WEISBERG FOIA REQUEST: MEMO:CONFERENCE OF THE COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ASSASSINATIONS, REPORT ON PROCEEDINGS 23 NOVEMBER 1973

• Document Type: SPECIALCOLLECTION
• Collection: Records Related to the Assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00366791
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 37
• Document Creation Date: June 6, 2025
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2025
• Publication Date: December 11, 1973

104-10433-10149 C!ik HISTORICAL FEVEW PROUA,,v liELEASE -*AloommaimmaiP El CONFIDENTIAL -33 I" .0 SECRET ri TOP SECRET. APPEALS REVIEW FORM Tab/2-e contains 2274,,g,,d)a:_4&A41.01,e: dated 1/ /1773 . ( ) Previously denied in toto 'under exemption(s) of ( ) Segregable portions previously released; excised portions exempted under of ( ) Located during' the DDO appeals review. Ci() Referred to DDO for review by Further description, identification, comments, and/or referrals, etc. I RECOMMEND: ( ) Sustain initial denial in toto under exemption(s) of . ( ) ADD exemption(s) ( ) DROP exemption(s) Sustain initial release of sanitized version with excised portions exempted under of . ( ) ADD exemption Cs) . ( ) DROP exemption(s) . ( ) Release additional information with excised portions exempted under of . ( ) Deny document in toto under eXemption(s) of ) ("4 Release a sanitized version with excis.ed portions exempted under �&LH fai of revil - The exemptions cited above are being claimed to protect the following: Information from a foreign liaison service Information pertaining to a foreign liaison relationship Information which would/could identify the source Information pertaining to a source Information pertaining to intelligence methods Location of CIA overseas installation Location of unacknowledged domestic installation Name of CIA employee File number Pseudonym Cryptonym Internal organizational data Name of FBI agent FBI file number Privacy of other individual OTHER 6., COMMENTS and/or SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS. 7 During the DDO classification review, this document which was marked S - Cj 6 r was: ,A ), maintained � ) classified to declassified 1.csensitized ,-.iwngraded to .� ,E2 IMPDET. CL BY 012170 CONFIDENTIAL 11 SECRET rj TOP SECRET fo!' 2. We would be interested in anything you develop on any of the other sessions of the conference. FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS: LBEC-64 t� " � CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEN, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505 � 11 December 1973 5 MORT5-.NDUM FOR: Director tr. . . r< Federal Bureau of Investigation � it( c ATTENTION : Mr. William A. Bianipn CC) - SUBJECT Conference of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations,_Report on Proc�ee�crilig�s--- '2..3 November 1973 � 1. � Ilk, . 3 1. Herewith a report containing partial coverage on the events during the first se'ssion of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations, together with material (which is overt) made ,/,�"1-�t------ ; available on the floor of the conference. 23 'APPROVED FOR RELEASE mail/97g' Enclosure: Report wlatts CCIR-316103107-73 g � . � �������� '14 JAN 3 1974 Toto,pkgm.oval $4.easeggROA1 _ - � � terze.". C. :7 Attachment t CIR.-316/03107-73 SUBJECT: Conference of the Committee to Investigate Assassinations, Report on Proceedings 23 November 1973 1. The Committee to Investigate Assassinations claims to have been established in 1969. .The headquarters are in Washington, (at 1520 16th Street, N. W. ). In the fou'r years of its existence the Committee has done research and has become a kind of clearing house for the study of assassinations. It maintains .contact with other groups engaged in similar activity, of which there seem to be. at least two, one of which is located in the Boston area. 2. In addition to research, the Cor:nmittee acts to help individuals interested in the investigation of assassinations. It thus files suits for private persons. demanding access to classified information. It sponsors the publication of books and articles relating to the field of its interest, 'and sponsors the production of movies. It publishes a newsletter. 3. The conference of November 23-24. 1973, is the first of its type to be held by the Committee. The Georgetown University was helpful by placing Gaston Hall at the disposal of the Committee free of charge. By agreement with the University, the Committee will also be able to use the services of the University Library as a repository and research center. D. 4. The Conference opened on November 23, 1973, with a delay of about half an hour. The delay may have been due to the installation �of recording equipment which literally covered the prerniae8 with a tangle of wires of every kind. The Washington Post reports an attendance exceeding 300. This is a generous estimate. After deducting official speakers, recording personnel, and press representatives, the , . . � � I ' � � t t ',:.�.:Z.���\':�4,:t.:)��� ttt ��� h. .1�..ti? �� : :" � � � 4. ' .. ttti 4 0 t. V. �3.. �.�� .... ...1...,"����,.�.1,� \ : . ll.t.' ':,.7:1:.� ��� .:(.. . . .' V � � ' � , ' ........,,,,--.r..,.....� � s , .......---,2-;.�� � �.,.. A* � 'I'. ' , � Os , � i� ., 414 ,..... ... � . � THE TEAM � Join with us in our effort to end "illegal, unconstitutional and gross acts" by our government. CARIQ is entirely supported by donations from American. citizens. Donate and. become a � sponsoring member of . the Committee for � Action/Research on the Intelligence Community. Sponsoring members receive our bi.weekly INTELLIGENCE REPORT � and our quarterly COUNTER-SPY as as additional � .Information on government operations. CAR!C actively seeks the advice and viewpoints of all sponsoring members in our activities. Write to CAR IC, Box 647, pen Franklin .Station, . Washington, D.C. 20044, or call ( 2 02 ) 7 8 5� 8 3 3 0 ' With your support we can prevent the visions of George Orwell in 1984 from becoming an American reality.. STOP THE SPYING STOP TECHNOFASCISM 1,00 Ma WI4 lalti W41,40 MIS MU WM axle. 01A MX NM Oat XM Pi, OM WM W4 Cod MQ Wa / CARIC A fox C47 Bon Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044 $ I.wish only to subscribe to the INTELLIGENCE I REPORT's and to CCUNTES-SPY (U./vidual, T $10/orgraliv,ation) � � i � NAM2 I ADDSESS 1 1 1 1 1 1 zip me xlm mm mu nu ma we wm va am ma tam eat ait ma tat 4M &A AYM VA 'WI rata MA I wish to sponsor the efforts of CARIC. Please find enclosed my donation of .1 L3 The 1,7,r Ac iiiiqUcte Cornmuni U. headlines in American nekvspapers have. for years told of Army !�sol o,:illonce of cinjtions, U.S. soy planes being shot down over other attempted coups and intrigue initiated by the 'CIA .and . uno %*rained FBI wiretapping. We all know that Big Brother is . kv�:,.:Iirtg, but no one in our government has tak an the time to explain � lop., is [king snid upon, and why we are being watched. Too often, we � Ano.ulcan citizens don't even know who Big Brother is. 1955, President 'Eisenhower accepted the report .of the. Hoover cf;n:miT;Rinn on U.S. Intelligence. Among other recommendations, the �' Cc .;:ilion emOhasized the need for two "watchdog" committees on. in:�!Oiry:oce ..within the executive and ler,oslative branches of on�nmento Although a roreion Intelligence Advisory Board (F IAB) �st:blkhed to serve the President, Congres: by an overwhelming 1.17-�lity has refused to establish a committee within the legislative � h. Now, in the midst of the Watergate scandals, there is some � ; rr-r-....inemt within Conoress to establish committees on the separate iroolligcnce agencies. The result will be divided oversight with no oo once that Congress will he able to stop illegal and unjustified 1,1�o� Coogross .abrogatino its responsibilities, there is no agency n; -1)vcrnrwmt, nIsponsible to the public, monitoring the li000d States intelligence Community. !-1,..no former intelligence workers and concerned citizens have foi -;ed a national association to provide the vita information an aware pi.titic needs to know about oovernment operations. The Committee for A�oionfResearch on the Intellioenee Community (CAR IC) is an nendent "watchdog" on the government spy apparatus. CAR IC, ,sored cntirE:h, by donations from American citizens, serves as an., alo-.omtive source 0r analysis and inforrronion on the practices,: f.-..,-..,ordzation and objectives of U.S. Intellince. What clandestine ' ono-etions are being carried out in the name of America? Is the CIA 1g to entangle us in another war r,imilar to the Indochina. War? 1."1.01 information is !ping into Federal, State, local and private data on innocent American citizens? is the FBI becoming a "scerdt poo�:c force?" Whose phones are tapped in America? These are some of ti� oucstions CAR IC is answering. f.:ARIC knows that oh conscientious Americas are closely watching ovents that have unfoidcd since the arrests made at the Watergate hoo�ling. We !;r1;-irc the hope nf Most Amei icons that the illegal r�Honooe practices that have now 1".!en exposed will no longer be a part politic;a1 !fc. Hc.,wev.:o the distil:Jr:Ging of one espionage loto,: to can c.:rcli.:D onoli!icians does net insure that this abuse � � not 11:-.! irpreicdv ful.uro Who knows what future political espionage will occur under the guise of so-called "national security" or loyalty to art administration? Only time will tell, but .through difigence and your help CARIC will anticipate and bring to your attention situations within the government that are likely to produce a new "Watergate." Although CARIC does believe that a massive government spy apparatus is at work in the world, we hope to dispel some of the paranoia citizens naturally. feel when there is talk of spies and wiretaps. We know that the FBI does not have agents behind every tree, but there are agents in every major community in this country who have spied ott. innocent private and public citizens. Only a full end undisguised look into this hidden world can displace unwarranted fears, and guide the public effort to end this illegal arid unjustified espionage. The secrecy. with which the' government.surrouncis itself must end. � � � . . . CAR IC knows that tens of thousands of American citizens from all . walks of life were mobilized over the past decade to help bring an end to the government's war in Indochina � a war that has taken new forms � under the direction. of U.S. Intelligence' agencies. CAR IC hopes that these same concerned citizens will continue to oppose the policies of our government which bring this new form of covert war and the Watergate scandals. It is now time for thousands of Americans to mobilize to stop the spying as we stopped the dying. Please cm.in our Wort. THE COMMITTEE FOR ACTION/RESEARCH ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY (CARIC) INTELLIGENCE REPORT 0 CARIC ORGANIZATION CARIC is organized to reflect the operating procedures of a typical intelligence organization. Our 'research process involves collecting information frOm a wisla variety of sources both public and private. Our analysis is the collective product of CAR IC participants and eliminates any compartmentalization of knowledge. The information and our analysis is then disseminated through CAR IC publications and separate works by CAR IC participants. In addition, CARIC provides information to other journalists and qualified researchers. *INTELLIGENCE DOCUMENTATION CENTER � CAR IC is continuously collecting information en Hellirenc variety of sources including official government CLdi documents, 1".1resclOOsiavcs1gatcns, pUiuc account., oar conducted with hundreds of former inteltignoce rool oolice age information . forms the data-base of the Intailioenco Dooum Center maintained by ,CARIC. The iDC is a library cf inform; U.S. Intelligence .available upon .rcouet to ourn;Oisis, researchers and members of CAR!C. � o $PEAM'RS BUREAU AND WORKSHDPS CARIC maintains a listino of members available to ,..podl< groups on a variety of subjects ranging from th,'J foolign int programs of our government to the problems of criminal j�intic country. Our spukers imi,ide former in4.;;Iic,ichc:a wofkr.rs, agents and informers and others familiar with Arncri,:-..ar, in tollige CAM will periodically conduct orwk.:�,nops ft r ch,rrch, � school or community cwcianizatic.;). Wot-1,;;;11:.-.tp topic; :nelucle: � OPERATION 'PHOENIX � CIA asoo-,sination in Vietnan, � SALEM HOUSE � Preparation ler the coup in C.mit.;ocii) � The CIA in Laos. - � OPERATION BOULDER �.An introduction to the net A war � Right-wing terrorism in America � Federal Planning for civil disturbances: Riots and d7moostrat, � The Internal Security apparatus and Watergate o MULTI-MEDIA BRIEFING CAR IC will soon augment our workshops -!v.;e7, briefing on U.S. intelligence featuring filins, video recorded interviews. The exhibit will dramatically as practiced by our, rjo.'vernmcnt. Our. hope is to cre,Y realization by our audience of the concept: presented The first clement of the multi-media brief ;,--g is a the growth of the int.Cinai security apparo(1:s of oto , demonstrating hm:v oos. .1prio;;;;..0-, The slide show turtoinditx; t;m.i � of the internal sactn�ity aoperatoo FIIE LAST THREE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN � DECIDED BY BULLETS: .1964 � result decided by the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 196S � result decided by the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy 1972 � result decided by the near-assassination of Governor George Wallace - VHAT is the evidence? VI�i0 fire the fatal shots? MY has there been such a concerted effort to withhold the facts? VHO was really behind the assassinations? de ,COME SHARE THE FINDINGS OF THE NATION'S EXPERTS AT A TWO DAY 'CONFERENCE ; SPONSORED BY THE COMMITTEE TO /NVESTIGATE ASSASSINATIONS TO BE HELD AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY GA.STON HALL Nov. 23-24, 1973 COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE ASSASSINATIONS 1520 160 Street, N.W., Washinston, D.C. � [phone] � DECADE- ASSASSINATIONS.' 1963 - 1973 JOHN F. KENNEDY * SYLVANUS OLYMPIO ABDUL KARIM KASSEM .0 MEDGAR EVERS,.* "NGO" DINH DIEM I IGME DORI! a ADIS AL 0 SHISHAKLI 0 PIERRE NGENDANDUMWE HASSAN ALI MANSOUR..0 PyiALCOLM X * VIOLA LIUZZO *MARIO MENDEZ MONTENEGRO SIR ABUBAKAR BALEWA J.T.V. IRONS/ AGUIYI HENDRIK VERWOERD � TRAN VAN VAN a GEORGE LINCOLN ROCKWELL OCHE GUEVARt-k * MARTIN LUTHER KING 0. ROBERT F. KENNEDY � EDUARDO MONDLANE TOM MBOYA * A.A. SHERMARKE * 'GEORGE WALLACE SALVADORE ALLENDE A*4,41: LiL - IONS 1963 - 1973 FRIDAY - NOVEMBER 23 9:00 LATE REGISTRATION - Early Registrants pick up passes. 9:30 WELCOME: Mr, Bernard Fensterwalcl, Director, Committee Assassinations, Mr. Norman Mailer, Author of The Fifth Estate Jr., Executive to Investigate and Forwarder 10:00 CURRENT STATUS OF PROMINENT ASSASSINATION CASES: JFK CASE - Mr. Robert P. Smith, Director of Research, Committee to Investigate Assassinations RFK CASE - Mr. Robert Hanson, Attorney, present counsel for Sirhan Sirhan KING CASE Mr. James Lesar, Attorney, present counsel for James Earl Ray WALLACE CASE - Mr. Ronald Van Doren, Newsman, Author, researcher into the background of Arthur Bremer ROCKWELL CASE Ms. Meredith Rode,. Professor at Federal City College, Authority in killing of George Lincoln, Rockwell ::30 UNIQUE INVESTIGATIVE TECHNIQUES: Mr. William Turnar, Moderator - Former FBI Agent, Author of numerous books on investigative techniques Mr. George O'Toole - Former CIA Agent, Free-Lance Writer, expert on the PSE (Psychological Stress Evaluator) Mr. Robert Saltzman - Computer Engineer, lecturer on the Warren Commission Report ' PROGRAM FRIDAY - Continued 12:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH ' 2:00 MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL EVIDENCE: Mr. Josiah Thompson, Moderator -- Professor at haverrord College, author of,. Six Seconds in Dallas Dr. Cyril Wecht - Professor of Law .and Forensic Medicine at Duquesne University; Coroner of Pittsburgh, Pa. Ms. Sylvia. Meagher - Attorney, UN Official, author of Accessories After The Fact � ,Mr. Roger Hanson - Attorney, counsel to Sirhan Sirhan Mr. Herbert MarDonnell - ...Professor of Criminalistics, Corning University; expert in case of Fred Hampton - Mr.. Mark Lane �Attorney, author of Rush To Judgment and Executive Action 6:00 BREAK FOR DINNER 8:30 WARREN COMMISSION REPORT: FACT OR FICTION - A slide show and lecture by Mr. Robert Saltzman � SATURDAY-NOVEMBER 24 9:30 ASSASSINATIONS AND THE MEDIA: Mr. John Henry. . Moderator - Humorist and Author of Fear On Trial Mr. Robert Kaiser - AuthOr of RFK Must Die Mr. Donald Freed - CoAuthor of Executive Action � Mr. Harold Weisberg - Author of Frame Up Mr. Ted Charach Author-of Second Gun Mr. Peter Noyes - Author of Legacy Of Doubt Mr. Fred Cook - Author of numerous books and articles. 12:30 BREAK FOR LUNCH 2:00 THEORIES OF CONSPIRACY: Mr. Richard Sprague, Moderator - Computer expert and author Dr. Richard Popkin, Professor-at-Washington University; author of The Second Oswald Col, Fletcher Prouty - Former *Liaison Officer between Peringdn . and CIA; author of The Secret 'Tearn.v Mr. Robert K. Brown -7 FOrmer Special Services Officer; expert in attempts on life of Castro Mr. Earl Goiz - Reporter for Dallas Morning News; expert on Organized Crimes Mr. Victor Marchetti - Former CIA Agent; author Mr. Peter Dale Scott - Professor at Berkeley; Author of The War Conspiracy 5:00 INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS WITH THE - SPEAKERS - Question and Answer Sessions 'POLITICAL At'i.5.4.<,":1N;1.7.1..C.N5z: A i31.31.10GRAPHY . . . � � OP WORX5 P1.31.111SH:F.D �: t'�'� . _1963-1970 *JOHN XENNF.D? COMMITTLF., � r - , . �-�:t ri'f� � TO INVFSTIGATE: ASSASSINAT!ONS WAS'e-IINGTON, 0. C. COMM/17:.=1: 70 INYESTIGATZ AV.i.A3S:NA7;0?-IS. 1973 � � r.. �.1 i , ."-A ' ii: -',.. ..... 5 -1 "1:.ki .12 .4' - .-, - ii- ,A 1. I 1 -..' ia� .4, - ..4 u - ''. '..,-.1 - . vl ...., vs V. 9.4 es 31 cc, cs� � s .T, 4. .3^ Z-11 i., 9.- 4_�9>�.4 4 � F..) ,.." CIL' -.44 1.* 4. "a.. cr. .i..1 or ...4 ... g fi C't 22 C.L. 4 r.. 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