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FROM:

SUBJECT

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Date:

5/10/76

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--- ALL INFONILATION CONTAINED;

CASSIALD

DATE.

DIRECTOR, FBI

(ATTN :

INTD, S.F. PHILLIPS)

SAC, CHICAGO

SENSTUDY ' 75

Re telephone conversation between Mr.

S.F. PHILLIPS,

Division 5, and ASAC RUSSELL, JEAN GRAY, JR., Chicago, on

5/5/76.

On 5/5/76 JOHN CARDINATD Roman Catholic

Archbishop of Chicago, telephonically advised SA

HUBERT W

HART he had been informed by a Washington contact that a

Senate Committee report being released at 3:00 PM that date

would indicate that on 2/24/66 he had

agreed to help the FBI

"hold down" Dr. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. in Chicago.

Cardinal

CODY said he could not recall any meeting or agreement of that

nature although he has conferred with various FBI officials

over the years.

UNRECORDED COPY FILED

The excerpt from the Senate Committee report

furnished by Mr. PHILLIPS was telephoned to the Cardinal

by SA HART at 5:35 PM, 5/5/76.

He was also informed our

records indicated he was visited by former SAC MARLIN W. JOHNSON

on 2/24/66. Cardinal CODY said he still had no independent

recollection of this meeting or what was discussed and he

would so indicate if the press inquired.

He did not request

was offered to him.

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It is noted the Cardinal was released from the

hospital on 5/5/76 where he had been recovering from the

removal of his gall bladder.

SA HART has been the liaison

between the Chicago Office and the Cardinal since 1966

and has developed a

friendly personal working relationship

with him.

Attached as the last page of this airtel is a

copy of an article which appeared in the 5.6/76 edition

of the Chicago Daily News.

In view of the quality of the

xeroxing the last sentences at

the bottom of the first two

columns are repeated hereafter:

Column 1

"Cardinal Cody is convalescing in Chicago's

Columbus Hospital after April 25 gall bladder surgery

and couldn't be reached directly for comment, but a

spokesman for the archdiocese quoted the Cardinal as

saying the committee's report is "absolutely untrue.'"

Column 2

"Wednesday to accompany its monumental two

volumes released last week on the nation's domestic and

foreign intelligence operations.

"The supplement is the second of 13 such

volumes of detail on the committee's schedule."

For information.

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IBI's try to use Cody

against Dr. King told

It the time of the alleged

Tie rolumes are destined to

ay rbelt Gnuenberg

briefing Dr. King sas active in

become the

reterence

works.

Phow Washington Bureau

the. Chicago: civil fights. more-

for the coming debate in the

ment.

#WE ENGION m The, FBI

Senate over establishing an it

hey 70 use Jobo Cardinal

THE APPROACHES to Car-

dependent intelligence over:

Katy at Chicago and Francis

dinals Cody and Spellman sight commitize - a proposai

Cardinal Spellman of New

were part of a sir-year cam-

that already has met with.

conk to discredit the Rey. Dr.

paign by the Fir to destory

stubborn opposition among.

Macit. Luther ring Jr.,

the reputation. of Dr. King, ac-

some veteran lawmakers.

moring: to the Senate Select

corsing to the committee neat.

"I find it hard to understand

Stantaitree on: Intelligence.

ed by Sen. Frank Church D÷

how anyone can read ine de

"fir committee

prunesday that in 1964

reported

Ida.).

tailed accounts of the vendetta

the

The campaign continued

(against Dr. King) and noran

-Bi sent an agent to try 10

éter aiter Dr. King was 8s-

sassinated in 1505, Ine: com-

pendent

congressional

evej.

perstade Carainal.Spelimas.20

mittee:said.

sight committee," said sell.

min Pope Paul VT that a

(meaned audience for Dr. King

A year aiter the civil rights

Church. ••

mouldibe "embarrassirg."

leader's death, the committee

DURING A nine-hour confer-

reported. the FBI considered

ence Dec. 23, 1963, in FBI

hut rejerten a pronneal by the

headquarters here, -i propus

ding, and Er. King in Septemn-

Germ that year was granted a

Z0-minute: audience with the

Pope, sho agreed to make a

public deciaration against ra-

tialinjustice.

Do 1555, according to tre

committee, the, FBI sent an.

agent to try to corvince Car-

cinal, Cody to hslp "neutralize

Ise filect" of Dr. King in Cli-

Atianta oifice of the FBI to'be-

als were suggested for disa

gin a coyert operation against

crediting. De. King, the report

his midois, Coretta Scott King:

said:

The nature of the proposed

program against

BiTS.

These included "using" min-

King

wasn't disclosed to the com-

isters,

"disgrunded" acquaint,

ances, "aggressive" newsmen;

mittee.

"colored". FBI agents,

Bur it was to serve "in the

King's houseitesper and even

event the bureau (FBI) is in-

Dr.

clined.

to entertain

coun

said.

King's wile, the report

terintelligence action against

*There even was discussion of

(her) and-or the continuois

pipiaction of the public

iin-

"pracing a good-looking femtle

plant" in Dr. King's ottice, ac

*The committee resorted that

Cardinal Cody apparentiy was

Driefed "about alleged Com-

munist intluence on Dr. King

and about Dr. King's private

life."

According to the committee,

an FBI internal memo states

that the agent who briefed the

Chicago archbishop came

atray with the fesling thai Car-

dinal Cody sould

"do every-

ining possible to neutralize

King's eifect."

Cardinal Cody is con

valescing in Chicago's Colum-

bus

Respital aiter April 25

gallbladder surgery end

couldnt to rawber directly

aye" Di the slain Negro leader,

cording to an Fbi work paper.

the Atlanta office said.

3. Edgar Hoover

rejected

Attempts also were made 10

the idea, saying "the bureau

hare universides withhold hon-

does not desire counterintel-

orary degreas, prevent publi-

ligence action against Coretti

cation ei articles favorable to

King of the nature you suggest

Dr. King and to find news

at this time.""

sources

"iriendly" so the FBI

to publish damaging

articles,

THE QUOTATION

attribut-

the committee case study said.

ed 1o the late FBI chief is

The "extreme personal vin-

virtially the only

positive

dictiveness" that marked Hoo-

statement in his behalf in the

ver's attitude toward Dr. King

103-page supplementary study

was recorded as early as 1952

Issued by the committee

with a statement by the FBI

Wednesday to accompany its

chiet that "King is no goos!,"

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530

MAY 1 3 1976

John A

Mintz, Assistant Director

*Legal Counsel Division

Federall Bureau of Investigation

FROM:

SB

Steven Blackhunst

1 pail once do one 0 Senatuly

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT: Letter from Senator Morgan Dated May 11, 1976

Attached for your information is a letter

their meeting earlier this week.

ALI INFORMATION CONTATED

HEREIN IS UNCLASBIVIED

DATE (3D0

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FROM

TO

MORGAN, Robert Senator

Select Com to Study Govt

Operations with Respect to

Intelligence Activities

Edward H. Levi

Attorney General

DESCRIPTION

follow-up to mtg with AG

requesting FBI documents

on former FBI informant.

Also documents on Black

Panther Party in North

Carolina.

REMARKS

Prepare appropriate response

for the Attorney General's

signature and send copy to

OLA, 'Room 1603.

MAIL CONTROL

TE+ 7475555978495455

DATE OF DOCUMENT SUSPENSE DATE

5/11/76

DATE RECEIVED

5/11/76

REFERRED TO

5/19/76

CONTROL NO.

C 338

DATE

M. Shaheen

5/11

CC: AG

DAG

P. Daly

PREPARE REPLY FOR SIGNATURE OF

Edward H. Levi

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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN

JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN

#PHILIP A. HART, MICH,

HOWARD H. BAKER,

ANN.

WYALTER.E. MONGÉLE, MINN.

BARRY GOLDWATER, AMA.

WALTAR I. HUDDLESTON, KY.

CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MD.

M RUBERT MORGAN, N.C.

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.

GARY HART, COLO.

WILLiAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRESTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL

CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

LInited States Genote

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, SITH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

May 11, 1976

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The Honorable Edward H. Levi

The Attorney General

Washington, D.C. 20530

'ALL INTORILATION CONTAINED

HERRIN IS UNCLASSINISD

: DATE 1-30-0

Dear Mr. Levi:

I would like to thank you for the courtesy you extended

by promptly responding to my request to see you.

Your action

exemplified the

spirit of cooperation between the Executive

and Congress which prompted my request.

I do feel that my concern that the FBI clear for release

the documents with which I was concerned deserves your seri-

ous attention.

While I am aware that the release of the docu

ments may confirm the identity of a former FBI informant, I

feel the posture the Bureau has taken in publicly denying that

the events described in the documents ever took place neces-

sitates their release, if only to set the record straight. It

should be noted that the Bureau's public position in this situ-

ation,

as well as in others, has been taken in direct response

to public statements I have

made critical of past improper FBI

activities. Accordingly, it is the confirmation of improper

which I am concerned. Further, it is my feeling that,

FBI activity, instead of the identity of the informant, ased

on information I have received, the identity of the informant

is already common knowledge.

The other group of documents for which I sought release

concern FBI actions taken against the Black Panther Party in

North Carolina.

These in no way involve a confidential source,

and I anticipate no problems with their clearance.

Under sep-

arate cover I

am furnishing Mr. Steve Blackhurst copies of the

documents for which I seek clearance.

Again, let me express my appreciation to you for your as-

sistance in

this,

matter

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Sincerely,

out hagon

Robert Morgan

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530

MAY 1 2 1976

John A. Mir

Assistant Director

Legal Counseji Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FROM:

SB

Steven Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT: Attached Letter Dated May 11, 1976

Attached is a letter from Walter Ricks of the

Senate Select Committee staff enclosing the documents

which Senator Morgan requests be cleared for public

Aston

As you know the Attorney General told

Senator Morgan that the Bureau would review the

documents to determine which ones could be released.

We would

appreciate it if you would review the

documents, make

the necessary excisions, and return

them to this Office for transmittal to the Committee.

Lotto AE, 0375/8176

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MAY 1 2 1976

TO :

FROM:

John A. Mintz, Assistant Director

Legal Counsel Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Steven Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT: Attached Letter Dated May 11, 1976

Attached is a letter from Walter Ricks of the

senate Select Committee start enclosing the documents

which Senator Morgan requests be cleared for public

release.

As you know the Attorney General told

Senator Morgan that the Bureau would review the

documents to determine which ones could be released,

We would appreciate it if you would review the

documents, make the necessary excisions, and return

them to this Office for transmittal to the Committee.

ATL ITFORIATION CONTAITED

sit shoe to rempe

co:

Paul Daly

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T KANK CHUACHLDAND CHAIRMAN

JOHN G. TOIVER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN

PHLIP A. HART, MICH.

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR,

MALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.

BARRY GOLDWATER, AN

M ALTER D-¡UDDLESTON, KY.

CHARLES MC C. MATHIA.

SBERT MORGAN, N.C

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.

ARY HART, COLO

WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL

CURTIS M. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

A, MD.

irited States Benate

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WIT!

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S, RES: 21, I6TH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

May 11, 1976

Mr. Steve Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

Office of the Deputy Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.G. 20530

Dear Mr. Blackhurst:

Forwarded herewith are copies of FBI documents which

Senator Morgan wishes to have cleared for public release.

The documents were the subject of the meeting yesterday with

Attorney General Levi which we attended.

Please notify me

of the results of your efforts to have the documents cleared

as soon as possible.

Thank you for your assistance in this matter.

Sincerely. yours,

Write Pinto

Walter E. Ricks, III

All INFORMATION CONTAINED

MORIU

Enclosures

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OFFICECI

ASSISTAN! L'IDAULYGENERAL

Office of Legislative Affairs

5/11/76

TO:

From :

Attorney General

Deputy Attorney General

FBI, Attn: Paul Dalyn

Michael M. Uhlmann

The attached correspondence has

been sent to Mike Shaheen asking him to

prepare

a response for the Attorney

General's signature.

TARY INFORIZATION CONTARAY

ANARIS IS UNCLASBIED

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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN

JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN

HILIP A. PART, MICH

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR.,

'ALTER FAMONDALE, MINN

BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.

MALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.

CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MD..

новені MORGAN N.о

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.

GARY HART, COLO.

WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL

CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

Writed States Senate

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, S4TH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

May 11, 1976

The Honorable Edward H.

Levi

The Attorney General

Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mr. Levi:

I would like to thank you for the courtesy you extended

by promptly

responding to my request to see you.

Your action.

exemplified

the spirit of cooperation between the Executive

and Congress which prompted my request.

I do feel that my concern that the FBI clear for release

the documents with

• which I was concerned deserves your seri-

ous attention.

While I am

aware that the release of the docu-

ments may confirm the identity of a former FBI informant, I

feel the posture the Bureau has taken in publicly denying that

the events described in the documents

ever took place neces-

sitates their release, if only to set the record straight. It

should be noted that the Bureau's public position in this situ-

as well as in others, has been taken in direct response

to public statements I have made critical of past improper FBI

activities. Accordingly, it is the contirmation of improper

FBI activity, instead of the identity of the informant, with

which I am concerned. Further, it is my feeling that,

based

on information I have received, the identity of the informant

is already common knowledge.

The other group of documents for which I sought release

concern FBI actions taken against the Black Panther Party in

North Carolina.

These in no way involve a confidential source,

and I anticipate no problems with their clearance.

Under sep-

arate cover I am furnishing Mr. Steve Blackhurst copies of the

documents for which I seek clearance.

Again, let me express my appreciation to you for your as-

sistance in this matter.

ALL INFORVATION CONTAINID

HERRIN IS UNCLASSIFTER

BY SHAUNIN

DATE 1300

TOL 14

Sincerely,

Cole Moa

Robert Morgan

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JAG. Deegan J69

Assoc. Dir. _

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SUBJECT! /SENSTUDY '75

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"Director Soc'y —

To advise of a telephone call from former Section

Chief George C. Moore on Friday, 5/7/76, concerning a request

he received from a representative of Rolling Stone Newspaper

(an underground newspaper) in connection with the publica-

tion of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities

(SSC) •

UNIT

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Former Section Chief Moore said he received the

call from an individual who identified himself as a reporter

for the RollingStone Newspaper and who wanted to interview

him in detail concerning "Moore's testimony before the SSC."

Mr. Moore told this individual that he had no comment to make

and when the individual pursued it further he was told by

Mr. Moore that any information concerning matters which he

supervised in the FBI would have to come from a representa-

tive of the FBI and not from him.

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

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MAY 1982 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Toil

I. W. Leavitth

FROM

S.

F. Phillips

SUBJECT:

GENSTUDY 75

1 - Mr. N.

¿allahan.

1 - Mx. J. B. Adams

1

Mr. I.

J. Jenkins

1 - Mr. D. W. Moore

(Attn: H. A. Boynton)

DATE:

5/10/76

2 - Mr. J. A. Mintz

(1 - Mx. P. V. Daly)

1 - Mr. I.

W. Leavitt

2 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

Assoc. Dir.

/ Dep. AD Ann!

Dap. AD Inv.!

Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp. Syst. -

Ext. Affairs _

Files & Com. -

Gen. Inv.

Ident.

Laboratory

Plan. & Eval. -

Spec. Inv.-

Training -

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Telephone: Rm. -.

Director Seaty

To advise of a falsehood in a Senate Select

Committee (SC) report, lEs possibte impact on the tureau fit

and the writer personally, and the writer's request that

and shore

this matter be taken up, through the Department, with

Senator Church personally.

SYNOPSIS: SSC report on FBI investigation of Martin Luther

King, JI., contains falsehood in stating that supervisor

of King case (mid-1960's) still in "high position with the

FBI." Writer is person referred to and never, since supervision

of Ring case, served higher than Unit Chief, which is next

RITATION CONTAINED

to lowest of nine official Headquarters ranks ranging from

Director to Supervisor.

Statement containing falsehood in

15 UNCLASSH IED

a footnote of report added after FBI review and contrary to

agreements by the SSC, Department and Bureau on our review of

SSC's drafts prior to publication. This matter subject of

a page 1 "Los Angeles Times" article 5/6/76 which could lead

to further media or other exploration with result that

writer's name may be publicly revealed. This raises great

personal concern for writer and also impacts on Bureau.

/22

This is latest of many SSC abuses revealed to us during

ALL INFO

F'EREIN

DATE 6

Committee's life. Writer requests Bureau address itself to

Senator Church personally on this matter.

0OFX AN

RECOMMENDATION: Legal Counsel Division address, through the

Department, an appropriate communication to Senator Church

personally, which should voice the Bureau's and writer's concern,

dismay and protest.

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1.

Memorandum for Mr. Leavitt

Re: SENSTUDY 75

ADDENDUM: J. B. ADAMS:ams

5/13/76

I can appreciate Mr. Phillips' concern over this matter;

however, I do not feel the issue is of such magnitude in comparison

to the overall quality of the Senate Intelligence Committee product to

warrant any formal action at this time.

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Senstudy 75

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DETAILS: An Appendix to the SSC's Final Report on the

FBI's domestic intelligence work, entitled "Dr. Martin Luther

King, JI., Case Study," was publicly released 5/5/76. On

page 146 appears information concerning the FBI's attempt

to determine the validity of an allegation in 1965 that

King had a numbered account in a foreign bank with a balance

of over $1,000,000. The information, as reported by the

SSC, indicates that the allegation was received by the

King case supervisor (writer) at the time and that he conceived

the plan to check out the allegation. Four footnotes

relating to this information (#289-292) appear at the bottom.

of page 146. Three of the footnotes identify specific FBI

documents, copies of which we had furnished to the SSC.

One of the footnotes, #289, states, "If should be noted

that the Supervisor in charge of the King case is still in

a high position with the FBI and handled the committee's

documents requests in the King case investigation."

The 5/6/76 issue of the "Los Angles Times" contains

an article on page 1 headed,

"FBI Supervisor Who Sought to

Discredit King Still There." (Attached to the original

and to each copy of this memorandum is a Xerox of the article.

The article reports rather fully the information on this

matter contained on page 146 and quotes almost in its

entirety the footnote quoted above. The article outlines

the author's (writer not identified in article but believed

to principally be Ron Ostrow) efforts to identify the

supervisor in charge of the King case and includes his

contacts with the SSC and Assistant Attorney General

J. Stanley Pottinger. It appears that the author's interest

prompting such a highlighted story stems from anearlier-

released statement by Pottinger that "the top nine persons

responsible for the FBI Campaign all are either dead or

retired." When this statement of Pottinger is compared with

the footnote quoted above, the inconsistency is glaring.

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Senstudy 75

62-116395

This memorandum and the recommended action is

prompted by a deep concern of the writer for his own

personal safety.

Without being theatrical or exaggerating,

the writer recognizes that walking the streets today are

individuals mentally or otherwise so affected that they

might attempt some act of violence in what they would

consider retaliation for the death of a martyred hero.

While this is

a personal concern, there is an obvious

simultaneous impact on the Bureau should anything impair

the safety of the writer. While the writer's name is not

yet a matter of public record, it is certainly not unlikely

that the footnote in question will serve as the springboard

for such media or other investigation which will finally

result in an exposure of the writer, by name, as the King

case supervisor.

Two principal derelictions on the part of the

SSC are noted in relation to this matter. (1) The statement

that the writer is in a high position with the FBI is an

absolute falsehood. At the time the writer assumed

supervision of the King case, he held the lowest ranking

Special Agent position at FBIHQ, that of a Supervisor.

During the supervision of that case, he was elevated to

the position of Unit Chief and has never risen above that

position since supervising the King case. Significantly,

of nine position ranks at FBIHQ, from the Director to a

Supervisor, the Unit Chief is the next to lowest rank.

(2) By agreements between the SSC, the Department and the

Bureau, we were permitted to review drafts of the SSC's

reports so that we might call to its notice necessary changes

relating to classification, sensitivity of material, and

identities of personnel below rank of Section Chief. When

the draft of this Appendix was reviewed by the writer,

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

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it did not contain the quoted footnote. Not only is

there considerable question as to the validity of the

quoted portion as a footnote rather than as being included

in the details of the material, but its mere post-review

addition raises considerable questions.

The writer hesitates to become accusatory as to

motive but is hard put to be dissuaded from belief that

this addition of the footnote was a deliberate act with

intention to eventual public uncovering of the writer's

name. The SSC has been furnished documents and the

writer, upon interview by the SSC Staff, furnished infor-

mation fully revealing of the positions

which the writer

has held in the Bureau since his supervision of the King

case. In short, the SSC knows full well that the claim

that the writer

is in a high position is a falsehood.

As the Director and other Bureau officials are

aware, an abuse by the SSC is nothing new to us.

The

Department is also similarly aware. The current instance

is just the latest of many SSC abuses and, notwithstanding

the writer's personal feelings and involvement, he must

consider this as an extreme abuse.

I am, therefore, requesting that the Bureau,

through the Department, personally bring this matter to attention of

Senator Church and make crystal clear to him that the

Bureau, and I personally, consider this action by the SSC

with deep concern, dismay and that the Bureau and I

protest the SSC's action. Under normal circumstances, as

head of our Senstudy 75 Project, I would handle this aspect

insofar as necessary correspondence and arrangements are

concerned. However, for obvious personal considerations,

I believe this should be handled by our Legal Counsel

Division.

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FBI Supervisor Who Sought

to Discrech King Sall'ihere

AFASHINGTON The FBIfupervi

*A remate acquaintance of the supervisor moulioned.

sor-who once proposed discrediting

that he had heard from a friend that an acquaintance had

Dr. Martin Luther King by trying to

said that Dr. King had a numbered account in a foreign

prove that he maintained a secret

bank with a balance of over $1 million," the staff report

foraign bank account, stilt holds. "a

said.

(high position" in the FBI, the senate

It quoted the superviser as then suggesting to William

Intelligence Commitice said Wednes-

C. Suilivan, the former chief of the FBI's domestic intel-

ligence division and the man the committee said headed

thy.

FBI and Department of Justice of-

• the anti-King program:

ficials and the Senate committee at-

"If we can prove that King is hoarding large sums of

torney who conducted an investiga-

noney, we would have available possibly the best infor-

Assoc. Dir.-

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv.-

Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp. Syst. -

Exi. Affairs -

Files & Com.

Gen. Inv.

Ident. -

Inspection

Intell. -

Laboratory

Legal Coun. -

Plan. & Eval.

Spec. Inv. -

Training -

Telephone Rm. -

Diregior Sec'y -

tion into the FBI campaen icans

mation to date which could be used to discredit him, espe

'King refuse to identify the official.

cially in the eyes of his own people--.. We may take the

J. Stanley Pottinger, assistant ai-

action to discredit King ourselves through friendly news

torney general for civil rights, said

sources, or the like, or we might turn the information

Jast Thursday that "the top nine per-

over to the Internal Revenue Service for possible criminal

fisors responsible for the 193l cam-

prosecution."

pugn "all are either dead GrTetitt."

The staff report said the late FBI Director J. Edgar

Pottinger

said in an mlerview

Wednesday that he did not regard

Hoover approved the plan. By December, 1965, Hoover

described the foreign bank account investigation as "the

the committees disclosure as a con-

flict with his earlier statement be

most important presently pending" facet of the king in-

cause "he is not one of the top nine

vestigation.

peope in positions or authority" in

"The investigation was dropped shortly aiterward;

however, when it developed that the initial source of the

LDA BBI.

Pottinger

conceded

he

did

not

allegation informed the FBi that it was merely a wild.

conclusion that had been previously drawn by someone

know that the individual.

Thom

whose identity he does not now recall,'" the staif report

he sair ke had "spent a let li tine,

-said.

•talking," was responsible fer suggest-

In a footnote, the report said it "should he notes that.

ing the tactic against King. "In the

the supervisor in charge of the King case is still in a high

INFORULATION CONTATATHI

FAREIN IS LICIASSED

DATE

chain of command, he is-an Indian

position with the f"3I and handled the committee's dos

not a chief,". Pottinger said.

ments reauests in the King case investigatio

The disclosure came as Sen. Frank

At a press conference last Nov. 26, after the committee

• Church (D-Ida.), chairman of the

fisclosed the FBI campaign against King, President Ford

Senate committee, callet for appoint-

was asked whether he favored purging those responsible

ment of a special prosecutor to inves

from government service.

tigate the FBI's harassment of King,

Declaring that the actions against King were "abhorrent

The Washington Post-

rather than permitting the Justice

to all Americans, including myself," Ford said, "Whether

Washington Star-News -

Department to conduct the probe.

or not we can identify the individuals, if they- are-st

Daily News (New York) -

"It's hard for me to believe the de

alive, is difficult, but I certainly will consult with the at-

The New York Times -

partment can adequately conduct an

torney general regarding that matter."

The Wall Street Journal

investigation," Church said, referring

io Atty. Gen. Edward HI. Levi's deci-

" sion last week to keep the investiga-

fy those responsible, Ford said, "I think so."

ose if pensioe, ford stor should be reade to jenti. The Nat An Oes ernes. Pol

tion inside the department instead of

An FBi spokesman agreed Wednesday with Pottinger's

naming™

an outside commission, as

ranking of the supervisor far belov the top nine oticials

proposed by Pottinger.

responstute for the King program.

"We do not consider Date - MAY 6

1976

According to a report by the Sen-

this gentleman a high official," the spokesman said.

ale committee staff on the King case,

At the tine he supervised the King case, he was among

the supervisor in charge conceived

the lowest ranking agent personnel at the FBI's Washing-

the move against King during a 1965

ton headquarters, the spokesinan said. In the intervening

gulf game.

/ Il years, he has advanced one rank, the spokesman said.

Although Potlinger and Senate committee mitcizis have

refused to identify the top officials who directed the King

harassment, documents cited by the committee's report

make it clear that the ranking would include Hoover and

his closest aide, Clyde Tolson, who is also dead, and re-

fired FBI officials Sullivan, Alan Belmont, Frederick

Baumgardner, Cartha DeLoach and Charles Brennan.

Michael E. Shaheen Jr., the Justice Department attor-

ney apu responsible for completing the King investiga-

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PLONAL FORM NO. 10

MS 1962 EDITE 101-11.86

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Assoc. Dir.

Jep. Al, Adm

Dop. APPEN

Asst. Djf.:

1'1

UTO

Admín..

Comp. Syste

Ext. Affairs

Mr.) Jenkins

DATE: 5/6/76

Files & Come

Gen. Inv.

Ident.

Inspection

FROM

D.

W. Moore, JI.

Intell. -

Laboratory -

Legal Coun. _

SUBJECT "LOS ANGELES TIMES" ARTICLE 5/6/76

CONCERNING BUREAU SUPERVISOR HANDLING

MARIIN LUTHER KING MATTER

PURPOSE

Plan. & Eval. -

Spec. Inv. -

Training -

elephone Rm. -

s Pestlio

The purpose of this memorandum is to record contact with

Ron Ostrow, reporter for the "Los Angeles Times," and his agreement

to not pursue the identity of the FBI Supervisor mentioned in his

article of 5/6/76.

DETAILS

On the evening of 5/5/76 Ron Ostrow, reporter for the

"Los Angeles Times," contacted Deputy Assistant Director Homer

Boynton of the External Affairs Division. Ostrow stated that the

Senate Select Committee (SSC) case study

on DI. Martin Luther King,

page 146, Lootnote 1289, indicates that "the supervisor in charge

of the King case is still in a high position with the FBI and

handled the Committee's documents request in the King case investi-

gation." Ostrow stated that this statement appeared to contradict

the comments of Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger who

ART TAHORITAIION (

HARRIN IS UNCLASSITIL

DATE

indicated approximately one week ago that the top 9 persons respon-

sible for the FBI campaign against Dr. King were all either dead

or retired.

Ostrow was advised that the individual alluded to in the

report was not a high official of the FBI and in the order of rank

of investigative employees at FBIHQ was near the bottom. Ostrow was

informed that this gentlemen in no way had anything to do with

policy-making or direction of activities against Dr. King.

Ostrow

stated that he was most anxious to determine the identity of this

individual and had been in contact with Mr. Pottinger at the

Department of Justice.

Subsequent to the release of the article (attached) on

5/6/76 Mr. Seymor Phillips and Mr. Boynton met with the Director

to express concern about the footnote in the SSC case study

ont astray'd article, shia concaspire ed about the mates of

"ol!

1 - Mr. MOOrE

1 - Mr. Leavitt

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1 - Mr. Seymor Phillips

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Moore to Jenkins memorandum

Re :

Los Angeles Times Article

the possibility that a deranged or warped-minded individual

might decide to make amends for what might be considered to

be an affront to Dr. King and attempt to do bodily harm to

Bureau employees responsible for these actions. The Director

agreed with this assessment of the problem and instructed that

Boynton contact Ostrow and ask him if he would be willing to desist

in his efforts to identity the FBI Supervisor.

On the afternoon of 5/6/76 Boynton met with Ron Ostrow

and conveyed the aforementioned concerns. Ostrow indicated that

he did not intend to pursue this matter any further unless he

received pressure to do so, in which case he would immediately

notify Boynton. In accordance with the Director's instructions,

if Ostrow is to proceed further, consideration will be given to

contacting higher level officials at the "Los Angeles Times" up

to and including the publisher in order to protect the identity

of Mr. Seymor Phillips in this matter.

RECOMMENDATION

For information.

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-106

MAY 1962 EDITION

G5S LEN -REG: $10. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

1

- Mr.

-

Mr.

1

- Mr.

J.

D.

B.

.

W.

Adams

Jenkins

Moore

TO

T. W. Leavitt

FROM

S.

F. Phillips

. По

SUBJECT:

DATE:

5/6/76

2 - Mr.

J.

A. Mintz

(1

- Mr.

1

T.

P. V. Daly)

- Mx.

W. Leavitt

2

- Mr.

J.

G.

Deegan

- Mr.

S.

F. Phillips

Assoc. Dir. -

Dep. AD Adm. _

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp. Syst

Ext. Affairs

Files & Co

Gen, Inv

Ident.

Inspection

Laboratory

Plan. & Eval. -

Spec. Inv. -

SENSTUDY 75

Training

"Legal Coun.

ips

Telephone Rm. -

Director Soc'y -

PURPOSE: Io advise of inquiry from Cardinal Cody concerning

appearance of his name in Senate Select Committee (SSC) report

comment" as to latter.

SYNOPSIS: Chicago Office had inquiry from Cardinal Cody who was

being contacted by press because his name appears in sSe report o

on King Investigation.

Chicago desired guidance as to press

Inquiries and what it can advise Cody. Report reveals discussion'

in 1966 between then SAC Marlin Johnson and Cody re King, this

information taken from a Chicago letter to FBIHQ, copy furnished

to SSC.

After review of full facts known, Mr. Adams directed all

Pursuant to

ON CONTAINED

ALL INFOR

HEREIN K

DATE

pertinent information in SSC report and he be told FBI will

respond to press inquiries on matter with "no comment."

Cody to

also be tactfully advised that we cannot let him see

Chicago letter reporting Johnson's discussion with him and that

in not so doing, he will be placed in a better posture re no

recollection of

past events if asked by the press.

However,

to make clear to Cody that FBI is not advising him re his

responses to the press.

RECOMMENDATION: For Information.

UNRECORDED COPY FILED

APPROVED:

Assoc. Dir.....

Dep. AD Adm

Asst. Dir.:

Admin...

Gen. Inv..

Ident.

Inspection

Laboratory......

Plan. & Eval.

Rec. Mgmt..

Spec. Inv.

Training.

'JI

REC 101,

12225-1600

184 MAY 1'8 1976

62-116395

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

Re:

SENSTUDY 75

62-116395

JohNP:

DETAILS

At 3:10 p.m., 5/5/16, writer telephonically contactec

JI., Chicago, who advised as follows:

Cardinal Cody Archbishop_of Chicago Diocese, Roman Catholic

Church,

Who is just being released from hospital after

contacted Chicago Office to advise that "eastern press" has been

calling him about appearance of his name. in SSC report.on

Report reveals that

had little recollection of matter; could not even recall name

of contacting Agent.

Gray referred writer to Chicago letter

to FBIHQ 2/24/66, re King written by then SAC Marlin Johnson

which reported a Johnson conversation with Cody concerning

King and other matters.

Gray requested advice on two specific

matters:

(1) Guidance for press inquiries:

(2) What may

Chicago Office tell Cody and may it give him a copy of the

Johnson letter to FBIHO?

case entitlec

"Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr.,

Page 172 of the SSC report on Kinor contains the

Case Study,

following two pertinent paragraphs mentioning Cody:

"In February 1966 DI. King held a press

conference following a meeting with the Reverend

John P. Cody, Archbishop of the Chicago

Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, and

announced that he and Cody were in agreement

on general civil rights goals and that he

hoped priests and nuns in Chicago would

participate in scLe programs. The Domestic

IntelLigence Division subsequently

recommended that a special agent acquainted

with the Archbishop brief him about Dr. King

to aid 'the Archbishop in deterining the degree

of cooperation his archdiocese will extend to King's

PF King La Chicaso aad (to) result in a lessening

s influence in Chiçago.'

"The Archbishop was briefed on February 24,

1966,

'along the lines discussed with

Assistant Director Sullivan.'

The agent who

conducted the briefing wrote that he felt 'certain

that (Cody) will do everything possible to neutralize

King's effect in this area.

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Memorandum to Mr.

T. W. Leavitt

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62-116395

The two paragraphs were supported by three

*394 and 395 are to the

Files relating to our SENSTUDY 75 Project reveal that

about King.

We also had furnished the SSC a copy of an internal

FBIHQ memorandum which documented the first paragraph

quoted above from the King report.

All of the above was discussed with Mr. J. B. Adams

who directed the following action be taken.

Bureau (HQ and

Chicago Office) to respond to

Chicago Office to permit Cody

to read exactly what is in

the SSC report (two paragraphs

quoted above).

It is Adams' belief that one Cody sees these

excerpts he will likely be less concerned.

Most significant

on this point, and it should be specifically pointed out to Cody,

is the portion of Johnson's letter which states,

...he felt

certain that (Cody) will do

King's effect

in this area, "everything possible

to neutralize

This excerpt reveals

that it was

Johnson's feeling that Cody would neutralize King's effect and

not an expressed statement by Cody on this point.

Cody

will be told that Bureau's responses to any press inquiries will

be "no comment.

Also, Cody to be told that our files reveal

he did have a meeting

• with Johnson and that the 2/24/66 letter

reported the results thereof to FBIHQ, but that we are unable to

pernit his seeing that letter. It should be tactfully pointed

out to Cody that by his not seeing the Johnson letter which would

refresh his memory, he would be in a better position in answering

recollection.

inquiries, to be able to truthfully claim "no

It should be made clear to Cody that the FBI is not

advising him in any way as to whether or not he should answer

press

inquiries and if he does, what he should say.

Deputy Assistant Director Boynton, External Affairs

Division, was briefed on this matter and advised of Mr. Adams'

instructions as to "no comment" to press.

At 5:40 p.m., 5/5/76, writer telephonically contacted

ASAC Gray in Chicago and dictated to his secretary the two

pertinent paragraphs from the SSC report. Gray was then

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

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fully informed of Mr. Adams' instructions. He indicated

e would abide by them strictly and expressed appreciatio

or the prompt response in the guidance being given th

Chicago Office in this matter.

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA FPMR (11 CFR) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

: Mr.

J. B. Adams

5/5/76

DATE:

FROM

Legal Counse

SUBJECT

SENSTUDY 75

Assoc. Dir. _

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp. Syst._m

Ext. Affairs _

Files & Com. -

Gen. Inv.

Ident.

Inspection

Intell. Twy

Loboratory

Plan. lệ val

-egal Go

Spec. Inv.

Training

Telephone Rm. _

Director Sec'y -

PURPOSE:

To advise of the Senate Select Committee's decision

not to interview former SA Nathan L. Ferris.

SYNOPSIS:

Senate Select Committee staff representative advised

on. 5/5/76 that Committee had decided not to interview former SA

and further stated former SA Ferris had resisted attempts:

by that Committee to interview him.

RECOMMENDATION:

For information.

PUD

APPROVED:

Assoc. Dir.

AIL INFORMATION CONTAINED

BURBIN IS UNCLASSIFLAD

DATE L-3401

BY SPRANK

'Asst. Dir.:

Admin..

Comp. Syst.

Ext. Affairs.

Legal Coun

Gen. Inv.

Plan. & Ev

Ident..

Rec. Mgmt...

Inspection.

Spec. Inv...

Intell TWI

Training.

DETAILS:

On 5/5/76, Paul Wallach, Counsel for captioned Committee,

telephonically advised SA Paul V. Daly of this Division that the

Committee had attempted to interview former SA Ferris and that

former SA Ferris had refused stating that he did not want to talk

to "you creeps."

Wallach advised Committee decided not to sub-

poena or force former SA Ferris to submit to interview.

REC-101

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1

- Mr. Leavitt

1

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2 - Mr. Daly

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OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

RAY 1962 EDITION

GSA FPAIR 641 CFR 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

Mr. T. W. Leavitt

FROM

s. r. Philips B

SUBJÉCT:

"SENSTUDY 75

1

- Mr.

B.

Adams

1 - Mr.

T.

J. Jenkins

1 - Mr. D. W. Moore

(Attn: H. A. Boynton)

DATE: 5/4/76

2 - Mr. J. A. Mintz

(1 - Mx. P. V. Daly)

1 - Mr. T. W. Leavitt

2 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

Assoc. Dir.

Dop. lA1

Dep.

Asst.

Admin. -i

Comp. Syst. -

Ext. Affairs —

Filos & Com. -

Gen. Inv. -

Ident.

Inspection

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun. -

Plon. & Evol. -

Spec. Inv. -

raining.

relephone Rm. -

oc'y -

ALI, INFORMATION CONTAINA

DATE

DATET IEUNGTASSTE

BYO

58099

PURPOSE: This is to advise of status of our review of

Senate Select Committee (SSC) report on domestic intelligence

activities and observations concerning possible Bureau

response to report.

SYNOPSIS:. In February, 1976, Director asked that we

gather material for possible

response to the SSC report on

our security work.

Date for issuance of report extended

from 3/15 to 4/30/76; Committee's life ends 5/31/76. Report

dealing primarily with FBI released 4/26/76; approximately

15 separate supplements (Appendices) to be released this

month. INTD is making detailed review of the Report and

will do same with supplements. This being done by approximately

20 Supervisors having most expertise in specific areas.

They are pinpointing SS's inaccuracies, distortions, slantings,

etc. Believed we should withhold decision on response to

SSC Report until after review of all of SSC's releases

(Appendices). Also to be noted is position expressed by CIA

Director Bush on release of SSC Report on CIA; namely, say

little and attempt to end public debate on U. S. intelligence.

RECOMMENDATION: For information.

APPROVED:

Assoc. Dir...

Dep. AD Adm...

Asst. Dir.:

Admin

Comp. Syst.

Ext. Affairs.

Gen. Inv...

"dert.

Inspection.

Intell. TAL/ HEr

/ENCLOSURE

Enclosure

62-116395

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Senstudy 75

62-116395

DETAILS: The Director's memorandum to Messrs. Jenkins

and Moore 2/24/76, "Re:

Senate Select Committee Report,"

directed that we then start gathering material for use

in any response we might make when the SSC releases its

report on the FBI's security work, such as press release or

similar action defending ourselves. The original date the

report was to be released was 3/15/76, but the SSC received

some date extensions, last one to 4/30/76. Life of the

advised of the INTD review of the SSC's draft reports and

observed that it would be premature to prepare a public

statement at that time.

For the past two months we have been reviewing

drafts of various portions of the SSC report

and its

appendices (exhibits, case studies, and the like) and, in

addition to negotiating some changes and corrections in

these drafts with the SSC Staff, we have, where appropriate,

submitted memoranda to the Department, with copies for the

White House, containing our critique of the various drafts.

This has encompassed such matters as what we felt to be

distortions, slantings inaccuracies, reporting out of context,

and similar reporting abuses.

On 4/28/76, the SSC made public its Final Report

entitled "Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans -

Book II," which deals primarily with the FBI - domestic

intelligence activities.

(Book I dealt with foreign and

military intelligence matters, is primarily of concern to

CIA and was released 4/26/76.) We immediately launched a

substantivé review effort of the Report in the INTD. This

involves approximately 20 Supervisors, Section Chiefs and

their Number One Men reviewing the portions of the Report

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where they have the most expertise and responsibility.

This effort is presently under way and the personnel are

should be significantly noted, however, that during the

remaining life of the Committee this month, it will be

publishing approximately 15 separate documents in the form

of Appendices to the already-released Report. They will

cover such specific matters as Martin Luther King, Jx.,

investigation,: COINTELPRO, electronic surveillances,

surreptitious entries and a variety of other subjects.

OBSERVATIONS: It is believed that full consideration to any

response the Bureau may decide to make on the SSC's Report

(including Appendices) should not be given until after the

review of the some 15 Appendices due for release this month.

We will, of course, review each of these as we are reviewing

the basie Report.

It should be of more than mild interest

to us that when Book I of the SSC Report relating primarily

to CIA was released, CIA Director George Bush was reported

as indicating that neither he nor his Agency would say

much about the report after it is released. Bush made clear

that intelling hee antashing to, ella debate ver

Vernon A. Guidry, Jr.): Although Bush was apparently

speaking as head of the CIA, we should recognize that he

is also Director of Central

Intelligence and thus his

thoughts should impact on the entire intelligence community,

including the FBI.

When all the reviews are completed, we will more

precisely address ourselves to the matter of possible response.

For your additional information, there is attached a statement

prepared by the External Affairs Division which it is using

to answer press inquiries on this matter.

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The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence

findings can be informative and provide constructive assistance

to the Nation, to the Congress, to

the Executive Branch, and

to the Government's intelligence agencies.

We need a balanced approach in fashioning today's

reforms and hopefully this report will help bring about such a

result. Rather than endless rumination over the past, we are

examining our activities precisely and will take corrective

action wherever warranted. We have guidelines now and perhaps.

more may be needed. At the same time, we must make certain

that the FBI's important functions are not impaired through

inattention. They can be maintained within a

framework of

both fairness and efficiency.

I have not read the entire report but I am doing so.

My review will not be directed toward uncovering errors or

misinterpretations of the thrust of the deliberations. I

intend to keep foremost not what is good for the FBI but what

is best for the Nation.. Hopefully we can together assure that

both are served to make them mutually compatible.

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Nir.

T. W. Leavitt

J. G. Deegan

COINTEL,PROS

1 - Mr.

5.

McDermott

1 - Mir. J. B. Adams

1 - Mr.

A.

Miintz

1 - Mr.

D. W. Moore,

JI.

5/3/76

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1'- Wir. J. G. Deegan

1- Mr.

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PURPOSE: To summarize the Findings and Recommendations, relating

to our discontinued Counterintelligence Prograras

(Cointelpros), as set forth in the Final Report of the Senate Select

Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelli-

gence Activities (SSC) released 4/28/76.

SYNOPSIS:

Approximately one-fifth of the text of Book 2 of the SEC

Final Report discusses or refers to Cointelpro with

emphasis on Black Extremist and New Left Programs.

The sso con-

cludes covert action programs have been used to disrupt lawful

political activities a Americans and to discredit them, using tactics

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abhorrent in a free and decent society. Report indicates many of the

victims were nonviolent, not foreign controlled and posed no security

threat. Further the actions taken interfered with First Amendment

UNGLASSI

rights and tactics used often risked and sometimes caused serious

emotional, economic, or physical damage. Leport recommends pro-

hibiting FBI from disseminating information for improper purposes,

interfering with lawul speech, publication, assembly, organizational

IS

activity or associations, and from harassing through unnecessary

DATE D

overt investigative techniques. Additionally, Report recommends

DATE

the Department of Justice notify all Cointelpro victims and third

parties who had received anonymous Cointelpro communications.

Although Report contains no new or surprise allegations, its identi-

fication of Cointelpro actions, sometimes naming targets, may be

expected to result in increased Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

inquiries.

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Niemorandum to Mr. I. V. Leavitt

Re: Cointelpros

62-116009

ELCONVENDATION: None. For information.

DETAILS: Book 2 of the Final Report of the SSC, released 4/28/76,

sets forth the results of the Committee's investigation

into Federal domestic intelligence activities.

Approximately one-fifth of the text of this Book discusses

or refers to the discontinued Cointelpros and emphasis is placed on

the programs targeting black extremists and the New Left. The

Report makes frequent reference to the "perceived threat" and

'Imprecise targeting. " Examples of particularly sensational

Cointelpro actions are used to illustrate alleged abuses in other areas,

and statements of former and present Bureau personnel regarding other

areas of our intelligence responsibilities are used to emphasize alleged

Cointelpro abuses.

Approximately 63 pages of the 341-page text deal with or

refer to Cointelpro, and the acronym is utilized in uppercase type

approximately 127 times. Pages 65-67, 86-89 and 211-219 detail

Cointelpro activities.

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Memorandum to vir. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Cointelpros

62-116009

Under the title "Using Covert Action to Disrupt and Dis-

credit Domestic Groups, " a major finding of the Committce, "that

covert action programs have been used to disrupt the lawful political

activities of individual Americans and groups and to discredit them,

using dangerous and degrading tactics which are abhorrent in a free

and decent society, " the following findings are set forth:

a. Although the claimed purposes of the programs were

to protect national security and to prevent violence, many of the

victims were nonviolent, were not controlled by a foreign power and

posed no threat to national security.

i. The acts taken interfered with the First Amendment

rights of many citizens.

c. The tactics used often risked and sometimes caused

serious emotional, econoraic, or physical damage. It is indicated

the sustained use of such tactics in an attempt to destroy

Dr. iartin Luther Ising, Jr., violated the law and fundamental

human decency. (Page 211)

Recommendation 40 (page 317) states the f3l should be

prohibited from (a) disseminating information for improper purposes;

(b) interfering with lawiul speech, publication, assembly, organiza-

tional activity or association; and (c) harassing individuals through

unnecessary overt investigative techniques. It would appear the latter

is in support of past allegations of the SSC that our ageressive inves-

tigation in itself amounted to Cointelpro-type action.

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Memorandum to Vir. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Cointelpros

62-116009

Fecommendation 90 (page 336) indicates the Freedom of

Information and Federal Privacy Acts should continue to be vigorously

enforced and, in addition, recommends "the Department of Justice

should notify all readily identifiable targets of past illegal surveil-

lance techniques, and all Cointelpro victims, and third parties who

had received anonymous Cointelpro communications, of the nature of

the activities directed against them, or the source of the anonymous

communications to them." It would appear this reco mendation

would include other areas of past alleged abuse, as well as Cointelpro.

Also the inclusion of third parties is an expansion upon previous noti-

fication suggested.

Although the Final Report contains no new or surprise

allegations, the identification of targets by name, or of circumstances

which would enable ready identification, may be expected to present

an increase in FOlA inquiries. For example, documents are foot-

noted outlining Cointelpro actions directed against Leonard Boudin

(attorney in the Ellsberg case and currently in the Trotskyite suit)

and Dr. Benjamin Spock, former minority Presidential candidate

who in the past had been indicted for conspiring to violate the Selective

Service Act. (Page 246) Also references are set forth to original

FBI documents and details set out regarding an action conducted

against "a Midwest lawyer running for city council" who was defeated

and who later ran successfully for a judgeship. Five FBI communi-

cations to or from the Detroit Office are cited. (Page 248) Anyone

familiar with political or subversive activities in the Detroit area

would be readily able to identily the target in this instance as the

current Mayor of Detroit.

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Director Kelley

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DATE:

May 11, 1976

Attorney General fm

Senatuly >

Ciss

I note the following paragraph in the New York Times for

today:

Also

The committee staff also reported that the

bureau had made at least 491 surreptitious

entries between 1960 and 1975 to install

listening devices in the homes or offices

of criminal suspects, and that 509 microphones

had been surreptitiously installed by the

bureau in domestic intelligence cases during

the same period.

the following paragraph in the Washington Post:

In addition to the estimate of more than 200

"black bag jobs," the report said the FBI

has installed more than 500 bugs without warrant

since 1960 "against intelligence and internal

security targets,"

a technique which "the

Justice Department still permits."

These paragraphs give the impression that entries without

a warrant are still being made or are still "permitted"

for internal security targets.

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stice Department Indicates It Might Not Defind

3P. B.I. Agents in Suit by Socialist Workers Party

BY JOHN N. CREWDSON

granted by. Federal Districtnave found to be in violation

termed some of the Foys ac.

Spect to The Newwork Times

Judger Thomas: P. Griesa, has of the Fourth Amendment pro-

tivities: "clearly wrong and quite

WASHINGTON, May 10. The obtaned hundreds of pages of hibition againstunlawful search

indefensible,"

and he implictly.

Justice Department has raised raBi. fles recountingithe bure-and seizure.

criticized Mr. Hoover inggiving

the possibility that it will notaus attempts to disrupts 105

Other Entries Cited

his assurances that the bureau

defend in, a civil lawsuit three operations,.

including

do The committee staff also re

would never again be able to

agents of the Federal Burean cuments showing that its Mạn

ported,

that

the bureau

lact "without accountability."

rof Investigation whogallegedly hattan offices were burglanized

made at least 491 surreptitious

Advice to Kelley Noted

took part

in or approved bur

by pederal agents on an avera

entries between 1960 and 1975

As the Congressional Inves

Eglaries of the Socialist workers age or once, eresy

three weeks

o install, listening devicês it

Partys New. ork' City offices petween 1960 and 1966,

he homes or offices of crimi

tigations of the, FBI.

have

in the early 1960S:

Althöugh, most of those do

unal suspects, and that 509 mi

progressed over the last year,

some of Mr. Kelley's aides have

The papers filed in Federa

cuments have been censored by crophones

had been

surrepte

been adyising him; as one put

District Court in Manhattan on the bureau,

the namss of two,

tiously installed by the bureau

it,

"to put a little daylight. bẹ:

Friday,

Justice Department BI agents, GeorgexPe dbax-

domestic intelligence cases

tween himself and Mr. Hoover,

lawyers asserted that "at this trum or, and Arthur'y. Greene during the same period.

under whom all of the reported

stage it. is unclear whether Jr. appeared in bureau reports

The report took note of in-

abuses occurred.

there is, or may be, a conflict referring to the burglaries

eral F.B.I. documents.con

•bétween" the Government's de

The lawyers for the socialist

caing that the burglaries wer

Another group of executiya

fense of other Federal officials Workers are attempting to aid

"dearly. illegal," and it said

the bureau's headquarters

already named in the case; and Mr. Baxtrum and Mr.

that even after the practice hal

rainly: older men who came th

the dey inse it coule cate the to the list of defendants-in their loden formally terminated by

lower under Mr; Hoover ESt

three agents.

The Government response to

Sut as well as John F, Malone Edgar Hoover,

the late F.st.

portedly

the Socialist Workers

motiọn

Dilector, in early 1961, at leat

such a public renunciation

have been resister!

Tho headed the bureaus one

the bureau's past;

Work City office between 1f6 out by bureau agents.

One 'bureau source, asked. to

and 1975:

Mr. Hoover's order. did not

day about the reaction to. M

-the delemma, had been occa.

no sioned: in part by doubt over

* Individual Suits Expected

ban surreptitious entries. to in-

Kelley's

o the legality of the break-ins.and

stall microphones, however,

or

said:

Westminister speech,

"There are still a lot of

by the possibility that the three

• One Justice Department law burglaries

against foreign

in-

such as em-

people who have a lot of ren

27

might eventually find

yer said today that, unlike thi telligence targets,

spect for Hoover. He IMr. Kel

ct agents

lother defendants; the party in bassie

en themselves subject to criminal

and consulates in the

ley! wins nothing by this;"

tended to sue the three agent United States.

Another source conceded that

prosecution by the Justice Deg

as individuals,

making

partment in that regard;

Meanwhile, F.B:I. sources said

"maybe the timing, wast the

personally liable for any dama that a public apology on Satur

best" for Mi. Kelley's address,

Implications of Move

ges awarded.

day by Clarence M. Kelley, the

coming as it did after thé Con-

Should the department decide

Another Justice Department current F.B.I, Director, for some,

gressional committees had dis-

not to offer a defense, that de-

official said that he hoped a of the bureau's past actions had

closed most of their adversa

cision would have serous im-

decision on whether to offer re generated considarable adverse

findings about the bureau, and

splications: fornumerous'other presentation to

the agents, reaction

among present

" former

present • F.B.L

agents involved in the bureau uld be made me heces, torer agents of the bureau.

hig added that things are get

around

in a speech at Westminister

FBI. officials divided into "va

counterintelligence

program

College in Fulton,

Mo.,

rious camps" in their respanse

over the years. who may ind

The official's

remarks Kerey, without being specifig

to the Directors remarks:

themselves the targets of simi lowed the disclosure today-by

lar civil suits brought by other

victims of the program, known

the staft of the Senate selfet

Sas Cointelpro.

The Judtice Department is re-

Committee on intelligence c-

,. viewing the 15-year record of

tilities that the F.B.I. had cir-

the bureau's

and

ried outas many as: 1,300 "sy-

disruption:

the

socialist

reptitious, entries"

-for various

ART INFORMATION CONTADI

Workers Party, the Communist

purposes: between 1942

and

1970.

Party and other domestic radi.

cal and right-wing groups, and

In addition to the 92 known

Attomney

Gêneral Edward H.

burglaries

of the

Socialist

Levi, has said that victims. of

Workers' offices, the staff re

particularly egregious. viola-

iport said, EB:I. agents conduct

ed at least,239 entries directed

political

The Socialist Worker's party

groups, to search offices or

¿ members'

through a discovery.

homes or to photo

orale graph or seize documents.

in none of these cases, thei

réport said, were various attor-

Heys, general advised that the

bureau was conducting break-

ins without a judicial search

warrant, a practice that cours

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FBI Break-ins

Still Go On,

Panel Reports

By George Lardner Jr:

The FBI still conducts break-ins against intelligence

targets without getting a court order, a special Senate

intelligence committee report said yesterday.

The Senate investigators, said such susteptitious

entries are conducted mainly to plant hidden micro

phones and other recording devices, but occasionaly

the, missions have turned

into raids. for other infor

mation as well:

The FBi assured the com

mittee that in recent years:

at least,. the "opportunity?

to expand the entries into

multi-purpose burglaries has.

been. "exploited" only

against foreign agents.

The report said that ac.

cording to an FBI memoran-

dum supplied to the commit-

tee last fall, in the course of

installing electronic bugs,

& there have been occasions

when observations and rec-:

ordings were made of perti-

nent information contained

within the premises. "

The release of the 16-päge

statement by FBI Director

Clarence M. Kelley that it is

"my great desire to dispel

any thought that the rBi

can't be trüsted;"

Kelley made his remarks:

while taping a television In-

terview in, Nashville as a fol-

lowup to a weekend speech

in which he said the EBI

The Senate committee re-

port said that special teams.

of FBI agents have carrted

but more than 1000 surrep-

titlous entries without judr

cial warrants since; World

"despite the ques

ionable legality of the tech

nique

and its deep. intr

ion into the privacy of tal

leted individuals.-

More thần, 200 of those:

were so-called "black hag;

jobs burglaries conceived

and conducted not for

sake of planting a bug but

for other purposes such as

physical search and photo-

graphing son seizing:

Such entries Included a

long series of break-ins, per

chaps as many as 92 of them

against the Socialist Works

ers Paity and affiliates such

as the Xoung, Socialist All.

ance, the report said:

"Che door is locked with a

Master padlock only," said,

one EBI memo laying; out

detailed plans. for a post

midnight burglary. on all

ace read arter us so

checks on numerous

sions have shown. that there

is a very. limited amourt of

pedestrian and

traffie after 12' midnight

entrance will: be made be

tween the hours of 12 mid-

night and 4 am, June 30,

The take from such raids

"the report said, included.

photographs, of items such

as membership lists,

rent photographs. of Sw

empers,

=" and a letter de:

tailing the "health status of

(the) nattonal chairman?

The number of docuinents

photographed during these

raids, the study recounted,

reached as high as: 220 on

one breakin and resularly

Tas more than 100.

More often than not, the

report said; no force or even

lock-picking was needed to

make the secret entry.

If a büilding manager 'ap-

peared to be a "patriotic cit:

izen;" one former FBI man.

told the committee; FBI

darnacrophones. "in crint

nal inyestigations".

since

1960. Ninety seven of these

entries were conducted un

der the authority of court

orders since 1968 when the

Omnibus Crime Control Act

legalized electronic eaves.

dropping under judicial su-

pervision, and other

re

straints.

*Senate intelligence com-

mittee staff members said

neither the Justice Depart-

ment nor the FBI offered

any clear explanation: "of

why warrantless entries. to

eavesdrop on "foreign espio

rage or intelligence" targets

agents would simply "show

our credentials and wave

the flag to get doots

opened:

In case more rigorous

work was required, the re

port pointed .out.

"selected

EBragents received training

courses in the skils neces

sary to perform surepti

tious entries.

"The

unit

chief,

who

taught the courses stated

that he had participated in

numerous black bag jobs in

which his only fole was to

open locks and safes;" the

Senate

investigators

re.

ported.

The FBi unit chief, the res

port continued; "said that he:

would ordinarily receive an

facentive award. for a suc-

cessful entry."

In addition

to the esti

mate of more than 200 "black

bag jobs." the

report said

the FBI has installed more

thấn 500 bugs without war-

Tant since 1960 "against in:

telligence and internal secu-

Tity

targets,"

•.a.

technique

which "the Justice Depart-

ment still permits.

The bureau also submit-

ted a chart showing that it

has carried out 491 surrepti

tious entries to

install hide

are still ‹ considered neces:

sary. when Warrants "could

ibe cotained from the courts

under the provisions of the

TheSenate committee;

headed'by Frank: Church (D.'

Idahoy, has fecommended

that warrants be required

for all such entries as a mat-

ter of policy.

"Watrantless surreptitious

entries against:

citizers who have no signifi.

cant connection with a for-

eign power, its agents or

agencies fare undoubtedly

unconstitutional;" the report

"the constitutional is

sues ausing from warrant

surreptitious. entries

within the United States

have not been definitely iê-

solved by the courts."

addition to its occa.

sional use of espionage con:

nected breakons to plant a

bug, the report said; the Jus.

tice Department is still as:

authority to

burglaries

other purposes

intelligence cases,"

told the committee it is not

presently conducting

such operations:

The late FBI Director J.

Edgar Hoover abruptly or

dered an end to "black has

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ently approving hundreds.of

said they

were unable, to

warrantless entries, the re

find any evidence that the

port noted.

FBi toid any Attorney Gen

Hoover's motives remain.

eral about its black bag

unclear, the report sad.

"Breaking to Install.

mi,

jobs,"

although "several At.

torney's:

General

were

crophones, were." not ban.

aware:of the FBI practice.of

the

report noted. breakins to install

"Moreover, Hoover's order

tronic listening devices eC

did not finally terminate

The Senate study made

blạck bay jobs' against for-

clear that the actual number

eign targets. Despite

Ho:

of surreptitious entries the

over's directive, there is evi.

rEL carried, out may never

dence:

that at least." one

he known, partly because-of

bag:

job?

directed

it's

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sive target' took place

be.

odic destruction of pertinent

treen 1963 and 19682

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bureau had made at least 491 surreptitious

entrles between 1960 and 1975 to install

listening devices in the homes or offices

of criminal suspects, and that 509 microphones

had been surreptitiously installed by the

bureau in domestic intelligence cases during

the same period.

AlSo

the foliowing paragraph in the Washington Post:

In addition to the estimate i nure than 200

"black bag jobs," the report saia the FBI

has installed more than 500 bugs ..ithout warrant

since 1960 "against intelligence and internai

security targets," a technique which "the

Justile Department scill permits."

These paragraphs give the impression that intries

without

a warrant are still buing made or are stili "permitted"

for internal security targets.

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Justice Department Indicates It Might Noi Defend

3 F.3.1. Agents in Suit by Socialist Workers Parte

By JOHN N. CREWDSON

by Federal. District Have found to be in Violation

judge Thomas P. Griesa, has of the Fcurth Amendment pro-

ace Deparmen as ad a t recousing the bure i on inst unlaviful search

and seizuie..

the possioility that it will not au's

. Othor Entries Cited

dafend in a civil lawsuit three operations,

it the tear t thered urants showing that its Man-forted that the

do The committee staff aiso Ie-

Inves igation who allegedly hattan offices were burglarized

made at least 491 surreptitious

in or approved bur- by Federal agents on an aver-entries between 1960 and 1975

saries of the Socialist Workors.age of once every

three weeksato install listening devices in

Party's New York City office, Detween 1960 ard 1966.

un the early 1960's.

Although most of those do-

jimes some of the I.S.r's

tivities "clearly wrong and quive

incerensible,"

and lie imprictly

crisicized Mr. Hoover in givi g

nis disurances that tne bureau

would never again ie able to

act "without accountability."

Advice to Kelley Noted

As the Congressicnal iuves-

tigations of the

progressed over the last year,

soma of Mr. Kelley's aides have

The papers filed in. Federa' cuments have been censored byi crophones

District Court in Manhattan on the bureau,

of twolltiously installed by the bureau

Department F.B.I. agents, George P. Bax-

¡wyers asserted that "at this:trum Jr. Ei

Arthur J. Greene during the same period.

tween himself a". Mr. Hoover.

under whom all o. the report'd

is unciear whether sr., appeared in bureau reports!?

The repert took note of in-

here is, o may be, a conflict, referring to the burglaries.

hetween" the Goverament's de!

The lawyers for the Socialisticsing that the burgiaries wer

nse of other Federu! ofticials Workers are a'tempting to ada "clearly illegal,"

already ra..od in the case, ard Mr. Baxtrum and Mr.

el|that even after the pracuice had

a defens. i could offer the to the list of defendants in the 'ibden formally terminated by s

a duother group o exccutvts

mainly older men who came t

under Mr. Hoover, Ig

the late F.Bi.

The Gunmen, raspurse toilsit as well as John E. Malond Difector, in early 1967, at leaft.

Ily have been

Who headed the bureau's Nerone such break-in was carried

nation da

repartmen; officials said that i

"ork City office between liviot by bureau agents.

One bureau source, asked ic.

..e delamma had bees air;

Vir. Hoover's order dic not! cay about, the raction to Me.

uned in part by quubt o:

Individual Suits Expected

¡ban surrepf.tious entries to in-

"; the poisibility that the thie

at legality of the break-as and , One justice Department lawiburglaries against forcien

Wesiminist speech,

bull aricrocones, however, or

"There are at a lot or

eventually find ver said today that, unlike tritelligence targets,

peo'e who have : lot of ic-

un:selves subjour o crimaia?

other defendants, the party in bassie

sprit for rioover. H: [Mr. Kel

'"asecutio. by the Justice Lo-

tended to sue the three agentsunited States.

and consulates in

I win othing by this.",

ditment, that regard.

as individuals, making

Another source coreded ulat

then Meanwhile, F.B.I. sources said

"raybe the timing wasn't tro

Implications of Move

pes wardedable for any dam althat a public apology on Satur- 'ust for Mr. Kaloys address.

Should + u departmunt decide

¡day by Clarence M. Kelley, the

snother Justice Departmen"current F.3.I. Director, for seme

coning as it did after the Can-

i '' to offe: a deferse, that de-

sificial said that he hoped of the bureau's past actions had

gressional commitics: had dis-

closed most of misir arivers

son would have serious in- uecision on Whether to offer re-generated considarable adverse

fornumerous

other presentation to

fing; about the lureau, au?

siould that become necessory

agents reintion among

gents involved in tico bureau's| Wi

ud. be made by the end of ionner agents of the bureau.?

a stick th around here, e1-

c suriterintelligence

program this week

Ip a speech at Westminister

FL. " officials divided into "..

'emselves the targets of simi lowed the disclosure today by?

i Keney, without being specind

us carps" in their respans"

tố the Director's remarks.

a civil suits brought by otheri

• ; Cointelpro.

The Judice Depariment is re-

viewing the 15-year record of

Le bureau's haras: nent

isruption

of

the

socialist riptitious entries"

Workers Party, the Commumsti 1970.

furposes

for various

between

1942

Party and other domestic rali-

and

in addition e the 92 Known

FALL INPORVIATION CONTANTED

Attorney

I barglaries

Socialist:

revi has said that victims n: Workers' offices, the staff re-l

articularly

egregious

viola-port said, F.B.I. agents conduct-

"ons of their privacy and per

d at least 239 entries directed

mal freesoms will be notifier

some lt domestic political!

The Socialist Worisers party

"loups to

search offices

Trough

discovery

embers' hones or to es

craph or seize documents.

in none c° these cases,

the

-aport said, were various at.-

"s general advised that thie

mical was conducting break.

without a

sech

rant, & practice that cours

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Justice Department Indicates It Might Not Defend

3 F.B.I. Agents in Suit by Socialist Workets Party

By JOHN N. CREWDSON granted by Federal. District Have lound to be in

• violation

Special to The New York Times

Judge Thomas P. Griesa, has of the Fourth Amendment pro-

WASHINGTON, May 10-The'obtaned hundreds of pages of hibition against unlawful search

Justice eartha he ried a fence no derp re and seizure..

the possibility that it will notau's attempts

dafend in a civil lawsuit threel operations,

including

do The commit star also re

gents of the federa Bureau cuments showing that.its Man

ported

bureau

& Investigation who allegedly nation offices were burglarze

made at least 491 surreptitious

took part in or approved bur. by Federal agents on an aver-entries between 1960 and 1975

glaries of the Socialist Workersiage of once every three weeksato install listening devices in

Party's New York City offices between 1960 and 1966.

the homes or offices of crimi-

in the early 1960's.

Althöugh most of those do knal suspects, and_that 509 mi

termed some of the F.S.i.'s ac-

'tivities "clearly wrong and quite;

indefensible,"

and he implictlyi

criticized Mr. Hoover in giving.

his assurances that the bureau:"

would

never again be able

Not "without accountbity. o;

Advice to Kelley Noted

As the Congressionäl inves-

tigations

of the.

F.B.T.

have

progressed over the last yea?,.

some of Mr. Kelley's aides have

been advising. him, as one put

[it, "to put a little daylight"-be-

tween himself and Vr. Hoover.

The report took note of in under whom-all of the reported

Tastes occurred

hetween" the Government's de-

The lawyers for the socially ceding that the burglaries west

another group of executivi

fense of. other Federal officials Workers are aitempting to add

"clearly, illegal,"

the bureau's headquarter:

aiready denied in the casc, andimr. Baxtrum and

Mr. •Greent

that even after the practice bad

mainly older mer. who came t

the defense it could offer the to the list of acfendants in thei

three agents.

gen formally terminated by 3. 0 or under Mr. Hoover, 59

The Government. response 1o

the Socialist. Workers'

who neaded

"Ditector, in early 1967, at leact:

did not elaborate,

motion

suit, as well as John F. Malone

Edgar, Hoover, the late F.Bf,

portedly

have been

but Justice

the bureau's Nevone such break-in was carried

Lepartment officials said that hid 1975.

sork Cily oilice between 196 out by bureau agents

ithe bureau's past.

One bureau source, asked ic

delemma had been occa-

Mr. Hoover's: order did not

day. about the reaction to Mi

noned in part by doubt ovier

Individual Suits Expected

ban' surreptitious entries to in-

¡Kolley's

Westminister speech.

the legality of the break-ins and

by the possibility that the three

One justice Department law burglaries

scall microphones, however, or

'said:

"There are. still a lot of

against foreign

"people who have & lot of re-

agents

might eventually

fir.d

yer said today that, unlike the telligence targets, such as em-

öther defendants,

spect for Hoover. He [Mr. Kel-

¿semselvas subject to criminal

the party in bassic

prosecution by the Justice Da-

tentled to sue the three agent: United. States.

and consulates in the

ley] wins nothing by this.".

individuals,

making

then

Another source conceded that

parment in that regard.

Meanwhile, F.B.I. sources said

Implications of Move

pestionally liable for any dama that a public apology on Satur-

"Inaybe the timing wasn't the

gestawarded.

best" for Mr. Kelley's address.

day by

Clarence M. Kelles, the

corting as it did after the Con-

Should tle department decide

Another Justice Departmentcurrent F.B.I. Director, for sone

gressional commitices had dis-

i not to offer a defense, that de-

official said that he hoped alof the bureau's past actions had

closed most of

their adverse

cision would have serious in-

silcations

fornumerous- other

decision.on whether to offer Tengenerated considarable adverse

findings about the bureau, and

presentation

the

Joiner'

and

present

F.B.1.

agents reaption

among

and. hu added that "things are get,

agents involved ir. the bureau's

shout be macon he earner agents of the burnis.

woald. be made by the end

lity sticky. around

here"

i counterintelligence

program

this week.

In a speech at Westministe

IPe.t. officials divided into "ya!

1n

Fulton,

Mo.,

MT

ver the years who ma

find

the 'official's remarks

rinus camps" in their respars

Li emselves the targets of simi

lowed the disciosure today Keley, without being specifis

to the Director's remarks

nat civil suits brought by other

victims of the program, known

cis Coinielpro.

Anc staff of the Senate Selkit!

The Judtice Department is re-

Committee on intelligence ac-!

viewing the

15-year record of

traties that the F.B.I. had car

thie. bureau's harassment and

ried out as many as 1,300 "sir

disruption

of

the

reptitious entries"

socialisti

for various

Worker's Party, the Communist!

purposes between

1942

and

Party and other domestic radi-

1970.

al and right-wing groups, and

In addition to the 92 known

ALT, INFORMATION CONTAITED

Attorney

Genera

Edward H.

burglaries

of

Socialist

Levi has said that victims. of Workers' offices, the staff re-

articularly

sional freedoms will be notified.

The Socialist Workers part groups to search offices on

ihrough

a discovery.

ord graph or some documen shoo-

In none of these cases, the

report said, were various attor

says soneral advised that 1h0

tureau was conducting break.

iss without a judicial search

arrant, a practice that cours

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FBI Break-ins

Still Go On,

Panel Reports

By George Lardner Jr.

Washington Pout Stall Wrler

The FBI still conducts break-lns against intelligenue

targets without getting a court order, a special Senate

intelligence committee report said yesterday.

The Senate investigators said such surreptitious;

entries are conducted mainly to plant hidden micror

phones and other recording revices, but occasionally

i the missions have •turned

into raids

for other inior-

ination as well..

The FBI assured the com-

More than

200 of th-su

mittee that in recant yours

it.

were so-called

"black

at least, the 'opportunily"

Jobs"- burglaries conccived

to expand the entries

into

and conducted not for ine

multi-purpose burglaries has

-heein

sake of planting a bug Hut

"exploited"

for other purposes such as

Only

against forcign agents.

"physical search and photo.

The chort said that ac-

reaphing

or seizing docu-

cording to an FBI memoran-

mists."

dum supplied to the commit.

Such entries included

Flat last fall, in the course of

Tung series or broak-ins, per-

Tustalling electronic

haps as many as 92 o1 them

bugs,

* there have becn occasions

between

1900

1976

when observations and rec-

against the Socialist Work.

ordings were made of perti-

ces Parts and affiliates such

ment, information contained

as the Young Socialist Alli-

"vitain the premises.' "

ance, the report saidl

The reicase of the 16-pagc

. The door is locked with a

: Master. padlock only," said

report

coincided. with

a

statement by FBI Direclor

one FBI memo laying oul

Marence M. Kelley that it is

detailed plans for a post.

midnight buglary on

alli-

• my great desire to dispel

utice headquarters

rny thought that the FBI

York

in

City. "Previous

can't be trusted."

checks on

spot

numerous ouch.

Kelley made his romarks

sions have shown that there

thile tapirig a television in-

is a very limited amount of

'erview in Nashville as a fol-

pedestrian

and automobile

avup to a weekend speech

traffic after 12 midnight

ill which he

said

the

Argises:

fost

PDT•

Entrance will be made bu

SOrTY

its bast

Äwcen. the hours of 12 mid-

hight and 1 jim., June 30,

•the Senale committee ic-

1960."

port said that special teams

The take Mom such Jai

• FBI agents have carried

S the

report

said,

include

•ut more than 1,000 surrep-

Thotographs or items such

¡ious chuies without judi.

is membership lists.

"cut.

al, warrants since World

bent photographs oi

far li despite the ques

"onable legality of the rod.

ique. and its deep

ion into the privacy of Lig

"gted indiviquals."

members" and a letter deodor

Ficrophones: "in chim.:

talling the "health status of

nal

investigations" since

(the) national chairman."

The number of documents

1960. Ninety-seven of these

photographed during

these

entries were conducted, un-

raids. the study recounted,

der the authority of couit

reached as high as 220 on

orders since 1968 when: the

one break-in and regularly

Omnibus Crinie Control äct

was inore than 100.

legalized clestronic

caves

Alore often than not, the

dropping under judicial su-

report said, no force or cren

nefvision

and

other re-

lock-picking was needed to

straints.

make the secret entry.

Senate

intelligence com-

If a building manager ap.

peared to be a "patriotic cit-

mittee. staft members said

-izen," one former FBI' man

neither the Justice Depart-

men: nor the FBI offered

told the committee, FBI

any clear explanation of.

why tarrantless entries to

agents would simply "show"

savesdrop on "foreign espio-

nage or intelligence" targets

our credentials and wave

the flag" to

get

doors

arc still

considered neces

opened

sary when

warrants conid

In

case. more rigorous

be obtained from the cou:ls

work was required, the re-

unkler the provisions of the

1908 law.

port pointed out,. "selected

FBI agents reccived training

The

Senatz

committec,

courses in the skills neces-

headed by Frank Church i-

saty to perform surrepti-

Idaho, has recommensed

tious entrics.

that warran's ie. required

"The

unit chief

For all such entries as a Diat

taught the courses stated

ter of policy.

that he had participated in

"YVasrantless surreptitious.

numerous black bag jobs' in

intries against

American

•Which his only role was to

citizens who have 'no signli-

open locks and safes,"" the

cant connection with a for.

Senate

investigators re.

eign power, its agents or

ported

agencies, are undoubtedly

unconstitutioral," the report

The F'BI unit chief, the re-

said,

"the constitutional 1s-

port continued, "said that he

sics arising Ironi wortart-

would ordinarily receive in

Jess surrestitiong cutrim

incentive award fur a sue.

'against

10r0,1

agents

cessful entry."

within the Urited States

In addition lo' the esti-

have not been definitel; re-

mate of more than 200 "black

solved by the courts."

bag jobs,"

the report said

In addition to Its

the FBI has installed more

sional use uf espionage-con-

than

500 bugs without war-

nected break-ias to plant a

Tant since 1960 "ngainst in-

telligence and internal secu-

bug, the report said, the Jus-

tice Department Is still ag

rity

targets,"

^ technique

which

"the' Justice Depart-

serting

the

carry

authority

out

burglaries

for

ment still permits."

• other purposes "in forcign

The bureau also submit-

intelligence cases," but has

ted i chart showing that it

told the committen it is-not

nascartied out 491 surrepti

presently. condicting

any

rous entrics to intrutt tic

such opcrations.

The late EBT. Desctor J.

IT INFORMATION CONTAINED A Hoover abruptly or

reed an end to "black lag

TAI

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joiss" in 1966 after appar-

ently approving hundreds of

warrantless cntries, the re-

pori noted.

Joover's motives remai

nclear, the report sai

"Break-ins to install mi-

crophones

were nat bull

zed,"

the

report." noted.

, Hoover's order

dence that at

least

one

black bag job'

directed

gainst & 'domestic subver

ive targel took place

Freen 1966 and 1908.'

The Senate investigators

said they were unable to

find any evidence that the

FBI told any Attorney Gen-

torneys

aware of the FBi practice of

break-ins to

install

tronic listening devices. lee.

The Senate study made

clear that the actual number

of surreptitious entries the

FBI carried out may never

systen

which provided for the peri-

odic destruction of pertinent!

records.

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TO

FROM

G

SUBJECT

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-106

MAY 1962 EDITION

ÇSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mr

/Fehl

R. Steelay

DATE:

5-6-76

REVIEW OF

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT

INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHTS®

OF AMERICANS,

-ir BOOK

Assoc. Dir. -

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. _

Asst. Dir.:

Admin..

Comp. Syst. -

Ext. Affairs

Files & Com. -

Gen. Inv. -

Ident. -

Inspection -

Intell. -

Laboratory -

Plan. & Eval. -

Spec. inv. -

Training -

Legal Coun. -

Telephone Rm. -

Director Soc'y -

Attached is an original and one copy of a double-

spaced blank memorandum with comments of the Special Investi-

gative Division concerning the above-final report,_ Part III,

"Findings," page 261, F (c), which deals with the Federal

Employee Security Program.

ACTION:

None.

For Information.

Enclosures (2)

+7-111-395-15951

FC-1)

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

2-

67-116358

I - Mr. Leavitt

(Attention Mr.

Phillips)

1 - Mir. Fehl

1

* Mr.

Steel

1 - Mr. Ervin

WCE: pIn u

W: E (5)

Tas

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REVIEW OF SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT

"INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHTS

OF AMERICANS,' BOOK II

Part III, "Findings," page 251, F (c), paragraph 4,

first sentence, reads "It has been the policy of the FBI, and

presumably other agencies as well, to disseminate via name

check reports any information in its files - no matter how

•old or how unreliable - which might relate to the standaras

of the Executive Order:"

The phrase, "no matter how old or how unreliable,"

reflects neither FBI poliçy nor FBI practice in dissemination

of information in Federal Imployee Security cases. In fact,

FBI dissemination policy as set forth in the Manual of Rules

and Regulations (MRR), Part II, Section 5, and referred to in

footnotes in the final report on four separate instances

requires

standards of verification or reliability be clearly

pointed out. These four instances may be found in the MrE,

Part. II; Section 5, pages. 2, 3, 4, and. 10. On page 4, the MAR

specitically spells out the requirement that "in each instance

every reasonable effort should be made to provide additional.

descriptive information regarding the source which will enable

recipient agencies to intelligently evaluate the information."

Further, we know of no standards by which we may establish that

information becomes worthless after a time certain.

Instead,

-

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

HARLEN IS UNCLADOLE

DATE LA

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it is the relevance of the information and not its age that

governs the dissemination. Finally, the purpose of the

Executive Order is to authorize investigations of allegations

that the conduct of lederal employees or applicants does not

meet the standards. of the Executive Order. No personnel action

is possible without a thorough investigation of the allegations.

Therefore, the statement, "no matter how old or how unreliable,"

does not reflect our policy or practice in Federal Employee

• •

Security cases.

2

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REVIEW OF SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE REPORT

"INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES AND THE RIGHTS

OF AMERICANS," BOOK II

Part III, "Findings," page 251, F (c), paragraph 4,

first sentence, reads "It has been the policy of the fBI, and

presumably other agencies as well, to disseminate via nane

check reports

any information in its files - no matter how

old or how unreliable - which might relate to the standards

of the Executive Order."

The phrase, "no matter how old or how unreliable,"

reflects neither FBI policy nor FBI practice in dissemination

of information in Federal Employee Security cases. In fact,

FBI dissemination policy as set forth in the Manual of Rules

and Regulations (IRR), Part II, Section 5, and referred to in

footnotes in the

final report on four separate instances

requires standards of verification or reliability be clearly

pointed out. These four instances may be found in the MR,

Pari: II, Section 5, pages 2, 3, 4, and 10. On page 4, the MeR

specifically spells out the requirement. that "in each instance

every. reasonable effort should be made to provide additional

descriptive infornation regarding the source which will enable

recipient agencies to intelligently evaluate the information."

Further, we know of no standards by which we may establish that

information becomes worthless after a time certain. Instead,

ATI INFORILATION CONTAINED

FERNE UNCLASSE PAmp

DATE 1300

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it is the relevance of the information and not its age that

governs the dissemination. Finally, the purpose of the

Executive Order is to authorize investigations of allegations

that the conduct of Federal employees or applicants does not

neet the standards of the Executive Order. No personnel action

is possible without a thorough investigation of the allegations.

Therefore, the statement, "no matter how old or how unreliabie, "

•does not reflect oui policy or practice in Federal Employee

Security cases:

2

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530

MAY 6 1976

TO: AJohn. A

Mintz, Assistant Director

(Legal Counsel

Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FROM:

Steven K. Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT: SSC Request dated May 5, 1976

Attached is a letter from the senate select

Committee dated May 5, 1976.

Please arrange for

"an appropriate response.

ALI INFORMATION SONTAINED

HUREIT IS UNCLASSINED

DATE -300

CC:

Paul Daly

REETO +2-1163531594

1:: J4Y ?.. 1976

5-8.

8,4 MAY 1 8 1076

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MAY 6 1976

TO: John A. Mintz, Assistant Director

Iegal Counsel Division

Federal Bureau of Invescigation

FROM:

Steven K. Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT:

SSC Request dated May 5, 1376

Attached is a letter from the Sonate Select

Committee dated May 5,

1976.

Please arrange for

an appropriate response.

cc:

Paul Daly

AIR TTORILATION CONTAINED

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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN

WOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN

WALTER MY ALE, MINN.

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENt.

WALTER F-MONDALE,

BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.

CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MD.

HOSER. MORGAN, N.L.

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.

GARY HART, COLO.

WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL

CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

Inited States Benate

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES, 21, SATH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

May 5, 1976

Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Esq.

Special Counsel Ior Intelligence Coordination

Office of the Deputy Attorney General

U.S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mike:

The Senate Select Committee requests delivery on a priority

ing a meeting at the

basis on or beföre ErFBi in either 1961 or 1962, at which time

of all memoranda reflect-

General Edward Lansdale met with Allan Belmont.

Also in attend-

ance at said meeting were Sterling Donahue and Richard Cotter.

A copy of this letter is simultaneously being delivered to

Mr. Seymour Phillips of the FBI. We would appreciate Mr. Phil-

lips being orally notified that

he has the Department's approval

• to begin gathering materials responsive to the instant request.

Sincerely,

Jane

ALL INFORVATION CONTAITED

• HERELN

Paul G. Wallach

Counsel

CC:

Seymour Phillips

o:114394

ENCLOSURE

RECEIVED

MAY 5 1976

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D-36 (Rev. 2-14-74)

FBI

Date:

5/3/76

Transmit the following in

(Type in plaintext or code)

Via

AIRTEL

(Precedence)

TO

DIRECTOR, EBI (157-370)

ATTENTION: SUPERVISOR JOSEPH DEEGAN

ROOM 4092, JEH BUILDING

FROM: UBSAC; CHARLOTTE (187-230)

SUBJECT: EXTREMIST MATTERS

• CHARLOTTE DIVISION

Enclosed is an article which appeared in the 4/29/76,

edition of the Charlotte Observer, Charlotte, N. C., entitled,

•"Agencies Spied On N. C. Klan, Panthers". Enclosed article

• appeared in the same edition of the newspaper which contained

• report based upon the senate Select Committee hearing

eviewing intelligence agencies. The enclosed article i

critical of the FBI's operations in the State of North Carolina

as related to the klan and the Black Panther Party.

It was

noted many of these charges had

been made before by

Senator ROBERT MORGAN. However, MORGAN indicated that while

he was Attorney General of North Carolina, he was misled by the

Bureau in these areas.

ALI INFORMATION CONTAINED

DATE 1-30-01

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FD-350 (Rey. 7-16-63)

(Mount Clipping in Space Below)

Agencies Spied On

N.C. Klan, Panthers

By CARL STEPP

Observer Washingion Bureau

that he "came to the committee neither look-

ing for nor expecting to find what was found."

WASHINGTON - Sen. Robert Morgan, D-

Later, in an intervicw, he explained that as

N.C., says the

Senate report on domestic former attorney general of North Carolina he

. spying on

Americans "should let every citi-"resented that I was misled by the bureau."

zen know it could happen to him."

Based on statements by the late J. Edgar.

chile beth, hal at sit an and than her on her diat one are 14°

wiretaps, mail openings,

(Indicate page, name of

newspaper, city and state.)

1A THE CHARLOTTE

ORSERVER

Charlotte, N.C.

Congressman Harold Cooley.

Morgan termed the actions "intolerablé"

sands of innocent organizations and citizens dom," Morgan • said,

not suspected of any crimes.

In North Carolina, the report says:

The FBI, at the suggestion

Charlotte office, in 1967 formed an FBI-con-

trolled group of KKK klaverns that attracted

INTELLIGENCE AOTISITIES AND THE

RIGHTS OF AMERICANS

250 members. According to Morgan, the goal

was to divide the kian movement, discredit

its leaders and promote violence among rival

klansmen.

Robert Murphy, who headed the Charlotte

FINIT. REPORT

FBI office during the I960s, said Wednesday

he had no comment on the charges.

.o The FBI sent a phony letter, purported-

ly from the klan's National Intelligence Com-

mittee,

dragon and

"firing suspendine imperial Wizard

the North Carolina grand'

Robert Shelton. Shelton complained to both

-SECT CONDITHE

TO STADY GONERS VENT, OUERA POSS

MITII KISSET 711

INTELLIGENCE ITIVITI%S

TNITED STATES SENDE

STUTT NISH

the FBI and Post Office about possible mail'

fraud, but the FBI "solemnly (assured) * Shel-!

AP Photo

ton that his complaint was not within the

FBI's jurisdiction."

o The report suggests, but doesn't say di-

Copics of the Senate report are

rectly, that in 197i the FBI in North Caro available for $3.60 from the

lina falsely accused a Black Panther member Superintendent of Documents,

of being a government informant,

though it knew that clsewhere "two members

U.S. Government Printing Oi-

of the Black Panther Parly

had been mur-fice, Washington, D.C. 20402.

dered as suspected informants."

o The FBI bugged the hotel room where

on Feb. 17, 1971,

Rep. Cooley, chairman of

the House Agriculture Committee, was meet-

ing with representatives of a foreign country

to discuss sugar-quota legislation. Resulting

personal and political information was for-

warded to Attorney General Robert Kennedy.

LOBURE

Many of the allegations have been made

before by Morgan,

who has been an out-

spoken critic of the FBI's secrel activities.

But the report offers the strongest docu-

mentation of the charges.

In a statement Wednesday, Morgan said

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J. B. Adams

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J. A. Mintz

(1 - Mr. P. V. Daly)

1 - Mr. T. W. Leavitt

April 22, 1976

2 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

The Attorney General

Director, FBI

U.S. SENATE SELECT COLMITTEE

ON INTELZIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

Inclosed for your approval and forvarding to the

SSC is the original of a menorandum relating to this Bureau's

review of the SSC's draft report concerning electronic

surveillances. Also enclosed is a copy of the menorancum

for your records.

Inclosures (2)

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Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, JI.

Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

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J. B. Adams

2 - Mr. J. A. Mintz

(1 - Mr. P. V. Daly)

1 - Mr. T. H. Leavitt

2 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

pril 22, 1976

U, S. SMIATE SELECT COMTTICE TO

STUDY COVERITIRITAL OPERATIONS NITTI

RESPECI TO INTELLICSNCE ACTIVIIIES (SSC)

FARE INFORMATION CONTAINES

BY

JUREIN IS UN

DANE

lepresentatives of this Bureau have reviewed the

SSC's draft report concerning electronic surveillances.

The purpose of the review as to recognize and bring to

the atiention of the SSC Staff any information the FBI

ballevos to bo classified or otherise sensitive to the

extent that it should not be made public, as well as the

identitics of any FBI personnel below the rank of Section

Chief rhich, by prior agrecent betreen the SSC and IDI,

tould not be included in the report.

Set forth belot are the instances noted there

delctions are suggested.

in emucration of these instances

ras informally fumished to lit. Thonas Larson of the SSC

Start on lpril 19, 1976.

"2/13/76

"DECIOTIC SUNVEILLWICES

"It is noted that Ernest Il. Belter's nare appears

in several places vichin this eocument. is Belter was

below the rani: of Section Chief, in accordance with the

Assoc. Dir.

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agreement to excise nanes of FBI personel below that ront,

Dep. AD Inv. _

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3 footnotes

Footnote"

1 - The Attorney General

NOTE:

The draft report was reviewed by Supervisor

J. W. Dalseg, INTD, and Supervisor S. F. Phillips of the

Senstudy 75 Project furnished the informal note to Dawson

of the SSC.

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5-140 (Rev. 1-21-74) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535

Addressee:

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE

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[ Memo

• Report dated

4/22/76

Caption of Document:

U.S. Senate Select Committee (SS®).

(Review of SSC draft report on

electronic surveillances)

Originating Office.

Delivered by:

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BEFORE COMPLETING.

CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATE

TO:

Intelligence Community Staff

ATTN: Central Index

FROM:

FBI

SUBJECT: Abstract of Information Provided to Select Committees

1. HOW

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for review

appropriate

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but not transmitted, so note.;

DOCUMENT

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2. DATE PROVIDED

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Concerning review of SSC draft report regarding electronic

surveillances.

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INSTRUCTIONS

• Type or print clearly in ink.

• Indicate classification of the abstract top and bottom.

• Date the abstract and put on any internal control numbers required.

• "FROM" entry should clearly identify the organization providing the

information.

If additions (as when a copy of document sent to SSC is later sent to

HSC) or changes to a previously submitted form are necessary, submit a

copy of the original abstract, with the change indicated.

SPECIFIC ITEM NO. 8. SUMMARY - enter brief narrative statement describing

substance of information and showing relationship to Intelligence Community

matters if appropriate. Any feedback or evidence of investigatory interests

should be noted. Commitments made to supply additional information should be

noted. Additionally, certain administrative information may be entered here,

e.g., restrictions on review of a document, if document was paraphrased, whether

interviewee is current or former employee,

etc. If actual document or transcript

is provided, that fact should be noted and no summary is required. Additional

pages may be attached if necessary.

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FROM

SUBJECT

MAY THE FOR NO. "

GSA FPAIR (41 CFR) 101-11.6

**UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

:

Mr. J. B. Adams

DATE: 4/26/76

Legal counself.

SEÑATE SELECT COMMITTEE

PURPOSE:

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The purpose of this memorandum is to report an invitation

to testify given to former Special Agent Supervisor George Tucker by

Mike Epstein of the Senate Select Committee.

SYNOPSIS:

Epstein contacted Tucker and requested him to be available

for an interview and possible testimony concerning Tucker's interview

of Ed Morgan. Tucker advised Epstein he would not agree to an interview

as he had no knowledge beyond that which was reported in FBI files.

RECOMMENDATION:

For information.

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Memorandum to Mr. Adams

Re: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE

DETAILS:

At 9:38 a.m. on April 23, 1976, George Tucker, formerly a

supervisor at Washington Field Office, now retired, whose address is

Post Office Box 246, Harwich Port, Massachusetts, 02646, telephone

number 617-432-3691, telephonically advised me that he had been contacted

by Mike Epstein of the Senate Select Committee, who asked him to be

available for an interview concerning a memorandum he had prepared

following an interview by Tucker on March 21, 1967, of Ed Morgan.

Mr. Tucker told Epstein that he first desired to discuss this matter with

the Bureau and that Epstein should call him later during the day.

Mr. Tucker told me that he could recall having conducted the

interview of Ed Morgan and having prepared an FD 302, but he could not

recall the name of the Agent who accompanied him on the occasion of that

interview. He said he has no recollection of any information beyond that

which was recorded in the FD 302. Mr. Tucker asked whether he was

authorized to submit to an interview by Epstein.

I advised Mr. Tucker that the secrecy agreement which he

may have signed while an Agent of the Bureau was waived for purposes of an

interview that might be conducted by Epstein. However, I told Mr. Tucker

that the decision whether he would submit to an interview was entirely his.

I explained that the Bureau was cooperating with the Senate Select Committee

by waiving the secrecy agreements. I also explained that if Mr. Tucker

felt that he needed the assistance of counsel in such an interview, he could

request the appointment of counsel and his request would be forwarded to the

Department where such counsel would be provided. Mr. Tucker said that he

did not feel that it was necessary for him to have counsel as he recalls

his only participation in this matter was that he conducted an interview.

At 4:20 p.m. on April 23rd, Mr. Tucker called me again and

said that Epstein had called him to determine whether he would submit to an

interview and Tucker had refused. Epstein told him that the Committee might

issue a subpoena for Mr. Tucker to require his appearance and testimony at

which time his testimony would be taken under oath and made a matter of record.

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Memorandum to Mr. Adams

Re: SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE

Tucker responded to Epstein by saying that he thought that his testimony

would be recorded anyway. He said that he explained to Epstein that he

had no knowledge beyond that which was recorded in the Bureau files

and he referred Epstein to the Bureau.

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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG.

NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

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FROM

: S

F. Phillips

1 - Mr. J.

Adams

2 - Mr. J.

A. Mintz

(1 - Mr. P. V. Daly)

1 - Mr. I. W. Leavitt

DATE:

4/28/76

1 - Mr.

S. F. Phillips

Mr.

.J. P. Thomas

Assoc: Dir.

Dep. ADAPT

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PURPOSE:

To record comments of Senate Select Committee (SSCircorSoy—

Staff Member explaining seemingly critical remark about FBI in

SSC report on foreign intelligence.

DETAILS: "The New York Times"4/27/76 printed portions of SSC

"final" report on foreign counterintelligence (CI), released by SSC

4/26/76 (copy attached).

It included a statement that "recent

evidence suggests that F.B.I. counterespionage results have been

less than satisfactory."

On 4/27/76, Supervisor J. P. Thomas,

Senstudy Project Unit, contacted John Elliff, Director of the

• SSC

Task Force on the FBI, called this statement

to his attention and

asked whether this statement was based on any specific information

which the FBI could use to improve its counterespionage effectiveness.

Elliff replied that he did not write this statement, but could say

that it was definitely not based on any specific FBI activity or

nonperformance; it was a reflection of testimony of past and present

CIA personnel; it related to past problems, mentioned in the

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINE

paragraph above the one quoted, which spoke of some old differences

between the FBI and CIA.

It was also based, in part, on testimony of

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIL

a leer pristity Das ston to matters to nato the in his timence

matters: Ellift reiterated that the questioned statement had mothing

to do with recent events but related to recently obtained intormation

concerning past events.

Elliff noted that, elsewhere in the fúll

Si worke he had included language noting that, in recent past,

the FBI had been upgraded and additional emphasis been

DATE

placed on CI training, etc. Elliff added "informally" that we should

recognize that there was a conflict within the SSC between the group

working with CIA, which naturally expressed pro-CIA sentiments to

the detriment of CIA's "opposition"' and those, such as Elliff, who

have more knowledge of FBI accomplishments; the report is

necessarily a compromise between these two groups.

Enclosure ENCLOSURE

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Memorandum to Mr. I. W. Leavitt

Re: Senstudy 75

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Foreign

Intelligence Collec-'

tion in the United States

The C.I.A. engages in both overt and!

ciandestine activity within the United -

States for the purpose of foreign intel-

ligence cellection. The agency's Domes-

tie Collection Division

is responsible

primarily for overt collection, while the

Foreign Resources Division

manages

clandestine collection of foreign intel-

ligence.

Eoth divisions. are currently

within the Directorate of Operations.

Formerly run and staffed by the Direc-

toraie of

Intelligence, the D.C.D. was

moved

to Operations in 1973 and now

nas many

clandestine services officers

assigned to it.

The

Domestic Collection Division

openiy collects

foreign intelligence in-

formation irom American citizens on a

wide variety of subjects, primarily of an

economic and technological nature. The

Domestic Collection Division currently

maintains contact with lens of thou.

sands of American. citizens who, on a

confidential

basis, volunteer informa-

zion of intelligence value to the United

States. The committee notes that the

Central Intelligence Agency is overtly

in contact with inany members of the

American acaderic community; to con-

suit with them on the subjects of their

pilo

expertise.

occasion, at the request

•i che academic

concerned, these con-

iacts are confidential.

The

commitiee believes there are

significant benefits to both the Govern-

eit and the universities in such con-

icts and that they should not be dis-

couraged. The committee sees no danger

is the integrily of American

academic

institutions in continuing such overi

contacts.

Tha

Doniestic Collection

Division

operates from 38 offices around the

inited States and lists itself in local

The Washington Post _

Washington Star-News-

Daily News (New York);

The New York Times 4/27/76

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The National Observer _

• The Los Angeles Times -

reiephone directories, although it con-

its business

pessible.

discreetly

The committee notes that due to the

• Date

recent

revelations about C.I.A.

activi-

tes,

some foreign intelligence

sources

are shying away from cooperation with

Domestic Collection Division, thus

izpeding this division's most important

function, nately, the orcrt collection of

fereign inciligence.

The committee also questions the re-

crung, for toreign espionage purposes.

o inmigranis desiring American citizen-

ship bechuse it might be construed as

coercive,

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Foreign Canterintelligence

Counterintelligence is defined quite

broadly by the C.l.A. It includes the

knowledge needed

for

the protection

and preservation of the military,

eco-

nonne and productive strength of the

United Stales, as well as the Govern-

ment's security in domestic and foreign

affairs,

against

or

from

espicrage,

sabotage and subversion

designed

to

weaken or destroy the United States.

Counterinteiligence is a special forn

of intelligence

activity, aimed at dis-

covering

hostile

foreign

intelligence

operations and destroying their effec-

tiveness.

It

involves protecting

the

United States Government against in-

filtration by foreign agenis, as well as

controlling and manipulating adversary

intelligence operations.

made to discern the plans and intentions

of enemy intelligence services and to

deceive them about our own.

The committee finds that the threat

manent assignment. Among these, over

40 percent have been identified as mem-

Furthermore, the number of Soviets

with access to

chanpe visitors in

ountry trom other Communist bloc

ations (from 416 in 1960 to 798 i

Coordination between C.I.A. and F.B.I.

within the United

or to help

recruit foreign officials in this country.

( count inteligence has infringed on

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Recommendations

charter should be

established for the Central Intelligence

Agency which makes clear that its

activities must be related io forcign

intelligence. The agency should be given

"The collection of denied or pro-

tected foreign intelligence information.

"The conduct of foreign counter-

• «The conduct of foreign covert action

4The production of finished national

23. The C.I.A., in carrying out foreign

intelligence mission I, would be permit-

relevant activities

within the United States so long as

these activities do not violate the Con-

stitution nor any Federal, state or local

States. The

committee has set forth in its domestic

recommendations proposed restrictions

on such activities to supplement restric-

tions already

contained in the 1947

National Security Act. In addition, the

committee recommends that by statute

the intelligence oversight committee(s)

of Congress and the proposed counter-

intelligence committee of the National

Security Council be required to review,

at least annually, C.I.A. foreign intel-

ligence activities conducted within the

United Stares,

24, my statute, the Attorney üeneral

should be required to report to

President and to the intelligence over-

sight committee(s) of Congress any in-

telligence activities which, in his opin-

ion, violate the constitutional rights of

American citizens or any other provi-

sion of law and the actions he has

taken in 1: sponse. Pursuant to the com-

mittee's domestic recommendations, the

Attorney General should be made re-

sponsible for ensuring that intelligence

activities do not violate the Constitu-

tion or any other provision of law.

The committee recommends the

establishment of a special committee of

the Committee on Foreign Inteiligence

to reviow all foreign human intelligence

collection activities. It would make rec-

ommendations to the C.F.I. with regard

to the scope, policies, and prioricies nf

U.S. clandestine human collection oper-

and choices between overt and

clandestine human coisction. This com-

mittee would be composed of a repre-

sentative of the Secretary of State

the other statutory niembers

of the C.F.l.,

and others whom the

President may designate.

26. The intelligence

oversight com-

mittee(s) of Congress should carefully

examine intelligence collection activities

of the Clandestine Service to

that clandestine means are used only

when the information is sufficiently

important and

such incans are

necessary to obtain such information.

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27. The intelligence oversight com-

mitte(s) should consider whether:

Sthe Domestic Collection Division

(overt collection operations) should be

removed from the Directorate of Opera-

tions (the Clandestine Service), and re- 1

turned to the Directorate of Intelligence;

§the C.l.A.'s regulations chould re-

quire that the D.C.D.'s overt contacts be

informed when they are to be used

for operational support of clandestine

§the C.I.A.'s regulations shoula pro-

hibit recruiting as

agents immigrants

sho have applied for American citizen

28. The President of the United States,

consultation

with the intelligence

mrsight.-

committee(s)

of Congress,

snould undertake a classified review of

current issues regarding counterintal-

ligence. This review should forn, the

basis for a classified Presidential state-

ment

national counterintelligence

policy and objectives, and should closely:

examine the following issues: compart-:

operations,

tion, and manpower.

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ATI, INTORMATION CONTAINED

MORTO

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Subject

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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20530

APR 2 7 1976

TO

John

Assistant Director

/Counsel Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FROM:

SB

Steven Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT:

SSC Request Dated April 23, 1976

Attached is a letter from

the senate-select,

Committee dated April 23,

1976.

Please arrange for

añappropriate response.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINHO

DARE 30-0-85 RANAD

ENCLOSURE

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APR 2 7 1976

I0: John A. Mintz, Assistant Director

Legal Counsel Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

FROM:

Steven Blackhurst

Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

SUBJECT: SSC Request Dated April 23, 1976

Attached is a letter from the Senate Select

Committee dated April 23, 1976.

Please arrange for

an appropriate response.

ALI. INFORMATION CONTAINED

cc;

Paul Daly

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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN

JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRY

PHILIP /CHART, MICHI.

HOWARD H. BAK

ho. TENN.

WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.

WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY.

CHARLES MC C. MATHIAS, JR., MiD.

O ROBERT MORGAN. N.C.

• RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.

GARY HART, COLO.

WILLIAM G. MILLER, STAFF DIRECTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, JR., CHIEF COUNSEL.

CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

rited Gicles Benate

SELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 21, 84TH CONGRESS)

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

April 23, 1976

Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Esg.

Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination

Office of the Deputy Attorney General

U. S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mike:

The Select Committee requests access.at FBI Head-

quarters to all summaries of information obtained from

electronic surveillance of Frank A. Capell and Robert

Manuel in 1965, which were disseminated by the FBI to

the White House and/or the Attorney General.

request specifically encompasses, but is not limited to,

summaries which contain information pertaining to

attempts of the subjects to "smear or discredit high-

ranking Government officials" and summaries which

contain information pertaining to a book then being

written about the President.

This type of information

is referred to in a memorandum from Mr. R. D. Cotter

to Mr. w. C. Sullivan, dated November 3, 1965,

captioned:

"Frank A. Capell - Espionage-x."

sincerely yours,

John T. Elliff

Director

Domestic Intelligence Task Force

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINID

DARE ENGLASSED

-BY SUKUNA

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TO

FROM

SUBJECT:

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

5010-106

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mid.

I. W. Leavitty™

S. F. Phillips

SENSTUDY 75

1 - Mr.

J.

Adams

1 - Mr. D.

W. Moore

(Attn: H. A. Boynton)

2 - Mr. J. A. Mintz

(1 - Mx. P. V. Daly)

DATE: 4/26/76

1 = Mr. T. W. Leavitt

1

- Mr. J. G. Deegan

2 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

Assoc. Dir.

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. _

Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp. Syst. _

Ext. Affairs —

Files & Com. _

Gen. Inv. -

Ident.

Inspection

Intell.

Laboratory

Plan. & Eval. -

Spec. Inv. -

Training -

Legal Coun. -

Telephone Rm. _

Director Sec'y

PURPOSE: This informative memorandum advises of

negotiations with Senate Select Committee (SSC) Staff

resulting in radical change, in its draft report on

Martin Luther King, JI., which was to contain a highly

erroneous statement adverse to the Bureau.

$ GMAY Boc19762989591

SYNOPS IS :

Draft of SSC repott on King contained statement:

"The Committee, to avoid furthering the violations of

privacy already perpetuated by the Bureau, has requested

the FBI to excise from all documents submitted to the

Committee any reference to Dr. King's personal life."

This is highly inaccurate and in SSC's effort to appear

sanctimonious, it twisted facts to reflect adversely on

Bureau.

On our condemnation of the statement, SSC changed

draft to read: "The Committee did not investigate

DI. King's personal life. The issue is raised here only

because it apparently played some part in forming the

attitudes of certain FBI officials towards DI. King.

UNRECORDED COPY FILED IN

100-106

Moreover, in order to preclude further dissemination, the

Committee requested that the FBI excise from all documents

any information obtained as a result of an electronic

surveillance of: Dr. King." The revision thus eliminated

inaccuracles and removed the ax 95 RECta2 -1 12 3 75-

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.

Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Senstudy 75

62-116395

DETAILS: SSC's final draft of its "Martin Luther King, JI.,

Case Study" contained a statement,

"The Committee, to

avoid furthering the violations of privacy already perpet-

uated by the Bureau, has requested the FBI to excise from

all documents submitted to the Committee any reference to

Dr. King's personal life." On review, writer noted

statement's inaccuracy. SSC did not ask us to excise from

documents furnished it information as to King's personal

life. Only information we were asked to excise was that.

from electronic surveillances (elsurs) on King with no

mention made by SSC as to content of products of elsurs.

We followed such SSC stipulation as religiously as possible.

Most significantly, we did furnish documents containing

"personal life" data on King when the documents were

responsive to SSC requests and the information was not

product of King elsurs. Review also highlighted SSC's

sanctimony in accusing

¡ Bureau of violating King's privacy

whereas SSC avoided same.

In reviewing the many drafts of SSC's reports

to soon be published, we have by prearrangements addressed

ourselves back to the SSC concerning changes involving

only classification and privacy of Bureau personnel problems

and generally not concerning its warped presentations,

editorializing, slanting and other similar objectionable

features.

These latter-type situations are being included

in letterhead memoranda which we are furnishing to the

Department and White House.

In the instance cited above, it was decided,

after writer conferred with Deputy Assistant Director W. O.

Gregar, that it would be in the Bureau's best interest if

we could negotiate with the SSC to make changes which would

correct the statement and at the same time remove the

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Memorandum to Mr. I. W. Leavitt

Re:

Senstudy 75

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adverse reflection on the Bureau. In arriving at this

decision, we recognize that, if the statement was reported

as is, we could counter it in a manner which would not

only set the record straight but also make look foolish

the SSC for its inaccuracy. However, we all recognize

that a "denial," "correction," or the like never quite

catches up with the original

statement nor has near the

impact of the original statement. This is especially true

when one must depend on our media for "corrections." In

this light, therefore, decision to attempt to have statement

changed was launched.

On 4/20/76, writer discussed matter with SSC

Staff Member Thomas Dawson at which time it was determined

that, since we had last seen the draft, there had been

added at the very end of the challenged statement:

", acquired through electronic surveillance of King."

While the addition of this phrase made the original

statement

more complete, it did not lessen in any way the basic

objectionable features of the statement. Dawson was told

fully and candidly why we objected to the statement. He

was shown several SSC requests which make it clear we were

asked to excise as to source (elsurs on King) not as to

content (private activities of King). He was also told of

instances where we had furnished the SSC documents with

private life information when the documents were responsive

to SSC requests and data therein did not originate with

sad he won check ban with these state m

Dawson telephoned on 4/21/76 and offered to

replace the original

statement with one reading as follows:

"The Committee did not investigate Dr. King's personal life.

The issue is raised here only because it apparently played

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Memorandum to Mr. T. W. Leavitt

Re: Senstudy 75

62-116395

some part in forming the attitudes of certain FBI officials

owards Dr. King. Moreover,, in order to preclude further

dissemination, the Committee insisted that the FBI excise

from all requested documents any information obtained as

a result of an electronic surveillance of Dr. King." He

was told that the change was a vast improvement over the

original version in that it was no longer an erroneous

statement and also eliminated the SSC's sanctimony which

was also unfavorable to the Bureau.

It was pointed out,

however, that the statement in its revised version did not

track, and it was suggested for it to have meaning there

needed to be added at the end something such as is indi-

cated by the underlined portion as follows: "

• • any

information obtained as a result of an electronic surveillance

of Dr. King, inasmuch as such electronic surveillances

produced information on King's personal life." Dawson was also

told that the use of the word "insisted," though a minor

matter,

was viewed as not accurately describing the situation.

The SSC had "asked" or "requested" the excisions, not

insisted we make them. Dawson agreed to change "insisted"

to "requested.". However, after conferring with the SSC

Staff, he declined to add anything as suggested. No further

effort was made to urge him on the matter of the addition

we suggested as it was believed that the essential point

had been made; namely, change statement so it was no longer

inaccurate or adverse to the Bureau.

Steven Blackhurst, Assistant Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination of the Department, was kept up

to date of our actions in this matter. He fully agreed

with our objections and the efforts we made to effect the

changes.

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-.-

The Attorney Ceneral

Director, FBI

U. S. SENATE SELECT COLITTSE

01 INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

1 - Mr.

2

Mr.

J.

(1

- Hir.

B. Adams

A. Mintz

J. B. Hotis)

April 22, 197G

1 - Hir. D. F. Moore

1

T. I. Leavitt

1

- lit.

H. E. Helgeson

1

- lir.

S.

F. Phillips

1

- Mr.

J. G. Deegan

- tir.

T. J. Seabaugh

1

-lir. J. D. Powell

Assoc. Dis. -

Dep. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. -

Asst. Dir.:

Admin. -

Comp. Syst.

Ext. Affairs

Files & Com. -

Gen. Inv..

Ident.

Inspection

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan, & Eval.

Spec. Inv..

Training

5

Doct

Reference is made to my memorandum of December 19,

1975, which enclosed a proposed memorandum for delivery

to Senator frank Church, Chairman of the Ss6. These

memoranda advised oi the disclosure in the December 10, 1975,

George I. Lorsett,

attributed to a 'Senate Intelligence Cormittee source."

In these menoranda I enumerated several documents that

were delivered to the SSC by the FDI and which when

examined as a group and compared men each other lec

-0 Lix. Dorsett

s identification as an informant.

leference is also nade to ny February 11, 197,6,

cenorandun in which I reiterated the request that the

December 19, 1975, menorandun be delivered to Senator Church.

Enclosed herewith is a copy of an article that

Dally News' captioned

and with a

subcaption "Ceorge Dorsett."

The enclosed

article and the December 10, 1975, article were both

by Jack Betts,

"Greensboro Daily News'

staff writer.

The enclosed article reports that Senator Robert

Horgan of Worth Carolina, who is a member of the sSe,

specifically identified ix. Dorsett as an IDI infornant in

a speech Senator Lorgan gave before an audience at Wake

Porest University's Law Day observance April 3, 1976.

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The Attorey General

As I indicated in my previous memoranda I

consider this disclosure of an FSI informant allegedly by the

SSC and now by Senator Morgan a most serious breach of the

confidentiality that must be afforded the material and

infornation that this Bureau has furnished to the SSC.

It is noted that Nr. Dorsett experienced harassment following

the December, 1975, disclosures conceming his infornant

relationship with the FBI. It is felt that Senator logan's

present disclosuce creates a very real danger of further

harassment and possible physical harm to lix. Dorsett or

members of his family.

This situation would prevail in the

event of the disclosure of any informant. It is

respectfully requested that this matter be brought

to the attention of Senator Church, the Chairman of this

committee.

It is noted that Dorsett's identity as an

informant has not becn publicly acknowledged either by

Dorsett or this Bureau.

Please advise what action is taken concerning

this matter.

Inclosure

I - The Deputy Attorney Ceneral (Enclosure)

Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, JI.

Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

NOTE FOR SAC, CHARLOTTE:

to Charlotte airtel to the

information.

NOTE:

As set forth above, George F. Dorsett, former Bureau

klan informant has been identified in the "Greensboro Daily News"

as such.

The referenced communications to the Attorney General

have voiced the seriousness with which this matter is viewed

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The Attorney General

NOTE CONTINUED:

and request the Attorney General to protest the breach of

confidentiality on the part of the SSG.

Senator Morgan

nember of the SSG has been most vocal before North Carolina

audiences and in the North Carolina press in his denunciations

of the Bureau and the Internal Revenue Service and the Central

Intelligence Agency as well.

The Director met with Senator Morgan

on 2/17776.

By routing slip beputy Assoclate Director J

B. Adams

instructed this latest disclosure by Senator Morgan should also

be called to the attention of the Attorney General.

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MIKE MANSFIELD

MONTANA

Hniteù States Senate

Office of the Majurity Leader

Mashington, FO.

20510

March 24, 1976

all

Assoc.

Dir.

Dep.-A.D.-

Dep.-A.A -In

Asst.

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Telephone Rm.

Director Sec'y.

U

1976

Honorable Clarence M. Kelley

Federal Bureau of Investigation

washington, D. C.

20535

Dear Mr. Director:

Senstudy

You will recall that we wrote to you on January 27, 1975,

requesting "that you not destroy, remove from your possession or.

control or otherwise dispose of documents..." which might be perti-

nent to the investigation which was provided for by S. Res. 21:

are now advised by Senator Church, as Chairman, that this moratörium

is broader than necessary at this time.

Accordingly, we rescind our request of January 27, 1979

to the end that you may resume the Bureau's routine records disposal

program.

Our understanding is that the files involved in that program

do

not relate to security and intelligence matters.

With appreciation for your cooperation, we are

Sincerely yours,

This

Acott.

HUCH SCOTT,

REPUBLICAN LEADER

(PENSILVNIA)

The taur fies

MIKE MANSFIELD, MAJORY

EX-115

(MONTANA)

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20 APR 26 1975 |

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HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED

DATE 8/30/82 BY SP4 ELW/RTC

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George Dorsett

Morgan Confirms

Spy Within KKK

ot

state.)

CREENSBORO DAILY NEWS

Greensboro, N. C.

BY JACK BETTS

Dally News Staff Writer

Sen., Robert Morgan, D-N:C., has pub-

icly identified a Greensboro man as a

paid informant on the Ku Klux Klan for

the Federal Bureau of Investigation dur-

ling the FBI's campaign of intiltrating

left-and-right-wing, hate groups during

the later Sixties. •.

In remarks prepared for delivery Sat-

urday night in Winston-Salem, Morgan

identified the man as

"the Rev. Mr.

Dorsett" and-said that at the same time

Dorsett was on the fBl payroll, he was

speaking in "a most inflammatory man-

ner" at Ku Klux Kian rallies in North

• Carolina.

Morgan press aide Neil Hill said the

reference was to George Dorsett of

Greerisboro, a long time participant in

/ KKK affairs and the chaplain of the

state Klan.

Dorsett was identified by the Greens-

bord Daily News in

ecember as the

FBI's principal 'contact in the state

KKK, but until now his identity has not

been officially confirmed by Morgan, the

iFBI or the Senate Intelligence Commit-

Jee, of which Morgan is a member.

In a speech prepared for delivery be

fore an audience at Wake Forest Univer-

sity's Law Day

observance,

Morgan

detailed several instances of what he

called the federal government's "law-

Date:

Edition:

Author:

Editor:

Title:

4/4/76

Morning

Jack Betts

William Snider

Rev. Dorsett

lesnes" in its campaigns against groups?

and individuals.

Morgan said the list of illegalities on

the part of the Internal Revenue Service,

the DE, the encies was Frightening y

and other agencies was

inside

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"morally reprehensible" and "shows a

lack of respect for law."

He cited the break-ins of homes of:

Socialists Workers Party members. by

the FBI without warrants, and of the re-

ported "organizing of Klaverns of the

Ku Klux Klan" in North Carolina in ar

attempt to weaken the influence of exist..

:ing Klan groups.

But, said Morgan, many were not

aware that the Res, dir. Dorsett, wis

was on the FBI payroll at tne time,

spoke in a most inflammatory. manner at

one of the largest Klan rallies in the

state."

The Senator quoted Dorsett as saying.

at a Raleigh Klan meeting in 1966

"We

don't intend to have any violence if we

* have to kill every nigger in America.

Commerted Morgan, "For an FBI in-

formant to act in this way is most im-

moral. It sets race against race and is a :

prelude to lawlessness."

He also cited the FBI's writing of an-

• onymous letters to individuals "in an ef-

fort to break up their marriages."

In one such case, he said, '

the FBI

wrote the wife of a Klansman that her

husband "had taken the flesh of another

unto himself," and in another letter to

the husband of a peace activist, wrote

that "your vid lady duesn't get enough

at home or she wouldn't be shucking

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fand jiving with our black men:"

.. Both letters, Morgan said, were "fa-

brications." and the FBI reported the

"only "Langible result" was that the hus.

band and wife in one care separated.

Said Morgan, "Apparently our FBI

has forgotten the maxim, 'What God has.

joined together, let no man put assur

i del.

Morgan was critical of the FBI's ac-

Stions in these cases; saying, "All of this

gimmoral and illegal activity was carried

fout.with the excuse that it was in the in-

terest of national security. National se-

Acurity became the catch-all for illegal

Hactivity."

But the Constitution, said Morgan,

"gives no one, not even the president,

i the right to break the law.... We must

* make it clear that everyone, from the

• president to the nost common clizen,

must obey the jaw, that no one is ex-

¿empt for any yeason. Only then can we

• be certain of preserving our freedom."

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The

Attorney General

Director, FBI

1 - Mr. J. B. Adams

2 - Mr.

J. A. Mintz

(1 - Mr. P. V. Daly)

March 26, 1976

1 - Mr. T. W. Leavitt

- Mr.

J. G. Deegan

2 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

U.

S.

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE

ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC)

Enclosed for your approval and forwarding to the SSC

1s the original of a memorandum relating to this Bureau's

review of the SSC's draft report concerning Martin Luther King,

JI. Also enclosed is a copy of this memorandum for your

records.

Enclosures (2)

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I - The Deputy Attorney General

Attention:

Michael E. Shaheen, Jr.

Special Counsel for

Intelligence Coordination

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ALL INFORMATION CONTRINGS

HEREIN IS UNCLASSIF 100

EXCEPT WHORE SHONE

OTHERWISEO"

1

J.

B. Adams

2 - MI.

A. Mintz

(1 - Mr. P. V. Daly)

1 - Mr.

T. W. Leavitt

SECRET,

1 - Mr. J. G. Deegan

March 26, 1976

2 - Mr. S. F. PhilleRSHOnMArToN CoMpar

MIDTT IS UNCEASSTTTED

U. S.

SENATE SELECT COMITIGE

*"CEPT WEERE SHOWN

TO STUDY GOVERNNENTAL OPERATIONS

VITA RESPECT T0 INTELLIGINCE ACTIVITTES (SS

On Larch 22 and 23, 1976, representatives of this

Bureau

revieved the SSc*s draft repori entitled "Dr. Martin

Luther King,

JIs base Study."

The purpose of the review was to

recognize and bring to the attention of the sse start any

information the FBI believes to be classified or otherwise

sensitive to the extent that it should not be made public,

aS

well as the identities of any FBI personnel bolow the tank of

Section Chief which, by prior agreement between the SSC and

the IBI, would not be included in the report.

Set forth below are the instances noted where

deletions or changes are suggested.

An enumeration of thesa

instances was informally furnished

to Mr.. Dan Mccorkle of the

SSC Staff on March 23, 1976.

38

DEOLASSINED BY

ON.

13/23/76

*DI. MARTIN LUTIET. KING, JR., CASE STUDY

"The following are matters requiring modifications

or deletions for reasons indicated in the draft report entitled

as above.

4,

USA,

*Page 14, paragraph 2 - Information regarding Advisor

that ha vas

secret nonber of the Communist Party,

is classified.(

"Page )6,

paragraph

Dep. ADI. Characterizing Advisor A as a

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is classified.

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SEGREL

U. S. Senate Select Committee

to Study Governmental Operations

With Respect to Intelligence Activities (SSC)

footnote,

"Page 16, footnote number 13 " Information in this

which identifies Advisor A as

secret member of the

Communist Party, USA,'

is classifled. (%)

Comminist Party as hidden should be classified, fS) (y

"Page 21, line 2 - Reference to a member of the

Advisor A as

is classified SY

"Page 29 - The last sentence on this page is

incomplete and, when completed, should be made available to

the FBI for review.

"Page 42, footnote number 32 - The name of Agent

Daniel Quigley should be deleted.

Page o/ - The section marked (GUTHMAN INSERT

hould be made available to the tBl for review

Stapleton shou 110 deletedte number 63 - The name WIlLiam

"Page Ill, footnote number 64 - The name Stapleton

should be deleted.

46 - The "ane hon, pea pa agrald, l deleted. "Footnote number

there were also noted during the review several

instances Where names Ot IndIVIdUaLS (Or deSCIipLIve InlOriaLlOI

identifying individuals) were set forth. As it was our under-

standing that the SSC did not intend to include such names in the

report for reasons of privacy and as it appeared such inclusion

may have been inadvertent, the specitic instances of telerence

were orally brought to the attertion of Mr. Thomas Dawson of the

1 - The Attorney General

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U. 3. Senato Select Comniktec

to study Governmental Operations

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The aralt yeport was reviched by

LiD and SA So I• Phillips of the Sonstudy 75 Project.

SA J. I. Aldhizer ot

Phillips

furnished the informal list to Locorkle and orally advised Dawson

as indicated above.

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5-140 (Rev. 1-21-74) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20535

SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE

•. Addressee:

DJLTR

C&S LHM

_ Memo I Report dated _

3/26/76

Caption of Document:

V.S. Senate Select Committee (SSC)

(Re FBI review of SSC draft

report on Martin Luther King, 'JIo)

*Originating Office:

FBI

Delivered by:

Received by:

Дизель

-Date: 3/31/74

Este

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BEFORE COMPLETING.

CLASSIFY AS APPROPRIATE

TO: Intelligence Community Staff

ATTN: 'Central Index

FROM:

FBI

SUBJECT: Abstract of Information Provided to Select Committees

If a document was made available

not

ransmitted, so note.

DOCUMENT

BRIEFING

INTERVIEW

TESTIMONY

OTHER

3. TO WHOM PROVIDED (check appropriate term; add specific names if appropriate)

2. DATE PROVIDED

3/26/76

SSC

4. IDENTIFICATION (provide descriptive data for documents; give name or identification number of briefer,

interviewee, testifier

subject)

Memorandum

S. IN PEStoNE To also date or too, mer afire, suppose, formal roquest, other-

6. CLASSIFICATION OF

INFORMATION (enter

Codew Sa TS or

Not applicable

?. KEy "under fint for e ppropriate key words from the list provided separately; if key words not listed are

Information handling

8. SUMMARY (see reverse side before completiné this item)

Review of SSC draft report entitled "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jx.,

Case Study."

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DATE 2-26-29 BY 23334094/58

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INSTRUCTIONS

• Type or print clearly in ink.

Indicate classification of the abstract top and bottom.

• Date the abstract and put on any internal control numbers required.

"FROM" entry should clearly identify the organization providing the

information.

• If additions (as when a copy of document sent to SSC is later sent to

HSC) or changes to a previously submitted form are necessary, submit a

copy of the original abstract, with the change indicated.

SPECIFIC ITEM NO. 8. SUMMARY - enter brief narrative statement describing

substance of information and showing relationship to Intelligence Community

matters if appropriate. Any feedback or evidence of investigatory interests

should be noted. Commitments made to supply additional information should be

noted. Additionally, certain administrative information may be entered here,

e.g., restrictions on review of a document, if document was paraphrased, whether

interviewee is current or former employee, etc. II actual document or transcript

is provided, that fact should be noted and no summary is required. Additional

pages may be attached if necessary.

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TO

OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA FPAIR (41 CFN) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mr. T.

N. Leavitt

FROM

: S.

Phillipsl

SUBJECT:

SINSTUDY 75

00

1 - Mr.

W. Moore

Assoc. Dir. _

Dep. AD Adm. -

(Attn: H. A. Boynton) Dop. AD Inv. -

2 - MI. J. A. Mintz

Asst. Dir.:

(1 - Mr. P. V. Daly)

Admin.

Comp. Syst. -

1 - MI. -

W. Leavitt

Ext. Affairs -

DATE:

Files & Com. -

4/27/76

Gen. Inv. -

Ident. —

1 - Mr. S. F. Phillips

Inspection -

Intell. -

1 - Mr. J. P. Thomas

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Eval.

Spec. Inv.

No ning

epfione Rm. -

On 4/27/76, former U. S. Ambassador Theodore Gus

„now a vice-chairman of the Atlantic Council of

and 12esed st q S (Acus), contacted Supervisor J. P. Thomas

regarding a Bureau investigation of a former ACUS employee.

During the conversation, the Ambassador said that, although

he did not seek any comment from the Bureau, he felt obliged

to express his views

to Supervisor Thomas regarding leaks

by members of Congressional staffs.

He said that he felt

that the leaks of security information by Congressional

staffs, and particularly the disclosures made by the Church MB

Committee (Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities)

regarding national security matters and the attacks made

by the Church Committee on the CIA and the FBI, were

"the most insidious" forms of "sabotage" of our intelligence

efforts.

REC-LL

The Ambassador was informed that we

62-111-395-4570

appreclated

the concern of individuals such as him for national Securtty. D

He assured Supervisor Thomas that he and his coLleague$PR 29 1976

fully support the efforts of the intelligence community to

protect this country.

ACTION:

None. For record purposes.

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FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO, CHAIRMAN

JOHN G. TOWER, TEXAS, VICE CHAIRMAN

HOWARD H. BAKER, JR.. TENN)

WALTER F. MONDALE, MINN.

BARRY GOLOVATER, ARIZ.

WALTER D. HUDELESTON, KY.

CHARLES MCG. MATHIAS, JR., MD.

ROBERT MORGAN, N.C.

RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, PA.

GARY HART, COLO.

WILLIAM G. FILLER, STAFF DIREGTOR

FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ. JH., CHIEF COUNSEL

CURTIS R. SMOTHERS, MINORITY COUNSEL

@Inited Giates Benate

¡ELECT COMMITTEE TO

STUDY CUVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH

RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES

(PURSUANT TO S. RES, 21, HATH CONGRESS)

'WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

April 22, 1976

Michael E. Shaheen, Jr., Esq.

Special Counsel Ior Intelligence Cooraination

Office of the Deputy Attorney General

U. S. Department of Justice

Washington, D.C. 20530

Dear Mike:

Senate Select Committee

will be issued next week. Therefore I am writingat

this time to thank the Department of Justice and the

Federal Bureau of Investigation for the excellent

20D

cooperation which has been given to the Select

Committee.

This has been especially important in

recent weeks as the Committee's reppt id have been

reviewed.

so-called

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The select Connittee has welcomed the suggestions

"of the Department and the Bureau as to modifications

the report in order to assure that classified information

is not inadvertently disclosed and that other sensitide APR 29 1976

information is properly handled so that it will not

impair necessary intelligence activities.

In addition, the Committee has been able to make

certain changes in statements of fact and interpretation

as a result of valuable suggestions made by the Bureau

and the Department upon their reading of the reports.

This process has greatly assisted the Committee in its

attempt

to ensure a fair and balanced presentation.

files!!!

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Michael E. Shaheen,

JI.1

Page two

April 22, 1976

Esq.

As the 'Select Committee's work comes to a close,

it wishes again to express its deep appreciation to the

personnel of the Department and the Bureay who have

devoted their time and energies to the successful

completion of this enterprise.

Sincerely yours,

was gon

уран

John I. Elliff

Director

Domestic Intelligence Task Force

'CC:

MI. Douglas Marvin

Counsel to the Attorney General

Mr. William O. Cregar

Deputy Assistant Director

Intelligence Division

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Mr. John Hotis

Office of Congressional Affairs

Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp.

Syst.

Ext. Affairs -

Files & Com.

Gen. Inv. --

Ident.

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6º22PM 04/16/76 NITEL RXG

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM

NEWARK

ATIN: INTD (S.F. PHILLIPS)

SENSTUDY 75

Em 4/063

RE BUREAU TELCALL, 4/16/76.

FORMER SA DANIEL J. BRENNAN, 505 BROOKLYN BLVD.,

SEA GIRI, NJ, TELEPHONE (201) 449-5046, CONTACTED 4/16/76

BY ASAC ALFRED E. SMITH PER INSTRUCTIONS IN RETELCALL.

BRENNAN ADVISED WOULD IMMEDIATELY CONTACT BUREAU LEGAL

COUNSEL DIVISION IF CONTACTED BY COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES.

END...

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OPTIONAL PORH NO, 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA STAIR (41 CERJ 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GO

PERIMENT

Memorandum,

TO

SUBJECT:

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED

VLASSIED

_BY.

MDR-10

HEREW INC

DATE

Mr. I. W. Leavitt Writ

5. 6. Deezan lD18

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

1 - Mr.

J.

1

B. Adams

- Mr.

J.

A. Mintz

1. - Mx. R. J. Gallagher

(Attn:

J. S. Peelman)

DATE: 4/16/76

1 - Mr. T. W. Leavitt

1

- Mr.

J. G. Deegan

1 - Mr. S: F. Phillips

Assoc. Dir. -

Dap. AD Inv

Asst. Dir.:

Admin.

Comp. Sy51,.

Ext. Affoirs -

Filos & Com.._

Gen. Inva

Ident.

Inspocti

Intell. k2

Loporato.

egay

Pion.&

'Spec. lnv."

Troining

TelephoncRe

'Director Sas

PURPOSE:

Io advise of request from Department for lin-l

formation as to what we have furnished the Senate Select

Committee (SSC) re subject King.

DETAILS: Department letter 4/14/76 related Attorney General (AG.

request for list of all documents we have furnished SSC re our

King estate re possibility of destroying. some of our material.

Request immediately discussed by S. F. Phillips, INTD, with

Steven Blackhurst,

Assistant Special Counsel for Intelligence

Coordination, to clarify and set parameters of what is desired.

Blackhurst at loss to understand what value list of documents

would be;

asked that we hold request in abeyance. so he could

inquire within the Department. Blackhurst subsequently advised

he had checked with Jack Fuller, Special Assistant to the

AG; who apparently is coordinating this matter and that

Department desires to appreciably modify request, for which

Phillips requested a modifying letter.

Department letter

4/15/76 now asks that original request be modified and we

furnish:

approximation numbers of documents and pages of

documents furnished SSC; general description of material. furnished

and description of material not furnished to SSC.

most salacious material re King in our files has not been

furnished to SSC.

We are initiating necessary action to

promptly reply with the AG's request.

RECOMMENDATION: None. For information.

APPROVED:

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Dep. AD Axim.

Comp. Syst.

Ex!. Alfolis.

Laboratory...

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TELETYPE

Assoc. Dir.

Dep.-A.D.-Adm._

Dep.-A.D.-Inv.-

Asst. Dir.:

Admin. -

Comp. Syst. --

Ext. Affairs

Telephone Rm. -

Director Sec'y

IO DIRECTOR, FBI

FROM SAG, LAS VEGAS

ATTENTION: INTD - S. F. PHILLIPS.

SE NSTUDY - 75

RE BUREAU TEL CALL TO LAS VEGAS TODAY.

MR. REX I. SCHRODER HAS BUSINESS ADDRESS OF HARRAH'S

QUB, P. O. BOX 10, RENO, NEVADA 895D4, TELEPHONE NUMBER

702-786-3232, EXT. 356, AND HOME ADDRESS OF 3485 SAN JUAN

DRIVE, RENO, NEVADA 89509, TELEPHONE 782-329-9874.

MR. SCHRODER WAS CONTACTED THIS DATE AND ADVISED

THAI HE HAS NO OBJECIIONS IO TESI IFYING BE FOREC SENATE

SELECT COMITTEE. HE STATED THAT HE WAS ALREADY IN POSESS 375-1566

OF THE NAME AND TELEPHONE NUMBER OF ASSISTANT DIRECT OR

$ APR 29 1976

JOHN MINIZ AND WOULD CONTACT MR. MINIZ IF HE WERE CONI ACTED

FOR TESTIMONY.

*BAS FBIHQ

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINIHO

HEREIN IS

DATE.

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TO

FROM

OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

5010-106

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG, NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

Mr.

J.

B.

/Adams

Legal Counsel

DATE: 3/22/76

SUBJECT™

SENSTUDY 75

Assoc. Dir.

Dop. Apedom.

Asst. Dir.:

Admin..

Comp. Syst. _

Ext. Affairs

Files & Com. _

Gen. Inv..

Ident.

Intell.

Laboratory

Legal Coun.

Plan. & Eval. _

Braining

Director Sec'y -

The purpose of this memorandum is to recommend that

mitting, to discuss Soviet penetration on Capitol Hill.

DETAILS:

ALL INFORMATION CONT

FORETY IS

UNCLASSIE

DATE

3X,

bertier

Senator Goldwater has made prior comments concerning

Soviet presence and penetration on Capitol Hill.

His allegation

prompted a Senate Select Committee request for information con-

cerning this matter.

In response to these requests, we furnished

a statement to captioned Committee in both a classified and un-

classified form concerning our knowledge of Soviet activities

directed

against Congress. The non-classified document was

publicly released with the approval of the Department and the

Bureau.

REC-116

At the request of John T. Elliff, Domestic Task Force

0116395-1564

Head of captioned Committee, SA Paul V. Daly of this Division

met with Charles I. Lombard, Senator Goldwater's designee on

captioned Committee, at which time Lombard inquired as to the

possibility of the Director meeting with Senator Goldwater to

discuss Soviet activities against Capitol Hill.

Senator

Goldwater's concern in this area has been heightened by recent

public allegations concerning the activities of an aide to

Senator James O. Eastland on behalf of the soviets and other

public disclosures.

7 MAR 31 7976

Lombard stated that the documents in possession of

the Committee were not satisfactory insofar as Senator Goldwater

was concerned. Lombard further stated that meeting between the

Director and the Senator, he felt, would be mutually benef

1 - Mr. Mintz

1 - Mr. Leavitt

- Mr. Phillips

1

- Mrs. Metcalf

1 - Mr.

Daly

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RE:

SENSTUDY 75

In the event the Director agrees to such a meeting, the

ntelligence Division is gathering documents which have been fur

nished to the Senate Select and House Select Committees concerning

this matter for the Director's background information.

RECOMMENDATION:

That the Director, schedule permitting, meet with

Senator Goldwater at

a mutually

agreeable time.

pur

APPROVED:

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Dep. AD Adm.

Dep. AD Inwsterta

Asst. Dir.:

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-off

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OPTIONAL FORM NO, 10

AAY 1962

DITION

GSA FPAIR (NI CER TOÏ-TI.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

Memorandum

TO

2x, Jonat

FROM

w. Moore us.

SOJECT IVORMATION OBTAINED BY "NEW YORK TIMES"

FROM SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE

PURPOSE

DATE: 4/20/76

Assces. Dir. -

Dop. AD Adm. -

Dep. AD Inv. _

Asst. Dir.:

Admin..

Comp. Syst.

Ext. Affairs

Files & Com. -

Gen. Inv..

Ident.

inspectior

intell.

Laboratory -

Logal Cour. -

Plan. & Eval.-

Spoc. Inv. -

Training -

Telephone Rm. -

Director Sec'y-

ALL INFORMATION CONTAININ

2HCm

BIURENT IS, UNCLASINTAI

31-0

DATE

This memorandum is being prepared to report information

furnished to the External Affairs Division by John, Crewdson of the

"New York Times."

This information relates to the forthcoming

Church Committee report.

SYNOPSIS

The "New York Times" has obtained information purportedly

from the Church Committee alleging that 1) House Appropriations

Committee from 1958 to 1966 was kept informed of the FBI's COINTEI.

programs directed

against the Communist Party and the Ku Klux Klan;

2) that the "bugs" placed in motels and

hotels where Martin Luther

King was residing ouring his travels were for the purpose of deter

mining information concerning his personal life; 3) that the FBI

had denied permission for the Church Committee to interview or

disclose the names of FBI informants who were employed in the media;

4) that the FBI maintains sources in educational institutions

and

foundations which assisted in furthering objectives of the FBI; and

5) that the FBI was aware that the wife of Congressman Hale Boggs

had him wiretapped by a private detective.

RECOMMENDATION

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That John Crewdson be advised that no comment can, be

given to him regarding information which the "New York Times" has

obtained from the Church Committee and which is set forth in the

body of this memorandum.

- Mr.

Adams

1

- MI. MOOre

1

Mr. Leavitt

1

- MI.

Malmfeldt

1 - Mr.

Schiappa

HAB: asg

(6)

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Dep. AD Adm

Asst. Dir.:

Admin

Comp. Syst.

Eit. Affairs Mr

Gen. Inv....

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intell...

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Moore to Jenkins Memorandum

Re:

Information

Obtained by "New York Times"

DETAILS

John Crewdson, reporter, "New York Times," contacted a

representative of this Division on 4/20/76 to advise that the

' had obtained information which was to be disclosed

in the forthcoming report of the Senate Select Committee (Church

Crewdson advised that the "New York Times" was

planning to publish this information within the next several days

and desired to inform the FBI of the information that it had in

order that the FBI might either respond to this information or

provide the "New York Times" with guidance in the event some of

the information was not accurate.

The following items were provided by Crewdson, all of

which reportedly come from the soon to be released Church Com-

mittee report.

1) That during the period 1958 to 1966 Congressman John

Rooney of the House Appropriations Committee was continuously

informed in detail by the late Director Hoover and other officials

regarding COINTEL operations directed against the Communist Party

and the Ku Klux Klan.

Rooney, as well as other members of the

Subcommittee, knew more about

the FBI's COINTEL operations than

Attorneys General.

2) That the 14 "bugs" that were installed in the hotel

and motel rooms of Dr. Martin

Luther King during his travels were

for the purpose of obtaining information on his personal life and

were not installed to ascertain his degree of affiliation with the

Communist Party.

3) That the Church Committee was furnished names of FBI

informants in the news mediacommittee the FBI through the Attorney

While the identity of these informants

was disclosed to the Church

General prevented the Church Committee from interviewing these

individuals and also restricted the disclosing of their identities

by the Church Committee.

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Moore to Jenkins Memorandum

Re: Information Obtained by "New York Times"

Crewdson advised that the identities of the individuals

referred to are as

• follows:

Peter Khiss, New York Times

Jerry O'Leary, Washington Star

Edward Montgomery, San Francisco Examiner

George

Putnam, Los Angeles IV news announcer

Theo Wilson, New York Daily News

Fulton Lewis, JI.

Jimmy Ward, Jackson, Mississippi, newsman

Shirley Uhl, UPI, Pittsburgh

Ralph McGill, Atlantic Constitution

Name unknown - news director, Channel 7, Miami

4) The FBI maintained a network of sources in educational

institutions, as well

as

in nonprofit foundations.

Richard Larry

of the Mellon Foundation in Pittsburgh was one of these sources who.

did several favors for the FBI by dismissing individuals in the

Foundation that the FBI disliked

and withheld funds that the

Foundation was providing to organizations that the FBI disliked.

5)

That the wiretap which the late Congressman Hale Boggs

claimed to be installed on his telephone by the FBI was actually

placed on his telephone by his wife (now Congresswoman Lindy Boggs)

who believed that Boggs had a girlfriend in Alexandria. This wire-

tap was placed by a private detective and the details concerning

this matter came to the attention of the FBI.

The Church Committee report is scheduled to be released

sometime toward the end of April. It is obvious that someone who

has knowledge of the contents of that report is disclosing infor-

mation to the "New York Times."

Inasmuch as the report has not

been made public it would be most inappropriate for the Bureau to

comment on the information obtained by the "New York Times" or

authenticate the veracity of the information set forth above.

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ADDENDUM, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

4/20/76

John Crewdson called late on the afternoon of 4/20/76

to advise that the

"New York Times" has decided to proceed with

its story in its 4/22/76 editions and, therefore, his deadline

for a response from the FBI is 6:45 p.m. on 4/21/76. In addition,

he advised that the information concerning Congressman Boggs was

not obtained from the Senate Select Committee and was a separate

item for which he desired a response from the FBI. The External

Affairs Division recommends that a "No Comment" should be furnished

concerning the information relating to the late Congressman Boggs.

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