REPORT RE SUMMARIZE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF AN INVESTIGATION OF CIA ACTIVITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE WATERGATE INCIDENT AND AFTERMATH

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INTRODUCTION
This report is submitted at Senator Baker's request
to summarize the highlights of an investigation of CIA activity,
if any, in connection with the Watergate incident and aftelinath,
It is based on material in the possession of the Committee, both
classified and unclassified. It does not attempt to deal with all
the .matters deemed pertinent and important to a full and complete
inquiry, but is designed to generally describe the areas of
interest and concern pursued during the staff investigation and
executive session interviews since the conclusion of the Committee's
public hearings.
.In view of the fact that, the. Committee. has chosen to have
no further public hearings; that the Committee staff is in the
process- of. being; re:duce-d.in size;; that furthe-r. cooperation:-by-the
Agency se-ems-.-mxire:.likely-..owthe...--requesst:-Of:the�standinginris�
:---dictional_committees.-rather -thanjonAhe. request of the Watergate
.Conimitteearid th t.thet totali.burclen- of additional...work...to- complete'.
.! the- ialve-stigation., tharougji1,y.-is-.F.Frr-obably- beyond' the. compett.ince-__of
ofnumbers 1�-timer Senator-:Bak-er-
requested that this memorandum be prepared for submission to
the full Committee for .further disposition as the Committee may
determine. It is pointed out that, while the report itself is not
� classified, it .makes. re_ference.to,.. an&in soma instance_s-_quotes
from,. matrial-which.is- classified. _Therefore, each Copy of
thi reporthas been treated for�security,purposes as: 'if it-were
T.hey: are. numb e r ed-a.ndfa_c_counteci_ fo_r_a:s..-in. the case
of classified material.,
"The report- is., broken- dowsr into seven- categories-,- tabbed
as follows:
(1) Background
A. recitation. of the first references to. CIA
connections on the part ofthe Watergate burglars,
reference to the possibility of CIA involvement by
the President in_his speech of May 22, 1973, and
certain other published information and corres-
pondence.
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(2) Mullen
The fact that the Mullen Company and 'its
president, Bob Bennett, had an established
relationship with the CIA is described in some
detail in this section of the report. Most of the
information contained in this section was discovered
.after Volume IV was requested by Senator Baker.
The CIA arranged,to release this volume and subse-
quent documents to the Watergate Committee in
the custody of George Muiphy serving as security
officer for the Committee through an arrangement
with the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
(3) Pennington
This section derives from a CIA supplied
.mem.oranduM_datedEebruary 22, 1974, from the
that Lee R. Pennington, .a CIA operative, had �
.entered James MeCord!s housi7andi.ar_affice_shortly
th,efpurpo-s-e.,o.f
tz-aying:ey coir.o.ection-with-McCord.
(4) Tapes
This-- section. derives.. from information. supplied
to Senator Baker by Director Colby that there was a
.central taping capability at the CIA;; that the tapes
had been- destroyed, and_the possibility that sorrte of
the tapes-:may-have-been-Watergate reIatedi.. Director
COlbyr state-c1'.thatTlieLdidlnoti.knoW,f whether, Watergate:
related-:tapes..had:b-eerr destroyed:
(5) TSD
The initials stand for Technical Services Division
of the Central Intelligence Agency, and the section
deals with rather extensive contacts between Hunt
---and-the-Agency and the-support-supplied by-the Agency
to Hunt and Liddy, which was used in a wide variety
of undertakings. A number of factual discrepancies
appear in this section which cannot be effectively
-reconciled-on the basis of-the information we-now
possess�such as Hunt's receipt of certain Agency
technical assistance and contemporaneous Rarticipation
in the preparation of the Ellsberg psychiatric profile.
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(6) Martinez
This tab refers to Eugenio Martinez, one of
the Watergate burglars. The -Section delineates
the Martinez-Agency relationship, Hunt's early
activities in Miami, the actions taken or not taken
by the Agency's office in Miami, and certain
unresolved questions.
(7) Recommendations �
The seventh tab is self-e:.,,planatory and
constitutes the recommendations of the staff for
further inquiry.
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BACKGROUND
In a speech on May ZZ, 1973, President Nixon stated in part the
following in connection with the Watervate matter:
Within a few days, 'however, I was advised
that there was a; possibility of CIA involvement in
some way.
4
It did seem to me possible that, because of the
involvement of.former CIA personnel,and because of
some of their apparent associations, the investigation
could lead to the uncovering of covert CIA operations
totally unrelated to the Watergate break-in.
yrthi 87-time i7the.-r.name-
_Hunt had surfaced in connection With Watergate, and
I was- alerted to the fact that he had_previo.usly been a
:Member-43f the ::special.inVestigations_:_unitTinIthe .7:White
:House. -Therefore, s--also rcone-erned:thatthe
Watergate investigation might well lead to an. inquiry
into the activities of the special investigations unit
itself.
* * * *
_I also had to be dee_ply_concerned-_with-insuring
that neither the covert operations of :the CIA nor the - --
-operations of the _s pe cial inVestigations -unit should be
compromised. Therefore, I instructed Mr. :Haldeman
and Mr. Ehrlichman to insure that the investigation of
the breakLin not expose either an unrelated covert
operation of the CIA or the activities of the White
.House investigations unit�and to see_that this was
personally-toordinated-between-General-_Walters, the
Deputy Director of the CIA, and Mr. Gray at the FBI.
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One of the matters to which the President was evidently referring was
_explored by Senator Baker in his questioning of John Ehrlichinan when
-Ehrlichman appeared before the Select Committee on July 26, 1973.
Ehrliehman was questioned with regard to missing paragraph five of
. a memo from. Egil Krogh and David Young to-John Ehrlichman dated
August 11, 1971.1
This was the same matter-which had been brought to the attention of
the Minority staff in July of 1973 which resulted in a briefing of
Senator Ervin, Senator Baker, Sam Dash, and Fred Thompson by
WI��.te House Counsels Fred.Btizhardt and Leonar, Clair/lent. The
subj.:ct of that briefing is what is now referred to as the "Admiral
Moorer-;.Yeoman Radford Incident."
With regard to involvement of the CIA in the Watergate affair, it should
be noted that since June 17, 1972, there have been numerous newspaper
articles pointing out�the�fact thatmany of those involved in the Water-
, -gater-br
used by Hunt, and other possible CIA links to Watergate,
-th'e.---,Se pte mbe-r- 14;. 1973.. :issue.- af
wrote- an,a,rticle-entitlecl-7-"TheZUnmentionable�Usees-of;2....-suggest-.
ing that McCord�-led the-Watergate-burgIars into a trap.
In the November, 1973, issue .of Harper's Magazine, an article entitled
"The Cold War Comes HorneY3, by Andrew St. George, indicated
strongly that former IA Director.Helms..had.pribx _knowledge of the
Watergate-break-in. As a _result _of the-St.. George allegation, .Senator �
Baker asked Senator Symington and the Senate Armed Services Corn-
mittce: o-.-canduct2the --inquiry. into-thase-alletationS--, The-.Senate--
Armed c es...:Cbrnmitte.eLlield:the a -ring s::matte r-and'hea rd'
testineerryJrom.-.CLA officials-that the.AgencTwas,not-knowledgeable--
of-the Watergate break-in before-it occurred; had not led the burglars
into a trap; and, that the magazine allegations had no basis in fact. �
It would appear that no information relative to this Committee's
mandate-was-developed from the testimony adduced during the hearings
before-the Senate Armed Services Committee-on-the St. George matter.
'See Public Testimony of John Ehrlichma.n dated July 26,
1973, at 2702-2704.
2
National Review, September 14, 1973, "The Unmentionable
Uses of a CIA," at 996.
3Harper's Magazine, November, 1973, "The Cold War Comes
Home," at 3�
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However, in the aftermath of the St. George inquiry, Senator Baker
propounded a number of questions to the CIA on November 8, 1973,
. -
one of which follows:
7. QUESTION: On or after June 17, 1972, did any
of the individuals associated with these break-ins in any
way communicate with any individual associated with CIA
.to discuss-the Watergate break-ins or the Ellsberg psy-
chiatrist office break-in, other than Mr. McCord who
wrote letter: to CIA which are part of the Watergate hearing
�
record?
. ANSWER: On 10 July 1972 an officer of a cornmer-
eial-concern coMm. unicated to an employee of CIA information
'which hPd come to his attention conce-rning the "Wate-rgate_.:
FiVe." The relationship of this informant and his company
to the Agency was ad is classified. Since this information
..wa she a r-say,_ rep-. titiort hed .
speculation, and indicated that the informant had appeared
--beforc.-.' the Gran,1 Jury-on the -Leiatter, no action-was tal:en.
The-----e-mploya-ells:;liand-,.-c-vaitt-e-n-zrne.-.m-ccrandlim:for:the-re--.ectx
- on-this...matter is contained in -sensitive _rnatezial_which-A;genc-y
officers-have macle--avail-able for review, but not retention,
by the staffs-of the four CIA Subcommittees as well as the
staffs..of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign
Activities and the. Fe deral_Prosecutor. Aside fl-orn this, the
Agency had no communication of the type referred to in this
question.
An-examination of,thesaforementioned-"sensitive.ma.terial"4 revealed
more:than.:was-theretafore known aboatithe-scope--of:the-ICIX'S-dealings
with-dlobertl B e nn ett � and .Mullen -and -Company-and led :to.a.furthar.
intensification of the staff's investigative efforts in other CIA-related
areas.
4This material was produced as a part of Volume IV of
the documents furnished to us by the CIA.
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ROBERT BENNETT AND THE MULLEN. AND COMPANY
The Mullen and Company has maintained a relationship with the
Central intelligence Agency since its incorporation in 1959.1 I t
provided coVer for an: agent in Euro;7:e and an agent in the Far East
at the time of the Watergate break-in.
Hunt left the .CIA in 1970 and joined Mullen and Company with what
founder Robert Mullen understood to be Director Helms' blessing. -
Hunt's covert security clearance was extended by the CIA4; he was
:witting of the Mullen Cover5-,:and,on occasion he undertook nego-
tiations .with the Agency with respect to that cover--even after
becoming employed at the White House (according to Agency records). 6
1Executive Session Testimony of Robert R. Mullen,,
February 5, 1974, at 3.
--'..Executive---Se-ssion-Testimony,:i5f7RobertF;---z--.-Bente-M7-17-ebruary 1,
1974, at 21T .26; Executive.Session Testimony of EA ullen and Company
Case� Office:a , _February 4,..1974, at 5. �
_CIA LIVE em orandum� _undated, eSubj ett: 7-Wrap Up e.ncy s
Association with Robert R. Mullen and Company, found at Tab 3 of
CIA Supplemental Material, Volunae III, at 3; Executive Session Testi-
m tTi.7.-y of. Robert R. Mullen, supra note 1, at 8; Executive Session Testi-,
row); of Robert _F. _Bennett, -supra note 2_,, at 67.
4
_See Memorandum _for Deputy Director for Plans, October 14,
1970; Subject:- E. Howard-Hunt--Utilization by Central Cover Staff,
found at Tab 16, CIA Supplemental Materials, Volume II.
3Id.; Executive Session-Testimony of-Robert -R._Mullen, -supra
note 1, at 9
6Executive Session Testimony of o rm e r Deputy Director of
Plans, hereinafter DDP3, February 5, 1974, at 6-10; CIA Memorandum,
undated, Subject: Wrap-Up of Agency's Association with Robert R.
Mullen and Company, supra note 3, at 2.
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Robt�rt Bennett, who is Senator Bennett's son, joined Mullen and
Company and bf'camc, ;ts President in 1971. I-3:e_wsr iw-oduced to
the Mullen CIA case e.7icer in April of that year.. B, brought:
the Hugii2s Tool account with him to Mu1le3_1._ CIA rc -nrds indicate
that Agency consideration was given to utilizing Mune ftE1ughtis
relations-16.P for a matter relating to a cover arrngement in 1,Soutli
Americal and to garnei- information on Robe rt..1/1a.h.::,-1. 9
Benne-ttt's.accessibility.to the C-11% has raised que..s-tionz,. concerning
possible Agency involvement in, or knowledge of, Ber � e:�tt a.cti-
�
vities in rega7,:,c1, to Hunt/Liddy, to wit: � :Bennett suggested and
coordinated the Delviott interview regarding Chappaquidicic;1� Bennett
coordinated the release 'of Dita Beard's statement from Denver, afte--
contacting Beard's attorneys at the suggestion of a Hughes executive;
Bennett suggested that Greenspun's safe contained infOrn:',.ation. of
interest to both Hughes and.theCRP;,12 Bennett asked for and received
- Corqa avn:r Case
note 2, at 12.
-
7f,.ennett� -.7:supra
not d -1-3 Z.
ISeeri.v3:117.1en and. Co-mpa.ny Case � 0.E.Ei'c Mena ci.L.z',:.)..-Islarn for
-..Reco-�,..-d, Apra 30, 1971, Subject: .A s sdcia-::ion of Robert It Mulieu arc
- Tool _CD,rapany,, . d.oc-om e at .is found at
Tab 1-6,-JSupp1ornental CIA-Material, -Nolume fl
1 C..}V e s s -11-4-1.ony H.Hos,r1.1 rd-J-17.,u-lt,� Dec ernbe.r
� "1973, at � 69....--to;:it,-..xet,:itive ..s-e.,3s3...an-Te:stirryonyl-Zobrert_F.-Bennett,
�
�
Executave_Session Testimony of Robert F. Bennett, supra
note 2, at 93-94: �.*
Executive.Session. Testixnony _of E. Howard_Hunt,supra note
ft7:6;�-847-aut -see Exectiti-ve-S-assion--TestillionyTof--RObe.rt_.F.. Bc,-..f_c_..Lett, su
note 2, at 79-84. Bennett indicates that Hunt suggested Bennett coord
nation with Hughes.
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from Hunt a price estimate for bugging Clifford Irving for Hughes;13
Bennett coordinated the employment of political spy Tom Gregory
by Hunt and discussed with Gregory the latter's refusal to proceed
with bugging plans on or about June 16, 1972.14 Bennett received a
scrambler from Hughes personnel for use on Mullen telephones;15
Bennett and Liddy set up dummy committees as a conduit for Hughes
campaign contributions;16 and Bennett served as the point of contact
between Hunt and Liddy during the two weeks following the Watergate
break-in.11.Furthermore, :Robert Oliver, Mullen's Washington
lobbyist for-Hughes Tool, is the father of R. Spencer Oliver, Jr.,
whose-telephone was tapped at the Democratic National Committee.
Bennett met with-the Olivers_after the break-in to discuss the bugging. 18
The true nature of Bennett's relationship to the CIA was not known to
us until late November of 1973 when, at Senator Baker's request,
the CIA produced another volume of CIA documents (Volume IV). The
-folio wing-inforxrration- was--adduced frorn--this- volume.
Hcrward-Hunt; supra note
� -1-a..1.:-.-7-2;73-;.4';Eike-cutiVei.-Sessidta--.:Thstina-o-ny7of--;.Rabort---,-13,ennetty,.,
-Trote:.2;-,at 121-124
- "Staff Interview of Thomas J. Gregory, September 1, 1973,
at 5; Executive Session Testimony of E. Howard Hunt, supra note 10,
at 17; Executive Session Testimony, of Robert F. Bennett, supra note 2,
- at-&9--75.
15Staff'Interview-of Linda-,Jones, September 6, -1973, at 3;
EXecut:1-ve_Session...T estim.-ony,-of :Robert -F. _Bennett;. supya:f_note,_2 -at :140.
161 .
Staff lntervi f evr o :Lixida,-.Jones;-- supia.--r-note-45"k;
Summarized -Highlights of �Linda -Jones -Interview;-dated=September 10,
1973.
17Staff Interview of Linda Jones, supra note 15, at 8; Executive
- Session- Testimony of-R-obert F-.- Bennett; supra-note-2, at 153-157.
18Executive Session Testimony of Robert F. Bennett,
note 2, at 100-101.
supra
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On July 10, 1972, Bennett reported detailed knowledge of
Watergate incident to his CIA .case officer. The case officer's
report of this meeting was handwritten" and carried to Director '
Helms on or before July 14, 1972, in this form because of the
sensitivity of the information, 2� It revealed that Bennett had
establinhed a "back door entry" to E. B. Williams, the attorney
for the DI\TC: in order to "kill off" revelations of the Ag.p,nry'r,!
relationship with the Mullen and Company in the course of the
Dl\IC lawsuit. He agreed to check with the CIA prior to contacting
Williams. 21 Our staff has confirmed that Bennett did funnel.
information to Williams via attorney Hobart Taylor a, lid that this
information '97:'.%3 more extensive than the infoimation Bennett had
Rrevionsly provided the Gray, Jury. The CIA has aclmowledged
..pfying one-half of Bennett's :..Ltorney fee for his Grand jury
Arzhouvh Bennett was sunnlyinct info....niation to the CIA about many
-,ects of the Water7ate incident and-was at that time _serving.as
liaison between Hu_it and Lidc:iy, there is no indicatio,-, that these
fats were disclosed to the FBI,
19 [Mullenand Cpriipp-_ny_Case_ Office r1Memorandum for Record,
July 10, '1972, Subject: Mee.ting with Robert Foster Bennett and his com-
ments concerning E. Howard Hunt, Douglas Caddy, and the "Watergate
.. _ .
:( found in :CIA. Sup ple.mentaILMate rial, -Volume-EV.
. _
20
Executive Sessio: Testimony of [Mullen-and.Company.Case
,. supra note 2, at .20-21, .28.1-29'i
. -
� LiAu1lf.�.a.,--c ompany-Cas e 0 ffi c-e-r2 . Memoran.dum
supra note 19, at 11-12.
22
Robert F. Bennett, Memorandum for Record, dated
January 18, 1973, at 17; Executive Session Testimony of Robert F.
Bennett,:-= note 2, at 129. -.-See_also.1-lobart Ta.ylor_Interview
� Report, dated February 11, 1974.
23CIA-Memorandum, -undated, -Subject: Wrap-Up of Agency's
-Association-with-Robe-rt-R-:---Mulle.n and-Company, su-pra -note 3,--at 5.
6..� � he: '
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The aforementioned July 10 report contains mysterious reference
to a "WEI f1ap"24. ..The report states that if Mullen cove,: is
Lb
terminated, the Watergate could not be used as an'excuse.. It
suggests that the Agency Illight have to level with Mullen about the
"WH flap. "26 Nonetheless, a July 24, 1972 contact report shows
that the CIA convinced Robert Mullen of the need to withdraw its
F. -17-".9t cover through an "agreed upon scenario" which included
a:falsified Watergate publicity criSis.27 The Agency advises that.
the "MI flap" has reference to a .Cdeletion at Agencv-?-equest) that
threatened to comoromi.se Western Hemisphere operations, 28 but has
not -explained sufficient reason to withhold such info.L.Lnation foa Mull
nor explained the. 6ignificanc4.-:�1 of same.to Watergate- developme7As.
This Agency explanation. is clouded by Conflicting evidence. The
Assistant Deputy Director of Pins has testified that he is very
familiar with the matter and that it had no unique effect on Iviullen'S
cover.29 The Mullen case officer testified that the flap concerned
. .
. .
t:l.len-.ana:Qompany�Case Officer] Memorandum.for
Record, supra 'note-19,�---at 1344.
251d. at 12-13.
Z61.d. at 13.
- 27- Etviallen:and;Cornpa.r.ly Case- Office r].1vIerno�randurn- for
.Trithcirawal.I:Fa.z Ea slICove-,--.
Vbiumel V.,�;,. at.
Ex.ecutiVe:Z.e , ssionTcastinTony �IL [DD.P.1.supra.
at- 39; Executive-Session Testimony of .Pullen.an�d Companyaase-
Officerisupra note 2, .at 43.
29
__Executive Session Testimony of {Foimer Assistant
Deputy. Director of Plans], February .28,. 1974, transcript not
.-.--presently available.
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cover. 30Bennett, who thought the reference concerned a "White
House flap," did advise of information received from the European
cover that a Ccompromisej adversely affected a former Mullen cover
3[de1eted at Agency r.eque. 1. 1
st..)
A memorandurn.d.rafted by the Chief of the Central Cover Staff,
CIA, on March 1, 1973, notes that IT-2.,-.nett felt he culd handle the
Ervin Committee if the Agency coulci handle Hunt. -j-Z Bennett even
stated that he had a friend who had intervened with Ervin on the
matter. 33- The same memorandum suggests that Bennett took relish
in implic.ating.Colson-in Hunts activities in_the press while protecting
the .Agency at the sae time. 34 it is further noted that Bennett was
feeding stories to Bob Woodward who was "suitably grateful"; that
he was making no attribution to Bennett; and that he was protecting
Bennett and Mullen and Company.. 35
Carle Officer, suiL
-Se5sion Testithony of tiViullen and -Company
ra note 2, at 43.' �
supra note 2, at 17-24. .
Ben:
]Memorandum for Deputy Director for Plans,
March 1, 1973, Subject: Current Time Ma...7a..7...ine Investigation
0:L.1-W1D-ext.-R. Mullen & Company Comaection -with-the Watergate
Incident, found- in C11.% .Supplernental Material, _Volume...1V, at 4.
� 331d:
Mid.
351d.
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PENNINGTON KA TTER
The results o our investigation clearly show that air: CTA had in. its
possession, as early as June of 1972, information that one of their
paid operatives, 'Lee R Pennington Jr, ha.(' entered the James
McCord residence shortly 'after the Watergat break-in and destroyed
documents �Vnich might show a link between McCord and the CIA.
This information was not made available to this Committee or anyone
else outside the CIA until�February 22, 1974, when a memorandum by
the then Director of Security was.furnished to this Committee.''
The evidence further shows that in August of 1972, when the FBI made
inquiry about a "Prinington," the .Agency response was to furnish
informatiolT, about a former employee, 1:�,vith a similar narnel who
was obviously not the man the FBI was interested in, and to withhold tl-i;
. name of Lee R. Pennington, Jr.
The Pennington information was lmown within the CIA. at least at a
� level as high- as-II:is...Director:70f Security; a-- !.:lording -to the xorrner.
of -.tb.-S&cu.-rif-,(t:71.1:76search!7Staff;7,. er7r re.d_to:Ta2-5:Chiel;_
et:LT.117;r s by: whom,;..Renr. gton..�was.:ret,ained. sat' $250.
per month until December of 1973.4 In: January-of this year, [Director
of Securit-y1 ordered that the Pennington materials be removed from
the CM Watergate files when those files were about to be reviewed by
the 7 S Inspector..General's ofEice in conn.Q-_,>ction; with. .the CIA :lurnishi�
this.and.$)ther...Congressional committees -certain information�on_the
1-'
e.;:' Memo randam-_f b .-ctoze;-of;]:ntelligencei
.. 1974, --Exbibit-l-to-the -Exe.cutive.-Session.,-.-TestiMony-of- Lee R. .Pea3..n:aigt(
February 23, 1974.
Executive Session Testimony ofEDersonner Security Officer #1
F.ebrUary.25, 1974 at 11-14, 15., 17-18; Executive Session Testimony a
EA-ssistarth.Deputy Director of Personnel Securityp�, March 2, 1974
(transcription not presently available.)
3Executive. Session Testimony of EChief, Security Research Stal
February 24, 1974, at 25-26; Executive Session Testilnony of Lee R.
Pennington, supra note 1, at 29. (Note: The Ciaief� Security Research
.
Staff, was-the-recipient.'of -certain of the McCord letters.)
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taping capacity at the CTA4. Our information is that, since the
revelation of the Pennington matter in February of this year, Di-rector
of Security' early retirement has been "accepted.. "5
seents that the Pennington matter was extremely sensitive not only
becal. e of the above--mentioned facts, but because Pennington may
have been a "domestic agent," possibly in violation of the CIA's
charter. 6 The .igency has advised that ,he Security Research Staff
was abolished in Augut. of 1973.1
All of the above information was produced by�the CIA Only as a result
of the position taken by a staff employee of the Personnel Security
Division, [I.Dersonnel Security Officer ;IC, Because of the Senator's
and the staff's request for documentation and information relating to
the destruction of CIA tapes and other matters, Deputy Legislative
Counsel prepared a statement for Director Colby's signature on
February 19, 1974. In it was the blanket assertion that the CIA had
proCE;ced all Watergate7related;inforrnation_for this Committee as
'4..1.Ixecutive Sc.,:r;cdon-Testitnon,r--of LIPersonnel'Security 1.71
�rro..r.yy.a. note 2.1a-t41.6-49;715.0,-;..515.254.,---L57-59,
5The CIA, through its legislative liaison, has informed this
Committee -11.; F.T.)irector of Security:I "retire(!" on or about February 2,
1974, .shortly aft,-..r.his Executive Session Testimony before this
Cui.-nm.ittee on February 25, 2974.
6See Executive Session Testimony of[Chief, Security Research
� St'z' j supra note .3, _at*-25-26, . 30; Executive Session T-estimony-ol:Lee R.
.Pennington�.2upri... note 1, :-at-4-7, -10, -2-9;l. this regard, -Volume -VIII
'CIA Supplemental Materials references-an apparent CIA-file on a United
States citizen, Jack Anderson (#349691). This reference is contained in
CIA memoranda in November and December of 1972 which discuss
Pennington's providing his CIA case officer with a memorandum allegedly
written by McCord about Jack.Anderson and others. It should be noted
that the CIA file on Mr. -Pennington was not provided to this Committee
and also apparently has portions "missing" from it, see Action Required
.section of this memorandum, infra, at Miscellaneous, No. 9.
7Executive Session Testimony ofgirector of Security],
February 25, 1974, at 17-18.
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well as its Congressional oversight committees. Because he was
aware of many of the above facts, [Personnel Security Officer #1]
made 5t. clear that he could not and would not subscribe to such a
statement. ) [Personnel. Security Officer PO was so concerned that
the documentary evidence of the Penninft,ton informa.tion would be
destroyed by others in the CIA that he and a co-c.m_p]oyie copied the
relevant mem.oranda and placed them in their respective personal
safes." This matter was subsequently brought to the Inspector
General's attention and the [Director of Secu.rity'sJmemora.ndum
of February 22 was drafted and made available to this Committee,
the oversight committees-, and the Special Prosector's office. 11-
Our investigation in this area also produced the fact that, contrary
to previous CIA assertions, the CIA conducted a vigorous in-house
investtgation of the Watergate matter, sta:tting almost imm.ediately
after the break7in.12 As one member of the Security Research Staff
" .8. Supplemental.' CIA.1'./laterials, :Volum.e V11.1;. see also Executive
Session Testimony of [Personnel Security Officer #iJ supra note 2,
at 61-63.
-:Executive Session Testimony of EPersonnel.Security:rOffieer
supra note 2, at 45-52. In.his Executive Session Teatime: y, Epersonne.,'
Security Officer iJ states that, at a meeting on January 22, 1974, to
discuss whether. the "Pennington matter" should be withheld from or
disclosed to the appropriate authorities and Congressional corm-I-detects
he informed his supervisory CIA personnel that (tr. .52):
"Up to this time we have never removed, tampered with,
obliterated,. destroyed,_ or _done .anything to any 'Watergate
documents, and we can't be caught in that kind of bind now.
We will not-ado it. Pe_rsonnel Security Officer #13added
that he "didn't cross the Potomac on (his) way to work in the
morning, and that the Agency could do without its own L.
Patrick Gray" (tr. 53). Subsequently, [Personnel Security
Officer #1] prevailed and the information was made availabl.e
to this and other appropriate Congressional Committees.
'Executive 'Session Testimony of CPe-rsonnel Security Officer
10
supra note 2, at 49, 45-52.
liSee "Memorandum for Director of Central Intelligence, "
supra, note 1.
12Executive Session Testimony of [Personnel Security Officer
#11, supra .note 2, at 1-4; Executive Session Testimony of rSectirity
Research Staff .0.:ficerj, February 25, 1974, at 5, 31-32, 42, 49.
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stated they were in a state of "panic. "13
In 'vembee and
Deceinber of 1972, LExecutive Officer to Director of Security-]
was specially assigned to then Executive Dire.- or/Comptroller
Colby to conduct, a very secretive investigation of several Water-
gate-related matters. rExecutive Officer to Director of Security-)
was instructed to keep copies of his findings and to make no
records. He did h s tyEing, and utilized no secretaries. 14--
Less clear than the' aforementioned efforts to suppress
4
the Penningin information, is an understanding of Pennington.
actual role o.J: non-role in the destruction of documents at the
McCord home shortly after the Watergate break-in. Pennington
has testified that he did ot go to the McCord home for the purpose
of searching for or destroying CIA-related documents, but does
acknowledge witnessing the destruction of documents by Mrs,.'
McCord and othe:cs..3-5�It clear from the testimony of others
16
CIA--received� infd.rmation,, evidently�fro. -Pennington
indicati.1,,. more active participation by' operative Penal:.:1{,?-ton.
13Executive Session Testimony of [Security Research
Staff Officer], supra note 12, at 5.
14E.xecutive Session Testimony of tEXecuti7�7e
Director.of Security:1, .March-3, 1974 (tranScription.not -.presently
Exe cutive -S.e.ss,-Ion-Testirrion y 0 t Ponning,t-oni
supra- noted.
16Executive.Session Testimony of [Security Research Staff
Officer], supra note 12;
Executive Session Testimony of [Personnel Security
Officer 11-1.1, supra note 2.
Executive Session Testimony of [chief; Security Research
Staff), supra note 3.
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TAP.F.:S
In a meeting in Senator Baker's office with Director Colby and George
'Murphy, following a discussion of the Cush-man tape, Murphy asked
Colby if there were: other tapes, .and he replied in the affirmative. In
response to a question from Senator Baker, Colby further acknowledged
the prior existence of a central taping capabilit:,, at the CIA. Senator
Baker then requested that relevant tapes be reviei,vc_-.d and deli:. ered to
the Committee., to which Colby agreed. Shortly thereafter, Colby con-
firmed to Senator Baker recent press accounts that the tapes had been
destroyed. In that same connection it should be pointed out that the staff
had previously interviewed Victor Marchetti, who stated upon questioning
that he suspected that-there was .a c6ntral taping system at the CLA. When
the staff broached this subject with the .Agency's [Deputy Legislative
Coun.He.17) he-Stated-that been.such system;:._itew2.s .no-longer
in -existence.
Shortly .bef 07re :Director -Heltn's_le.t_office,.tand...approximately.,one. week
a.ft e r.7.Senato.t. Ma nsfie ld s e quest; tlg T.that-e-vide.ntiary raat r
b r ta d 1�"Helners ordered that the. --tat is he -de.stroyed;'" -A�lthough-th.e
CIA is apparently unable to state with any degree of precision the date
on which the tapes were actually destroyed, testimony indicates that
It was during the week .of January 22, 1973. 73 While the CIA ::C.1.7.i.inas that,
the .destruction-was notr.unusualtand...wastonet.of scveraLperiodic_
destructions,ttwo facts seem clear; First, the only-othered.estruction
for which the,,CIA has any .record. was .on 'January-21, .1972, _when...tapes
1 �
Letter from Senator Mansfield-to DCI Helms, dated-January 16,
1973.
2
Executive Session Testimony of Director Helms' Secretary],
February 6, _1974, at 14. See also CIA memorandum for Director of
Security,. dated�January�31, �1974, at -3. She-states-that -she-told the
technicians to destroy only Helms' tapes and not all of the tapes (Execu-
tive Session Testimony at 34-35). However, there seems to have been
no doubt in.the minds of the technicians that they were to destroy all of
the tapes on hand. Executive Session Testimony ofEaf.'fice of Security
Technician #1], February 6, 1974, at 23. Executive Session Testimony
of EOffice 'of Security Technician -1,'21 �February 6; 1974, at 53.
3 Executive-Session Testimony of. [Office of-Security�Tcchnician
supra note 2, at 36. See also CIA memorandum for Director of
Security, supra note 2.
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for 1964 and 1965' were destroyed (there are no records of periodic
dc.!structions)4; and secondly, never before had there been a destruction
of all ex..eAing- tapes..5. It should be noted that there exists a separate
taping system for the Office of Security. 6 That system is still operative,
and the 0/S presumably are still in existence. The Agency has
advised that it has reviewed all Office of Security tapes, watch office
tapes, and duty office tapes t. determine the relevancy of same but has
not provided these tapes .to the Select Committee, despite- the Committee's
request. The Agency has provided the Committee with two selected tran-
scripts which purport to constitute, in the opinion of the Agency, the only
Watergate related material C'ontained on any tapes.
The January, 1973, destruction pertained only to recordings of rook
conversations. However, on Helms' instruction, his secretary destroyed
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his transcriptions of both telephone and room conversations. The evidence
indicates that among those telephone transcriptions were conversations
wir. he President, Haldeman, Ehrlichman� and other White House
officiaLs.0 Helms and tpirector Helms Secretary'lhave testi.aed . -Lch
:ions .were non-Watergate related. 9 Unfortunately,, any means of
corre..)boxation is no longer available. We 'have -exarfined summaries --or
logs made available by the CIA, but it is impossible to determine who
was taped in rein.y of the room conv.sati.ons. _In this regard, even the
_CIA's analysis -doe-. -not _provide .-thi vita.1..,informatign. There-are several
rofc:r CD cell; to -a.-1.11Vi--,....fX; The .CIA .has.-not,producPd the -actual logs for
our examinatiory. However, we were informed that there are "gaps" in
the logs.
The circumstances -surrounding the transcriptions of room and telephone
conversations of former Deputy Director 'Cushman are bizarre to
the least.. When Cushman .testified before the Watergate Committee
.i -August Z, '1973, he presented a_transcription of the
4Executive Session Testimony of E3ffice of Security Technician
supra note 2 at 10. Executive Session Testimony ofEOffice of Security
Technician #23, supra note 2 at 36-37.
5Executive-Session Testimony ofOffice of Security-Technician ;#23
supra note 2 at 20.
6CLA memorandum for Director of Security,supra. note 2 at 4.
7Executive Session Testimony of Director He1mLISecretar-}3,
supra note 2 at 14, 17, 19. Executive Session Testimony of Richard Helms
March 8, 1974 (transcription not yet available).
8Executive Session Testimony of ti.) ir ector Secretary3,
supra note 2 at 2.
� 9Executive.Ses ion TestiMony of Helms, supra note 7; Executive
Session -Testimony' of Director Helms' Secreta.ry-3 _supra note 2 at 23.
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CL Iman/Hunt conversation of July ZZ, 1971. We recently
discovered that there exists an original, more complete transcrip-
tion; that the original transcription contained an insignificant but
uncomplimentary reference to the President; and, that the original
was avai);:ble.to the .CIA at the time of the Committee's hearings
in August of 1973. In fact, the original transcript was not produced
until February of this_year, the day before Senator Baker was to
listen to the Cushman/Hunt talL, per his request.
The Cushman/Hunt conversation and one other were the only two
room transcriptions saved by Cushman's secretary, Lpresently,
Director .Colby's Seeretary, hereinafter referred to as Cushman/
Colby's Secretaryl, and his assistant [Executive. Assistant to Deputy
Director of CIA, hereinafter referred to as Exec. Asst. to DDCI j,
when Cushman's safe was cleaned out in December of 1971. They
claimed thy: they made a search for the original transcription shortly
after the Watell.'gate break-in but that it was not found, and therefore
an abbreviated transcription was typed. 12 Therefore, we have a
search byEE-xec. As st . :to DDC13 shortly. afterthe.Watergate.:break-
in in June of 1972 and. c nother Search in May of 1973, the original
transcript not. having been found until May of 1973..
In February of this- yc:tarlDeputy�Legislative Counse13 -hand-delivered
to Senator Laker a very significant document. It was the transcription
of a portion of the Ehrlichman/Cushman telephone conversation.
[Deputy Legislative Counsel] stated it had been recc.-.ntly discov,-- red
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bytExec.. Asst. to DDCIj,:., It was discovered during 1Ex.E.:c. Asst,
�DDCI's7i third -search for Watergate .-related materials. and it was
located in-the- f_1:-:,,rne-file.t..a.s�the Cushman/Hunt tra.nsc
10.. �
Riablic.restiixiony,�of-"General-:RobertlEj.-..C7ushrnan-at-329i-;._
11Executive Session Testimony of [Cushman/Colby Secreta.ryl
February 21, 1974.
12Id. at 64; see also memorandum of [Exec. Asst. to DDCT],
July 23, 1973, Supplemental CIA Materials, Volume IV.
13See Ehrlichman/Cushman tape transcription,- CIA memoranda
"For All Employees" dated January 31, 1974, at Tab B.
, T-
14Affidavit ofl,Exec.. Asst. to DDCI1, February 5, 1974, and
Executive Session Testimony of [Exec. Asst. to DDC1j, March 6,
1974 (transcription not yet available).
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The document is especially significant in that it quotes Eh-rlichman
as saying that Hunt was working for the President and that the CIA
was to give Hunt "carte blanche. This, of course, substantiates the
CA's claim that Ehrlichman made the original, call with regard to
the CIA's assistance to Hunt. Surprisingly, we learned that [Cushman/
Colby Secretary], althoug,h she says she 'was told that Mr. Cushman
did n(:: have his calls monitored, did, in fact, monitor certain of his
- -
calls anyway, especially v.,:oh people at the White House, without
.1-15
Cushm. 'I's kr (,\711.ed4e. The. Cushman/Ehrliclunan transcript was
a re.sul.. of the shorthand notes she took of a monitored call."
There are two interesting aspects to this transcription. First, only
the Elvr.-lich.rnan pollyn of the conversation wa.s transcribed, contrary
to normal ri.-actice; and secondly, Cushman does not recall any
11
reference the President or to "carte. blanche. 18
15
_Executive Session
sup_ra note -1.1 at 12-13.
16
Id. at 17, 18.
17Id. at 80-81.
Testimony of ECushman/Colby Secretary
18. Executive Session Testimony of General Robert E. Cushman,
March 7, 1974 (transcription not yet avai lable).
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HUNT--TSD SUPPORT�ELLSBLRG.PROFILE
The Committee has received much testimony over the past several
months detailiryY: the extensive support of Howard Hunt by CIA personnel
with CIA materi:tls and the CIA's role in the preparation of the
psychological profiles of Daniel Ellsberg, Howard Hunt was involved
in a wide variety of domestic undertakings with the use of CIA equip-
ment and the assistance. of. CIA personnel, e.g., the burglaries of
Dr. Fielding's office and the DNC, the preparation of psychological
profiles on Daniel Ellsberg and the investigation of the Chappaquidick
incident. In light of the facts and circumstances ..'.�::.N.7eloped through the
documents and conflicting testimony of �CIA rsolloal adduced by this.
Committee, which are summariy,ed below, the question arises as to
whether the CIA had advance knowledge of the Fieldine: break-in. The
Fielding-burglary- was � not:nade7publi c: until...MaT:of. 1973..
While the CIA has previously belatedly acknowledged some of the tech-
nical_support.it provided, to Hunt and Liddy_prior to.the Fielding .break-
in. the CIEV,has alI).77.-d 6 wn clit -..exte that_techniCz-.11]
s up p brt-a s :well a _the�-:s pe cific.izapproval and: detailed knowledge- of.s
support by high level CIA. officials. 1. The scenario of-events culminatin
in �ty,t:.. Fielding break-in caused a wealth of conflicting testimony among
CIA officials as referred to hereinafter.
The,.CIA*s .assistance to Hunt began� July�22, .1971, when Hunt met
with 'Gene G Us then D eputy:.Dire ctO r� the hm.an.'
office I-a:re:quest .ptly i cal idis guise.and phony d,e ntifi cat ion:to effect' .a
'one .tithe-operationinvand :out; This :-Ime eting wa.s recorded by-
'Ciishinan... Thereafter., ,.pursuant lo the--specifi&-approvaiflof-'both:�
'See affidavits of Cushman, [Exec. Asst. to DDCI3, and
beputy Chief, TSD], Original CIA Materials, Volume It, Tab D.
2Partial tape-transcript of July 22 meeting; Original CIA
Materials, Volume II, Tab K, at 1; see also Cushman's affidavit,
id., and complete unabridged tape transcript of July 22 meeting,
CIA Supplemental Materials, Volume II, Tab 4.
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Cushman and then Director of the CIA Rich-. rd Helms, a member of
the CIA's Technical Sc rvicezDivision was assi.gned to provide Hunt
with the assistance and materials he re.questc,1.3 During the next
thirty days, the CIA technical staff met with Hunt on four separate
occasions. Most meetings were held at CIA "safe houses" (dwellings
owned or leased by the CIA for clandestine meetings).4 At those
meetings Hunt was provided with the CIA equipment and assistance
described in earlier Committee testimony, a -wig, voice altera-
tion devices, heel lift to cause a limp; 5 fake glasses, 'phony driver's
licenses and identificatic,n,ca7ds, a ITher. 5000 tape recorder disguised
in a typewriter rz:ase, a camera hidden in a tobacco pouch, preliminary
steps toward a phony New York telephone answering device, and the
developing of the film of Hunt and Liddy's reconnaissance trip to Los
Angeles to "case" Dr. Fielding's office. 6 This assistance was abruptly
terminated on August 27, 1971-.-one week before the Fielding burglary
of September 3, 1971.7
Recent testimony, and docuur.,entt�have- developed several-matters- of
cons ide ra151-e-7iMport with regard to the; assistance provided Hunt and-
The-technician...wile dealt with Hunt has testified that he received
approval for each_and..eve:L3r. request, of Hunt from his supervisory.
"See Executive Session Testimony of General Robert E. Ctashmal
March 7, 1974, at 10, 12; contra, Executive Session Testimony of
Richard Helms, March 8, 1974, and Testimony of Richard Helms
before the Senate Committee on-Appropriations, May-16,,1973, at
195496.
4 -
SeExecutive Sessien.Testimon-v.-of-[TSD_TechniCian #.13
February, 5 , 1974. at3 (Februa-.1y,, and .1Exh al ibitta,
. . ,
that_testiarriony.(notas,ofErSa:Technici-n---Fli�corn- piled,contenaporarte-ously
with the support of:Hunt) also found 'in CIA SupPlementar Materials,
Volume VII, Tab 8..
5Staff interview with Howard Hunt, February 4, 1974.
6Public Testimony of Richard Helms and General Robert E.
Cushman, August 2, 1973; affidavits of ETSD Technician #1, TSD
Technician #2, Deputy Chief, TSD, and Exec. Asst to DDCI.] , Original
CIA Materials, Volume_II, Tab D.
7Id. -
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officials at the CIA. 8He also testified f:t, contrary to earlier and
other C.IA testimony, Hunt informed him. early ,in August that he
would be 'introducing a second man (Liddy). to the technician f, t. the
provision of disguise and false identification. 9 CIA officials_ hereto-
fore had.claimed that Hunt introduced Liddy unannounced late in
August and that this introduction had been one of the leading causes
for the CIA's ultimate termination of its support for Hunt. 10
Testimony and documents have also revealed, again contrary to the
teimony of high (.A offidials, that Hunt's request for a New York
"backstopped" telephone (a telephone with a New York number which
would in reality be answered by a Washington CIA switchboard)
answering service was well on its way to completion. u A
memorandum of the TSD technician, dated August 27, 1971, reveals
that the backstopped telephone request was about to be implemented.. 12
This memorandum includes the actual relay number to be called.
Previous-CIA testimony 'had-always-been to the .effect that this telephone
8Executive Session. Testimony of ETSD Technician �Pl.j
supra note 4 at 10 (February 6 tr.), at 57 (February 5 tr.).
9Id. at 55.-57 (Irebruary:5 tr,); see also notes. referred to
in note 4, supra.
10 �
AffidzIvits.of tExec...Asst. to DDCF,[Deputy,. Chief, TSD
'Cushm.an, . sup ra:note ,1; :memoranda rofT EXec.. A-sst-.. to DDCIJ dated-,
_
August , .TbK
compare �Executive--SesSion TestirnonTof- ETSD-�TecliniCian-ftj;
note 4 at 55-56 (February 5 tr.) with Executive Session Testimony
of [Deputy Chief, TSD3 , February 5, 1974, at 24.
11Executive Session Testimony of ETSD Technician #1), supra
. note -4-at 8.-10; 12 (February 6), and:Exhibit�1 totTSD -Technician
testimony at 5, which details the steps taken by the CIA to implement
Hunt's request.
supra
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request was so unreasonable that it was immediately disapproved
and that it was also a leading cause of the ultimate termination of
Hunt's support. 13
Recent testimony also established that the CIA created a file on
Hunt's activities entitled the "Mr. Edward" file. This file was
maintained outside the normal CIA filing system, and this Com-
mittee's. requests to obtain this file have not been granted, despite
the fact thai testimony has established that this file was turned over
to Director Colby after the Watergate break-in. 14 Moreover, recent
testimony also indicates that a "bigot list" (CIA term for treatrrlent
of especially sensitive case restricting access to a limited number .
of persons) was crated for Hunt's activities. 15
13See affidavits of [Exec. Asst. to DDCZ, IDeputy Chief.
TSD11, Cushman, and memoranda of Itxec. Asst. to DDC1
' �
supra note 10; Executive Session Testimony of Cushman, March 7,
1974, at. l9-2l Moreover, Er_7.1-3cutive Session Tc�stirriony of Richard
Helms, supra note 3, indicates that it was Hunt's request for a
secretary.which-cause.d -him-to order the .cut-off:ofsupport: This
request; however, occurred c. August 18 and was denied the.
or:�ne: day�-. see: ExecutiVe-Session.Te.stirn... ony- of14-,E-xe-c-.-. As st._�to. DDCU,
M-Zt�rch:.6-", 1974�(b.-anscription,not'presentl4;.available.);. contra...,
testimony -of:Richard:Hell:xis bef&-re- th. Sbnate � Gornmittee-onAppro--
priations, . supra note 3, at 197.
14Executive Session Testimony of [Deputy Chief, TSD],
February 5, 1974, at 14-15; Executive Session Testimony of LChiel,
TSD3 , February 5, 1974: at 2.9--30-.
15Executive Session Testimony of ETSD Technician #13, supra
note 4, at 2-4 (February 6 tr.)
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Testimony has indicated that the film developed for Hunt and Liddy
was, in fact, of Dr. Fielding's office. 16 Not only was the film devel-
oped, however, but it was reviewed by CIA supervisory officials
before i 17t.was returned to Hunt, One CIA official who reviewed the
film admitted that he found the photographs "intriguing" and recog-
nized them to be of "southern California. "18 He then ordered one of
the.Thotoffra.phs to be blown up. The blow-up revealed Dr. Fielding's
na.me in the ya.rking_lot next to his office. 19 Another CIA official has
testified that he speculated that they,were."casing" photographs. 20
Recent testimony has shown. that the :CIA official who reviewed these
Ehotographs immediately reported their content to. Cushman and his
assistant in the office of the Deputy Director of the CIA. 21 With'
degree of incredulity, however, he denies telling his superiors that
he blew up one of the photographs and that it revealed the name of
Dr. -Fielding. ZZ Moreover, both Cushman and his assistant denied ever
_16
...Executive .Session Testirriony-.Of -\11Executive._Officer to
Director of Security], March 3, 1974 (transcription not presently
available); Staff interview of Howard Hunt, supra note 5 (wherein Hunt
� indicate �that :the film the CIA cleveL.ped. -included shots ,of :a "close-
-up of- (Fielding!s office) 'door, a of the-directory..of..07ieldirigis)
building, photographs of the ingress and. egress of the parking lot .
as well as shots of the inside of Fielding's office, including the top
of Ficld3ig's desk.
17Executive Session Testimony of ETSD Technical 11'1 supra
note 4 at Z0-24., 52-53 (Februa.ry 5 tr.); Exe.cutive Session Testimony
of [Deputy Chief, TS.D) , supra ne!:e141at 43-47.
18.Executive-Session :Te stimon.y7ofjpeputy. Chief, TSI.):1,._;supra
note 14 at 44.
191d. at 45-46.
20Executive Session Testimony of EChief, MD), February 5,
1974, at 19-20.
21Executive Session Testimony of [Deputy Chief, TSD3 , supra
note 14 at 47-49.
221(1.
oh,
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having been told about the content of the photogr.a.phs by [-Deputy
TSD3 or anyone else. 23 In any event, recent testimony shows
that it was only after these photographs were developed and examined
that the CIA technician dealing with Hunt was ordered to cut off
all support for Hu-nt. 24
This decision was made by the Deputy
Director zg: the CIA (Cushman) and/or the Director of the CIA
(Helms)..
Finally, while previous public CIA testimony claimed that the CIA
"had no contact \-;ihatsoever with Mr. Hunt subsequent to 31 August,
1971, '126 recent testimony and secret documents indicate that Hunt
had extensive contact with the CIA after that date. Not only did Hunt
play a large role in the CIA's development of psychological profiles
on Daniel Ellsberg (not completed until November of 1971), but he
actually contacted the CL'IN.Ts- External Employment Assistance Branch
(EEAB) and approached active CIA. personnel regarding several
23
March 7,,
to DDCI3
Executive Session Testirnony.of� General Robert E. Cushman,
1974). at 2.2-23;- Executive-Session �Testimony.of [Exec:..Asst
Marth--6, 1974-(transcription not presently available).-
ExecutiVe Session �Testimony, of rETSIT)TF-.:rlinicial -#11, sup-a-a:
note-4; at'597-60; and-akhibit 1 to.that testimony.
-a
� 25Executive Session Testimony of General Robert E. Cushman,
'March 7, 1974, at 21-22, 16-20; Executive Session Testimony of
Richard Helms, March 8, 1974, contra (transcription not presently
available).
26Lieutenant General Vernon A. Walters Memorandum for
Record, July 28, 1972, Original CIA Materials, Volume I, Tab S.
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operations, inclu beg, e. g., Hunt's requ.sts to the CIA for perc,on(s)
skilled in lockpic:Hng, electronic sweeping, and entry Operations, 27
It is significant that during the same tirrie perid as the ongoing.'sup-
port of Hunt by the CIA, August of 1971, the CIA was also compiling
a 1..:lychological profile on Daniel Ellsberg. Recent testimony has
rev.-.,a1c...!0...that.Hunt was deeply involved in that project as wc.s..-11.
27COntacts after August 31, 1971, indicated in the Secret
Suppl nental CLAMateria1s, include the following:
�
a. Hunt wal:, referred to [Former CIA employe] byEllit.'f, EEA.B
of the CIA's EE.AL2t EE.4.1".1 re,4-ired on June 19, 1972)
,
when Hunt requested a "retired lockpicker" and entry man in
the time period of Ma:r.ch-May', 1972. CIA. Supplemental Materials,
Volus..;.'ie I, Tab 4, Memorandum of June 19, 1973.
Hunt, :.-Ln 1:at: 1971, rectue.sted some l'isecui:ity types' to check
physical s'-.:uurity and monitor telephones in Las Vegas, "in
conn:.,ction with. Han:..'s work on the-Hughes account with 3\711.111en
and .Cozrip an Ilant was by EChlef, s7.,-;:amr
�
(name-deleted at Agency 2.-equest)j Supplemental
MO:ferials, -Volume I, Tab .4. )
.c. Hunt conta.cte [de 3_ &Led at Agency :re ciu,z:: stl (an active CIA emplree
until November 10, 1972) sometime in 'late 1971 regarding a weekend
entry operation.
_
.contacted CIA employee d2leted at Agency requestj.In _
er- 311971 :Cbiace g certain- Indo-China -War o
(Original .CIA Materials, .Volume
e. On December 8,.'1971, Hunt. requested and received a CIA computer
name trace,, by CIA employees, on a person who had allegedly
formed the Ldeleted name of Latin American country at Agency
request]NationaLIndepenclexit. Party in De cembe..r of 19 71 (Original
� CIA Materials, Volume II, Tab. D).
1. The CIA acknowledges that the-Deputy-Director of Plans-of the
CIA did rneet-with-Hunt on October 15, .1971 to discuss Mullen �
and Company. problems.
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The preparation of this profile was specifically approved by then
Di.:�ector Hehris in late July of 1971.2 The actual compiling of the
was done by the CIA's medical services' staff and, in parti-
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cular, its chief psychiatrist. Testimony ha & indicated that --�
a meeting was hold. on August 12, 1971, in which both Howard Hunt
and Gordon Liddy participated. They told the CIA psychiatrist that
Ellsberg had been undergoing psychiatric analysis. Hunt and Liddy
discussed with him their desire to "try Ellsberg in public, " render
him "the object of pity as a broken. man," and be able to refer to
Ellsbergis "Oedipal complex. "At the dose of the meeting, Hunt
asked the psychiatrist not to reveal h s presence in the profile dis-
CUSSODS to anyone at the CIA, stating that he a.l.rcady had been :in
cont:,.ct with General Cushman and was on good terms with Director
Helms. The psychiatrist has tr,stified recently that he was extremely
� conce:rc ed about Hunt's presence and remarks. He so rts._ported this
to his CIA superiors, both in memoranda and in a meeting on August
20, 1971. Access to the r. moranda of both the ,psychiatrist and his
superiors has .been ref Ll3f.iLi to this Committee.
The CIA psychiatrist also was given the name of Dr. Fielding as
Ellsberg's p yehLE:trist and no n:-.� rOUS FBI reports of interviews with
Ellsbes..res associates, -as-well as a memorandum of a ..retic)rtle.d. tele-
32,
-phone conversation between .Ellsberg and another party. And
recent testimony has revealed that it was reportc-;.d back to thLpsv-
chiatrist that Director Helms was avised of his con corns re r-rardincf
Hunt's participation and comn-Lents, 23 While Director Helms tos
28Affid'avit c-r-i-Deoui-v Director of Support, hereafter referred
_
to as the DDSJ and [Director of Medical Services Staff, hereinafter
referred to as the DM331 and LChief of. _ Dn Medical
Services Staff, hereinafter referred to as Chief Psychiatrist],
_Original CIA Materials, Volume I, Tab U; Volume II, Tab D.
29Id.
�30E.xecutive Session Testimony of rChief Psychiatrist], March 6,
1974 (transcription. not presently available).
31Id., see also Colby letter refusing access, infra.
321d.
33Id.
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denied that he was cvertold that Hunt was involved in the CIA's
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Ellsberg profile project, it is not without significance that the
time period during which the CIA psychiatrist was briefing his
superiors of his concerns regarding Huno. was circa August 20,
1971.--a week prior to the developing of Hunt's film of "intriguing"
photographs of medical offic