LETTER TO THE HONORABLE RICHARD HELMS FROM GENERAL COUNSEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000500060061-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2005
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: April 16, 1970
• Content Type: LETTER

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BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
April 16, 1970 WASHINGTON, D.C. Z0503
Honorable Richard Helms
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Attention: Mr. John Maury
In accordance with the provisions of Executive Order
No. 11030, as amended, relating to proposed Executive
orders and proclamations, the Director of the Bureau
of the Budget has received from the Attorney General
a proposed order entitled "Amendment of Executive
Order No. 10450 of April 27, 1953, relating to
security requirements for Government employment"
(copies enclosed).
In transmitting the draft Executive order the Attorney
General stated, in part:
The attached draft Executive order would amend
?12 of Executive Order 10450 for the purpose of
transferring to the S.A.C.B. from the Attorney
General the function of holding hearings on
the application of the Attorney General to deter-
mine whether "any organization is totalitarian,
fascist, communist, subversive, or violent-action
oriented, or whether it has adopted a policy of
advocating or approving the commission of acts
of force or violence to deny others their rights
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under the constitution or laws of the United
States or of any state, or which seeks to over-
throw the government of the United States or
any state or subdivision thereof by unlawful
means.
Under the present Executive order this respon-
sibility rests with the Attorney General who is
thus cast in the unfortunate role of being both
prosecutor and judge. The new draft also adds
a new criterion in order to reach violent-action
organizations.
Because of the constitutional and procedural
problems involved no new organizations have been
added to the list since 1955. The emergence of
violent-action organizations of the extreme left
and right has caused a reexamination of the
problem and this draft Executive order is the
result. This Department believes the time has
come to reactivate this program.
The list of organizations is prepared for the
information of Federal civilian officers and
employees and for the convenience of persons
completing applications for Federal employment.
Membership in or affiliation with a designated
organization is one factor to be considered by
the departments and agencies of the Federal
Government in connection with the employment or
retention in employment of individuals in Federal
service.
The Director of the Bureau of the Budget would appreciate
receiving an expression of your views with respect to
this matter not later than Tuesday, April 2O', 1970.
Sincerely yours,
i'.
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