ITEMS TO DISCUSS AT MEETING WITH HALDEMAN AND EHRLICH MAN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3

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• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-536-18-1-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SALZBURG COMMCENTER: THIS MESSAGE IS TO BE DELIVERED IN A
SEALED ENVELOPE, MARKED "EYES ONLY" FOR GENERAL
SCOWCROFT. DELIVER TO.SCOWCROFT DIRECT.
DO NOT RETAIN ANY RECORD OF THIS MESSAGE.
JUNE 109 1974
TO: GENERAL SCOWCROFT
FROM: BUD MCFARLANE
1. THE FOLLOWING TWO MEMORANDA ARE TRANSMITTED IN RESPONSE
TO YOUR TELEPHONE REQUEST OF THIS EVENING.
2. BEGIN TEXT:
JUNE 3, 1969
MEMORANDUM FOR MR.HENRY A . KISSINGER
FROM:AL HAIG
SUBJECT: ITEMS TO DISCUSS AT MEETING WITH HALDEMAN AND
EHRLICHMAN ON TUESDAY, JUNE 3
1. INFORM HALDEMAN AND EHRLICHMAN THAT YOU HAVE HAD SOME
INVESTIGATIONS MADE BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AS
A RESULT OF SEVERAL PRESS LEAKS WHICH MIGHT HAVE COME FROM
MEMBERS OF THE NSC STAFF. SPECIFICALLY, STORIES CARRIED BY
WILLIAM BEECHER INDICATED THAT HIGHLY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION
HAD BEEN PROVIDED FROM SOURCES HIGH IN THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
OR ON THE NSC STAFF. THE FIRST TWO LEAKS INVOLVED NSC STUDIES
WHICH WERE CONDUCTED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
FOR THE NSC. AND THE LAST AND MOST SERIOUS WAS THE LEAK INVOLVING
OUR CAMBODIAN. B-52 OPERATIONS.
-- TELL EHRLICHMAN AND HALDEMAN THAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE
`FULLY APPRISED OF THE ACTIONS YOU HAVE TAKEN WITH THE FBI,
THE RESULTS OF THE FBI INVESTIGATION WHICH INCLUDED THE USE
OF WIRETAPPING INFORMATION AGAINST CERTAIN MEMBERS OF YOUR STAFF,
AND YOUR PLAN FOR FUTURE ACTIONS.
FBI, OSD, NSS Reviews
Completed.
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7- FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS WITH MEL LAIRD AS TO THE POSSIBLE
SOURCES OF THE LEAKS ON THE FIRST TWO BEECHER ARTICLES, IN
EARLY MAY A THIRD ARTICLE BY BEECHER WAS RELEASED WHICH CUL-
MINATED IN THE DECISION BY YOU AND BY MEL LAIRD TO INITIATE FORMAL
INVESTIGATION IN AN EFFORT TO FIND THE SOURCE.
-- LAIRD DECIDED TO USE HIS DIRECTOR OF INSPECTION SERVICES
IN OSD TO CONDUCT AN INVESTIGATION AND YOU ASKED INSPECTOR
WILLIAM SULLIVAN AND J. EDGAR HOOVER, THE DIRECTOR OF THE
FBI, TO INITIATE A FORMAL INVESTIGATION ON MAY 9.
--, ON MAY 13 YOU RECEIVED A MEMORANDUM FROM J. EDGAR HOOVER
(TAB A) IN WHICH HE MADE SOME ALLEGATIONS TO THE EFFECT THAT
MORT HALPERIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE SOURCE OF THE LEAKS SINCE
HE WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF BEECHER'S AND ALSO "OF ANTI-ADMINISTRATION
ORIENTATION.
IN THE SAME MEMORANDUM, HOOVER INDICATED THAT LARRY
EAGLEBURGER WAS A POSSIBLE SUSPECT BECAUSE HE WAS FORMERLY AN
ASSISTANT TO NICK KATZENBACK AND WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF
BEECHER. (ACTUALLY , MR. EAGLEBURGER IS AN ARDENT REPUBLICAN
AND HAS NEVER MET Me BEECHER. )
-- THE HOOVER MEMORANDUM ALSO MENTIONS IVAN SELIN OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, WHO IS A CLOSE FRIEND OF HALPERIN'S.
-- BASED ON THE 'HOOVER MEMORANDUM OF MAY 13 AND SEVERAL
OTHER UNOFFICIAL REPORTS THAT MEMBERS OF THE NSC STAFF MIGHT HAVE
BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE LEAKS AND AFTER DISCUSSING THE PROBLEM
WITH THE PRESIDENT, YOU HAD COL. HAIG INSTRUCT MR.SULLIVAN
TO PLACE A WIRETAP ON THE OFFICE AND RESIDENCE PHONES OF THE
FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS: HALPERIN, SONNENFELDT,
DAVIDSON (YOU REQUESTED DAVIDSON BECAUSE OF HIS EALIER REPUTATION
FOR LOOSE TALK WITH THE PRESS CORPS), SNEIDER AND MOOSE.
-- AS INFORMATION WAS PICKED UP DURING THE WIRETAP
OPERATION, COL. HAIG WAS CALLED BY MR. SULLIVAN, WENT TO HIS
OFFICE AND READ COVERSATIONS WHICH WERE WRITTEN UP BY THE
FBI AGENTS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION. THESE TAPS HAD BEEN CONDUCTED
SINCE MAY 15 AND ARE STILL BEING MAINTAINED,
LY
-- SO FAR, PROBLEMS HAVE DEVELOPED WITH TWO- OF THE INDIVIDUALS
BEING TAPPED. THE FIRST INVOLVES DAN DAVIDSON WHO HAS
UNQUESTIONABLY BEEN GUILTY OF REVEALING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED
INFORMATION TO VARIOUS MEMBERS OF THE PRESS CORPS, INCLUDING
MARILYN BERGER OF "NEWSDAY" AND ESPECIALLY
HENRY BRANDON OF LONDON SUNDAY TIMES. DAVIDSON HAS ALSO BEEN
INVOLVED IN SEVERAL TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH GOVERNOR HARRIMAN
WHICH COULD BE CONSIDERED DISLOYAL TO THE ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS
POSSIBLE BREACHES OF SECURITY. HIS MOST SERIOUS BREACHES,
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HOWEVER 9 INVOLVE REVELATIONS TO HENRY BRANDON
ON EXTREMELY SENSITIVE MATTERS RELATING TO THE EARLIER
PARIS NEGOTIATIONS WHEN HARRIMAN AND VANCE WERE IN CHARGE
DURING THE EVOLUTION OF THE BOMBING PAUSE AND HALT.
-- THE SECOND PROBLEM AREA REFERRED TO CONVERSATION BETWEEN
MORT HALPERIN AND DR. LESLIE GELB, AN ASSOCIATE OF HALPER IN'S
WHO FORMERLY WORKED IN THE PENTAGON IN ISA AND WHO IS NOW ASS-
OCIATED WITH BROOKNGS INSTITUTION. HALPERINS CONVERSATIONS
WERE VERY INAPPROPRIATE ALTHOUGH THEY DID NOT NECESSARILY
CONSTITUTE A SERIOUS BREACH OF SECURITY.
-- ON MAY 289 J& EDGAR HOOVER. FORWARDED A MEMORANDUM TO
YOU (TAB B) p WHICH SUMMARIZED THE INFORMATION
ON THE TWO ABOVE INDIVIDUALS AND RAISED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
BONA FIDES OF HENRY BRANDON. HOOVER ALSO FORWARDED THIS
INFORMATION TO THE PRESIDENT AND YOU DISCUSSED IT IN
DETAIL WITH- THE PRESIDENT ON MAY 28.
-- ON MAY 29, MR. HOOVER SENT AN ADDITIONAL MEMORANDUM
(TAB C) TO YOU IN WHICH HE RAISED MORE QUESTIONS ON THE SECURITY
STATUS OF DAVIDSON. HALPERIN AND HENRY BRANDON. THE CONVERSATIONS
ON HALPERIN' S TELEPHONE INDICATED THAT HE ALSO WAS IN OSE
CONTACT WITH BRANDON WHO MAY BE SS
HOVER MEMORANDUM ALSO NOTES THAT
BOTH DAVIDSON AND HALPERIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FAMILY
OF I.F. STONE, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. IN THE
SAME MEMORANDUM HOOVER NOTES THAT HAL SONNELFELDT HAS
BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MAX FRANKEL OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND
ABRAHAM BR UMBE RG
THIS MEMORANDUM ALSO POINTS
OUT THAT DAVIDSON HAS BEE IN CONTACT WITH MARILYN BERGER AND
RICH SMITH, A REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE NEW YORK TIMES.
FUTURE ACTIONS
BASED ON THE FOREGOING, YOU HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO:
. A. HAVE DAVIDSON TRANSFERRED TO STATE THIS WEEK WHERE
HE WILL BE PLACED IN A NON- SENSITIVE POSITION AND WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE THAT HE WILL SOON LEAVE GOVERNMENT AND THAT. THE _-FB I
WILL ENSURE THAT HE IS NOT EXPOSED TO SENSITIVE INFORMATION
IN THE FUTURE.
B. GRADUALLY CUT HALPER IN' S CONTACT WITH SENSITIVE INFORMATION
WITHIN THE NSC STAFF AND EXCLUDE HIM FROM FUTURE SENSITIVE DATA.
IN THE INTERIM, WE WILL MAINTAIN THE CLOSEST SURVEILLANCE
OF HIS ACTIVITIES AND TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS.
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Co RECOMMEND THAT EHRLICHMAN REVIEW AT HIS FIRST OPPORTUNITY
THE RECORD OF HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS, WHICH ARE MAINTAINED
IN BILL SULLIVANS'S OFFICE. ITIS EVIDENT FROM THIS RECORD THAT
WHILE MUCH THAT HAS BEEN SAID IS WORRISOME, THERE IS YET
NOTHING POSITIVE ON WHICH ACTIONS CAN BE TAKEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF
THE FACT THAT HE HAS PROBABLY BEEN IN CONTACT WITH BRANDON
SUBSEQUENT TO HALDEMAN'S MEMORANDUM FORBIDDING CONTACTS WITH THE
PRESS.
D. IN THE CASE OF SONNENFELDT, THERE HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO
EVIDENCE OTHER THAN THE REFERENCE IN HOOVER'S MEMORANDUM
THAT HE HAS BEEN GUILTY OF ANY SECURITY VIOLATIONS. THERE IS
PREVIOUS VIOLATION BY SONNENFELDT WHICH OCCURRED MANY YEARS
AGO AND WHICH CONFIRMS THAT HE HAS BEEN INJUDICIOUS IN THE PAST.
FOR THIS REASON, YOU PROPOSE TO MAINTAIN THE TAP ON HIS TELEPHONE.
( YOU MIGHT NOTE THAT SONNENFELDT IS BASICALLY A STRONG ANTI-
COMMUNIST AND CONSERVATIVE THINKER.)
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JUNE 4, 19 69
MEMORANDUM FOR MR. KI SS INGER
FROM: AL HA IG
SUBJECT: TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH. J. EDGAR HOOVER,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4 AT 9:30AM
1. EXPRESS YOUR APPRECIATION TO MR. HOOVER AND MR. SULLIVAN
FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING SUPPORT IN RECENT WEEKS IN UNCOVERING SECURITY
PROBLEMS WITHIN THE NSC STAFF. INFORM MR. HOOVER THAT YOU
HAVE DISCUSSED THESE PROBLEMS IN DETAIL WITH THE PRESIDENT
( AND WITH MESSRS. HALDEMAN AND EHRLICHMAN) .
2. TELL MR. HOOVER OF THE ACTION TO BE TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO
DAVIDSON.
3. ASK MR.HOOVER FOR HIS VIEWS ON HOW WE SHOULD PROCEED
WITH HALPERIN, WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN INDISCRETIONS AND
WHO OBVIOUSLY HAS A REPUTATION FOR LIBERAL VIEWS BUT
WHO HAS YET TO BE FIRMLY LINKED WITH A SECURITY BREACH. I THINK
IT BEST THAT YOU SEEK MR."-HOO=VER' S ADVVCE IN THIS
INSTANCE WHILE AVOIDING ANY SPECIFIC COMMENTS PRO OR CON AND
ESPECIALLY AVOIDING ANY OPINIONS ON THIS MATTER;
4. REQUEST MR. HOOVER'S ADVICE ON HOW TO PROCEED WITH
SONNENFELDT.
5. ASK MR. HOOVER I F HE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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OR GUIDANCE WHICH HE FEELS WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THIS VERY
DIFFICULT SITUATION.
SPECIFICALLY YOU MIGHT INQUIRE ABOUT THERE REQUIREMENT
FOR PROLONGING THE TAPS, MAKING IT CLEAR THAT THE PRESIDENT WL8HES
TO TERMINATE THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ( I THINK IN THE CASE
OF HALPER IN AND SONNENFELDT THAT THEY SHOULD BE KEPT ON FOR A
AT LEAST ANOTHER TWO WEEKS SO THAT A PATTERN OF INNOCENCE
CAN BE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED.
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RESPECTFULLY.
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