LETTER TO WILLIAM H. WEBSTER FROM WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 30, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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From: John Helgerson
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c1 LEE H. HAMILTON. INDIANA
GUS YATRON, PENNSYLVANIA
STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New YORK
DON BONKER. WASHINGTON
GERRY E. STUDDS. MASSACHUSETTS
DAN MICA, FLORIDA
HOWARD WOLPE, MICHIGAN
GEO. W. CROCKETT, JR.. MICHIGAN
SAM GEJDENSON. CONNECTICUT
MERVYN M. DYMALLY. CALIFORNIA
TOM LANTOS. CALIFORNIA
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, PENNSYLVANIA
ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, NEW JERSEY
LAWRENCE J. SMITH, FLORIDA
HOWARD L. BERMAN, CALIFORNIA
MEL LEVINE, CALIFORNIA
EDWARD F. FEIGHAN. OHIO
TED WEISS, NEw YORK
GARY L. ACKERMAN, NEW YORK
MORRIS K. UDALL, ARIZONA
CHESTER G. ATKINS. MASSACHUSETTS
JAMES MCCLURE CLARKE, NORTH CAROLINA
JAIME B. FUSTER. PUERTO RICO
JAMES H. BILBRAY, NEVADA
WAYNE OWENS. UTAH
FOFO IF. SUNIA, AMERICAN SAMOA
JOHN J. BRADY. JR.
CHIEF OF STAFF
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
We are deeply concerned about numerous reports of foreign
agents harassing and monitoring the activities in the United
States of ethnic Americans and U.S. residents. Foreign agents
appear to be targeting ethnics and residents from the countries
the agents represent who are critical of their country of birth.
In the past, the governments of Chile, Taiwan, Yugoslavia,
and other communist and non-communist countries have been
involved in incidents directed against former citizens of those
countries who are now naturalized U.S. citizens or permanent U.S.
residents. It is extremely disturbing that intelligence agents
of foreign governments may be violating rights guaranteed by the
Constitution by directed activities designed to intimidate
certain ethnic groups in our own country.
The deprivation of Constitution rights, especially the right
to express one's political views with freedom from fear is a
matter of serious concern to the Congress and all Americans.
On December 29, 1981, the President signed legislation that
became Public Law 97-113, which directs the Chief Executive to
end arms sales to countries which engage in a systematic effort
to harass and intimidate people in the United States. As a
result of that legislation, some foreign agent activities have
been curbed. Nevertheless, there appears to be an ongoing effort
on the part of some foreign governments to continue to try to
intimidate certain naturalized Americans who have ethnic roots in
those particular countries.
The Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations is planning to have a hearing on April 13 or 14 on
foreign agent harassment of people in the United States. We plan
to begin the hearing with a brief open session. Following that,
we will go into executive session for the classified discussions
of this issue.
ER 1485X-88
?ne lundredth Congress
Congress of the United states
Committee on foreign Affair,
louse of 'representatives
i ashington, 3E 20515
March 30, 1988
WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, MICHIGAN
BENJAMIN A. GILMAN. NEW YORK
ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO. CALIFORNIA
JIM LEACH, IOWA
TOBY ROTH, WISCONSIN
OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, MAINE
HENRY J. HYDE. ILLINOIS
GERALD B.H. SOLOMON. NEW YORK
DOUG BEREUTER, NEBRASKA
ROBERT K. DORNAN. CALIFORNIA
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, NEW JERSEY
CONNIE MACK, FLORIDA
MICHAEL DEWINE. OHIO
DAN BURTON, INDIANA
JAN MEYERS, KANSAS
JOHN MILLER. WASHINGTON
DONALD' E.'"BUZ' LUKENS, OHIO
BEN BLAZ. GUAM
STEVEN K. BERRY
MINORITY CHIEF OF STAFF
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Please have your Congressional Affairs office contact Mr.
Mark-J. Tavlarides, the Subcommittee Staff Director at 226-7825.
The Human Rights and International Organizations Subcommittee
has also been in contact with the Department of State and the FBI
and has requested that appropriate witnesses from these agencies
be available for the closed hearing.
We look forward to frank discussions on this issue with the
CIA. A member of our staff will be in touch with your agency
concerning a date for the planned hearing. All of the staff
members involved in this briefing will have security clearances.
With best wishes, we are
Sincerely,
Subcommittee on'Human Rights
any4 International Organizations
Gus Yatr
Chairma
raid Solomon
ing Vj(ublican Member
nternational Orgapi?izations
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