EXTRACT FROM MORNING MEETING MINUTES OF 30 JANUARY 1974

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01481987
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: January 23, 1975

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Extract from Morning Meeting Minutes of 30 January 1974
The Director reviewed the basis for the article in today's
Washington. Post, "CIA WatPrgate Tapes Torn Up, Says Colby", attached.
He then initiated a discussion of past capabilities for recording
business conversations in some Agency offices and noted that this '
practice was terminated about a yPar ago. The Director asked Warner
and Thuermer to review the draft of an EMployee Bulletin on this subject.
He recalled that he had discussed with Chainnan Nedzi and Acting Chairman
Symington a list of activities which the Agency had discontinued. He
went on to emphasize how important it is that employees bring to
management's attention any questionable activities and called attention
to the EMployee Bulletin on this subject, previously issued.
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Extract from Morning Meeting Minutes of 25 February 1974
Chamberlain noted that the surfacing of another CIA Watergate-
related incident required another Watergate "scrubdown." The Director
reviewed this incident in which a former contract employee is nrieged -
to have destroyed in June 1972 documents residing in James Mcord's
residence (refer to D/Sec metro to DCI dtd 22 February 1974) . The
Director reiterated tx points which he asked be emphasized by managers
in their staff meetings, viz., everything having any bearing on the
Watergate affair must be reported promptly and canpletely and must surface
at top levels of the Agency and second, the old philosophy of extreme
carpartmentation, "spooky secrets" and secretly-conducted business within
the Agency must be discarded.
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Extract from Morning Meeting Minutes Of 26 February 1974
The Director highlighted yesterday's Current Intelligence briefing
of the Nedzi Ccmmittee and observed that he had comited one of the
Deputy Directors to attend each future biweekly briefing. The Director
recounted Chairman Nedzi's vigorous review of yesterday into the
Pennington affair. He again urged ExCcm members to task all employees
with submitting any knowledge of Watergate-related materials or other
potentially embarrassing topics to the Director, Inspector General or
line supervisors and asked that no regard be given to providing same
through channels if an employee would rather not.
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Extract From Morning Meeting Minutes of 27 February 1974
Chamberlain reported that the DDI is making
available to assist the 0/IG in reviewing OS files (see Morning Meeting
Minutes of 26 February) . The requirement to review files of other offices
for possible Watergate-related mat-Prial was discussed. The Director
instructed Chamberlain to: (1) check on the functioning of the carmand
line in surfacing anything to do with Wai-ergate (see Morning Meeting
Minutes of 25 February) , (2) spot-check files of other offices, arid
(3) review selected files as he feels necessary. Chamberlain will
determine the magnitude of this latter task and, within a few days,
request any additional manpower he estimates will be required. �
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