WHITE HOUSE TOOK STEPS TO STOP LEAKS MONTHS BEFORE ANDERSON DISCLOSURES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01601R000300340055-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 55
• Publication Date: January 9, 1972
• Content Type: NSPR

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Months Before Anderson Disclosures
By ROBERT M. SMITH I According to one source, Mr.l 01 v..
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WASIHINGTON, Jan. 8-The authorized. to call on the F.B.I.
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columnist Jack Anderson has but hold the principal re-
been able to disclose secretlsponsibility because "it is a
memoranda concerning . Na-White house problem" and be-
tibnal Security Council meet- cause "it would be inappro-
inks. recently despite White priate to send some F.B.I. man
House steps months ago to around to talk with people like
prevent leaks to reporters andithe Secretary of State." It is not
?to insure the secrecy of councillknown whether Mr. Rogers
proceedings. (himself was interviewed.
According to reliable sources, The article that prompted
the White house quietly ordered. the move was written by the
correspondent of The
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a compamo. p I
allow as many as 300 defensive
missiles' in both the United
States and the Soviet Union to
stair anu r?gu niugi, .J1? "` negotiators had proposed to
John D. Ehrlichman's domestic the Soviet Union an arms-con-
advisory staff to investigate the trol agreement that would halt
leaks and to stop them. The ac- construction of both. land-based
tion was prompted, according missiles and missile submarines.
to- Government sources, after'sir. Beecher also reported submarines. that
Ian article in The New Yorlc~ ? n ro )osai would
veitigate the leaks.
_ cil members, such as Secretary
of State William P. Rogers, to
prepare for meetings and to
handle the council's papers.
F.B.I. Called In
~'resumably, Mr. Krogh and
Mr, Young have had their task
made more difficult by the dis-
closures by Mr. Anderson. The
Justice Department has con-
firmed that the Administration
had called on the Federal
Bureau of Investigation to in-
the talks on limitation of
strategic arms and caused con-
cern in the White House.
It' is not known specifically
what Mr. Krogh and Mr. Young
have done in the five months
since the security assignment
was added to their duties. They
are reported to have reviewed
the 'procedures used by the
council `and to have inquired
into the methods used by coun-
protect offensive missiles.
The article - said that
American proposals had been
made orally at negotiations in
agreements were still bein
written in Washington.
According to one Govern-
ment official, the disclosure
came "during a very critical
stage of the negotiations" and
the proposals involved "were
not even in any written memo."
He said the Administration's
feeling was that the informa-
tion had to come from someone
present at the discussions of
tho National Security Council.
include representatives of the
Defense and State Departments,
the intelligence community and
the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The F.B.I. has conducted an'
extensive investigation over
more than four months in an
effort to uncover Mr. Beecher's
sources, The inquiry has been
conducted here, elsewhere in
the United States and abroad,
and was still. going on last
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By MORRIS SIEGEL
Maybe CIA Director Richard Helms can stop
worrying so much about the vaunted Russian
intelligence system. It
could be highly overrated.
Moscow's English lan-
guage magazine, Soviet
Life, continues to arrive
every month for a report-
er who left The Star six
years ago. Furthermore,
it is mailed to The Star's
old address, 1101 Penn-
sylvania Ave: NW, where
The Star hasn't been for
almost 12 years. The U.S.
Postal Service, which
doesn't have an intelli-
gence service, manages
to rcute it to ?25 Virginina Ave. SE, The Star's
current GHQ. On the other hand, it could be
that those dratted computers don't work any
better for the Soviets 'than they do for us...
Even the American Express Co. has gotten the
Christmas spirit. Their monthly invoices to
credit card members bear holiday greetings,
printed in 'the space which normally contains
another message--payment is due on receipt.
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