[1]124-10326-10098 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
[3]4/9/2015
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[9]Identification Form
[11]Agency Information
[13]FBI
[14]RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10326-10098
[15]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[16]AGENCY FILENUMBER:  62-99724-1
[19]Document Information
[21]ORIGINATOR: FBI
[22]FROM: KEAY
[23]TO: BELMONT
[24]TITLE :
[25]DATE: 06/10/1953
[26]‘PAGES: 3
[27]SUBJECTS :
[28]BUREAU SOURCE 100 (ANGLETON)
[29]‘DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[30]CLASSIFICATION: — Secret
[31]RESTRICTIONS: 1B
[32]CURRENTSTATUS: Redact
[33]DATE OF LASTREVIEW: — 08/17/1998
[34]OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF CIA
[35]COMMENTS :
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[44]. ° SUAMDARD Fone mo, 64 oo, a
[46]Office Memorandum . "enn pare GOVERNMENT
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[51]DATE: June 10, 1953
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[61]INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.~ _—— lb 5 |
[63]SUBJECT:
[64]INFORMATION | RECEIVED FROM | JAMES’ ANGLETON i
[65]Mintcrowd _
[66]Tele. Room.
[67]SYNOPSIS e Hollomes = :
[69]James Angleton, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of. teyal,
[70]ts in charge of [the Special Pro jects junit docated in the Foreign (s
[71]Intelligence division of CIA. [During past year he has been very
[72]cooperative and has volunteered voluminous information of interes
[73]to Bureau. At the present time he more or less falls in category /-
[74]of Confidential Informant. In order to handie his material in a m
[75]efficient and secure manner, tt is being recommended that a@ control \
[76]file be created. Section Chiefs are alse being alerted regarding the
[77]handling of information received fron Angleton.] u 7
[79]od
[81]RECOMMENDATIONS : a
[83]1. It ts reconmended that the attached memorandum be
[85]' disseminated to all Section Chiefs of the Domestic Intelligence
[87]Division, which sets forth instructions concerning the handling
[88]of information transmitted to the Bureau by Angleton.
[90]CIA HAS ht So ng
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[92]CI TV SOL fe PLAS ELLA Sona
[96]2. It is JER) mended that @ sepgrate control file of WS
[97]created which will contain a copy of each| "SP" /memorandum which a)
[99]Angleton furnishes the Bureau. Such copies will be maintained
[100]the file in numerical order and it will not be necessary to index
[101]the names. It is suggested that this file be entitled, "Central.
[102]Intelligence Agency - James Angleton."
[104]” * | Al TRBORMAT ROI comT A VED
[106]he Pee se
[108]DETAILS:
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[123]Meno to Mr. Belmont ak eT Re: Central Intelligence Agency
[124]; Information Received from James
[125]Angleton
[127]Intelligence @ivision. Angleton handles special cases of a various
[128]nature and he is usualiy given considerable freedom and leeway in
[129]directing the operations of his unit. In general, he ts responsible
[130]only to the Director of CIA. e has numerous foreign sources and
[131]channels for developing infor ton. The primary source is the[Tsraeli
[132]Intelligence Service.WS\in addition to this, he is tn contact with
[133]5\j Jay Lovestone,]who pértedically makes available te Angleton copies
[134]reports which Lovestoné} has received fromfAmerican Federation of (8)
[135]Labor) representa vi ives throughout thé world. “Phese representatt vesey
[136]are sociated with the Free Trade Union Committee, which ts sub-
[137]Sidized by the CIA. Angleton also has independent sources in the
[138]intelligence services of France, Italy, Greece, and Great Britain.
[139]On occasion he utilizes sources in the Vatican. Some of the men
[140]under his control are on various foretgn assignments in Furope and
[141]are responsible only to him. Most of them are traveling under.
[142]_ commercial cover.
[144]During the past several months Angleton has been very
[145]cooperative with the Bureau. He has volunteered voluminous infor
[146]mation of interest to the Bureau and he has followed Bureau leads
[147]tn an effective manner. Much of the information which Angleton
[148]has furnished appears in the raw form, that is, it consists of the
[149]actual reports received from Angleton's sources. This has been of
[150]advantage because the Bureau has been in a position to better evaluate
[151]the information instead of waiting for the delay and processing through
[152]normal channels in the CIA. In addition to information regarding
[153]Security matters furnished by Angleton, he has also been of valuable
[154]assistance by keeping the Liaison Agent apprised of administrative
[155]changes and reorganization within the CIA. Angleton is thoroughly \
[156]informed regarding the foreign intelligence activities of his agency
[157]and he frequently clarifies matters which the CIA_sometimes camouflages
[158]with some of its cloak and dagger techniques. fy u) ;
[160]For your information, Angleton was instructed by General.
[161]Walter Bedell Smith, while he was still Director of the cra, [to u)
[162]cooperate fully with the Liaison Agent and was told that he,
[163]Angleton, could disseminate any information he saw sits] This policy
[164]has continued under Allen Dulles.
[166]Since the volume of information received from Angleton ul
[167]has inereased the Liaison Agent has endeavored to encourage Angleton
[168]te establish some uniformity in the dissemination of information to
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[174]Memo to Mr. Belmont Re: Central Intelligence Agency,
[175]Informatton Recetved fron James
[177]Angleton
[179]recetuves fromi{the Israeli Intelligence Service. fiqAngleton is now
[180]furnishing th taison Agent blank memoranda which are dated,
[181]captioned, and which carry a@ control number; for eranmple, NgPal.
[182]This number will serve as a ready reference when some question
[183]comes up within the Bureau or the CITA. The Liaison Agent will make
[184]@n appropriate notation on each memorandum indicating that the
[185]documents emanate from Angleton. It is believed advisable to set
[186]up @ control file containing a copy of each document furnished by
[187]Angleton. fhis can be done in a@ manner similar to the arrangement
[188]effected tn handling reports received fron [Stott] (S)
[190]the Bureau, particularily with regard to that oBangiete which he
[192]In view of the above, ‘Angleton more or less falls into
[193]the category of a Confidential Informant. He furnishes information
[194]of a sensitive nature and it is, therefore, believed that when
[195]disseminating his data, he should be protected as a source. Up to
[196]date Supervisors have been handling this information in a secure
[197]manners; however, since the volume of data received from Angléton
[198]has increased, it is believed desirable to alert all Section Chiefs
[199]regarding the handling of information received from Angleton. (RI(u)
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