FOREIGN COMMUNIST SUPPORT OF UNITED STATES REVOLUTIONARY PROTEST MOVEMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: June 30, 1969
• Content Type: MF

5. Please advise me if this Agency can be of any further
assistance in this highly important and sensitive natdex.
4. 1 feel certai4 that when Mr. Helms returns from his
current trip 'broad, he will be happy to discuss the allocation
of Agency resources to collecting Ir formation concerning the
extent and nature of foreign Communist support of revolutionary
protest movements in this country.
Sincerely,
R. E. 7r.
R. E. Cushman, Sr.
Lieutenant General, USMC
Acting Director
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 20, 1969
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
MEMORANDUM FOR THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY
FROM= Tom Charles Huston
Staff Assistant to the President
The President has directed that a report on foreign
Communist support of revolutionary protest movements in this
country be prepared for his study. He has specifically requested
that the report draw upon all the resources available to the
intelligence community and that it be as detailed as possible.
"Support" should be liberally construed to include all
activities by foreign Communists designed to encourage or
assist revolutionary protest movements in the United States.
On the basis of earlier reports submitted to the President
on a more limited aspect of this problem, it appears that our
present intelligence collection capabilities in this area may
be inadequate. The President would like to know what resources
we presently have targeted toward monitoring foreign Communist
support of revolutionary youth activities in this country, how
effective they are, what gaps in our intelligence exist because
of either inadequate resources or a low priority of attention,
and what steps could be taken, if he directed, to provide the
maximum possible coverage of these activities.
I have asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
submit their response to the President's request to me by
Monday, June 30th. I would appreciate it if the Agency would
provide their contribution by that date.
Although I realize that the Agency submits all information
it has available in this area to the Bureau, I would like to see
a broad sample of the raw data which the Agency produces. And
I am particularly interested in the Agency's response to the
second part of the President's request; e.g., your present
ability to collect information of this type.
The President has assigned a high priority to this
project, and I know that you will render the utmost assistance
in its preparation.
Tom Charts Huston
PERSONAL. AND CONFIDENTIAL
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