CIA GOT REPORT OF PLOT TO KILL AGNEW, COLBY SAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-01208R000100240096-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 96
• Publication Date: July 25, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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P. y \;U;,t L DO33IN mail watch as illegal, contend-
Zti'as 1ure,lo; TreSun ing that that determination
\ ashinzson-A report of a would be made by the Justice
1971 plot to kilt Vice President Department.
director cr central intelligence again testified before the Sen-
ate intelligence committee;
;,as made as a result of an illic-
it CIA mail coeration revealed i which questioned him regard-
ing the agency's involvement in
t
d
r. ea mo.i) release
yesterday
by a House judiciary subcom-
mittee.
Chile. Ferry A. Kissinger, the
Secretary of State, also is
scheduled to be interrogated on
V,'Barn E. Colby , director of I that subject within the next few
central in_el:gence, who made weeks.
t're disclosures earlier this Senator Frank Church M.
month, did not say (;Nether the a ~ ;-
i~ ho), chairman of : the 'com-
CIA deter fined that Caere was, mittee, yesterday asked the
indeed, a plot to kill Agnew. Senate to extend the intelli-
Mr. Colby admitted in the
STAT' testimony . to the House.
1-.._1 that almost 63,006 letters
were opened during a mail
watch that 'lasted (rota 1967 to
1972.
According to Mr. Colby, the
i`o e. etie -'~ Lich he stressed
ro longer was being conducted
-was aimed at finding out how
i'.:ss_rt Chian Co : au-
ist.s r%,ere open in z and censor ing
lette s, and also wh :her there
were any hidden codes in the
-rT
ew J
res,i' tC` .'to wouid .u extend the UfelYlel5:^'d1 iu Cl nit Cetirg. that
of the inteliibenceucmmittee to he was to be called before the
February 2, 1976. intelligence panel.
Senator John G. Tower (R., Roderick Hills, who was one
Texas), the committee's vice of several officials to met with
chairman, said after yester- the panel yesterday to-discuss.
day's session that the panel had the material the committee
worked out an agreement with seeks, made the comment about
the FBI for obtaining certain Mr. Kissinger.
documents and was "in the Mr. Tower and AIr. Church'
process of working cut nrob- said there was no significance
ferns ;;i.h the White House" in the timing of the announce-
concerning material the sena- meat about an appearance by
tors rant. Mr. Kissinger. The purpose of
A White House counsel said calling him, Mr. Church said, is
yesterday that Mr. Kissinger "rot accusatory .... We are en-
was angered about the an- deavoring to find the line of au-
rouncerrent Wednesday, on the thority" concerning ' CIA ac.:
eve of his departure for the tions.
:months-He offered -as reasons'
the additional inquiry into polit-
ical assassinations and the de-:
lay in the turning over of docu-
ments by various government
departments, including the
White House and the Justice
Department.. .
P.;r. Church also requested
an additional $500,000 to corn-
plete the business of the.com-
mittee, which would bring its
total budget to $1,250,000. The
mall on the watch list, which
covered 3t0 American citizens.:
But t snail watch also
gathered hard intelligence,"
? Colby said, w; o cited the
per.; cf the 1571 plot ag That
ti:e then vice o-e_ide llt
and CIA
Chief as an example. The direc-'
for of central irtellir nce a
that time was Richard M.
Helms, rc?.7 ambassador to
Iran.
T e reo.?rt came, `,Ir. Colby
testified, from a CIA agent
overseas who said "there was
'some kind of plot to kill the
vice president . . . and kidnap'
the director of the CIA. And iii
that
case to .. le e was to it
we did coca some mail of one~
the suspects ...: '
Mr. Colby refused, i'n ai
testimony, to characteH4z tns
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