STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT NIXON MENTIONING THE ICI (AD HOC) AND THE IEC AND IES

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: April 8, 2021
• Case Number: F-2012-01495
• Publication Date: May 22, 1973

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22 May 1973
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: Statement by President Nixon Mentioning the ICI
(Ad Hoc) and the IEC and IES
1. On 22 May at 1630 and 1705 hours I received phone calls from
Bernard Wells and James McGrath eE the Department of Justice,
Director and Deputy Director of the IES respectively. The first
call gave me the general outline of the information below and the
second one provided details.
2. President Nixon has issued an eight-page statement on which
J. Fred Buzhardt and Ronald Zeigler were briefing the press at 1710
hours on 22 May. The statement by the President contains two para-
graphs dealing with the Inter-agency Committee on Intelligence
(Ad Hoc) (ICI) and the Intelligence 3?,valuation Committee (IEC) and
Staff (IES) . In the statement the President pointed out that as a
result of the FBI having done away vvith its liaison the President set
up in December 1970 the IEC and IES, with the purpose of improving
coordination between agencies and preparing evaluations and esti-
mates on domestic intelligence. The President added that he under-
stands that the activities of this Committee are now under investiga-
tion, but he is not personally aware that it did anything illegal and
did not authorize it to do anything iILegal.
3. Both Mr. McGrath and Mr. Wells reaffirmed that the IES
had done nothing illegal and they were not aware of its being under
investigation. They both professed to be puzzled and somewhat
concerned about the last part of the President's statement on the
IES
(Note: Summary of above information passed to Mr. William E. Colby
at 1710 hours, 22 May by phone.)
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