2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY FBI RECORD NUMBER 124-10271-10303 RECORD SERIES HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER 62-116395-281 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR FBI FROM CREGAR TO WANNALL TITLE DATE 06 20 1975 PAGES SUBJECT DOCUMENT TYPE ORIGINAL CLASSIFICATION 5 CC PAPER TEXTUAL DOCUMENT REVIEW DATE STATUS NEW CLASSIFICATION Secret UPDATE DATE 11 06 1998 Redact RESTRICTIONS JFK Act 6 1 B COMMENTS mt 50953 Docld 32300614 Page 1 SOl0-106 OPTIONAL f01 M NO l J MA't' 1962 OITION GU GEN lfEG NO 21 L NITED STATES co i'i RNMENT Assoc Dir _ SECRET Dep AD Dep AD I Memorandum Asst Dir Admin _ _ Comp Syst _ Ext Affairs _ Mr W R Wannallt vP f 1-'-i - TO DATE 6 20t75 Files Com _ Gen I n v _ Iden - ORIGINAL ONLY wirit - · Li _q_q j' · I • J' I- • • - ----- Jt PURPOSE · ' · ' ' ' CR • ·• • it iJMEf wkru - w q 0 I t d t J If ef-j6 ·l'r l i 1 te-'J t ° ' v_ f - pf • Legal Coun _ Plan Eva I _ s 1Sfe· l ' ' ' J · ' Ji l · Laboratory _ Inv - raining - fo- ' o -- r J I Telephone Rm - To advise that Senate Select Committee SSC has been given access to a CIA Secret document prepared in May 1973 containing information concerning questionable activities l in which CIA h s engaged a n ber of which activities involve r•_ ·1_· _ the FBI and which are the subJect matter of current SSC lJ · inquiries of this Bureau ·· DETAILS On 6 20 75 through prior arrangement Major Perry Miles USMC Intelligence Community Staff upon instruction from John Clarke Associate Deputy to Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence Community appeared at Headquarters for the purpose of briefing Intelligence Division personnel concerning possible problems which may have arisen in connection with captioned matter Present at the briefing in addition to yourself and m were the following personnel familiar with CIA and Senstudy matters Special Agents Leon F Schwartz John P Thomas Seymor F Phillips Fred J Cassid 'ka nd Thomas J McNiff Major Miles brought with him a 693-page document_ classified Secret' ' containing information-concernin tquestionable activities in which CIA had engaged which document 1 ' c ' was prepared in May 1973 by CIA under the direction of then CIA Director James R Schlesinger This document consisted of numerous memoranda relating to a wide variety of operations in which CIA had engaged Sometime after its compilation • date unki 1own the ocument was urne o er tp J p e rt u ti5 e i --· 1 e Department for review o determine J le p m'ii lp f - k- · 62-1 16395 SECRET I' ' j'i Class if i by 5 17 JUN 271975 - l TJM lhb Exempt fr m GD ategories 2 and 3 J JU 2 7 1975 Date of cation Indefinite · Elmer W Larson Jr l 8 4 mt 50953 Docld 32300614 a- Page 2 CC 'R ClH Memorandum to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstudy 75 62-116395 ramifications and the Department still has a copy in its possession t' Major Miles advised that the White House is in possession of a copy of this do cument and it was his impr ession that Mr James A Wflderotter Associate Counsel to the President is aware of i s existence He also advised that members of the SSC with the knowledge of CIA Direc or Colby have had access to this document if not a copy of same in their possession Major Miles upon instruction of John Clarke is visiting the various members of the _intelligence community mentioned by CIA in the document for the purpose of brieftng them concerning its existence and those portions which may pertain to those agencies He indicated that he had the previous day briefed General Allen Director of National Sect 1 rity Agency NSA and Mr Benson Buffham Deputy Director - -F-fr- o__m- - t h- - e d o -c um e n t-- --w h i c__h __Ma j o _r_M i l e _s _ k eE t_i_n_h_i_s_p n at all times he cited numerous eages which made_ 1 'ef e _en 9_e to the FBI _ 'he follo ing items r which are deemed pertinent for mention at this time and or tlfis n bE ere·se Eehcare 1 Page 23 - Information concerning incarceration by CIA of Soviet defector for an extended period in early 1960 In mid-1960 this defector was turned over to and cooperated with the FBI 'It is believed this reference refers to Soviet defector - Yuri Nosenko • f • ' sJ Pages O and 77 -Vi nformation concerning use f©A funds C in the amo of $2 700 000 to acquire real estate and technical equipme in late 197 Jfor use of the FBI in Washington D C his undoubtedly refers to the@O RS·A J Programlwilit whic the Director is familiar • JS i Page 111 - In ormation concerning arrangements for purchase of audio equipment from a legitimate electronics firm through a CIA proprietary company ostensively for the purpose of circumventing Federal statutes against such J SEC8EI mt 50953 Docld 32300614 Page 3 CONTINUED - OVER Memorandum to Mr W R Wannall Re Senst udy 75 62-116395 purchases In October 1971 as a result of Bureau' inquiry at the above electronics firm the Bureau was referred to the Department of Justice which indicated it was aware of the operation and requested no additional investigation ' Pages ' 140-142 - A series of five code words des_cribing CIA' s clandestine operations mostly electronic in nature which were apparently bei g conducted in co ordination with the F J one of the cod_e _words cited was the r - R K I D Prograrri Other code words mentioned J wereQfOHAWK JJNION ROSE nd GRAVEL ignificance of which is unknown at this f me · Pages 221-222 - Makes mention of seven electronic penetration operat ions wherein t he CIA supported the FBI by supplying electronic' efquipui nt _ It is believed some of these operations refer to this _Bureau's penetration of the l 'Chilean Embassy and our coverage of People's Republic of hina establishmentjin this country Page 234 - Information con rning_ CIA refusal of FBI request to process phot ographic imagery of a suspect in a bank robbery case 'v Page 329 - Information concerni ojeGt SALVAG re in 1967 at the request of a high aureau officia Office of Security of CIA paid rent on and maintained stodianship of a plant in York City°directed against the · Qnited Nations n December 1967 the assets of this operation allegedly were turned over to the FBI -- C ee csJ Page 334_ -_Information ffl e ningl'i971 73 electronic penetration of Chilean Embass nitiated ' -y the FBI at the request of _the CIA which matter is tJ ie subject of a current inquiry of this Bureau from SSC · · · I SECl1ET' - 3 - mt 50953 Docld 32300614 Page 4 CONTINUED - OVER Memorandum to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstu ly 75 62-116395 1 - Information contain _d in CIA report ing to a 1972 break in in the hi lean Embassy report Cs J stated that no investigation was being conducted by the FBI in view of lack of jurisdiction Pages457-458 - Information concerning CIA counterintelligence operation including forcible entry and removal of documents in 1962 against an unnamed foreign establishment in the United States Top United State_s officials including President Kennedy were briefed concerning this operation _ Then Attorney General Robert Kenned-y after being briefed stated the operation was not to be called to the attention of the FBI unless FBI first initiated inquiry It is to be noted former Bureau liaison 9fficer Sam Papich was queried concerning h s matter in recent interview by SSC representatives Page l Page 459 - Information concerning controversy_ between former CIA Director McCone and Bureau offi ial Mr Belmont regarding Bureau's opposition to CIA recommendation that there be an extensive broadening of counterintelligence activities against diplomatic establishments in this country OBSERVATIONS Contact this date with Department officials elicited that four Department attorneys including K William O'Connor Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination Office of Qeputy Attorney G neral h_ave· reviewecf the above 69-3-page document and havet'fl f1nished additional sanitized documents· of interest from a prosecutive standpoint · From the above it is obvious that this Bureau in order to be in a position to knowledgeably and accurately reply to SSC inquiries and to fully identify operations listed above should first obtain a copy of the bove 693-page · 4 - mt 50953 Docld 32300614 Page 5 CONTINUED - OVER