REPORT OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 23, 1978
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SUSJEC.T REPORT OF-S.TRE SENATE:. SELECT COMM,I-TTEE ON.
ItNTELLI.GENC
THE FOLLOvING IS THE REPORT OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE f.? 3
ON INTELLIGENCE, RELEASED AT 6:00 P.M. E.D.T.,
THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1978, RE ACTIVITIES OF 'FRIENDLY'
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES IN THE UNITED STATES: A
CASE STUDY.
INTRODUCj10.1,AND SUMMARY
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THIS REPORT SETS FORTH THE RESULT OF A YEAR-LONG INVESTI-
GATION INTO THE ROLE OF UNITED STATES INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES WITH RESPECT TO ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES BY THE
GOVERNMEhNT, REPRESENTATIVES AND AGENTS OF SOUTH KOREA IN
THE UNITED STATES.
THE COM?ITTEE'S INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AS A CASE STUDY
OF THE ACTIVITIES OF 'FRIENDLY' INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
IN THE UNITED STATES. THE SOUTH KOREAN CASE 444S SELECTED
AND MUCH INFORMATION AS ALREADY AVAILABLE. THE COMMITTEE
IS EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT SIMILAR ALLEGATIONS THAT HAVE
BEEN MADE ABOUT THE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF SOME OTHER
AUMIN INTERNAL USE ONLY
State Department review completed
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FRIENDLY COUNTRIES. THE COMMITTEE V+ILL CONTINUE TO SEEK
TO ASCERTAIN THE EXTENT OF THE INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES OF
OTHER GOVERNMENTS WITH WHOM THE UNITED STATES HAS GOOD
RELATIONS AS v+ELL AS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO
THESE ACTIVITIES.
KNOWLEDGE RANGED FRO 'SIMPLE ANARENESS AS EARLY AS 1963
THAT THE KOREAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE WAS MONITORING THE
ACTIVITIES OF KOREAN RESIDENTS IN THE UNITED STATES, TO
KNOWLEDGE BY 1971-73 THAT THE KOREAN GOVERNMENT WAS
ATTEMPTING BY UNLAWFUL MEANS TO INFLUENCE AND SOMETIMES
INTIMIDATE HUNDREDS OF KOREAN NATIONALS b'JHO WERE
LIVING IN THIS COUNTRY. IT INCLUDED KNOWLEDGE IN 1971,
NOT ONLY OF PLANS TO IMPROPERLY INFLUENCE MEMBERS OF
THE U.S. CONGRESS, BUT ALSO OF UNLAWFUL PAYMENTS THAT
HAD ACTUALLY BEEN MADE THAT SAME YEAR TO MEMBERS OF THE
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO INFLUENCE U.S. LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
THE -PARTICULAR FOCUS _OF- RT-HE:.. COt ML.T.TEE-o IN EXAMINING THE
DOCUMENTARY RECORD ANU INTERVIEWING KEY EXECUTIVE BRANCH
OFF ICIAL5,HAS 6EEh-ON_THE.;EXTEtT,Ts3A::~tH.ICFizTtt#R-S,
tyGOVERK MEivT'-'Kr EVy-OF -THE ` KO.RE:AI GOVERtdMEfidTW-SH~-AEvT?ltV.I;T,I~ES
.THE D,ECI:S,IDt4S- .THAT,:,,WERE-..MA.OE,.e?.AND-- THE;,,RESULflN&Ifi-ACTIONS
WHICH WERE.-OR, WERE -NUT .:TAKES .4~ THEeKNOpLEDGE..Wr3LCH=;TTHE..
U.S. GOVERNMEr T H F -`` I~rOST OF IT BASED- UPON INTELLIGENCE.
_,,REPORT.Lt!.fs,.a:U AS. EXTENS IVEP -OETA-ILE.D,-_.AND CURRENT. THAT
STATES I.NTELLIGENCE AGENCIES,-AS..A.r&Y-PRODUCT.-OF THEIR
ROUTINE. FOREIGN,--1:TELL IGEr'ICE- WORK, !`TONE"OF"'TT"`WAS'-
OBTAINED''dS'TtiE RESULT' "OF SPECIFIC L'EVIED` REOt,TR#MfhATS,.
AND NO INTELLIGENCE AGENT WAS EVER DIRECTED
SPECIFICALLY TO FOCUS ON THE SUBJECT IN A COMPREHENSIVE
vrAY. THE U.S. GOVERNMEfT NEVER SET AS AN INTELLIGENCE
COLLECTIUt4 PRIORITY THE QUESTION OF WHETHER 'FRIENDLY'
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES WERE CONDUCTING ACTIVITIES
DIRECTED AT OFFICIALS OR OTHER RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED
_MOST GF, ,:.T IS.INFO j ATI.ON; vAS. ,R.ECE,LVED BY,THE..U.NS?TE.
STATES. ALTHOUGH MUCH-OF--.THE?-INFORMATION RECEIVED;-VAS
DISSEMI TATED TO THOSE -,COMPONENTS ..OF :THE.. U.S. GOVERNMEN
WITH LAr ENFORCEMENT OR FOREIGPJ-POLICY RESPONSIBILITIES,
SOME PIECES OF RELEVANT INFORMATION WERE -NEVER
PASSED 'ON _TV ANYONE IN A POSITION TO TAKE ACTION". THE.:_
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INDICTMENT INVOLVING ALLEGED SOVIET INTELLIGENCE
ACTIVITIES IN THE NEV: YORK CITY AREA DRAMATIZES THE
CONTINUED GRAVITY OF THAT PROBLEM, Af14D THE LO I4I.1TEE
- ILL...SPEC.IFICALL.Y, rkcEPGRT,>W''; BGTH THE ;M4GNITUDE .UF THE-
SDVIET THREATS AS WELL AS THE ADEQUACY.-.,OF,= THE yCF T?HE;U,Sa...I.ivrTELLIGENCE.-AGENCIES
TH .WOOLO'*-+AVE ?INFLUE?NCED--It TELLIGE,,NCE C0LIsEC.TI.C1tw,.-AJgD_-RE?.
PORTING,>-OR- RESULTAi,T'GOVERPMENT ACTION,.:.:..-THE=-COMRLT- EE-,--k1AS
DE-fERNiPiE-U4TF4 F# A-L THOuGHil:PAR-K-.D-1~D, HAVEN'-St}ME_-, 'IMI,TED3-a.CONT-ACT
WI_Tti-,L4.S::::-IIJ-TELLIGENCE.?..-PERSONNELr'-HE-'*AS-NEVER---C7LIRSI..D.E i,E,P -.
`BY' i1.S:--It' TELLIGENCE- AGENCIES .TO H4.VE BEES=,A ; ASSE, g,RND,
Nc-NEVcR?htAl Aay-1~ E:OF~htAL.REL.ArX-1aNSt IR~:wITHa ANY.,1F,,I jQSE
zAGENCIES,. O*THE?PE`CIS--NOS?EVIDENCE"=-rr1OI'CATINNG .THAT--PARKLST`HE'-?CrBJECTIONABLE -.AC.T-I VI ?IE,S ,ICt$ THE
KCIA-- CONDUCTED I N?=THE--UNITED:S-TATES?. MOREOVER, WHEN THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT IS ABLE TO LEARN OF SUCH ACTIVI-
TIES, IT HAS THE OPTION TO THWART THEM, ALBEIT AT SOME RISK
TO OUR OWN INTELLIGENCE AND FOREIGN POLICY INTERESTS.
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THE COMMITTEE IS CONCERNED- THAT U S>_GQVERNME?NT- OFFICIALS'
SHOULD-' APPRECIATE THE FULL-RANGE--;F- ACT10NPE4-,TU,..:THE:._
UNITED ?-STA-TES, GOVERNMENT''TO DEAL WITH_ THE PROBLEP4S,-!RAI:SED
BY ACTIVITIES OF FRIENDLY` FOREI-GiV-- IN TELL IGENCE?-SERV?IGE.S-
IN THE U1'b TED?-STATES.
EIG * AGENTS SHOULD BE PEROLTTED TO BUY UNITED STATES FQR-
L:`Y--NO-"DIFFEREPl-T `FPOP, CD CEPTIONS----OR,- MIS(_C14LEPJ-14N5...~-
WHIC-H-SERVE``RS 'THE' BAST'S 'FOR: EVERY'' NA-T-IO4t. ';i:I1?-TELL-IGENCE
ACITIV1-TIES'-ALLOVER `THE7-40RLD r.E CANNOT ADDRESS THIS
KIND OF CASE MERELY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE-OF WHETHER FOR
THE COFiP'sITTEEY IS"AL50- CC'NCEPNEO' THAT FRATE`/E ,t4AYs-Ftk:VE
PROMPTED KOREAN -It.TELLIGENCE-`-OFE'ICERSs_Ta,., bLLIEVE iT_HA. THEY:
COUCCr-0P1MATE` ITH-ImPtmrTr-eIN.. THE--UN'ITEE - SsTATES,XIS.--PkUaABa
IT REQUIREES-AwAREriESS -THAT THE_ KCIA ' AS OPE RA.TIOi4A- --IN--'THIS_
COUNTR-Y AS-LONG AGO AS .1963 AND' CONS IDER4TIOi :.OF>,WHE?THER
ANY- OPERA?T-ICLNS=OTHER _THAI+a-.LIAISON--SHOULDHAVE BEER,,-.. OR
SHOULD-BEr-'ACCEPT ABLE.-=--.AND.THE COMPLEXITY' OF. RESOLVING-
THAT- ISSUE -REQUIRES, ACKNO4LEDGEMENr-OF OUR-?Ou nt-1NTELLI-
GENCE ACTIVITIES' WHICH ARE, OF GREAT BENEFIi': TO -THE--UN-I TED
STATES.
EIGN POLICY. THE,-ISSUE IS MUCH MORE FUNDAHENTAL THAN THAT.
IF" WE"'-wrw'T"0'_PRE VErjT"FLiTURE`'C-AS-cS ib?E Im'PR(IPEP ""AC7TIVITIES
BY' FRIENDLY FORE?IGr INTE`t.LIGENCE.SER'ICES'"7:N-THE ,'UfVTTED~
STATESr- BUT CONCLUDE TH1 T ; AN OUTRIGHT BA-" -v+OULD-UNDULY
RESTR-I-CT OUR, O- Rf -OPERA S'ABROADP` THEPj?vr? S*?f}tjLf," -T.R`?,,TEI
FASFtIOt*-SOMME. MET-HOD--OF-;.GGVERiwIr,tG THESE- INTERNATIONAL PRAC.--
AD1MIN INTERNAL USE ONLY
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UNCLAS FINAL SECTION OF 15 STATE 159962
TICE5 THAT EFFGPT HAS NEVE.R. BEF.ORE BEEN;.::MA.DE, ANU-. IT
MOULD HE`--NAIVE' TO BELIE-VE THAT THE. UNITED STATES COULD
UNILAT-ERALLf FRUMULGA'TE"S1"AUDAR S':FOR THE= CGN0U.C'T -OF
FRIENDL.Y:.FOREIGN,--INTEL.L.LGENCE. SERVICES._ IT. I,S. THE' COMMIT-
TEES'S""JUDGMENT THAT THE UN-ITED...STATES GOVERrt}MEN-T,.IN-CON-
SULTATION`WITH.:-:OUR FRIENDS AND ALLIES, ?MIGHT