WATERGATE - AGENCY FILE REVIEW

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• Publication Date: May 15, 1974
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Inspector General
SUBJECT
: :'Watergate - Agency File Review
NCE : Memo did 26 Mar 74 to Multiple Acidres#
(an 10, same subject
1. Is compliance with the referenced me"torandaoai a se
rviecw of the xGelligs.ce Community staff files and these: Wield t
United States 1ntsllig0*ce board Secretariat, with priwary atte* on
fecused on the Security Cr n ittee and Technical Surveillance C sunt::#
measures Committee, has been accomplished with negative rest its.
A se merry of record*!docunients reviewed follows:
a. Active filom on hand - 1969 to present.
b. Recce $heIf List of Records Center and Archival
materials - 1969 tz present.
c. Twelve cebic feet of recalled records from 6.e Agt n y
Records Center.
2. Twelve individuals. who previously served on the NIPS Star
and USIB Committees, were contacted in reference to this revier: ,
also with negative results.
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STAT MEMORANDUM FOR :
SUBJECT: Watergate - Agency File Review
1. Request approval of DRAFT Memorandum, opposite, same subject,
for transmittal to the Inspector General.
2. For your information
were:
STAT
3. In our search, there were no papers found bearing on the subject
Watergate. Two papers were found on "Pentagon Papers" but had nothing to
do with the NIPE/IC Staff. A few papers were found on Chile, but no rc:lat
to the ITT case.
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4 Attachments:
1. IG Memo of 26 Mar
2. Memo, 14 May w/Attachment
3. Memo, 9 May
4. NI PE Memo, 16 Jul 71
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant to the Director
E-xecutiv, Secretary
Deputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community
Deputy to the DCI for National Intelligence Office i-s
Deputy Director for Operations
Deputy Director for Intelligence
Deputy Director for Management and Services
Deputy Director for Science and Technology
General Counsel
Legislative Counsel
Coraptroller
SUBJECT : Watergate - Agency File Review
1. This memorandum relates to the Director's request for a
review of Agency files for material connected in any way with what
has come to be called "Watergate." At a recent morning meeting,
I mentioned that we were preparing guidelines to assist you in carrying
out the review within your areas of juris.d.iction. The guidelines are
now completed, and a copy is attached hereto. The target date set
for completion of the review is 10 May 1974.
2. We have devoted much time to consideration of various
possible ways in which a review of Agency files might be conducted,
and we are convinced that a complete file review, regardless of how
conducted, would still not provide absolute assurance against future
"surprises. " The guidelines we have prepared call for a sorn:~what
selective rather than a comprehensive review.
a. A simple cursory review of all files would likely be
of little substantive worth. It would enable the Agency to
state that all files have been reviewed; but such a statement
would only make more embarrassing any subsequent "discove,?y. r:
b. On the other hand, a thorough review of all Agency
files would require a truly massive effort extending over a
lengthy period of time, involving hundreds of man-years. Th:
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term "Wateruatc" has come to cover to one e:tent or ai;,)`h
a wide range of topics, events, and personalities, including
much historical data. As the Watergate story has unfolded,
there has been instance after instance in which a seemingly
innocuous item has acquired relevance and significance because
of its relation to something else turned up in CIA or elsewhere.
For this reason alone, a complete review of all Agency hold-
ings today would not provide a guarantee against new "surprises"
tomorrow.
3. . The file review which will be necessary in each of your aceas
of responsibility, even though it can be described as a selective review.
will require a large amount of effort and time. It would be totally
beyond the abilities of my staff to do all the reviewing. Most of the
reviewing and most of the decision-making in connection with it will
have to be done in your components and under your management. I
and my staff will assist where we can. I suggest that you put some--
one in charge of the review effort in your area and have him make
arrangements with Ifor a discussion
on "Watergate" and its various aspects and on what is expected in the
file review.
4. The guidelines which we have prepared are not as specific
as we would like to make them. The fact is, however, that "Watergate''
does not have a' precise definition.
5. It should be borne in mind that much information about the
Agency and Agency activities resides in the minds and. memories of
Agency employees. Along with the file review, therefore, the memories
of Agency personnel must be jogged as part of the effort to ensure that
anything relevant which has not been reported previously be reported
now.
Donald F. Chamberlain
Inspector General
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WATERGATE - GUIDELINES FOR AGENCY FILE REVIEW
1. The Director has called for another review of Agency files
for material connected in any way with what has come to be called
"Watergate." The purpose of the review is to the extent possible
to ensure that Agency management is aware of all such material in
our files and that there will be no future "surprises" in this rega?d.
2. The review is to be conducted in accord with these general
guidelines, which have been prepared by the Inspector General.
3. The review within each directorate and separate operating
component will be the responsibility of that particular directorate
or separate operating component, the role of the Office of the
Inspector General being limited to that indicated in the following
paragraphs. On the completion of the review within his area of
responsibility, each deputy director and chief of separate op.ratir;g
component will certify in writing to the inspector General that a
review has been conducted in accord with these guidelines, and will
report to the Inspector General the findings of that review.
4. The target date for completion of the Agency file review
and the reports to the inspector General is 10 May 1974. If a deputy
director or chief of separate operating component finds that he will
be .unable. to meet that target date, he will consult with the Inspector
General on the setting of a new target date for his component.
5. The review must be comprehensive. This does not mean
that each and every piece of paper under the Agency's control trust
be looked at and studied in this review. It does mean that all files,
including those in archives, in field offices, in proprietaries, and
anywhere else, must be considered. It will be up to the manage-
ment of each directorate or separate operating component to determine
what specific files must be physically searched and read, and what
files need not be so reviewed, For exar-iple, it should not be c-
essary in this review to search anew through files which are known
to contain nothing but past issues of-finished intelligence publications.
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Ir_ making this dete;rminatio__ about any :riven set of files, ioe,er
each management level must bear in mind that the term "-Watergate"
has with the passage of time come to cover a wide range of topics,
events, and personalities, including much historical data. In para-
graph 8 below, is a list of subjects which are to be considered in
particular. This list has been prepared as a guide for the review.
It should not be used, however, as reason for excluding other
material which, while it may not come properly under any of the
headings given, may nonetheless be related to "Watergate" in the
broadest sense of the word.
6. Any material relevant to "Watergate" (in the sense indicated
above) found in component files will be forwarded to the Inspector
General. In some cases (e. g. , if a given file or set of files is found
to contain significant quantities of relevant materials), a component
may find it desirable to segregate certain. files for review by rep-
resentatives of the Office of the Inspector General,
a. Whenever there is doubt as to whether something
should be forwarded to the Inspector General or otherwise
called to his attention, the doubt should be resolved by for-
warding the material to or otherwise notifying the Inspector
General.
b. Any operationally sensitive material which require
special handling may be discussed directly with the Inspector
General.
7. The requirements of paragraph 6 above do not apply to
press clippings or to any material which has already been brought
to the attention of the Inspector General since the beginning of his
office's "Watergate" investigation, i. e. , since 14 May 1973..
8. Following is a list of subjects which must be considered
in this file review. A.s indicated above, this list is not necessarily
all-inclusive and should not be regard as such. The entire list
should be considered within all components, even though the file
search on some topics will be more narrowly targetted.
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a. . VT-.`e r ; real'-- in(s-,
This heading covers the June 1972 surreptition_ls entry
into the Democratic National Headquarters at Wa'ergate,
the subsequent arrests, and any and all info r_nation connect.
ing the Agency in any way to preparations for the break-in's1
in June 1972 or earlier, the individuals involved, and the
alleged cover-up efforts.
The "individuals involved" includes but is not limed
to those listed in the attachment to 23 May 1973 Memorandur
for All Employees, "Agency Involvement in the Via' -rclate
Case":
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John Dean
Egil Krogh
David Young
E. Howard Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
James W. McCord
Charles W. Colson
John J. Caulfield
Eugenio Rolando Martinez Careaga
Juan Rigoberto Ruiz Villegas
Bernard L. Barker
Virgilio Gonzales
Frank Anthony Sturgis
b. Daniel Ellsberga
This covers any and all information in Agency files
related to Ellsberg, including the requests for and
preparation of the profiles on Ells berg, the case of the
so-called Pentagon Papers, damage assessments, Agency
associations, the Fltsberg trial.
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c. 1-sank r-ee~?spm
This covers any and all information in Agency files
reflecting any knowledge of the alleged break-in, or plans
for such, of the files of Hank Greenspan or of the newspaper
in Las Vegas with which he is associated.
d. Hunt's 1971 Request on Security Flaps
The review here will be limited, at least initially,
to a check of DDO European Division files and records,
if any, on the request of Howard Hunt in 1971 to a former
chief of European Division for information or background
on past security flaps, and on the response to the Hunt
request, s ecifically whatever. information may be available
about The Insrrectc>r STAT
Genera wil consult directly with the Deputy Director for
Operations regarding the review on this subject.
e. Other Requests by Hunt
This covers any information available ,. regarding. any
requests by Hunt for Agency assistance on any matter
after his retirement from the Agency.
f. National Elections of 1972
This covers any records that might reflect any Agency
knowledge, however obtained, reflecting activity related
to the national elections of 1972, including intelligence
support for candidates, security activity related in any
way to political conventions or other meetings, campaign
mail, support of other governmental organizations in
connection with the campaigns and the elections, and
political activities of any sort by Agency personnel beyond
that of a legal and clearly personal nature (e. g. , personal
contributions to candidates).
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a review of Miami/Cuba operational files, and a check and
possibly a file review in the Office of Finance. Tile t:1 Ene
fram - for rna rial.on this subject will be calezl~:a 19-2.
The Inspector General will consult directly with the D:~putr
Director for Operations and the Director of Finance with
regard to the review on this subject.
This covers any Agency association, however direct
or indirect, with ITT and its various components and sub-
sidiaries and. affiliates; any records touching on ITT aid
bearing on CIA/White House relations (including Congress-
ional hearings related to Chile); anything that min h.t reflect
any Agency knowledge of the ITT role in connection with
the Republican National Convention in 1972.
i. Robert R. Mullen and Company
This covers any and all information regarding Agency
association with Robert R. Mullen and Company, including
but not limited to the company's provision of cover for
Agency personnel.
Howard Hughes
This covers any and all information connecting the
Agency or Agency personnel with Howard Hughes or any
of his enterprises.
k. Robert Vesco
This covers any and all information connnecting the
Agency or Agency personnel with Robert Vesco or any of
his enterprises.
1. Robert Maheu
This covers any and all information connectinc the .".gerc-Y
or Agency personnel with Robert lbMaheu or any of his
enterprises.
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m. Joint Operations
The review here should cover joint FBI, NSA, or
Secret Service operations or activities which the Agency
or Agency personnel knew about, supported, or participated
in that might bear on or be related to the various aspects
of what is known as "Watergate, " including CIA support
for Secret Service security activities in connection with
the 1972 national elections.
9. Questions regarding these guidelines or the review. calle=d
for may be referred directly to in the Office of STAT
the Inspector General,
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14 May 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR EO/ICS
SUBJECT Watergate - Agency File Review
REFERENCE Memorandum from Inspector General,
Same Subject, dated 26 March 1974
In accordance with the reference request, I have had a
selective review conducted of the USIB Secretariat files. In this
review we did not find any material which would be considered
relevant to "Watergate. " In addition, the executive secretary of the
Security Committee was asked to review committee files. A
stating that this review was
conducted is attached. A review of the TSCC files was conducted by
STAT
Executive Secretary, USIB
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10 May 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: Executive Secretary
United States Intelligence Board
SUBJECT : Watergate Related Materials
There has been a complete examination of the files and
storage cabinet containers under the control of the Security Com-
mittee at CIA. I hereby certify that there are no tape recordings,
files or other material in my custody or possession which are
either directly or peripherally related to any person or subject
matter connected with Watergate.
STAT
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9 May 1974
MEMORANDUM FOR: EO/ICS
SUBJECT Watergate - File Review of USIB/IHC
1. I have checked with the CIA employees on IHC and have
a written notation from each that neither their personal files
nor the IHC files contain any materials such as described in the
Inspector General's memorandum of 26 March 1974 with attachment.
These CIA employees also state that they have no personal know-
ledge or connection with any of these matters.
2. CIA employees making these certifications are as follows:
Acting Chairman
Intelligence Information Handling Committee
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1 - IHC Admin. (with reference and
employee signatures)
1 - IHC Reading
1 - NCF Chrono
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MEMORANDUM FOR: General Counsel
SUBJECT: The PFIAB and The Pentagon Papers
1. Confirming my remarks at the morning meeting today,
the Board has received instructions from San Clemente to set up
a panel to make a damage assessment of The Pentagon Papers, and
to identify and hopefully address other related issues. The Board
has informed us that the Chairman of this panel will be Mr. Franklin
Lincoln (the President's former law partner), with Dr. Baker aad
perhaps Frank Pace as members. The first meeting of the pane:i
will be on Thursday, 22 July.
2. The Board's staff informs us that it would like you,
George Carver and John Warner to brief the panel along the same
lines you did with Burke and Byers earlier this week. No other
preparation will be necessary. Burke will try to put CIA on first.
Other individuals expected to appear before the panel include the
General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Buzhardt, Mardian
of Justice and, perhaps, NSA.
Bronson Tweedy
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FROM:
Bronson Tweddy
D/DCI/NIPE
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DATE
16July71
CLASS.
Memo; Subj; The PFIAB and The Pentagon Papers.
(confirming my remarks at mornixg meeting today.
Board has received instruction from San Clemente to
set up a panel to make a damage assessment of The
Pentagon Papers. the Chairman of the Panel will be
Mr. Franklin Lincoln, with Dr. Baker and perhaps
Frank Pace as members. first meeting will be on 22 Jul
7/19/71; Orig & lcc to OGC from NIPE; 1 cc to SAVA
2 cc's to NIPE. ---_
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