ORGANIZATIONAL DEALINGS WITH ACTIVITIES INSIDE THE UNITED STATES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01430444
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: May 9, 1973

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
9 May 1973
SUBJECT: Organizational Dealings with Activities Inside the
United States
1. This MFR records organizational dealings with activities
inside the United States known to this office.
2. In September 1972, WH/Miami requested secure communi-
cations in the Miami Area with local offices of BNDD and Customs
Approval was given by Western Hemisphere Division, and Chief,
Mr. William Sawyer, visited both Miami offices to deter-
mine what communications were then in use and what would be
required to establish the secure links. In December 1972,
Miami BNDD indicated that they did not require the link between
WH/Miami and BNDD and that half of the requirement was dropped.
Customs Headquarters in Washington took the necessary steps
to establish a crypto account, as well as crypto clear two
Miami officers. The communications link was never installed
because WH/Miami advised in April 1973 that there were plans
underway in Miami to combine various Federal agencies anti-
drug efforts under a new Justice Department Division, and at
this time it was not known where the new anti-drug office would
be located. Additional details of contact and cooperation
at the WH/Miami Station level must be obtained from Western
Hemisphere Division.
3. During the Democratic and Republican conventions,
WH/Miami Station supported requirements levied by the Secret
Service concerning name traces and other intelligence infor-
mation relating to subversive influences which might affect
those conventions, provided some technical advice and
procedural assistance in establishing a useful means of com-
municating between the two correspondents. WHD should be able
to provide a detailed resume of activities supported in this
matter.
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