[1]124-10274-10029 | 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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[16]INFORMATIVE NOTE
[18]8/4/75
[20]Date
[22]White Hotse has instructed that the Intel-
[23]ligence’ Community prepare a briefing for
[25]\Senatgrs Church and Tower of the SSC
[26]jregafding warrantless electronic surveil-
[28]lances and surreptitious entries. During
[30]meetings of the Intelligence Community, it
[31]was agreed that NSA, FBI and CIA would give
[32]the briefings. No date has been scheduled
[33]for the briefings, although it is antici-
[35]pated representatives of the White House _
[36]will monitor a preview of the actual brief
[37]ing to be given Senators Church and Tower.
[39]; During meetings of the Intelligence
[40]Community representatives, to discuss the
[41]contents of such a briefing, it was agreed
[42]among representatives of NSA, CIA and FBI
[43]that efforts would be made to avoid identi
[44]fying specific foreign targets of surrepti
[46]jtious entries or warrantless electronic
[48]surveillances. .
[49].Attached is a memorandum from CIA
[51]ACTION: For info Mn and record purposes
[54]OFTIONAL FORM NO. 10 *. r
[56]MAY 1962 EDITION . .
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[59]UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ral
[61]Dap. AD Adm.
[63]ip. Syst,
[65]Ext. Affairs
[67]Mr. J. B. dams . DATE; 8/6/75 % Files & Com,
[69]Gen. Inv.
[70]: ta Laden.
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[73]FROM Legal eanser ool ; wir Oincen’s
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[76]sonjeor< 2p ATE SELECT COMMITTEE hh a i fe ta
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[89]ao THe
[91]ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
[93]Cgc pg Telephone Rm.
[94]| ite Sheol eS
[96]On 8/6/75, Daniel M. (Mac) Armstrong, I, who was
[97]on the personal staff of former Acting Director Gray, called to advise
[98]that he had been contacted by John Elliff.. He had known Eliff casually
[99]during the confirmation hearings regarding Mr. Gray. Elliff told him.
[100]that he was personally interested in determining background on two m
[101]which were: (1) the decision to abolish the Crime Records Division;
[102](2) the Legal Attache program.
[104]Armstrong told him that he had no knowledge concerning the |
[105]Crime Records Division and had not even learned of its abolishment until 7
[106]after the fact. Armstrong referred Elliff to Dave Kinley regarding that.
[107]topic. Armstrong said that Elliff did not want to talk to him concerning the Vi
[108]Legal Attache program over the phone and said he would contact him in thef’ , Y
[109]near future for an appointment to see him personally, _ L
[110]Armstrong said he was passing this information along to us iti
[111]order to keep us advised of his contacts with the Senate Select Committee
[112]concerning his Bureau information which came to him as a result of his
[114]Bureau employment.
[115]rec26le2 - s/o Fy -- 4 Y
[118]B10! CR AUG IB 195
[120]For information. — > :
[121]we 2 cm cease:
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[123]: Ape
[125]RECOMMENDATION: .
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[130]@ 6 1975 Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
[133]| Secs OPES alse 4 August 1975
[135]SUBJECT: Senate Seldct Committee Staff Knowledge
[137]@ SECRET e |
[138]SENSITIVE |
[139] DivD475/327
[141]MEMORANDUM
[143]of CI estic. Electronic Survei e 7
[144]Against Foreign Targé |
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[149]1. In our discussions preparatory to the briefing
[151]Ext.
[153]Files & Com, __
[155]Gen.
[157]Ident.
[158]Intell.
[160]Laboratory —___
[161]Lega! Coun. __
[162]Plon.& Eval. __+
[163]Spec. Inv,
[164]Training
[165]Telephone Rm. __
[166]Director Sec’y ___
[168]Affairs —__
[170]Inv.
[172]to
[174]to avoid identifying specific foreign targets of the various
[176]be given to Senators Church and Tower, we have agreed to try Ni
[178]types of operations which will be discussed, although it was
[180]generally recognized that. it would be impossible to avoid
[182]discussing the Soviet target specifically.
[184]r.
[189]I have recently wy
[191]learned that the SSC Staff is aware of the fact (from materia }
[192]turned over to them by CIA) that CIA "participated in a serie:
[193]of electronic surveillance operations in the U.S." The info7y- Oo"
[195]mation is contained in a single par
[196]say:
[198]-York City."
[200]"Included among them are ‘operations. against. the.
[201]c€zech Embassy, the UAR Embassy, the Chilean Embassy,;,.
[203]agraph, which goes on to;
[205]“«the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco, the present >
[206]Soviet Embassy, the planned Soviet Embassy, -and-the. _
[207]quarters occupied by the Chinese Communists. in New.”
[209]Z2. This being so, it can be expected that the Staff will
[210]have brought this information to the senators' attention, and
[212]I will be prepared to respond factually to.questions with re-
[213]spect to these operations, which of course were carried out in
[214]pursuit of NSA requirements, and with FBI coordination and/ 5 5 33
[216]support. EX.1) REC-26 bA-U/6 a
[218]. Ciple we have agréed to try to maintain, I believe we sh aid
[219]resist pressures to expand on the number of identified t
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[228]8 4 AUG 1 8 1975
[230]3. Notwithstanding this regrettable breach in the
[232]wee Edward Ryan
[234].
[236]4 Chief, Divisio
[237]NSA (Mr. Richard Kern) ‘Tipe oo
[238]FBI (Mr. William Cregar) SEGRET
[240]IC Staff (Adm. Showers) SENSITIVE
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