RESPONSE TO SENATOR BAKER S LETTER

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel
THROUGH Deputy Director for Intelligencet~'
SUBJECT Response to Senator Baker's letter
1. The allegations concerning Helms' conversation
with the Watch Office on the weekend of 17 - 18 June 1972
are clearly false. The Operations Center's report on this
episode, together with its logs, is attached. For a full
account these materials should be combined with D/OS' ac-
count of the rest of the story. One point should be added.
The Duty Officer with whom Helms spoke on Saturday afternoon
and on Sunday morning has been interviewed. He has no recol-
lection of having discussed the Watergate affair with Helms
on these or any other occasions, and it would have been most
uncharacteristic for him to have done so.
2. My own recollection is that Helms told his morning
meeting on Monday that he had had a quiet evening at home
ruined by a call from Howard Osborn telling him "Boss, I
have some repulsive news for you," and going on to inform him
that Hunt and McCord were involved. I assume this is the call
which D/OS reported to the Watch Office at 2217 Saturday even-
ing and which is mentioned in Helms' testimony and mismentioned
in Rowan's column. The Watch Office is under the impression
that Helms had gone to Lewes for the weekend, but I believe
they are wrong about this and that he was at home in Washington.
The morning meeting minutes of Monday contain Helms' instruc-
tions on how to handle the affair but do not mention the
particular language I have quoted. I suspect, however, that
the others who were there will also remember it vividly.
3. St. George's reference to Kissinger's return of
estimates and memoranda with obscenities sprawled across
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them is of course also false. When Kissinger came to the
White House he had a number of criticisms of specific CIA
papers and often returned them with specific comments, re-
quests for development or clarification, or challenges to
the theses presented. He also was highly complimentary on
a number of other CIA papers during the same period. All
of this was read here as being part of the normal process
of adjustment from one administration to another..
4. This story has appeared previously in print, al-
though we are unable collectively to remember where. Its
genesis is possibly Kissinger's unhappiness with the major
military estimates because they did not develop fully enough
and precisely enough questions that were in dispute, and
did not bring out fully the reasoning and evidence underlying
the various agency positions. In response to this pressure
a new approach was developed for NIE 11-8, and the new product
drew a complimentary memorandum from the President.
5. The remainder of this section of St. George's
article somehow wraps up Kissinger's efforts to improve
the production of national intelligence with the efforts
of Ehrlichman, Colson, et. al in domestic espionage in a
single package, and this in turn becomes an assault on the
Intelligence Community's "vital monopoly" as the President's
only source of intelligence information. Enough said.
Director of Current Intelligence
Deputy Director for Intelligence
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Continuing log....
Cable Sec and OCI/Regigtry notified that front office
(O/DCI) open for busingss.
WHSR advises that henceforth, will be assigned to
outgoing msgs(PDB) by Sit Room after twx from
Sig Ctr.
EOD.
called jn and conferred with the SDO.
briefed SDO on a NCNA item just-received
stating that Le Duc Tbq has stopped over in Peking on
his return to Hanoi. Informed Mr. Lehman, PDB, VNTF
and OCI/EUR. CSDO also informed. Alerted WHSR DO.
briefed SDO on Paris AFP release stating
that the North Vietnamese Embassy in Peking will hold
a press conference on Sunday. Informed Mr. Lehman, VNTF,
PDB, CSDO and SAVA. SDO WHSR advised.
Mr. Helms has departed for the day.
O/DDI closed; WO
Mr. Lehman has departed for the day.
WO II departed the Operations Center to take a memo
prepared by OSR to at the White House.
Mr. Helms called in and conferred with the SDO. NSO
advised how to cantact the DCI should he be needed.
SDO off duty.
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returned to the Operations Center.
requested that Security search its files
to determine tP an identification of one Edward Martin,
arrested by the Metropolitan Police this morning for
breaking into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters
Martin claimed to have been employed by the Agency until
.several years ago. The ncident was reported by AP City
Wire, item 71, however, Martin's claim former CIA
employee was not included in the item. t~fbas been
queried by the Washington Post as to the truth of Martin's
claim as a former Agency; employee. Requested Security
to check its files.
Security cannot identify Edward.Martin as a former employee
of the Agency. Checked CSDO. Secret Service requested
namechecks on all those arrested at the Democratic Headquart rs
early this morning. None of those arrested had Agency
employee status. Advised
Mr. Wilde of the Washington Post called for Mr.
is out for the evening. 'Informed Mr. Wilde. He
requested that l call him when he returns.
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fact tha wo formerremployees Jim Mc Cord and Howard Hunt
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FAA/DO advises that Western Airline flt 226 out of Los
Angeles to Los Vegas is in the process of being hijacked
...OS and CSDO informed.
PDB sent to Sig Ctr for transmission to WHSR for Dr.
Kissinger's party. Hard copy LDXed to WHSR.
Checked with FAA re 0100 entry. Hijacking turned out to
be false... crew X XHXK?#ff"panicked" when a passenger mention
the word "hijack". There was no interruption of'the fligh
OS and CSDO advised.
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Continuing log.....
Mr.Lehman EOD...cable sec informed that Mr. Lehman is
sitting in 7F-24.
Mr. Helms conferred with the SDO. DCI's afternoon plans
passed to Security.
called in and was briefed by the SDO.
Mr. Lehman departed the office for the day.
O/D/OCI is closed; WO out to check.
CIB Submissions List sent to
via telecopier.
UPI 225A states that James W. Mc Cord, identified as an
ex-CIA employee, has been further identified as a member of
the President's Reelection Campaign Committee. Mc Cord
is one of five persons arrested for breaking into the
Democratic National Committee Headquarters on Saturday.
Alerted Security, CSDO.
Security DO in the Operations Center to pick up press on
breakin of Democratic Headquarters.
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on UPI 225A.
PDB drafts LDXed to WHSR.
Mr. Helms called in and conferred with the SDO. DCI's
evening plans passed to NSO.
Mr. Helms was briefed by the SDO on the current press
reporting of the breakin at. the Democratic National
Headquarters on Saturday and Its aftermath.
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SDO conferred with re AP 054 & FBIS 16 ( Soviet
call for immediate halt of US military actions against NVN
ports & the resumption of constructive talks in Paris). PDB
& Black CIB updated.
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