THE MHCHAOS PROGRAM

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 00016759
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2020
• Case Number: F-2016-00496
• Publication Date: May 8, 1973

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---1.ThegUCHAOS program-id a worldwide program for
.clandestine collection abroad of information on foreign.
efforts to support/encourage/exploit/manipulate domestic.:
U.S. _extremism, especially.byr
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2., The(uJCF1AOS program has not and is net conduct--..
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purposes. Agency efforts are foreign. Foreign'-orientecl
_activity in the_United States has been.of_two type:.
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- a. Selected FBI domestic sources. who travel _-
abroad in connection with their extremist activity- '
and/or affiliations to make contact with hostile �
foreign powers or with foreign extremist groups
have been briefed and debriefed by Headquarters
officers. The briefing has included appropriate
operational guidance, including defensive advice:
b. Americans with existing extremist creden-
tials have been assessed, recruited, tested and
dispatched abroad for.PCS assignments as contract :
agents, primarily sources offered for such use by
the FBI. When abroad, they collect information re-
sponsilie tokii->MOS program requirements, as well -
as other Agency requirements. They are thus 7.,ised'
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theglScHAOS PROGRAM. '
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3. As indicated earlierstRIAHAOS is a foreing pro-
gram, conducted overseas, except for the .limited activity .
described above. The program-is-and has been managed so
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haveibeen rec,p.eited and ru exclusiv� ely for theLA frA�S
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tation of new and old Agency assets who have a by-product
capability or a concurrent capability for provision of -
information responsive to the programis'requirements. -� This has involved the provision of custom-tailored collec-
tion requirements and operational guidance. This collec-
tion prograq is viewed as an integral part of the recruit-
ment and collection programs of1
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American "Movement" background-or Cylio have known connec-
tions with the American "Movement" are useful as a.cess
agents to obtain biographic and personality data, to dis-
cern possible vulnerabilities and susceptibilities, and
to develop operationally exploitable relatj.onships with
recruitment targets of the above programs. -.These assets
are of interest to our targets because of their connec-:
tions with and/or knowledge of the American "Movement."
Over the course of thegFitHAOS program, there have been
approximately 20 important areas of operational interest,
1 which at the present time have"b4"en reduce& .to about ten;
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4. The gVIIAOS prograi also utilizesl
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S. til 'HAOS reporting from abroad relating to the :'..
program originates in two ways: -Individuals who are noted -
in contact withl � 0.... , etc.,-and -
who appear to have extremist .connections, interests or .
background are reported upon. Other individuals are re-
portedofare
upon in response to specific Headquarters 'require-
.6. All cable and dispatch traffic related to_the_:
MCHAOS program is sent via restricted channels.f
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ability of information obtained, includinv information. ' --
received from the FBI, is the responsibility of the Spe-' .
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. 7. Information responsive-to specific FBI require-
vents is disseminated to the FBI via special controlled
dissemination channels, i.e., by restricted handling cable
traffic or via special pouch and,specially numbered blind
memoranda. . - '-'.,..
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8. Information of particular significance, when col- .
lected, has been disseminated by special memorandum over
the signature of the Director of Central Intelligence to
the White House (Dr. Kissinger and John Dean), as well as
to qe Attorney General, the Secretary of-State and the
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