MEMO FOR ALL CIA EMPLOYEES RE PRESS REPORTS IMPLICATE CIA IN CERTAIN ACTIVITIES ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED IN THE UNITED STATES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01430472
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: May 7, 1973

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MEMORANDUM FOR ALL CIA EMPLOYEES
1. Recent press reports implicate CIA in certain ilieL-Lal
activities allegedly committed in the United States. Without going
into the details of these allegations,. I can assure you that I intend
to cooperate fully with the various law enforcement and Congressional
investigations of these matters.
2. All CIA employees should understand my attitude toward
matters of this sort. I shall do everything in my power to confine
CIA activities to those which fall within the strictest interpretation
of its legislative charter. I take this position because I am determined
that the law shall be respected and because this is the best way to
foster the legitimate and necessary contributions we in CIA can make
to the national security of the United States.
3. I am taking several actions to implement this objective:
I have ordered all the senior operating officials of
this Agency to report to me immediately on any
activities now going on, or that have gone on in the
past, which might be construed by reasonable people
to be outside the legislative charter of this Agency.
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- I hereby order every person presently employed by
CIA to report to me directly on any such activities
of which he has knowledge. I invite all ex-employees
to do the same. Anyone who has such information shall
call my secretary (extension 6363) and say that he wishes
to talk to me about "questionable CIA activities".
I intend to name a highly respected person from outside
the Government to review, investigate, and prepare
reports for me on any apparent violations of the CIA
legislative charter which are brought to his attention
or may be =covered on his own initiative. I shall give
this person complete and unrestricted access to all
records and persons in the Agency.
4. To insure that Agency activities are proper in the future, I
hereby promulgate the following standing order for all CIA employees:
Any CIA employee who believes that he has
received instructions which in any way appear
inconsistent with the CIA legislative charter shall
inform the Director of Central Intelligence immediately.
James R. Schlesinger
Director
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