16 DECEMBER 1976 CONVERSATION WITH (FLETCHER) KEITH ADKINSON, ASSISTANT COUNSEL OF THE SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS, COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

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• Publication Date: December 17, 1976
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16 De6ember 1976 Conversation with (Fletcher) Keith Adkinson, Assistant
Counsel of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on
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SUBJECT: 16 December 1976 Conversation with (Fletcher) Keith
Adkinson, Assistant Counsel of the Senate Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on
Government Operations
1. I met with Keith Adkinson for about 20 minutes to get more
background on the 3 December 1976 letter from Senator Sam Nunn (D., Ga.)
on the Subcommittee's investigation into allegations on gun smuggling to
revolutionary groups nd the possible exchange
of these guns for narcotics. I suggested we try to talk at leisure next
week. I also asked that he put in writing any requests he would make of
us.
2. He noted that the Subcommittee plans to begin its hearings on
11 January 1977, and he would appreciate receiving what we may have as
soon as we can get it to him.
3. He indicated that the Subcommittee has a source (or sources) close
to the leading subjects of the investigation. I asked if he wanted to give us
names of sources to check to try to help establish the validity of the sources
in the Subcommittee's mind. He said no, and indicated that the Subcommittee
has confidence in the source (sources). He hopes that what information we
may be able to give may help to corroborate information the Subcommittee
has received from elsewhere and thus help validate sources.
4. He said that the Subcommittee is in touch with the FBI, and
recognizes that the FBI must be its main place of assistance on Americans.
5. We talked about the possibility that there might be additional
information available abroad on some of the persons and subjects of interest
to the Subcommittee. I said I was not in a position to offer CIA assistance in
getting such information, though of course we would consider what we could
do based on requests from the Subcommittee.
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6. This last exchange was prompted in part by Adkinson's emphasis
that the Subcommittee considers the coming hearings to be the beginning
of a major examination of crime in the U.S. , and my assumption that
there might be a CIA role in collecting information on foreign aspects or
contributions to such crime as a part of the general U.S. Government effort.
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9. Adkinson noted that there were matters that could be brought out
in a congressional investigation and at a congressional hearing which might
not be presentable to a court or might not be so successfully emphasized
or highlighted if they were merely "leaked. "
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