STATUS OF THE FINAL REPORT OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 1, 2004
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• Publication Date: April 26, 1976
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Review Staff: 76-0395
26-'April 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
FROM
luniet, eview.Sta - .
SUBJECT Status of the Final Report of the Senate
Select Committee on Intelligence
This memorandum is for your information and possible
use in discussions with other Administration officials.
The Senate Select Committee (SSC) final report is
scheduled for public release on Monday, 26 April at 1800
hours. It will consist of two major sections -- foreign
and domestic -- with each section containing findings and
recommendations and lengthy backup papers intended to
support the findings and recommendation.
We.have been told that the event will take place with
a minimum of public relations fanfare, but I believe it will
be too difficult for some of the staff and members of the
SSC to resist the temptation to take a few parting shots at
the Agency. Senator Church succumbed to the temptation in
a nationwide television appearance on 19 April. (see copy of
his address at Tab A). Nevertheless, I would urge that
spokesmen for the Executive Branch be cautioned to exercise
restraint in commenting upon the SSC report or reacting to
critical congressional statements on the subject. To do
otherwise would merely cause the issuance of the SSC report
to become a greater news event than is now the case. More-
over, any comments on.the SSC report from the Executive
Branch at this time should take into account that the Senate
on 6 May will be debating and voting upon several different
resolutions providing for the establishment of a new Congres-
sional oversight committee for the CIA and other elements of
the intelligence community. It would be unfortunate if state-
ments were made now which could adversely affect the votes of
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PROGRAM Political Broadcast
SUBJECT
April 19, 1976 10:55 PM
STATION
WTOP TV
-CBS Network
Washington,-D. C
Address by Senator Frank Church
SENATOR FRANK CHURCH: I'm Frank Church. I'm running
for President and I want to tell you why. After two hundred
years of marriage, the American people and the United States
Government are on the verge of divorce. ' Wha-t once seemed like
the perfect union now seems headed for the rocks- The people
are so turned off that in these presidential primaries only one
eligible, voter in five has cared enough to vote. The truth is
that you no longer trust politicians. You've lived too long under
weak leaders. It's a weak President who pardons Richard Nixon -
for all the crimes he committed in the White House and then looks
the other way while Nixon's lieutenants stand trial. It's a weak.
President who tells us we must imitate the Russians. in our treat-
ment of foreign people, that our CIA must be a carbon copy of the
Russian KGB. When we stoop to the communists' level, we betray
And it's a weak President who fails to use the muscle
of his office to punish powerful government agencies that break
the. Sacv and'"6iilljr the peop e. No inte11ijg;ence agency ever had
ETie rigit to opei our mail or intercept our telegrams- Yet the
CIA did tt for twenty years.
No law enforcement agency ever had the right to destroy
a great American like Martin Luther King. Yet the FBI tried and
nearly did. No tax collecting agency ever had the right to open
tax investigations against law abiding citizens solely for the
purpose of political harassment.. Yet the 'IRS admits to having
done just that ---- hundreds of times.
These are crimes against freedom, and they must stop
only when the government begins treating the people with respect
again will it begin to regain the respect of the people again.
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The second'reason people are turned off is because
their government has done so little to save the economy. Too
many Americans can't find work and pric.es are so high that the
average family can't make ends meet. President Ford says that
not enough money is being invested in new plants and equipment
here in the United States. But he doesn't tell you why. Neither
he nor any other candidate has a word to say about how our govern-
ment is encouraging big business to invest outside the United
States at an average loss of a hundred and fi.fty.thou.sand jobs
a year here at home.
These companies. get special tax breaks on their foreign
earnings. They also get cut-rate government, insurance which your
taxes help pay for to cover all their risks abroad. As President,
I would stop the export of American. jobs by eliminating tax breaks
on foreign earnings. And I would tell big businesses that from no..
on they can invest overseas at their risk, not ours..
Finally, if the American people are to be reunited with
their government, this country's foreign policy must start making
sense to them. The United States is no longer the one. rich patron
of a war wrecked world. Other rich countries.must start sharing
in the: burden of foreign aid. Of course, we must stand strong in
those parts of the world where our vital, interests are-, at stake,
like Western Europe, Israel in the Middle East and the outer reache
of the Pacific. But out there in the Third World, new societies
are emerging, young nations wracked with ferment and revolution
and upheaval. Independence is their goal, and they won't stay
subjugated long under any foreign rule, whether Russiaa.or Cuban.
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So..we don't need to get involved in every African an
that'comes along.
As a senator, I was one of the first to speak out
against Vietnam. As President, I would take our foreign policy
out of the hands of the compulsive interventionists.
If you believe, with me, that our. government should stop
breaking the law, stop paying big business to leave the country
and stop intervening in needless, senseless foreign wars, then
the marriage between our government and the people can be saved.
But I need your help, your money as well as your vote. Please
send as much as you can as soon as you can to me,-Frank Church, -
Post Office Box 1976, Boise, Idaho. That's Frank Church, Box
1976, Boise, Idaho.
ANNOUNCER: Frank Church for President. At last, a
candidate who makes you want to vote. .
This is CBS.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON,D.C. 20505
11 March 1976
The Honorable Frank Church, Chairman
Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations
With Respect to Intelligence Activities
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
At our February 6th meeting we discussed the
Committee's final report and procedures to be followed
in reviewing the Select Committee's drafts. We have
recently heard from your staff regarding such procedures.
I thought it would be appropriate for me to respond and
advise you that we concur generally and plan to proceed
as follows:
1. We shall provide written comments on
security questions, proposing deletions
and changes and stating our reasons for
deletions and changes.
2. We shall provide written comments on
errors in fact.
3. We are prepared to discuss with your
staff members questions'of editorial
content and conclusions should they
so desire.
Our participation in these procedures should not
be construed as indicating Executive Branch concurrence
in the substance or findings of the Committee report.
Sincerely,
George- IBusV
M rector
Executive Registry
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