QUENTIN N, BURDICH, HM. OAK, «= EQWARD J. GUNNEY, FLA, QCENTIA N, EUHCION, Ny DAK, CHARLES MGC, MATHIAS, JR. MO, ACHN Ve TUNNZY, CALIF, . ECIERT C. YR, Ww, VAL EDWARD J. GURNEY, FLA, ‘ SOMA V. TUNNEY, CALIP, NATHAN CLVENTHAL, CHIEM COUNSEL : VETER M STOCKETT, 3% ® t riod iy: { 26% de 4 : 2%. Wluirlern States Denete CHIE? COUNSEL AND STARE SIRECTOR COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY . SUBCOMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEOQURE ° a . + Q@URSUANT To SEC, 3,5. RES. $5, 93D CONGRESS) , . . ot! i . MG WASHINGTON, D.C, 20510 Honorable Edward H. Levi Attorney General Department of Justice Washington, D.C. em ache nanos ris H DOnIn A Taste Lintenm eee MN Ma CARE Cae ENED Bat ot Dear Mr. Attorney General: oS ce ae +" 7+ A newspaper report in today's Washington Post : has ‘raised serious questions as to how many rederal agencies engage in electronic surveillance and the extent: Of such surveillance. _ Loo - . Ata hearing en May -23, ‘1974, “before the’ ‘Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure > Attorney General -Saxbe testified on this subject. Tf asked him: "Can you ' tel2 us about any other organizations or government -departments that are involved in any wiretapping at all a today?" The Attorney General replied: ‘We do not believe that there is anyone else and the penalties are rather .. severe." (p. 495) I am enclosing a copy of the hearings for your convenience. Lo “The recent reports raise questions concerning the . completeness and clarity of Attorney General Saxbe's earlier testimony. President Johnson's executive memorandum of June 30, 1965, requires that federal agencies engage in © LieS., a, A list of all federal departments, agencies, ‘bureaus. . ’ -Givisions, and other units that conduct, have conducted,.or have oN authority to conduct electronic surveillance of any. type” ‘Cineludings wiretaps, bugs, and other uses of any device or apparatus which ‘can be used to intercept a wire or Oral communication)... * <n wees RGN AREA. wiretapping only with the prior approval of the Attorney . : .. . :General. In order to fully answer the questions that have «= Bom:  - “-been raised, I request that you provide the Subcommittee .on — ee Adtinistrative Practice and Procedure with the following. vo pantheon mes information by April 16: -. . Lads A T—-CO RK ’ - . eee "Daal e . oars oa SORIA Aporr WORT sree new! ‘HW 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 172).
on, fe -» ° , Honorable Edward H. Levi , | 77") April 10, 1975 sO 7. Page 2 2. For each agency listed under #1 above, the specific statutory or other authority for the agency's conduct of ; electronic surveillance. 3, For each agency listed under #1 above, all guidelines, procedures, rules and regulations relating to the conduct of electronic surveillance. ‘4: For each agency listed under #1 above, a specification of whether the agency's conduct, or authority to conduct, electronic surveillance ineludes: a. Electronic surveillance ‘conducted pursuant to a court warrant obtained under the provisions of sections 2516 and 2518 of title 18, United States Code ; ° b. Electronic surveillance coriducted without a court order obtained under the provisions of sections 2516 and 2518 of title 18, United States Code; Ge ” Dlectyror Mic Surveilia United States; d. Electronic surveillance conducted in foreign countries. " . a 5. For each agency listed under #1 above, the number of electronic surveillances in place on Aoril 1, 1975, and the number of electronic surveillances in place at any time during the calendar years 1970 through 1974 (with a description of the method used in. computing these figures). r am sure you appreciate the need for the questions raised by Attorney General Saxbe's testimony to be answered as quickly and definitively as possible. These questions demonstrate-once again the need for close cooperation between the Department of Justice and the Congress. “Many of the questions posed in this letter were originally raised in my letter of October 10, 1973, to Attorney General Richardson. The Subcommittee requested additional information ; on April 16, 1974, and at the hearing on May 23, 1974. Attorney -° General Saxbe indicated a willingness at the hearing to provide this information in the near future, but none of this information has been provided. I am enclosing copies of the October 10, 1973, and April 16, 1974 correspondence . A ¢ HW 355075 Docld: 32989532 Page 173
We look forward to hearing from you and to making the necessary arrangements ‘ for your appearance. eto, ; *, : With best personal regards. vo _ * Sincerely, . . . . Eowann M. Krvvepy. - . Chairman, Subcommitice on Administrative Practice and Procedure. 4 Sane J. Eevin, dr, ir o ; Chairman, Subcammitter on ( toustitutioval Rights, if . — ‘ eo . Eowtenn S. Mes«re, , - 7. . Chairman, Subcommittee on Surveillance. - . . ' women . . : . i. COMMITTER ON ws a TARY, - . pot, Suncomserrret ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE, ° . . Washington, D.C, April 16, 1974. >. Ffon. Youn Davitt, - | ; Chief. Internal Security Section. Criminal Division, Departinent of Justice, a . Washington, DC. Jt) 0. Dear Mr. Davirr: I appreciate your meeting with me to discuss the nature - os of the requests by the Sulconunirtee on Aduitistra tive Practice and Procedure - : * for materials relating to warrantless electronic surveillances. The purpose af . Po! this fetter, as you requested, is to memorialize the Subcomumiitee’s xpecitie mo {| . * requests. : . -. = : ft oe The materials requested are listed in the attached memorandum. Of conrse, : . : Po these requests are not intended to be exclusive or exhiustive, aud are in addition , , | - to any other requests that inay be made by the Subconmitree. . erry ¥ ° . . a atte . I appreciate your cooperation in seeking to ensure that these requests be ‘ J =3omet proniptiv, If all the materials requested ace net readily available, I would : TN Ties Svepente has samereee iding rhe motorints ta tneromantys we ther Are wee wee peels oy EDU " ° . rors re - - : . | oe 'gassenibled, . \ - <I will look forward to working with you on- these and related - matters, With oo : “sbest reg ards, i. . oat vactoel 3 OR. Tate e&: Sincerely, >” - oot mt LO : : BPs _. . Le Looe * Keyverit M. KAUFMAN, .. : Sa Tet hot . Assistant Counsel. *. - - 3 ve 7 . - : . . MATERIALS ON WARRANTLESS ELECTRONIC Scnver, LANCE Requesten BY THE . Suae OMMIPETEE Ox ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICN AND PROCEDURE - . . «+ 4 Fer a representative ‘group of electronic surveillances, please provide the . . . taterials listed under sicher “A ca HB" below. by “representative’ is meant a . . _ kroup that is representative with respect te (ad the statutory eatezories of Section . oo. , 2511(3), Title 1s, United States Code, used by the Attor ney General in authorizing ce, cop 7 the surveilinnces: (b) the types of targets of the surveilhunces + (e) the rrpe of . . : “8. surveillance. e.g. telephone. microphone or other: and (d) the date of autheriza- oo tion ef the surveillances. both before and after the St upremve Court decision ia ‘ - Cnitted States vo Cnited States District Court, 407 Vos, 2o7 (i072). . “A. Copies of documents containing: (1) requests for authorization of elec- - tronic surveiliances from the Director of the FBI te the Attorney General: €2) . -.0, C2 authorizations signed hy the Attoraey General: (2) requests for reautharizarian = Of existing electronic strveillanees from the Direcror of rhe FRI te the Atrerney General: tf) teauthorizations sisned ly the Artornes Genecal: amd (ar com- muunications berween the FBO oor the Department of Justice and a telephone wo GaMpany recarding the instalhution, unutiotemince, or discamtinunmuce of elecrronie ne surveillances, These documents’ would be Cor actual as opposed to hypothetical, _ ") sntveillauces, but not necessarily surveillunces which are currently active. Names and other data which identify targets of the surveillances could be oe > @Neised. The Qacuments world hegiven co the Subcommittee stall’ ou a contiden- tial basis. and appropriate measures would be taken ro ensure that they remain eonfidential They could be shawn to approprinte stat’ of the Subcommittee » 6. OM Constitutional Rights and the Fore sign Relations Subcommittee on Surveil- . : Binee under (hy same condition of contidenciality. . BR. Copies of the sine materials refecred to in *A" above excent that the . documents would represent hepothetizal rather than’ etal, electronic sprveil- lances, The materials would, however, wcrurately reflect documents fur actual . tee pad pylorrmaeee , . o gee ona a og % - 4 . eee on . =O & e Som meee EVEL) Sopenen: gerne: 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 175 -  .- °° wt. oe. Cte ae
oy es woe ee 518 o ry * ef . . « * e . . . : . qurveillances, The materials would he supplied to Subcommittee staff on a nan- soe = cunfidential basis, since ther would represent hepothectical and not real sur- “yeillances. In actlition, the Sabcominittee start would be shown copies of some L documents for actual surveillunces (from which names and identifsing data . could be removed) in order to compare chem with the hypotheticals. 0 2. Copies of avtual oc bypethetient documents retlecting each step in the ‘ Sa process of review within the FRCL of a request to initiate aw arratitless clectronic . . ee. surveillance, At the mnceting of February 27th, Director Wetley referred to at ee : . least a ten-step process within the FDL for reviewing a request for a wiretap. . . " Director Kelley indicared that there are communications to and frou the agent : “In the fieta, the agent's supervisor, the Assistant Agent in Charge, the Agent in . . : * Charge, the supervisor in the appropriate division of.the FRI, the Unit Chief, - ‘ . the Section Chief, the Branch Chief. the Assistant Director, the Assistunt to the . Director, and the Director. ‘Lo the extent that there inay be difecences in the . . review procedure for “bugs” as opposed to wiretaps, please provide documents : reflecting these differences. 3. Copies of any FBI or Department of Justice rnles, regulations, documents " procedures. mamuds or portions «€ manuals relating in any was to rhe initiation, installation, conduct, maintenance. supervision, approval, authorization, reaq- thorization, financing, or discontinuance of warrantless wiretaps or other elec- tronic surreilianees. Tost 4 Copies of any documents, rules, reculations. procedures, manuals or portions “of mannitis relating to record-keeping procedures and indexes in the EBT or the Department of Justice with respect to warrantless electronic surveillances, we wore te, tes . “. . . - « wf ale o e oe emma ete wari . oe “ead ° toot "TS. SevaTE. ; a as . , - COMMITTEE ON THE TUDICTARY, . tit SUBCOMMITTER ON ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND Proceacer, , we askington, D. Cu pr i 17. 1% roe Fon. Wrortast B. Sanxpe, : . Office of the Attorney General. TS a me Tobe - Department of Justice, Washington. D.C, . . - oI” | Dean Mn. Atrorxey Generar: Lam writing with reference te mr letter to the Attorney General of October 10, 1973, seeking certain information abant wea rantless electronic. surveillance. A copy of this letter is enclosed for yene conven- tence. The information requested would expand and update information supplied “to the Subcommittee over the past several years. After six months, none of the information has yet been provided. . s eeneepenerenameintet ti ¢utneint intent ast oem ten te oa ory . ory . ae . to obtain the information [ requested as expeditiously ax possible, Ata ineeting . - with Subcommittee staf last month following ony meeting of February 27th. “ . Lo however. the Department stated that ik would be willing fe provide only an up 0 . ve date of the information provided in LOTL and 1972. and to furnish this iofemnad- 0 * ° . tion only to me personally on a confidential basis. Lhis proposal would not meet .the Subcommittee’s requirements, Lhe Snbeonmittee requires all the informa- . tion requested, not just an update of that Supi mied two years aga, The informa- -tion provided on a nonclussified Lasis in previous rears should be provided on rhe fame basis at this time, To the extent that any information is supplied an a con- fidential basis, Subcmminittee members and staff mist have aecess to iF, .- 2 am sure you realize that the Subcommittee’s need for this information is _ pressing, AS you are aware, we have been conducting hearings ou warrantless ” electronic surveillance with the.Subcommittee on Coustiturional Rights and the * Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Surveillanee. In order to effectively exercise . mrt waco ameter ee mies ve pm stem emir es ememmee ercaswooe ’ ecareegee iat . . o! fnformation requested in the letter. . Fam writing to request that the bulk of the infarmation requested be pro- -, Yided to the Subcormmitcee no later than April 29 in order to enable the Sub- fa committee to analyze the data prior to our next series of hearings beginning May Zth, Please cantact Kenneth Kaufman, Assistant Counsel. if you have any + questions regarding this request, . a ° . « Thank you in advance for your cooperation in this mittter. With best personal . . , - regards. oe . Le . ae a at Sincerely, 7 . ; . - oo.  -Enw ARD MI. Kexseny, Chairman, Subcommittec on Administrative Practice dud Procedure. em te Bares we cere eee Bane Os lee w tccummens ndrececle @W 55075 Docld:32989532 -Page 176° ‘ ae * In your letter of February Sth. yon indicated that every effort was being innde . “our oversight and legistative responsibilities in this area, we need the base of. Q ; . 4 e 2 ‘ ‘ ‘ : t oteateet ' + hee ert toes ban
1" JAMES 0, EASTLAND, MIS. CHAIRMAN fe cretian,ank, ROMAN 4. HNUSKA, NCB, 7% . ‘ A . TOWARD M, UCNNEOY, MATS., CHATRIMAN . atte ions ‘ wie rare, PA naw PHILIP A, HART, Pict. STUOM THURMONO, 3.0. ‘ i MMEANEUL MAGE STROM THUUMOND, Sc. BIRCH FAYH, IND. + CHARLES MCC, MATIIAD, JR MDL o. i YH,IND. ey AMLOW W. COG, RY, . QUENTIN N, BUNDICK, Ne UnK. = ECWARD 2. GURNEY, FLA, a NJfUIISK, Ne OAK. CHARLIE MCG. MATHIAS, JIG MD. SOHN Ve TUNNEY, CALIF. . 7 . DYAD, WAVA. EQWAND J. GURNEY, FLA, . UNNEY CALIF. ' . JAMES FP. FLUC, CHIEP COUNSCL t ot i a) ¢ as ‘oe ” - tt JOMN H. HOLLOMAN CIT bd ¢ en ~~ les & f nr) ‘ “Fe 7 CHIC COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR TILES ROTALCS wOCIWRLC “Me tS, 7 COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY : Coa eye ee | : .. , : SUBCOMMITTEE ON re Sane 1 BIE ; -, . i * ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE AND PROCEOURE 7 en ee . (runsuatir YO SEC 3, S, RES. £5, 3D CONSAESS) . . oo wee - . Ret i - 3 - . ae oe 6. NASHINGTON, D.C. 20510 . - ofa “iF . £695 i ot . = gy we ee use! ape hal IG" “October 10, 1973 DRT | ts : woe - oe > i “ ow ve, eal “her | a -- ee Tle - . oan . ~ Let on fone, Pa 7 . . . . wot. _ «fhe Honorable Elliot L. Richardson . | ™ yey yess Office of the Attorney General | . Department of Justice Se a te, i: Washington, ‘D.C. 20530 Ct an see ear Mr. Attorney General: EE | . . : . * o, » Ree | - . AS you “know, the Subcommittee on “Administrative practice’ ae and Procedure has played an active role in the area of . fe electronic surveillance over the past several years, including - es ‘its role in the development and processing of the legislation .. 7. 2 fh... which eventuaLly became Title TIT of the Omnibus Crime Control (..” “-): “+ and Sate Streets Act of 1968.and its hearings on warrantless | a elute wiretapping last year. ; wes ee hel RE Arte ae ae -On February 55 1971, Y wrote, attorney Genera “John Mitenell | pete seeking certain intormation about electronic surveillance -instal- - : : -lations without court orders, The Department was good enough to aa re "provide me with most ot the information I sought. The information ron bod extended by the Department was extremely usetul in enlightening. Ss tha. both the Committee and the public about the extent and -signfi- i -.., G€ance of such surveillance... ee Spa peta ifn Fe | wee - fhe intormation sought and supplied dealt only with the - toate gn, 8 oan! period June 19, 1968 through calendar year 1970. Since then, ©. — oe : Of course, the "united States Supreme Court has held’that . eee - domestic security surveillance without a court order is uncon- ‘stituticonal, United States v. United States District Court, ~ 407 U.S. 297 (1972). Shorcly after the Supreme Court decision, Be . our Subcommittee held hearings on warrantless wiretapping, during ° a which a detailed inquiry was made into the Justice Department's ; : practices and procedures in implementing the decision. At the -. ' -hearings, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kevin Maroney FY "  testitied that in response to the Supreme Court ruling, a certain o number of installations “in cases involving domestic security," ‘ to use the description in Mr. Kleindienst's statement of - June 19, 1972, were terminated. In a letter dated August 2, 19/2, Mr. Maroney indicated the numbers of surveiliances in, place on ety us ro yaetet sero kT Ven fy 7 wy : ‘ 4 "4 . q vi al ee Le a , 74 « HW 55075 Docld:32989532 Page 177 er eee Bet
ers —eeencmeemmmmmame, an ag nce erence ne " . , . . ‘ ’ “ . 7 . . Cn ‘- “*Phe Honorable Elliot @ xs chardson . -October 10, 1973 a Page 2 - Bee . . . } ae “ so . “, " June 29, 1972 in each of the five statutory categories contained *. dn Section 2511(3) of Title 18, United States Code. Also, on ‘May .14, 1973, Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investi-: | . or “gation William D. Ruckleshaus disclosed information concerning . tae some 17 wiretaps that had been placed on the telephones of en ae _hewsmen and government vfficials. oe lke se a a In order to keep this Subcommittee and the pubtic Fully 2. ; . informed about this extremely significant aspect of your ee “ _2. 2 practices and procedures, would you kindly provide the fol- * -* lowing information as soon as possible, sending us immediately | .. those items of information which are readily available, and the ~"s " pemainder when obtained. As I indicated in my February 5, 1971: ie Letter, I recognize that some ‘of the statistics will be based on documents which are classified, but, as earlier, the requests have LE ‘been framed so as to admit of answers which should be able to be 73 unclassified. As previously indicated, if you nevertheless see ‘rile: a need to classify any particular answer, please provide it » oat ey hale, ‘ ' Wen Abe Hy gti b yee ry “rte wan " . . we! Ce Ue 7. /.separately, and it will be handled on a classified basis. ~ 0°;  o-77 9 Es : ae “As used in the FoLiowing questicns, the torn "electronic B 2 ‘l-surveillance™ includes interceptions of both wire and oral $3 ee communications. The questions refer only to warrantless elec-’ 4 *. i2-+tronie surveillances. mo ve tp aed Pa : tA For each of the periods calendar year 1971, calendar year S : 972, _and January | 1, 1973 to September 30, 1973, please provide: Ke Bos 1. ‘The number of elec tronic surveillance installations 7 ae placed in operation or continuing in- operation at any time - Ts " “during the period, in terms of the number of "premises of oa _ grgans zations or individuals without regard to the number of : “zinstruments wnicn may be involved in effectuating the sur~ i ‘veillances," to use the description in Mr. Maroney’s letter” . we Sits OF August 2, 1972. I assume that this is the same method of SRS ERE, ner Y ‘computation "used by Mr. Mardian in his letter of March 1,.1971; .- a .°) Gf it is not, please indicate the method of computation used oo fe “8 oe ay tine « ’ a fees stat if apm, toe eta by him and 1 provide comparable figures for the time = periods PO ae "9, O£ thése, Please provide: ER : oak. a. iThe number of electronic surveillance installations FL i" +. newly placed'in operation during the period; — Tat - =, ° Be, _ be. The number of electronic Surveillance installations : Meth continuing in operation at any time during the period but placed “. ere in operation during a> prior period. . ay °; Fy . . . . . “ = a s ; :2 3. The number of each type of installation, i.e., telephone ‘ : , Fe surveillances, microphone surveillances, combination surveillances, ; “23% or other. , 4 . Ai -35075—_Doeld: 32989532 Page 176_ : ot to ar rer My oe gs