%Gm comm ON INTELLIGENCE mm mm Wc Assistant Attorney General Criainal Division Acting Director FBI BOO b6 0n Inlay 17 1973 llr 1 Fred Buzhardt Special Assistant to the President requeated the auiatance of the FBI in providing hia vith a cqaprehenai re Jetarteaant regarding the history and activiti ea or the Interau ncy Conant on Intelligence Ad Hdc thi'cli by 'Preeident Juana-in 1970 A Special Report prepared 'by thia oaaittee nae included in mater the papera of toner Counael to the 7 7 President i 1 2 - There in eacloaed'a letterheadlaeporandua - A 1913 which let out a am of pertinent 77 intonation-in our 111 Win thie non-ittw together aithwbaer v'atioea based 'on the recollection of knoaledgeahle FBI manual Ionian-eweeneated to advise whether'the Departaent Would have any objection to our turbia hing 'thia inter-nation to Ir Buahardtu It is noted that Hr Buzhardt has requested an expeditious reeponae Engage i It is pointed out that tor-er LC Sullivan night be able to provide additional 1 or- 7 - nation regarding this latter particularly an to the _ circulatancea outrun-din the recall of the Ihite Hon-e #44 neaorandun of 'July 23 '1970 110 step an heir however to contact Sullivan at this tine Enclosures -- 1973 - NOTE See cover memorandun 3 3 Miller to W K Felt dated and captioned as above -prepared by bsm imw i2 9 DEELASSIFI AUTHORITY DERIVED 912 011 FBI ECLASSIFICATIOM GUIDE DATE 12 1 11 I Mr Huston provided members with written outline detailing the purposes i Mte Bl Sue Miller l-Mrl May 1m Imam 13 UN EXEC - Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI files disclose the Ioliowinginforme on regarding the captioned Committee - Nixonoanne 5 1370 I FBIDirdotonLEdgnr ooverwu to coordinatcmore- e ectively the intelligence-gem efforts of the rat the Central intelligence Agency CIA the National Security Agency NBA EEC D11 mum assure thatthePreeident was being furnished a comprehensive picture of subversive activities at the time of Mr Hoover's meeting with the President were CIA Director Richard Helms NBA Director Vice Admiral Heel Baylor General Donald if Bennett Director of the and Mr Tom Huston White House Startmuietent all of whom were designated by the President to serve tin the special committee Also present were Presidential Ara-intents R HeidemenendJohnD Ehrlichmn andSecretaryRobertH Each 01- the Department of Health Education and Welfare An initial Inciting of the Inter-agency Committee on Intelligence Ad line we held in Hr Howark o ieeon June-8 me This meeting was attended by r Helms Vice Admiral outer General Bennett and Mr Huston Mrrliooverltreued the President's keen interest in this matter and outlined the general objectives of-the Committee He instructed that a working subcommittee be established compo-ed oi If 0 all of the member agenciee andvheeded by Assistant Director William C - i- 8uliivenoftheFBi 5 Thin working subcommittee subsequently held a series of if meetings beginningJune 9 1 19 Atthoinitiai meetingotthiegroup membership procedures and objective 0 the Committee A cepyot - this outline is attached Attachment 1 TO 83 mum ATTACHED SEE-NOTE PAGE 3 5 QLM MAIL UNIT Ear-mm - Interagency Committee on Intelligence Ad Rec it was agreed that all-papers and reports prepared by the Committee would be classified Top Secret - Handle Via Comint Channels Only in View of the President's desire that'the work of the Committee be controlled and sincs the Committee report would be based in part on Comint data During subsequent meetings of the working subcommittee representatives of each member agency submitted written m terial for use in cempillng the report being prepared for the President Detailed discussions took place regarding this material and a draft report-was prepared The final meeting of the working subcommittee was held on June 23 1970 at which time a consensus was reached on a final draft of the report to be issued by the Interagancy Committee This Special Report which Was dated June 1979 and numbered 43 pages was signed and approved by the heads of each member agency at a final meeting of the Committee held in Mr Hoover's office on June 25 1979 A copy of the report was delivered to Mr Huston at The White House on June 26 1970 with a brief transmittal letter dated June 25 1970 addressed to the President Hoover A copy of this letter is attached Attachment 2 The Special Report was divided into three actions Part One set forth a summary of the internal security summarized limitations on certain intelligence collection techniques g electronic surveillance coverage of foreign establishments and cited advantages of maintaining such restrictions as well as the advantages of relaxing them Part Three consisted or a'briei evaluation of inlet-agency cooperation toga or with suggest assures to improve the coordination of domestic intelligence collectionm By White House memorandum dated July 23 1970 addressed to Mr Hoover with copies for the President and Mr Haldeman t ir Huston advised that the President had carefully studied the Special Report and had made certain decisions with respect to the issues raised therein Acopy or Mr liueton' a memorandum is attached Attach- ment 3 According to this communication the President's decisions called for a relsxs on' of existing restraints on intelligence coverage Mr Huston 1 lnteragencyA Committee on lniWM CU i also attached-anundated memorandum outlining the organization and responsibilities of an interagency group on domesticintelligence and internal security which the President had ordered he established A copy of-thia memorandum is also attached Attachment 4 Following receipt of this memorandum the 3131 directed a letter dated July 27 1970 to Attorney General Mitchell furnishing him with pertinent backg'round'iacte regarding the Interagency- Committee on Intelligence Ad providing him with a copy 0 Mr Hueton'a communication This letter stressed Mr hoover a opposition to the lifting of varioue ii eatigitlv reitrainte as yell as to the creation of a ja rmnentlnieragenoy committee on domestic intelligence but it noted thet the Bureau wee prepared at the Attorney General' direction rho memorandum requested a prompt expression of Mitchell's View concerning the matter and noted that the would toke no action to implement the June 33 1970 White House communication-panting theAttorney General'e reply A cepy oi the Bureau'r letter of July 2'1 1970 13 attached Attaolunent 5 The FBI lw matter doea not show _'any further developments anbeeguent to the July 1970 10tter to the attorney porter 9 1 There is no indication that Mitchell ever responded to this communication or that any further action was taken by the FBI However it is the recollection of knowledgeable FBI I personnel that on instructions which appatently originated with I Mr Hoover's office the original of Mr Burton's memorandum 013111 23 1970 was returned lotiueton on about July 30 1970 1t was the under- standing at supervilore handling this matter at the time that a conversation 2 5 to f 5 House that the Huston memorandum- would be remrned' without any eknowledgement or action being taken thereon eing a closed lune It is etreuod however that no documentary idenoe exists to support the foregoing In any event the Interagenoy Committee on Intelligence Ad was terminated on June 25 1970 upon approval of its report it the PresidentEnclosures ti NOTE See memorandum Miller to Felt 3 dated 5 18 73 captioned as above prepared by RDC nib I i 1 Serial Removal Charge 00 'r 4-21 Ron 241-05 INSTRUCTIONS This am is to be removed from fire by 1 Filing Uni employee onty upon m return of the nuns Subiqct WWMW Hoe 7750 0' Dan 0 Mail Report Incoming letter Outsoin's letter Memorandum l WJM Aims Teletype Enclosura deqc ho 1 Laboratory Work Wt Personnel Security Questionnaire PM Loyalty Fem 3 other doi'mibe Removed 50 Removed by Date 0 Removal Mr 74 45 29 3 Via 2 30 75 Regan Re'movul For copying If for an other agazicy list nigan'cy and date of request To tend to To amt to i For office use WW Fox chaniro to uniother file - Other Specify INFORMATION comma HERFJN 3 NCLASSWIED 6 DATE leeto Filo mind crln Numb $3 515 4 - 389 EXHIBIT 61 13 33 13 SUBJECT Into-regency Committee on Intelligence Ad Hoe Chairman Mr J Edgar Hoover June 1970' 1 On Friday 5 June 19 30 the President lieid a conierence with Directors and o ieials of the intelligence community This resulted in the establiehment oi the subject Ad Hoc Committee 3 The White House representative to the Working Sub committee of the Inter-agency Committee on Intelligence was Tom C 1-Tnston He stated that the President s primary concern was to strengthen and American intelligence Operations in every way Feasible in order that the product he far better than it was at that time- lie said that the critical security needs of the day required this We also stressed that this was the first time that a President had taken this constructix-e1earier'ship step in the intelligence field The President he said believed that the American intelligence community in spite oi its achievements had never tully roalired its great poten- tial nor had it functioned to the niaxlmum of its Capacity 3 In the some role the Committee was informed that it had been given by the President a unique and unparalleled opportunity to make a great and enduring contribution to intelligence operations and thereby to the national security posture as a whole The Committee was assured that there were no obstacles of any kind in its path 4 The first meeting of the Interagency Working Subcommittee was chaired by W C Sullivan of the FBI and attended by Mr Helms The following personnel attended FBI Donald E- Moore who was subsequently succeeded by Charles D Brennan Mir T'red J Ce sidy was atldeci to PEI George C Moore Benson K Buffham Navy Capt Edward Etifenburgh AF Col Rudolph Holler Army I Lt Coi John Downie 390 DEA James Stilts-ell CIA James Angleton Mr Helms gave a brief resume of the President's conference and turned the thee-ting over to Mr Sullivan Mr Sullivan echoed the remarks of Mr l-Tuston and stated that the Headline for the first draft of the Committee Report would be due at the close of business June l9 0 and the final verlen was to be on the Presidentls rlesk on lJuly 5 The lnteragencf Working Suheeminittee met a total of our times to wit 9 12 18 and 23 June The agenda which was gradually formulated in response to the President s request covers all matters set forth in the Special i uepuort which was suhrnitted by Mr J Edgar Hoover to the President and which was signed by Mr J Edgar Hoover Mr Richard Helms CIA Lt General Bennett USA Director DIA and Vice dmiral Noel Gayler HEN Director NSA Minutes of each meeting were maintained and submitted for approval during the course of each succeeding meeting The CIA representative Mr James Angleton was assisted by Mr Richard ber of the agency and Mr William O Cregar of the FBI functioned as secretary for the Working Subcommittee 6 Mr Huston kept reminding the Working Subcommittee that its duty was to present the most thorough program and options to the President and he expressed at times annoyance when the sub- ject of political considerations were introduced into the discussion 7 By way of background it should be noted that Mr Sullivan and Mr Huston had been in frequent contact on these matters before because Mr Sullivan evas extremely displeased by the number of restrictions which had been placed on the FBI by Mr Hoover S It should also be no ted that Mr Huston informed the mem- bers of the Working Subcommittee that his role would be comparable on domestic affairs to that of Dr Kissinger on foreign affairs Alter the report had been submitted he issued an instruction rem the White House that all material relatim r to matters of domestic intelliw genes or internal security interest he directed to his esclusirc atten- tion See attachment 391 9 Mr Hoover was known to hare 1roiceri his most strenuous personal objections to the Attorney General regarding the establish- ment of the Committee It is our understanding that the httorney r General interceded on Mr Hoover s behalf at the White House and that Mr Huston was Eventually relieved of his iiuties 10 Subsequently with the emergence of Mr Narriian as Assistant Attorney General for Internal Security the Intelligence Evaluation Committee was formed which held its first meeting on 3 December in Mr Bean's office at the White House In' attendance were interagency representatives IEC Mornbe rship flit Hirilm rri 0hr White House John Dean HI Justice Robert C Mnrdinn FBI George C Moore Treasury Eugene Flossirlee PISA Henson K Buffain Defense Colonel John Downie Secret Service Thomas T Kelly 11 Intelligence Evaluation Committee met soven times between 3 December and 23 July The we rk of the Committee has been carried on by a permanent interagency staff the Intelligence Evaluation Sta which has met regularly under the Chairmanship of the Department of Justice official currently Mr Bernard A lt ells from January r Til to the present The geney representative Richard Cher contributee intelligence on foreign aspects of papers prepared by the staff Stall papers are distributed to the White House Mr John Dean and to the heads of the participating Agenciea - ll In time Mr Mardian returned to the question of the report and had many discussions with Mr Sullivan and Mr Dean on these matter-e at a time when Mr Sullivan was having his problems with Mr Hoover 13 To the beat of our knowledge the origin of this exercise began when Mr John Dean was at the Department of Justice and was concerned with the May 1113 3 Ir demonstrations May 1 Willi l-ie was Subsequently transferred as Counsel to the President where he con- tinued his close relations with Mr Mardian It is our understanding 392 that widespread civil disorders prompted the President to address - himself to this problem It should also he noted that the President and the Attorney General were aware of the complete breakdown of percenal liaison between the FBI and the_intelligence community 1-1 The question of gaps in intelligence collection is embodied in correspondence between Mr Hoover and the Director of Central Intelligence of hiarch Prior to that period in January'and February Director Helms conferred with Attorney General Mitchell regarding the inadequacies of domestic collection Also on 13 February 1970 A miral Gayler Director of the National Security Agency saw the Attorney General to protest the Bureau s withdraw-11 rom ocno lti've domestic operations oi vital importance to the National Security Agency 15 William C Sullivan resigned from the FBI on '5 October 1971 Washington Post May 17 1973 page 20 Robert C Mardian left the Department ol' Justice to work on the President's re-clection campaign on April 19 according to information from FBI anti Department of Justice oificiale Executive Registry states on the eyening of 1 May 19T3 that after checking the records thorn is no indication of any memorantium prepared by Mr Helms concerning the 5 June meeting with the President 16 Most of the gaps in collection still remain as set forth in the 'teport There are two subjects of possible concern International airmail to anti from the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and the United States has been screened by this agency under conditions of maximum security control at a single international air facility in this country beginning in November 1952 In some instances data on the enseiopes were recorded and in some cases the envelopes were opened contents recanted and rescaled This activity was suspended in February 197'3 b The second concerns itself with the 16 April 1971 The Agency proposed to the FBI the installa- tion of technical coverage of the 23 April FBI Director Hoover turncd'down the proposal April 1911 24 pril 1971 26 April FJTI 13 May 1971 3 Feb 1 3th 55 Doc 30 Dec 1 3'33 32 Dec 26 at 1912 16 Feb 22 Feb 19% 393 CIA Director I-Ichm grant lethal - tn AttOrncy General Mitchell requesting that the 1 13 tun-mam be reversed The Attorney Genurnl rave-race the FBI decision equipment was delivered from the Agency to the FBI ll of the devices which had been lnatallcd in the luring the period 2 1 er 1015 May tented and all were working Coverage was stopped at Agency roqncut because H-mvar had that lie was to testify in Congress and mink agh-ise that the inata llaiim in tin- - was initiated at CIA requa I L The rcqunufcd tin PHI u'eizintitule coverage at the - Tim Department GE 5 ate requeatrid the institute all posaihle coverage of the Coverage was partially min tilutcrl Sieinntitutlan cf coverage conzpicted 3U raquaatnd the FBI to diacontinua the covernga Jamna Aug letm This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 WŚŽŶĞ͗ ϮϬϮͬϵϵϰͲϳϬϬϬ͕ Ădž͗ ϮϬϮͬϵϵϰͲϳϬϬϱ͕ ŶƐĂƌĐŚŝǀΛŐǁƵ͘ĞĚƵ