CONGRESSIONAL TRIPS ABROAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597R000100070088-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 88
• Publication Date: December 21, 1953
• Content Type: MEMO

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UNCLASSIFIED
RESTRICTED CONFIDENTIAL
SECRET
ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
INSTRUCTIONS: Officer designations should be used in the "TO" column. Under each comment a line should be drawn across sheet
and each comment numbered to correspond with the number in the "TO" column. Each officer should initial (check mark insufficient)
before further routing. This Routing and Record Sheet should be returned to Registry.
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DATE DEC 14 1953
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FORM NO. 51-10
APR 1953
16-61166-3
SECRET CONFIDENTIAL RESTRICTED
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Al December 1953
Memorandum fore Deputy Director/Plans
Subject, Congressional Trips Abroad.
1. As you know. during the peat few months there have been
a great many trips abroad by members of Congressional Committees
investigating all aspects of American activities overseas the
international situation. Certain incidents arose during trips
which might have been quite harmful to CIA security. In one instand
certain foreign service officials discussed with some visiting Sena-
of sensitive
tors certain aspects of CIA activities abroad of a rather
made
nature. in another instance officials of the Department
known to a Congressional visitor the numbers of CIA personnel at a
given station. Occasionally Congressional visitors have asked to
op-
talk to the senior CIA person present without our having hadan~n
portunity to inform the station chief as to whether the Congre
had been briefed or was aware of CIA activities.
2. lecauss of the number of these visits and their very nature,
it became necessary to send dispatches to the field to inform the
appropriate station in each instance of the impending arrival of a
Congressional delegation and whether any contact year have should be made.
The costs of these cables during the past heavy and should be avoided in the future. It is, therefore. recom-
mended that a message be sent via pouch substantially as follows to
all senior representatives and station chiefs, and to all such other
CTA personnel abroad as you may deem necessary:
As you have noticed. there are a large number of
Congressional visits abroad to inspect U. S. installations
and facilities, particularly when the Congress is out of
session. The cost of notifying you of each impending visit
to your area is prohibitive. The Department of State.
boweve,r. is obliged to send messages ach station
where Congressional r sits are impending, giving
make -up of sional delegation and its itinerary
and s `retore, we have made arrangements
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with the Department of State to inform you of each impend-
ing Congressional visit as so"Ou tore receive word frogs the
rtnumt.
should
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1 in the field should have TAG contact
stood that CIA persosne
with visiting Congressional delegations if same can be
avoided, and no further messages oa such visits will be
seat. However, in every instance where a visiting Senator
or Congressman has received a briefing informed, C CIA prior ruc-
to his trip, you will be specifically i
tions as to the nature and extent of any contact You
have with such individual. It is understood that situations you
may arise in the #ield.whrwill make it equest amm mandatory
and if
to accede to a Congressional
situa-
each is =avoidableut *very attempt should l
tion as you feel best, 6e made to
refer the visitor to Washington for replies to his qu at
Any such contacts should be reported to headquarters s
once, followed by a detailed report via the nest pouch. -t
Walter L. Pforsheimer
Legislative Counsel
OGC: WLP/blc
Orig. & I 1 - Add.
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