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[14]AGENCY INFORMATION
[16]AGENCY: FBI
[17]_ RECORD NUMBER: = 124-10271-10303
[18]RECORD SERIES: HQ
[19]AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  62-116395-281
[21]DOCUMENT INFORMATION
[23]ORIGINATOR: FBI
[24]FROM: CREGAR
[25]TO: WANNALL
[26]TITLE:
[28]DATE: 06/20/1975,
[29]PAGES: 5
[30]SUBJECT: CC
[32]DOCUMENT _TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT
[34]ORIGINAL Secret NEW
[35]_ CLASSIFICATION: CLASSIFICATION:
[36]REVIEW _DATE: 11/06/1998 UPDATE DATE:
[38]STATUS _ Redact OF
[39]RESTRICTIONS:
[40]JFK Act 6 (1)(B)
[44]COMMENTS:
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[53]GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 _ ssee, Dir.
[54]UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT SECRET ae
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[56]wht Asst. Dir:
[57]Memorandum et
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[67]TO: Mr. W. R, Wanna twit’ fet ese “pare 6/20/75 Files & Com, —
[69]Gen. Inv.
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[77]sUafecr: SENSTUDY (9 yas ay “ION TO EF Etre ECE Si kecw
[79]Telephone Rm, __
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[88]To advise that Senate Select Committee (SSC) has been
[90]given access to a CIA "Secret" document prepared in May, 1973,
[91]containing information concerning questionable activities —?
[92]in which CIA has engaged,a number of which activities invotve
[94]the FBI and which are the subject matter of current SSC ca
[95]inquiries of this Bureau, ‘
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[100]KY
[102]DETAILS:
[104]On 6/20/75, through prior arrangement, Major Perry
[105]Miles, USMC, Intelligence Community Staff, upon instruction
[106]from John Clarke, Associate Deputy to Director of Central
[107]Intelligence for the Intelligence Community, appeared at
[108]Headquarters for the purpose of briefing Intelligence Division ©
[109]personnel concerning possible problems which May have arisen
[110]in connection with captioned matter. Present at the briefing,
[111]in addition to yourself and me, were the following personnel
[112]familiar with CIA and Senstudy matters: Special Agents _
[113]Leon F, Schwartz, John P, Thomas, Seymor F, Phillips, Fred J.
[114]Cassidy,*and Thomas J. McNiff,
[116]Major Miles brought with him a 693-page document,
[117]classified "Secret! containing information concerning qués-
[118]tionable activities in which CIA had engaged, which document
[119]was prepared in May, 1973, by CIA under the direction of then
[120]CIA Director James R, Schlesinger. This document consisted |
[121]of numerous memoranda relating to a wide variety of operations
[122]in which CIA had engaged. Sometime after its compilation,
[124]date unknown, the document was turned over to the ustice. _.. %, \
[125]Department for review to determine abla {ple (p mined! fe, OO
[126]. ad Vf f ARSE SS eg A
[128]S) {oC
[130]62°116395 SECRET = ail
[131]Classified by 2975 Tim 17 JUN 271975 - 4
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[133]TJM: 1hb Exempt frm GDS, Categories 2 and 3 ue
[134]27 ‘9/5 Date of lassfification Indefinite
[136]84 JUN
[138]' *Elmer W. Larson, Jr.
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[144]- SECREL.
[146]Memorandum to Mr. W. R. Wannall
[147]Re: Senstudy 75
[148]62-116395
[150]ramifications,and the Department still has a copy in its ~~
[151]possession’ Major Miles advised that the White House is in
[152]possession of a copy of this document and it was his impression
[153]that Mr. James A, Wilderotter, Associate Counsel to the
[154]President, is aware of its existence. He also advised that
[155]members of the SSC, with the knowledge of CIA Director Colby,
[156]have had access to this document if not a copy of same in
[157]their possession. Major Miles, upon instruction of John Clarke
[158]is visiting the various members of the intelligence community
[159]mentioned by CIA in the document for the purpose of briefing
[160]them concerning its existence and those portions which may
[161]pertain to these agencies. He indicated that he had the
[162]previous day briefed General Allen, Director of National
[163]Security Agency (NSA), and Mr. Benson Buffham, Deputy Director.
[164]From the document which Major Miles kept in his possession
[165]at_all times, he cited numerous pages which made reference
[166]to the FBI, The following items ~. which are deemed pertinent
[167]er mention at this time and worthy:oferesearchchre;
[171]Page 23 - Information concerning incarceration by CIA ‘of
[172]Soviet defector for an extended period in early 1960.
[173]In mid-1960, this-defector was turned over to, and
[174]cooperated with, the FBI, It is believed this reference
[175]refers to Soviet defector ,Yuri Nosenko. |
[177]Pages 70 and 77 Ainfornation concerning use of (CIA funds Cs)
[178]in the amourft™of $2,700,000 to acquire real estate and
[179]technical equipment, in late 1971) for use of the FBI in _
[181]~ Washington, D. 6. Fant undoubtedly refers to the [KORSAg
[182]Program|with which the Director is familiar,
[184]Page lll - 1 @emat ion concerning arrangements ‘for purchase
[186]| of audio equipment from a legitimate electronics firm
[187]through a CIA proprietary company, ostensively for the
[188]purpose of circumventing Federal statutes against such *
[190]" . | SECRET CONTINUED. - OVER
[192]a according ta Major Miles, ot
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[197]Memorandum to Mr. W. R. Wannall
[198]Re: Senstudy 75 —
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[201]purchases. In October, 1971, as a result of Bureau
[202]inquiry at the above electronics firm, the Bureau was
[203]referred to the Department of Justice, which indicated _
[204]it was aware of the operation and requested no additional
[205]investigation.’
[207]Pages 140-142 - A series of five code words describing CIA's
[208]clandestine opetations, mostly electronic in nature,
[209]which were apparently being conducted in coordination
[210]with the FBI. “One of the code words cited was the
[211]above-menttonee-JORKID Program]. Other code words mentioned®J
[212]were (MOHAWK, UNION, ROSE) and GRAVEL. [ejgnif icance of
[214]which is unknown at this me.
[216]» Pages 221-222 - Makes mention of seven electronic penetration.
[217]’ ise operations wherein the CIA supported the FBI by supplying
[218]- electronic equipment. It is believed Some of these
[219]operations refer to this Bureau's penetration of the
[220](Zbilean Embassy and our coverage of People's Republic of
[221]hina establishments] iy | this country.
[223]Page 234 - Information congeening CIA refusal of FBI request
[224]to process photographic imagery of a suspect in a bank —
[225]tobbery case. ‘gs
[227]Page 329 - Information concerning{ Project ies in
[229]1967 at the request of a high Bureau offici he Office C51
[230]of Security 9f CIA paid rent on and. oftseial [th stodianship
[231]of a plant in\New York City directed against the
[232]United Nations, n December, 1967, the assets of this
[233]operation allegedly were turned over to the FBI. +”
[235]Page 334 - Information cerning{i971-73 electronic penetration
[236]Chilean EmbassyMnitiated by the FBI at the request of
[238]the CIA, which matter is the subject of a current inquiry
[240]of this Bureau from SSC.
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[248]Memorandum to Mr. W. R. Wannalil Sania
[249]Re: Senstudy 75 7
[250]62-116395
[252]stated that no investigation was being conducted by the
[253]FBI in view of lack of jurisdiction.
[255]Page 361 - Information contained in CIA report ing to a
[256]fs , 1972, breakin in the;Chilean Embassy, report CS
[258]Pages 457-458 - Information concerning CIA counterintelligence
[259]operation including forcible entry and removal of
[260]documents in 1962 against an unnamed foreign establishment
[261]in the United States. Top United States officials,
[262]including President Kennedy, were briefed concerning
[263]this operation. Then Attorney General Robert Kennedy
[264]after being briefed stated the operation was not to be
[265]called to the attention of the FBI unless FBI first
[266]initiated inquiry. It is to be noted former Bureau —
[267]liaison 6fficer Sam Papich was queried concerning this
[268]Matter in recent interview by SSC representatives.
[270]Page 459 - Information concerning controversy between former
[271]CIA Director McCone and Bureau offieia: Mr. Belmont
[272]regarding Bureau's opposition to CIA recommendation that
[273]there be an extensive broadening of counterintelligence
[274]activities against diplomatic establishments in this
[275]country.
[277]OBSERVATIONS :
[279]Contact this date with Department officials elicited
[280]that four Department attorneys, including K. William O'Connor,
[281]Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination, Office of
[282]Deputy Attorney General, “have reviewéd the above 693- ~page
[283]document and hav FGfnished additional sanitized documents
[284]of interest from a prosecutive standpoint.
[286]: From the above, it is obvious that this Bureau, in
[287]order to be in a position to knowledgeably and accurately
[288]reply to SSC inquiries and to fully identify operations listed
[289]above, should first obtain a copy of the above 693- -page
[291]COC DOT
[292]Scuie b ~ 4& =
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