RELATIONSHIPS WITH FBI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP95B00915R001000490016-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: June 29, 1976
• Content Type: MFR

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ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET
SUBJECT: (Optional)
Relationships with FBI
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Robert W. Gambino
Director of Security
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2 9 JUN 1976 ST
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FROM Robert W. Gambino
Director of Security
SUBJECT: Relationships with FBI
1. On 28 June 1976 I met with FBI Special Agents Vern
Weimar and Joe Deegan, concerning the mini-flap which was
precipitated by Jerry Oppenheimer of The Washington Star.
The purpose of the meeting was to establish interim guide-
lines for the Bureau in forwarding information to the Office
of Security/CIA pertaining to the safety and security of CIA
personnel and installations in the United States.
2. By way of b ckground- on 23 une 1976 I received a
STAT telephone.call from Office of the Assistant
to the DCI, advising Me _CnaT had received a call
from Jerry Oppenheimer of The Washington Star. Oppenheimer
STAT apparently told that he had received a copy of an
FBI report dated IS une 76 which concerned a peaceful demon-
stration of 16 people in Bowling Green, Kentucky over the
trial of the individuals who allegedly killed two FBI agents
on an Indian reservation in June of 1975. Oppenheimer's
STAT question concerned the propriety of the FBI furnish-
ing CIA t if information.
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STAT 3. I advised that I had not seen the FBI
report but would search .or it in Office of Security files; if I
found it I would return his call. In addition, I mentioned to
STAT in passing that the report did not appear to be of STA
in Brest to the Office of Security. A file search was conducted,
the report was not found, and I did not return call.
4. The late edition of the 25 June 1976 The Washington Star
carried an article by Jerry Oppenheimer in which CIA officials
were quoted as stating that the Bureau had been sent a memorandum
instructing them not to send this type of information to CIA.
The CIA spokesman was quoted to the effect that the FBI had goofed
in forwarding this information.
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5. I was informed by Messrs. Weimar and Deegan that the
matter had been brought to the personal attention of Mr. Clarence
Kelley, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, who was very
embarrassed by this article. Further, Mr. Kelley directed
Special Agents Weimar and Deegan to contact the Agency on 28 June
1976 and develop more definitive guidelines for the dissemi-
nation of this type information.
6. During the meeting with Special Agents Weimar and Deegan,
it was pointed out by them that the FBI was exercising a legal
function within their charter when they reported the peaceful
demonstration which occurred in Bowling Green, Kentucky on
14 June 1976. Since a number of the demonstrators were carrying
placards denouncing the FBI and CIA, CIA was put on distribution.
At the present time the FBI is operating under the assumption
that any information collected which mentions CIA will be dissemi-
nated to CIA. Obviously, that interpretation is too broad and
needs to be narrowed.
7. I advised Special Agents Weimar and Deegan that this
matter.should be reduced to writing in the form of a letter
from CIA to Director Kelley spelling out with some preciseness
the type of information the Director of Security/CIA needs to
accomplish his mission. I noted that I would initiate such a
memorandum, coordinate within CIA, and forward to the Bureau for
their comments. At the conclusion of this coordination I would
send a formal request to Director Kelley. Mr. Deegan concurred
in the above suggestion with the comment that he would coordi-
nate the draft with the Department of Justice Committee on the
Attorney General's Guidelines.
8. In the interim, I requested the FBI to furnish the
Office of Security/CIA with all information which comes to
their attention concerning the safety of CIA personnel and in-
stallations in the United States. I advised them that I felt
that the Executive Order permitted CIA to receive this infor-
mation and that CIA would evaluate it upon receipt, destroy it
if no further action were indicated, or recontact the Bureau if
follow-up action were indicated.
9. The meeting was concluded on a very friendly note.
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