LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM FRANK C. CONAHAN

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UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548
NATIONAL SECURITY AND
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
O C T 1 1 1985
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director, Central Intelligence
Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Attention: Director, Office of Legislative Liaison
Dear Mr. Casey:
The Chairman, House Judiciary Committee, by enclosed letter
dated September 12, 1985, has requested that we supply him with
additional information relative to our June 28, 1985, report
Nazis and Axis Collaborators Were Used To Further U.S. Anti-
Communist Objectives In Europe--Some Immigrated To The United
States, GAO/GGD-85-66. Specifically, he would like to obtain
all notes, documents, reports of interviews, memoranda, and an
inventory of all documents of agencies examined or consulted so
that the committee could be more informed.
We are informing the committee that CIA maintains a com-
plete inventory of all documents furnished GAO and that such
documents, including excerpts, are classified. A memorandum of
understanding between CIA and GAO precludes GAO from making
these documents available to anyone outside of GAO. Therefore,
we are suggesting that the committee deal directly with CIA on
the matter.
This project is being managed by Mr. John Tipton of our
General Government Division. Should you have any questions
concerning the matters herein, Mr. Tipton can be reached on
633-1559. We appreciate your cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
v ~ ~ /11~. Frank C. Conahan
Director
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I refer to the GAO report concerning "Nazis and Axis Collaborators"
issued June 28, 1985, reference number GAO/GCD-85-66.
In order for the Committee to be more fully inforred relative to this
:natter, I request that you supply me with the following addticnal
ir,f^0rrnation:-
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cation.
All notes, documents, reports of inter iews, memoranda,
as well as all other do:u entation, generated indepen,'
ently by your personnel in the course of this investi-
2. An inv en Cory of all documents of other agencies examined
or consulted in the furtherance of the investigation by
your per scnnel which would be subject to the "third
a_ encyr rule .
I w'OUld appreciate your giving me sufficient data on the "third agency"
documents in order to allow Committee staff to identify them with a
m nimurn of delay in requesting access of the originating agency.
Your Senior Evaluator, John Tipton, has been intimately involved in the
investigation of Nazi war criminals for some years. His knowledge would
greatly enhance any hearings this Committee may hold on the subject. I,
therefore, would appreciate your detailing Mr. Tipton to the Judiciary
Committee for any hearings which may be scheduled.
I thank you for your cooperation.
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PETER W RODINO. JR. NEW JERSEY. CHAIRMAN
JACK BROOKS TEXAS HAMILTON FISH. JR. NEW YORK
ROBERT W KASTENMEIER WISCONSIN
DON EDWARDS CALIFORNIA
JOHN CONYERS. JR MICHIGAN
JOHN F SEIBERLING. OHIO
ROMANO L MAZZOLI. KENTUCKY
WILLIAM J HUGHES NEW JERSEY
MIKE SYNAR. OKLAHOMA
PATRICIA SCHROEDER. COLORADO
DAN GLICKMAN. KANSAS
BARNEY FRANK. MASSACHUSETTS
GEO W CROCKETT, JR. MICHIGAN
CHARLES E SCHUMER, NEW YORK
BRUCE A. MORRISON. CONNECTICUT
EDWARD F. FEIGHAN. OHIO
LAWRENCE J SMITH. FLORIDA
HOWARD L. BERMAN. CALIFORNIA
FREDERICK C. BOUCHER. VIRGINIA
MARLEY 0. STAGGERS, JR.. WEST VIRGINIA
JOHN BRYANT. TEXAS
CARLOS J MOORHEAD, CALIFORNIA
HENRY J HYDE. ILLINOIS
THOMAS N KINDNESS. OHIO
DAN LUNGREN. CALIFORNIA
F JAMES SENSENBRENNER. JR.. WISCONSIN
BILL MCCOILUM, FLORIDA
E CLAY SHAW, JR.. FLORIDA
GEORGE W GEKAS. PENNSYLVANIA
MICHAEL DEWINE. OHIO
WILLIAM E. DANNEMEYER. CALIFORNIA
HANK BROWN, COLORADO
PATRICK L. SWINDALL, GEORGIA
HOWARD COBLE. NORTH CAROLINA
Mr. William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Director Casey:
M.*. 3ouge of 1epre0entatibe0
Committee on the Jubiciarp
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October 10, 1985
GENERAL COUNSEL
M ELAINE MIELKE
STAFF DIRECTOR
GARNER J CLINE
ASSOCIATE COUNSEL
ALAN F COFFEY JR
I am enclosing GAO report, reference GAO/GGD-85-66 dated June 28,
1985, entitled, "Nazis and Axis Collaborators Were Used to
Further U.S. Anti-Communist Objectives in Europe--Some Immigrated
to the United States" , which will be the focus of a hearing on
October 17, 1985 by my Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and
International Law of the House Judiciary Committee.
I would be grateful if you would forward me your general comments
and views on the substance of the report as it pertains to your
Agency. Please include detailed information of those incidents
cited in the report involving CIA personnel, as well as an
assessment of the necessity, justification and ultimate resolu-
tion of each of these incidents. In addition, I would like to
be informed of the specifics of any uses made by CIA of the "100
Numbers" in the admission of alleged Nazi war criminals into the
United States.
I would like to make your response a part of the public hearing
record. Therefore, expeditious attention will be appreciated.
RLM:prs
MA O'L. MAZ
Subco ittee on Immigration,
Refug , and International Law
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REPORT BY THE
Comptroller General
OF THE UNITED STATES
Nazis And Axis Collaborators Were Used To
Further U.S. Anti-Communist Objectives In
Europe--Some Immigrated To The United States
The Chairman, House Committee on the Judiciary,
requested GAO to inquire (1) whether there
were any U.S. government programs to help
Nazi war criminals and Axis collaborators
immigrate to the United States and to conceal
their backgrounds and (2) whether U.S. agencies
worked with and protected Klaus Barbie,former
Gestapo chief in Lyon, France.
GAO did not find evidence of any U.S. agency
program to aid Nazis or Axis collaborators to
immigrate to the United States. However, GAO
did identify five Nazis or Axis collaborators with
undesirable or questionable backgrounds who
received some individual assistance in their
U.S. immigrations. Two of them were subse-
quently protected from investigation. GAO
cannot be sure that it obtained all relevant
information or identified all Nazis or Axis col-
laborators whom U.S. agencies helped to
immigrate. With respect to U.S. agencies' in-
volvement with Klaus Barbie, GAO did not find
any discrepancies between what it found and
the Department of Justice's 1983 report which
stated that Barbie had been employed and
protected by a U.S. intelligence agency.
GAO/GGD-85-66
JUNE 28, 1985
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