C.I.A. INVESTIGATED PERSONAL LIFE OF A TOP NIXON ADVISER DURING 1968 G.O.P. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
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• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: April 1, 1975

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The. i;:all40�?tarie.if.! Vihe
..underc�ver hiquli'y was :
� a . foreign,A airs
whoiLah6rtly. before: had
resign..ed.':frotia..Stinford�ljnlyer-.
ctOnservative;:1106Verin
�::stitutit*,a reatit.ciLtentel;:;t.6
'.-j�l ME'NbcO�as his -national
security adviser
� "Oligh,4ffiefal.:44hes`tik
corifitmetrthat':his,. agency, .had
'Ordered, 'a 'Clandestine inrestiga-.
f,:tion.4-6040 bat; he said
����1,iit,',..i:*04:entirelyi unrelated .;to.
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William li4t4.1ie�Dife,0
aroL Central re1ligepce,. has
a-ertified,ApUblir.iitebottt;;his
gency,a,,'atteMpte; th,trinv the
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4,eit.eptie.:t.d4liticovef.2410reign:
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*ide en. said
herOrnetritlierNigiur-::*npaign:
e.tiet4*4tOpeared �� at
ii,,haillter-.%� Palo
bee hiving;; and displayed
identifying'hituself
epresentative of the Fidel;
rof. New
, �
r'or,w 01,f** that
not-be used, ,recalled
hitOMewthat-MegetatY
infOrn*tiorg hi. might
,_l'All'eigy7qt-lerf. 'asked
treaacCir.16iIheiincitiiry;' the
.-NO;thker",,aaiCtMigideratyr,Teplied
Republicans',' to cc.nduct
cground checks ,on some
on. eidey; "'
banker,: who 'was,'nOt
own' in .high.:.Rpublican
qircies., said that he' 'became
sinpicious and sent Mr. Geraty
'ay Ninth the requestito call
back later.' Then, :heaid, he
lieiephonedtIciseMatt IWoods,
Mr.:NIxontlifeiSoifid'4eeretary;
ei�irertfy:'.-the;Entate'rikaa sjnieS0
tigittges.P0josekOt
AcCoidinttathigenaVII
WOod.s.c.bectedrantVg.inkirrie'4"
ittYthOt h*g#61*',1,ii*.PiA#011
tMr. Allen or-'anyone else
had ' been,,i,,COmniis4iorredehg:,the
Ixon cainpaigi."
iii11404*aale
ureeK4ainiliar
NiirciiktarnPaigraaietha
inetter;,-Was'referred,.-to John
Caulfielde former New York
�.(Policeman who was then
et;rot,... staff Sec *ty.,/for
cauffielater
gagiock?..:Otaipinejle:oiii.,:.: the
Watergate icandaOlifetigh'�his
uIsequent role as .�Thtte
Huse investigator, made inqui-
,.the Fider.ityReport-
intseryi*and7:reported:badk
that itoutfit,i-appetireditk
,the sources said. -
eittadded-: h6Waver;;:z that
assertion
, ,h az' Nixon-Ittreatigel
'aide vas;not:1nad public: by
fear
4joi;nsori
0-trioye
'PresidentIohnsori en
. -
604e.titl7luPP0
:rkt.ofi..Sepator
140bettH;Buniphrey,the Dem..
.40ratiOninninoW
's-The irivetigation of MeAlleri
was " first mentioned publicly
'by Williai' Safire,',,za former
ilxon .nOw
columnist'ftif The NeW Ytark
�
Mr.: Safire's recently
published
history--of,-...the-Niatm:,Presiden,
ependent InVestigabop,
independent investigation
y the Times esta.blished a
� number : of �;.details aboutl the
k ;reported incident,, all/ of which
'� Were subsequently. ,.o.mfirmed
,--� 'by high officials or, the C.I.A.
A One official conceded
last -Week that it might appear,
on the surface as .though `�,we
:were watching the 'other .side
the -J968-4.1Ilresidentiat,
�:1,
4 Ca-mPa,' �
He, said. however, that-,s
,t inonths, before Mr. 'Alien joined-
r. Nixo.n7s,�'. staff,
yproached for assis-
tance on a -,,reiee.rah ,�� project.
-Mr. Allen. who is 39 years
was ; the* a senior:. Staff
;member :nfIStinford'al�Hobver
:Institution an,c.:AW,, Revolution
t` and Peace.- !.'�nnd. -�ofie its
yearbOok on international Corn:.
affairs:!'
� In that capacity, the C.I.A.
official said, Mr.- Allen : met in
Lf. January of ,.�1.969 with Richard
then. -, thel!pireCtbetof
:Central Intelligence; and asked
to' asee 6.'various unclassified
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national,.gc:P*Oist;p4149..
MrsHelmiAtgreed;414-offiCial
said, to: Make ..,thenate.rials
available, and Mr: Allen contin-
ued, to deal with tha7agency
on an informal'. bas!s;,. dt,ThIg
the spring of 196/L....J.
, (We Fiumettlie.loh Out
' On March -27: ortliatyeat
the official cOntintiedthe
decided: independently' thablit
vrished ostck..make... available}Ap
Me. Allen:certain' classified pub-
licationsithat,boranntis work
� ckgrouriChiVeitigation
sacureAha:necessary'4,1ear;t
waskirditredgttleaffittal
,siiike.'aralklwieskarniad:f,thaAob
oqr,tokime.44.1iiiifiliettigatorS
inV:4thesii4Ftanciscii,arete
The
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,
dntervieW produced a document that. his.. recordV4showed.'.nO
relating,: to the investigation. request- frOnt Mr:, Allen. to .vie
that carnedthe March 27 date any classified materials or any
and- showed., the name of ,the thing else, beyond the agency'
investigator:� as Franklin .R. own initiative, that would hay
_ ' �;," ',NT warranted a covert backgroun
'Me. Oeiity, whose :present security check;;;;;�,..
"cOvee ;As ,. that, of a Defense Following Me:Nikon'svicrii
Department .,..-investigator,..., 're-. in November-of 1968; Mr:Allen,
peatedlYdeelinedt, to- ;answer a -husky, bespectacled six.-foot
questionsabont the-Allen. er�loined-the staff of:,..H
vestigation,',.gthatkvera:. put to A.;-:Jfissinger,..who . by then had
him by a. reporter at Mr. replaced. ;him:: as .Mr.;'),1%lixolf
Oeraty's home in San Francisco .% national security advisee.
A Pentagon official, asked Mr. Allen later became 'depn.
37thether-,1:.:thevpintagon !'was 41.---assistant4t.o- Mr.7Nixon4or
aware that Mr. f. Geraty:':was international, economic . affairs,'
working for the C LA under He now, operates- a private, e
Defense; Department coVer, said nomiC consulting firm here
tha.4�;,,iLwasI thmk.., w&ve Reached bye. telephone in
'donal;'..thispto !'.:ibefore,, 7 floiida,':ewhem., he:. is. vacation
hefaddedc with:th
cOneeded_C.W.officiali..-on.:some.-detail
�
7:1. � �7.7.1,:t
0.74. the yearbook project
Other
taibliCatiCinii;:adtanCeirter-
tahr political lines to' which
Tartly.Precaution
. , it paitiaL.44, -
11ii,;�-first4';approach7nf Mel;Allenf.`SaitlY:
:JAY; itt,?JanuarY -Of.'4968;,khe best of
midi- Was no more',;:thani,C,rer, had ' not asked,: ,M.r2,;:lielmi:::or
plea look at anyone else at the.0 IA for
)ur4#aptera. (otthe,..,yearbookj unclassified :Information mein;
Arhem.we finished' them,7. r with ternatiOnal Cor,ununisni,land he
i view' toward-eliminating any asserted f emphatically that he
"egreglitus". errors!!' 'Such as finis- had-',-.[,never7tPatked...,,tha....e.gencY.
5Pcilect foreign names for for any Clasaifiecnaterials
The-apPrirachWas."' ....lfzrst,.:uldicationAthatAie
ly aitibeen,ilikatibliet,of a-covert
cause we, ,,:didn't....want.;:t.thern. C.I4.,':''..lnyeatigatlent came; he
interfering or trying tcqhffe Sai l'''''..fra-M4;;l',14111,40etaty'S:.' visit
us itnOney.:....weikididn't:�;,.ylant tithe PaIc% .lto banker in
trouble, from them ' Me..1Allen Jnti
explained that-he..:was. concern; 1'6:re
ed :that
to oroyide.`sOine,:triancial,), sup;:
,
om.
restigati.v.s " '
mvettigatiiihOyas4:higun1
Viek� generallidely...,know,
in, the. Stanford community: and
1eubli cad circle . that:, .1
Would:be.' gOing� t:lia Dikton]
Skepticisinbriireited
Mr Allen also4.,:expressed
. over the C�.I.A.'s. as-
tdr,tion that it:had:not, learned
of Month:Old. appointment
Campaign, staff
enit.of4uly., of :1968.
Ile_pointed to reports published
befora,lhert referring to his
apointinent and also',. tor' the
California banker!,s.:, recollection
that ;iMr..1-k:GeratY;,.,-.�Avherr-; asked
na.,..4kina,25:-..:.forMiont. he- was tidiif
'pihack
bli
�
Mir:Allen added (that :be, was . .
- -
"eatigoiiCalli" opposecr4
C.Tfk..l'a:'clanOestma;efforts. to
gather information about him,
whether for-legitimafe.citpoliti-
al,'4otivei",;!-ooder.�thel'ghise
of:: a bogus detectiver. agency,
He termed. the incidenVla cleat
violation of the charter the:
-Q�LA."' � �.1.
:The "offiiialr: asked
about' the -'ute -,F.Idelitr
Reporting Service as an., agency-.
cover, : replied with. a;Chor:kle-.�
that'' it had `"Workect:fine,,:u
to
What7othedOrnettft. iOestrga-e'
apz: either. M �
r..,.tra
or;the..,Fidellity/Aeg q
ooing:_�
`6.. been ernntoyeA
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