2D JACKSON LINK TO C.I.A. REPORTED

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2011
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• Publication Date: January 28, 1976
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Senator Said to Have Advised'
Helms on How to Reply to*
Watergate InquiryQuestions
Syctt t,'rhe New Yerk ==&
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27
Senator Henry M. Jackson ad-i
wised Rici:ard. Helms, formert
director of central intelligence,;
o r, how to respond to Core s-,
sional questions on Wait?:gate,
at a dinner meeting wiah Sena-
tor for Stuart Symington early in!
1973, according to Congression-l
This was the second reported I
incident to come to light in,
which Mr. Jackson was sought:
out by C.I.A. or former C.I.A.
officials and asked how to deal
with Congressional invesai_a-
tions. This and several other
contacts by Mr. Helms with
members of Congress are ex-
pected-to come under scrutiny
as the Justice Department pres-
ses ins investigation into whe-
ther Mr. Helms comrnittt!d per-
jury in his Capitol hill testimo-
ny-Mr. IIelms, Ambasasdor to
Iran, returned here from Tehr-
an late Sunday. for Congres-
sional appearances. He has re-
tained Edward Bennett Wit-
-a prominent Washington
lawyer, to represent him.
Senator Jackson confirmed
ahat Mr. Helms had been his
dinner guest in early 1973, but:
said he could not remember]
the date. He added that hel
believed it was after Mr. Helms
had been confirmed as A,:.bas=
sador in February.
Watergate Involvement Feared
Mr. Jackson recalled that,
Senator S;?rnington has asked!
him to talk to Mr.Hel,ms about]
-the C.I.A. Waspects of the
Watergate case. Mr. Helms was
worried that they [people in,
the Nixon Administration) were'
? y n ; to implicate him and
1.f.A. in the Watergate mat-
ter," Mr: Jackson said.
He said_ that he had invited'
Mr. Helms to dinner on a Sur.-I
day' evening. and that he ar-1
rived with Mr. Symington. Sen-I
ator Jackson said that he never!
had discussed C.I.A. onerations,
in Chile with Mr. Helms, but
that it was his memory M.MMr.)
. Symington and Mr. Helms did
discuss Chile in his home.
He added that he had "just
listened to" what Mr. Helms
had to say about meetings with
H. R. Haldeman and John D.
Ehrlichman, then top NNix
aides, and had told him "to
lay out all the facts" before
Senate investigators. Mr. Jac%_
son said that he was unsure]
which Congressional investiga-}
Von Mr. Helms was anxiousl
about, but he said he was sure;
the meeting took place after!
Mr. Helms had completed hiss
Senate confirmation hearings I.
in February, 19573.
Mr. Symington was unavat-,
fable for comment today be-)
cause he had undergone an
operation at the ational Naval
Medical Center in Bethesda,
Md.
Or, may 21. Mr. Helms re-
turned from Iran and testified
before the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee on C.I.A. con-
nections with Watergate. The
hearing was not closed because
Senator Symington pressed for
.it to be public, committee sour-
ces said.
Unusual Aspect Noted
What appeared unusual to
several Congressional commit-
tee aides was why Mr. Jack-
son's advice would be sought.
He was not a member of the
committe at that time. He
was, how 'erg a member of
a C.I.A. Oversight Committee.
Two sets of testimony by
Mr. Heins are under study at
the Justice Department. One
is testimony before the Foreign
Relations Committee in Februa.
ry 1973 and the other is testi-
mony in closed session before
a subcommittee that was inves-
tigating C.I.A" relations with
the International Telephone
and Telegraph, Inc. in Chile.
Earlier this week, tine New
York Times published infonra-
tion from a still secret report
of the House Select Committee
on Intelligence that implied `tr.
Jackson?had advised C.I.A. off.;
ficials on holy to. protect the)
agency from a Senate invest!-;
gation of -Chile operations. Hel
denied the allegation, but ac-,1
knowledged that he did give]
-C.I.A. advice on "procedural"I
matters. , -
Mr. Helms told members of;
the Senate Government Opera-j
ticns Committee today that he-
believed a Congression ai com-
mittee set up to monitcr intel-
li=once agencies should be
briefed on covert operations b_-
fore they were undertaken.
He said that in the past s=ee
members of Congress had re-
sisted being told about such
operations "because it could be
embarrassing to them political-
ly."
Meanwhile, the House In-
telligence 'Committee voted, 9
to 4, formally to recommend
that funds for all intelligence
related items be disclosed in
the President's annual budget.
Funds for the agency are now
disguised in this defense de-
partment budget. . -l
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