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[5]Question 8
[7]HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THE BUDGET FOR PAYMENT TO CONTRACT
[8]EMPLOYEES? SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAD RELATIONSHE
[10]- TO THE CIA AND WHO WERE INVOLVED IN THE WATERGATE
[11]BURGLARY WERE SAID TO BE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES. IS THIS
[12]THE CASE? TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THE SAME CONTROLS
[13]PLACED ON YOUR CONTRACT EMPLOYEES AS ARE PLACED
[14]ON REGULAR STAFF EMPLOYEES?
[16]Proposed Reply
[19]The CIA bidget for 1975 includes($279. 5 5 million) for the
[20]salaries and benefits of (14, 000) staff employees (end-of-year ceiling)
[21]and($32.6 million for the same expenses for(2, 34 8)contract
[23]employees. ca] —y
[25]With respect to the relationship to the CIA of the seven ©
[26]individuals involved in the Watergate burglary, one of them at the
[27]time of the break-in was a part-time contract employee (Martinez),
[28]one was a former full-time contract employee (Barker}, two were
[29]retired staff employees (Hunt and McCord). The remaining
[30]individuals (Liddy, Sturgis and Gonzalez) were never connected
[31]with CIA in any capacity. (See attached sheet for details on these
[32]seven individuals). {These facts have been set foxth previously in
[34]hacof -the testimony. of Pe for)e ... and we believe... _ .
[36]members of the: Annrapriations, ( 25, Committee are Gily-a aware ofall
[37]das sh igni ificant fevelopments } in, this area.|
[41]Not all contract employees have the same type of contract.
[42]Some are subject to all the controls that are placed on regular staff
[43]employees. Others, however, are employed for a specific purpose,
[44]generally limited in time, for the use of their talents and/or disciplines
[45]in meeting a particular need of the Agency, and these are not all
[46]subject to all the controls which apply to full-time staff employees.
[47]Both Barker and Martinez were in this latter category of contract
[48]employees. The obligations of such contract employees are as stated
[49]in their contracts,
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[57]Question 28
[59]MR. DIRECTOR, WHEN YOU WERE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE LAST
[60]YEAR WE ASKED YOU TO OUTLINE FOR US THE PARTICIPATION IN
[61]THE WATERGATE BURGLARY AND THE SUBSZQUENT ATTEMPT
[62]TO COVER UP WHITE HOUSE INVOLVEMENT IN THAT BURGLARY
[63]AND YOU DID SO VERY WELL, HAS ANYTHING BEEN UNCOVERED
[64]IN THE YEAR SINCE YOU WERE HERE IN THIS AREA. HAS ANY
[65]FURTHER PARTICIPATION BY CIA PERSONNEL BEEN REVEALED,
[67]Proposed Reply
[69]A brief answer to this question is that there have been major
[70]developments regarding allegations of CIA participation in the Watergate
[71]burglary and the subsequent attempt to cover up White House involve-
[72]ment. However, as the definition of Watergate has been expanded to
[73]include other matters we have continued our rigorous attempts within ©
[74]the Agency to learn everything possible about any Agency personnel
[75]associations and correspondence on these developments. In line with
[76]this the following actions have been or are being taken.
[78]a. Senator Baker's continuing requests for record
[79]searchs and files are being pursued.
[81]b. Testimony of Agency personnel before the Senate
[82]Select Committee has been completed.
[84]c. Requests for Agency documents and files for
[85]~ “the Office of thé Special Prosecutor are continuing to be
[86]supplied.
[88]d. Requests for Agency documents and files for
[89]the Special Counsel of the Impeachment Committee are
[90]being honored.
[92]‘Our ‘search has not revealed the participation of any ClA™
[93]personnel not previdusly identified.