(EST PUB DATE) LOAN OF TELEVISION SYSTEM TO SECRET SERVICE FOR USE AT DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTIONS IN 1972

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01430490
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: January 1, 1973

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MEMORANDUM TO
SUBJa:T
Ekelcutive 6ecrr6tary
CIA Management Committee
Loan of Television System to Secret Service
for Use at Democratic and Republican National
Conventions in41972
1. The attachedAsummary reports the loan of television
equipment by the Agency to the Secret 'ervica for use during the
Democratic and Republican National Conventions last year. The
equipment was for use in helicopter aerial surveillance, primarily
crowd control. The assumption is that it was
The equipment was recovered in Nevember 1972.
2. The transaction seems a straightforward arrangement,
related to the legal responsibility of the Secret gervicee
However, the fact that the Agency probided the equipment for use
in a domestic political situation could be presented in a different
light.
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used for that purpose.
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