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CIA Activities in the U.S.

Central Intelligence Agency · 1974-12-24 · 76 pages · text by GLM-OCR

This is a letter dated 24 December 1974 from CIA Director W. E. Colby to the President, with annexes attached. It responds to a New York Times article about CIA domestic intelligence activity. The letter denies that the Agency ran a "massive" domestic effort. It traces a counterintelligence program on foreign links with American dissidents, which ran from 1967 until it was ended in March 1974, and admits improper actions such as mail opening, break-ins and the surveillance of reporters. The attached memoranda restrict such activities.

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  • p. 16 …I expect that area divisions and senior staffs will be fully cooperative in this effort, both…
  • p. 17 …It is also important to ensure that a cooperative and supportive relationship exists between the Office…
  • p. 22 …the Spring of 1970, the F9I has cooperated operationally with the Special Operations Group along three…
  • p. 34 …Records of the individuals and organizations cooperating with the Agency are maintained as a necessary practical…
  • p. 37 …The Agency has cooperated with and made available to the appropriate law enforcement bodies information about…
  • p. 62 …citizens to cooperate with CIA in its foreign intelligence mission is an appropriate action.
  • p. 67 …will be advised, and the Agency will cooperate with the appropriate authorities in the investigation of…
  • p. 72 …appropriate law enforcement bodies and CIA will cooperate with them in any action required which does…

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DCS assessment of the suitability and willingness of U.S. citizens to cooperate with CIA in its foreign intelligence mission is an appropriate action.

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FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 76 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.