QUESTIONABLE ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01481950
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: April 29, 1973

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EMORANDLCI FOR: Deputy Director for Science and Technoloa
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UBJECT :. Quest^ ionable Activitie� s
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2. As an aspect of the allegations of im-eroeer CIA activity
n connection with the Watergate and associated matters, the
nspector General vas directed to assemble all information avail-
ble in the Agency on any sue activities. Certain specific matiera
ere provided to him, and the Director by memorandum of 9 Pay 1973
areeted all employees to revert any activities, current or past,
4,rhieh might be conatrued to be outside the legislative charter of
ltis Agency." This information was eszembled and consolidated by
;:he Inapeetor General in a memoraed= of 21 ney 197', and certain
mdividual mernoranda thereafter supplementing .it. This material
ros used in a detailed, page-by-page revielr of all such informaeion
rith Senator Symington and Congressman Nedzi; as Chairmen of the
ienate and the House Armed Services Intelligence Subcomnittees,
mspeetiveiy. In addition, I undertook very specific coemitments
Liam confirmation hearings to ensure that the Agency will remain
rithin its legislative charter. I.aa arranging for the published
h-anScripte of those hearings to be circulated throuehout the
ksency for compliance, and at that time will reaffirm the specific
lirection in: by Dr. Schlesinger in his memorandum of 9 May 1973.
Phis will alel be incorporated into appropriate regulations.
2. With respect to the specific questioneble activities w� hich
:ere reported as a result of the search made throughout the Agency,
however, I believe it essential to take specific action in order
that these not seem to be condoned or overlooked. I have therefore
kveloieed specific instructions on each reported activity. These
are included in the attachments to this memorandue, and have the
Torc,1 spee.fic direction to you to pass on to apnropriate
ntibordLIat�ts the instructions outlined. Senarate peeles of such �
instructions are being developed for each Directorate in order to
respect the sensitivity of oeme of the activities diecensed, ineludz-
ing those which are accmr:d quite appropriate within CIA's charter.
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imilarly, each activity is placed on a separate 'laze so that the
minty Director conceraLld mny most easily forward it to the office
r office:1 directly concerued without distributing it more broaily.
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3. In the event ttat these instructions raise substantial
liff5culties of imelc.mentation or corpliance, I would apprecite
your raininr such c.;es with rIc! directly, Ifith whatever rc:con7cnda-
0.ons you may have for modification to carry out the spirit of the
action undertzthen here but to avoidyndue disrup:ion of legitimate
activities. In the !lbscnee of such notice, I will expect full
compliance with.the inztyuctions outlined herein.
4. Each adlressee Deputy Director is instructed to recommend
to the tlIn..5*modification or addition to Agency reculations of
anTopriaee lancwage to reflect the direction inaluded in this
memorandum and attachments addressed to him. =MS will be
4Ttpwsible for consolidating such recommendations and makiwc an
overall report to the Director through the IC, coordinating with
General Counsel. �
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frICHAOS is restilct d to the collection abroad of information
X2 foreign activities related to domestic matters. CIA will focus
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Ameficans abroad, although CIA can accept a request by the FBI to
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be passed to an aprropriate_lial.son service in a foreign country
the results back to the FBI. It must be plainly demonstrated in.
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each such transmission that the-CIA is merely a: channel of communi-
cation between the FBI and the aenropLiat_e_foreign service and is
not to be arectly engaged in the surveillance or other action .
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With respect to Americans abroad who became suspect for
security or counterintelligence reasons any official U.S. per-
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information concerned. Specific CIA operations will not be mounted
against such individuzits, but they will be reported when their.
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identitiez come as an incidental result of other CIA foreign in�
talligence or counterintelligence operations. With respect to
private American citizens abroad, any such informution ari;ing
vill be reported to the FBI. CIA involvement thereafter will be
restricted to following intelligence or counterintelligence aspects
of the case and transmitting any FBI requests for assistance from
foreign.secutity or intelligence services on the matter, in the
fashion outlined above.
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