CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT - CIA WAS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947.

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CONGR-P'SSICONAL OVERSIGHT - CIA
A. GENERAL
CIA as established as oart of the National Security Act of 1947. The
Agency enabling legislation, the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949, -
provided for the general administration of the Agency arid exempted the Agency
zrom normal reporting requirements which could compromise. Agency security.
On the basis of the provisions of this tatter Act, the CIA appropriation is
handled securely and the organization, its functions, and the names of its
personnel...are protected.
1. The Armed Services Committees (on the basis of juris-
dictioxa over the legislation) and the Appropriations Committees
(to approve funds) have exercised continuous legislative oversight..
(a) The Committee on Expenditures in the Executive
Departments (now the Committee on Government Operations)
actually, held hearings and reported out the National. Security
Act of 1947 but under the new Legislative Reorganization Act
the House Armed Services g2..Lned permanent jurisdiction.
(b) in the Senate the corresponding Committee on
Expenditures challenged the referral of the National Security
Act of 1947 to the Armed Services Committee, but it was
,:lef,-=-?teci\vhn the Senate upheld the ruling of the President-
pro tem.
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(c) From time to time the Government Operation.s
Committees particularly on the House side have insisted on
a right of congressional oversight of the economy and
efficiency with which the Agency conducts its activities.
Up to now the issue has not been joined, essentially
as a result of our voluntary cooperation with their
Various investigations or informal handling between
committees. - Chairman Holifield has been generally
? supportive of the Agency position. Mr. 11(1.00rhe.acl -
and Mr. Moss being most interested in asserting
some type .of ju.risdiction.
(d) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee,
over recent. years has pressed to extend its _jurisdiction
. over intelligence activities .through the efforts to establish
the overall authority abroad of State, which it oversees, .
and to include broad limitations on funding of-programs
principally administered by CIA.
B. CHRONOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
i. 1947 through early 1950s - Oversight was benign.
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-(a) Control:tea by strongly entrenched congression.
leadership and senior chairmen..
(b) Cold war nsychalogy--ranl: and file not pre-
disposed to interference,
(c) On the appropriation side, the basic concern
was-do you have enough money?
? 2. Late 1950s
? {a) Record of infrequent briefings of overSight
committees leads to Senator Man.sfieIcl's initiative for ?
Joint Committee (defeated in 1956 by vote of 59 to 27, with.
? 12 original sponsors opposirg the resolution).
(b) Sputnik era triggered wider congressional
interest in Agerzy information on the Soviet threat. Agency
initiated program of debriefing members Of Congress who
. had travelled abroad, inviting them to visit Agency facilities
and o.n occasion field installations.
3. Early 1960's
(a) The Agency fu.:nished intelligence briefings to
a number of committees including the Joint Committee art -
Atomic Energy on the Soviet nuclear energy program, and
? creneral intelLience brielfin;s to Fopuse Foreign _A,fifairs- ark-:
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the Senate _Toreign Relations Committee., Soviet space
program brie Eings to the House Science arid Astronautics
- Committee and Senate Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Committee, and Soviet military posture briefings to the full
Armed Services Committees and the Defense Subcommittee.
of House Appropriations.
(b) Pressure continued to grow 'for a Joint Intelligenc
Committee which spurred the CIA Subcommittee of House
Armed Services to examine Agency activities rather intensiv.,-1
(c) Chairman Vinson appointed Representative Paul J 1
Kilday as Chairman of the CIA Subcommittee of House Aimed
S. erviceS with the mandate to give CIA more attention
(d)
Presidential election spurred further interest in the Agency's
intelligence product.
(e) The 13-2 flight of Gary Powers over the Soviet
Union and. the Bay of Pigs invasion heightened congressional
debate and the Cuban missile crisis of 1962-refocused attention
ca the Agency's capabilities.
(f) Reflecting Senator Russell's growing.responsibiliti
for appropriations matters, sessions of the CIA Subcommittee
The "Soviet Missile Gap." argument in the. 1960
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o.L7 Senate Armed Services and Senate Appropriatiorts, were
in joint session.
T.-.,ven so by 1.9,)5 Agency briefings .of
? these Subcommittees rose to 34 as contrasted with 9 thr-
previous year.
4. Late 19601s
(a) In 1966, the Foreign Relations Committee .
reported a resolution to establish a Joint Committee on
Intelligence with Senator Russell defeating the move by 61Z9
_ on jurisdictional grounds.
(b) ? In 1967 the Agency undertook a prograrnined
effort to contact and brief all new members of Congress on
the Agency.
(c) 1967 was also the year of exposure of Agency
funding of the National Student Association.
(d) In 1969 the Agency's intelligence product came
to the front again on the ABM system leading to a closed
sesSion of the Senate to discuss the classified aspects of the
subject .including data provided by the Agency.
(e)
Legislative initiatives were beginning to be
proposed in an effort to circumscribe executive action through
CIA principally in Southeast Asia.
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of Senate Armed Services and Senate A.ppropriation.s,
heid-in joint session. E,.,-en so by 1965 Agency hriefLngs of
- these Su'ocoramittees rose to 34 as contrasted with 9 the
previous year.
4. Late 1960's
(a) In 1966, the Foreign Relations Committee
reported a-resolution to establish a Joint Committee on
Intelligence with Senator Russell defeating the move by 61-29 ,
on jurisdictional grounds.
(b). In 1967 the Agency undertook a programmed
effort to contact and brief all new members_ of Congress on.
the Agency.
? (c) 1967 was also the year of exposure of Agency
funding of the National Student Association.
- (d) In 1969 the Agency's intelligence product came
to the front again on the ABM system leading to a closed
sesSion of the Senate to discuss the classified aspects of the
subject including data provided by the Agency.
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(e) Legislative initiatives were beginning to be
proposed in an efiort to circumscribe executive action through
CIA. principaily in Southeast Asia.
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5. 1970s -
(a) c.ongre.ssiona, stru.cture which has for a
quarter of a century served to seid enc.y from
intrusion or attack by the rank and file membership is in
a state of flux.. The Russell's and Rivers are gone.
McClellan is 73, Mahon is 74, a.nd. Stennis and Hebert are
73: Men down the seniority lists have become suspicious
or jealous over the secretive manner in which the oversight
responsibilities have been exercised and their ranks are
being periodically reinforced by newly elected younger
members. Many.feel Agency information and Agency-
activities should be more broadly accessible to the -
Legislative Branch, and particularly to the Foreign
Relations and Foreign Affairs Committees..
(b) In 1971, as a result of the limitation by the
Democratic Caucus on subcommittee chairmanships and
taking note of the writing on the wall, Chairman Hebert
appointed Representative Lucien N. Ned.zi (D., Mich.)
as Chairman of a rejuvenated Intelligence Subcommittee
of House Armed Services Committee. Nedzi has proved to
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be an invaluable ally in dealing wi? proble,.-ris in the
House because oE his reputation for diligence, thoroughness, .
objectivity, and skepticism.
(c) In an analogous reaction to the changed political
atmosphere in the Senate, both Chairmen Stennis and McClellan.
have changed earlier practices.
Thus both now regularly take
transcripts. Senator McClellan invited Senator Church to attend
and participate in a Subcommittee meeting on ITT-Chile (no
leaks occurred) and Senator McClellafl has offered any Senator
the specifics of budget on a classified basis (Tab A).
(d) Many members while sharply critical of foreign
and defense policy appear to have a high regard for the Agency'
intelligence product, fearful only that the Agency's capabilities in
the covert action field may be misused by an Administration..
They are ankiou.s to have a closer relationship with the Agency and.
thus more influence on its activities. Others are highly supportive -
in foreign and defense fields, but are a.r2cious to avoid battle on
issues such as the Agency's covert action authorities.
C. CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT PROCEDURES
1, Under existing Icietines so far 5.;upoorteci by the chairmen of
our oieriflt committees, Agency o? atonal activities are reported
Nai.4 solo lv to the four overs .??,-ht committees.
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2. Security Precautions: In formal sessions before
subcommitte-es, the following security procedures are followed:
(a) Only selected staff members of the subcommittee
.., (no personal sta.Ef of members) are permitted to attend.
(b) Each hearing is preceded by a technical sweep.
for audio-surveillance devices and technical monitoring is
maintained throughout the briefing.
? (c) When transcripts are taken, only a reporter with
? Top Secret clearance is used and the Agency maintains
control over the shorthand notes. The transcripts are -
placed under controls agreed .to by the Committees .and
the Agency.
(d) Under House rules all members are entitled
access to all Committee records. (Tab B)
(e)? The membership of the four oversight
Subcommittees are set forth La Tab:C.
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The Pre 3 id era
The 'White liouse
Washington, D. C. 20530
Dear 24,1r. President:
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17. ;September 1974
Attached is a recapitulation of the Congressional oversight of CIA -
activities as requested by Socreta.-',y Kissinger.
CIA's relations with Congress are on three levels:
a. I'v-here appropriate (although infrequently), CIA appears in
open session or releases testimony gi.ven in executive session -
when it is neither classilied no: rev-ealing of intelligence sources
and methods.
b. In e:xectitive session, CIA appears before a wariety 02 corn.-
minees to provide substanb.ve Intelligence tiata and assessments.
'We use our tn..ost sensitive 9 ourcet as the basis for Such testiniony,
but we do not reveal or discuss them or our operations.
c. 'Oversight of our operations is conducted by Appropriations .
and i'l_rxned ervIc ti'ocommittees in executive session. No
Matter ar-e held secret from these committees, and it ia
ny
obligation to volunteer to them matters of possible interest.
The a.bove arrangement is longstanding and has been subject to
various attempts to Change it over the years. In particular, the Foreign
AfLairs Committees have pressed for g,reater exposure to our oper.stional
activities.
In ray confirmation hearings and publicly I have taken the position
that CIA will respond to Congress' oversight in any method established
This doe:In:Jr:1 may be
clovmgrcd ?(..: to
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by the Congress, but that I propose to continue the established Procedure
until the Congress changes them. This is of course only a reflection
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the Ctut onl independence of the Congress and its power, in
to legislate with respect to our authorities or appropriations.. A bill cur-
rently eists in both Houses 'which would amend the National Security Act
to provide that CIA's activities be reported to the Congress yin such man-
ner as the Congress determines. I have indicated support of this amen47
rn.ent.
The a.ttached paper presents on page 12. certain options_ for your
consideration as to bow this matter might be !Dandled in the future. These
might be used by you as the basis for the discuasions you indicated y
intend to have with the Congressionsa leadership. I would be pleased to
discuss this with you further at your convenience.
;Respectfully,
/s/ Bill
W. E. Colby
? Director
Atta.chment
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. ? On 4 June 1974. the Senate by a vote of 55 to 33
defeated an amendment to the Defense Procurement Authoriza-
tion bill (S. 3000) which would have required the Director
of Central Intelligence to submit an annual unclassiEied
report to the Congress disclosing the total amount of funds
requested in the budget for the National Intelligence Program.
A number of Senators, including the Chairman of- the
Agency's Oversight Committees in the Senate, strongly opposed
the amendment on the basis that such disclosures would
provide valuable assistance to our adversaries by virtue- of,
the trends disclosed over the years and. that the publication.
of the total figure would only stimulate further inquiry for. .
greater detail on foreign intelligence activities, for
explanations of changes or trends, and for the component.
elements of the total figure.
They also pointed out that the four committees
charged with oversight of the Agency in the -Congress are -
.fully .aware of the. details of the foreign intelligence
budget and inquire into these matters deeply. The point -was
also made that if any member of the Senate wished to "know
what the total figure was it would be furnished to him on a
classified basis.
The discussion on the amendment is covered on pages
S. 9601-9613 in the Congressional Record of 4 June 1974.
Excerpts follow:
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7.;--ue, we ace an,O3rtsoce:.:-; and, 30
far, we have been ab ll to carry on an
itu'nce;-1vcr.t-7?An
has been ,.vortit to 113billions P. Id ions
and biliions Or dollars in sztviry,:s. -Out,
. we ace goitt;"; to abannou the idea of
-keeping these fnnu-es froI ein; cl;5-
cles:-1. then. in rry humble onion. v.Te
might as z...tolish the agency. It
would be like saying, in e:;e-.ct, til3t, we..
do not want this secret intellisence. a.;*.ter
all, that we do not need it, and that we
will abandon it.
We will pay an awful price for that.
I am familiar with the CA budget. .
- I can satisfy most any Senator in the
?- cloakroom, talking to him some about
this, but I will publicly say that it is a
clean budget and they have justified :
many times over the expenditure o: the
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SenatorPastore: ? ". . .
to know
what they are doing. o we can know
what we have to rio in order to guarantee,
the security of our ocvn country..
I So r,e cannot come out here and tell -
the Nv'nole. world. "We 5pent billion or
? S2 billion for the Central ;intelligence
Agency." What does that mtan to any?.
one else, except that perhaps some people
? think they are spending too much. And.
the minute the question is asked where
they are spending it we 'are in serious '
trouble.
So what happens to your children and
.rhy children; Mr President? 1,1The.t hap-
? pens to you when you go home tonight?
What hapoen..3 tomorrow? What hap?
pens to the security of our country?
Cart we afi:ord to tell them? Oh. yes, I
would like to tell the public everything it
Is passible to tell them. I beliere in that.
? I have been in public life continually for
40 years. I believe in the right of the
public to know. But I certainly would
not come to the floor of the :3eitate and
? tell you, Mr. President, how to put to-
an atom bomb. I would not tell
you that. I would not tell you how far
our nuclear sub.; are able to travel; I
would not tell you how we can detect:an
? enemy sub; and T. would not. tell you how
they might detect ours. 'I would not tell
you that. Why would I not tell you that?
I would not tell you that beco.u_se the
minute I told you that I would Jeopardi2.a
the future oi you: children. .
1
Iliave:lat down with the Eenator from
WI3ron.3in. (Mr. tht,. Seciltor.
from California. (?..ir. CT.\:....37-ipzi.), to find
a 5olutioa, and I nave down r.-ith Mr.
Colby, who Is a .q].-cat A:7.7e:-Ica.n. He said,
"fie.^.5e do not di.3 this. If you want to
make my jr7.1.) irasier. plea..5e do not du
this." I can.not zit there aCtec that ad-
monition and e.,-...hortation and turn
around V.. r"V-1 sty, Colby, I do not
bede.ve what- you ilaTo to say." If I be- .
iievod that for I minute, I would say. :
"You ought to give up your lob;.!...?
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Senator Humphrey:
1-1;?..! to co,- Ser..1.1.or fraci Iti?ode
e.c.d to 073,3..:Iv,e f :Ni.
comm?n,s. poin'.ed
V7 propefiy tha.: the C,entur.-1 Tateih-
genc ?ticy has in the rio?st er:7:-1.-4-.3.,1 Ia
actsvittes that have been look?!d upon '.):(
cr...rtain lombars of the Co tress Rs un-
desirable.; b,it, '1 want to rna.;-.e?
hab every one or -those acti-V..ties had
be.en orde:ed by a Presider0:.? The, CE.--n-
trot. Yhteiiigerice A,enc7 do-e-s not Jr..ist
enz.a.ze in acti;itie.3 for the love of work.
I know that the Central Intelligence
Agency, clu.ring the Kennedy ye34-3 and
the Johiasoct years, was engazSE!ci in o?c"
tivitia3 in Laos--
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2.fr. Freslcieht, the Central In!..eliigence.
Agency is possibly the ricst important
azc.?acy in this Government. By and lar;e;
At is ma.cle, up of pc.,-.ople who are corn-
Detent, able, .o_tid v:ho have served this
country well and faithfully. TC be sure,
there are times when it has engaged in
activities, as :ve have said. that are
looked upon with suspicion; but I think -
it would be folly for us to publicize o.1.1. of
Its activities, to publicLze the amounts it
receives, particulaxly when there are
ways and means within this body and
'within the other body of Cohgress to -
supervise. .1:.and to keep a check rein. '
upon it.
I ? ?
- I 'nod the pririle.ge of
sen'ing on the Nritionni Security Council,.
a.nci I want to tell my coil cues that the
. Central Intelligence A..ene.y was the most
?? accurate and effective instrument of
? Government for that council. :its reports
were most accurate, and had we followed
? 'the- ad'olce of the Central Intelligence
. Agency in many areas, we would hare
been better off, but at lea-it it 7;2.3 there.
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:EtAl; just; on StiCe("I we itCe In this
.body to,..1a7 dbttin 7,-hetii?ev ot* rot
ought to have a relea_le of the figure,
next year it will be vcryPth?.7r it Is too lily
or tOO httie. and than it will be T.'11-23.t is
in it. Then. -;hen we start to ;;ay ,7-,--hat is
we p,r,-; to 1-1:17.7e S re.:pose
tts.tly wb.al-, in ordr3r
to tr;:liC1 ;af for e:,:ai-nple,
an a; t:o Soviet rinlors
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of we.:::::511.0,1 t 7ere. Isanl
ter-1.t far they
17(1?)",. tileLr ntitic prorr wes, T. do
not think it the
tei.-e3t for all o:instinformat:ion to have-
be4r,.? laic" out. I would hair deatnoycut
? our Inteliig?-..?ace fratheriri.zr corapietely.
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Senator McClellan: ". .
But, let uo bear i mind that if ve are
ho.ve aSe.:.urity zaceAgency, we
cannot have it v.-it:J-1 ne.tiohai
on What it cloes, ho: it does it, and -c,.ow.
much it spends here, or .11077
sp.ads there.
Senator.Stennis: ". .
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rny rcsoonsibilit-y to my colleaznics,
they in CIA kcep a clean house. The'
have had a conse.r,:atiie, operation d oilar-
wise and ha-:e account.eci for the money
In a splendid way. That .has been true
without exception. There has been no
great spillage of money or great extrava-
gances, and not one bof scandal or
odor of any l;..Lnd. . .
Senator Thurmond: It .
I believe that our nation Ls unique in
the attention Its le..-6-44312.ture ha.3 givea to
specifying and cIrcurnscel`:in.; the atvt-
of the agency designated to per;:orra
its rareixa intelligence mission./.,, a 11
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Senator Proxmire: it
President,
amendment which
to provide that the
intelligence commi
bro's.en. do-.4-es. but
would be made. :ava
payers of this cour
ideo. or. tow much,
dollars?and it Ls
are going for inteL
Governmer.t.
the purpo.ie of the
I am ?fleeing now 13
overall fi,g-ure for the
may ns a whole, no-t
the over:...Ll figure,
liable, so that the. tax-
h7 would have some
?how many biLlims
'oillion.s of dollars.?
igeoce efforts by our 1?
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Now just what would this ten cur
vccsaries? They would not I:now Lf it all
ws..nt to the CIA, or DIA. Whether the
NSA sp-ent most of the money, or the Air
Force.
1-12ow about Yearly flt tuatlo ns? Say for
example, triat the budget went -Lip 10
p::ent in 1 year. what they con.Tllat rrialpower was more expert-
se? That the CIA 7.:t.s soendng more
for Laos? Thz.,.t the DiA had bot..3ht dl
new corr.-outer r.iwilion? That NSA was
hiring more people? They would
nothing. . .
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Senator Hughes:
It
".rhe tirr,m1; will. come forn
trot on the in3i:13, rnliint,Cnin!-;
coiLrot requires in ounce. then I
think we should. be pz-cod....ed to take
cunce of rLik in at iea...i;.; letting us see
publicly and the peogie. se.e pubUcL
wilF..ther we are spendin,z :S3 biaion.. $7
billion, or s90 billion, and how we are
conCealing it and nidin; it, and. if Tie ara
protectin; ourseit:e.s" frorn the irisidE! as
well as from the outside. ? ?
thiar that ounce of risk., if it exist..,
13 worth takin3. and I thank the dis-
tinguished Senator fromi Wis-con.sin or
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Senator Jackson: ". .
? In summary, our fon inteltienCe
'service arise.s out of an. act .of Con!?-ess
and all of its acti71tiel are closely scru-
? tinized by a. number of representative
members of both the Zenae and the.
l'Iouse of 17.e.pres.?ntati.7e3. This is how
we lis.ve resolved the bniance het;veen
the needs of an open society and the
needs for a secret ..forel,rm intelligence
service. I certainly do noe, think that
t.hL I rop 1;trri trir.ohRianile the stun-
tion as I am confident enactmerA o:: the .
proposed amendment would do.
Senator Young:
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I know there is great inte.rest in the.
.public kno7,-ing everythin:4 possible, but:
think there NVC some things that shoulc.t.
be kept secret for. our own seutirity. '1
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vote in any meeting of any committee shall be nade
available by that . committee for inspection by the
public at reasonable. times in the offices of that com-
mittee. Information so available for public inspection
shall include a description of the amendment, motion,
order, or other proposition and the name of each
Member voting for and each Member voting against
such amendment, motion, order, or proposition, and
? whether by proxy or in person, and the names of those.
Members present but not voting. With respect to
each record vote by any committee on each motion
to report any bill or resolution of a public character,
the total number of votes cast for, and the total
number of votes cast against., the reporting of such
bill or reolution shall be included in the committee
report.
The first part of this paragraph was derived from Sec. 133(b) of
the Logislative Reorganization Act of 1010 (GO Slat. 812) and made
part of the stnnding rules on January 3, 1953, p. 24. The requirements
that committc0 roll calls be subject, to public inspection and that the
committee report on a public bill or resolution include the vac thereon,
were added by Sec. 101(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1070 (81 Stat. 1140) and made a part of the rules on January 22, 1971,
p. H. Res. 5.
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committee Hearings, records, data, charts,
and files shall be kept separate and distinct from the
congrasional office records of the Member serving
as chairman of the. committee; and such records shall
be the property of the House and all Members of the
House shnll have access to such records. Each corn-
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mittce is authorized to have printed and
testimony and other data presented at hearing-.
by the committee,
This provision from Sec. 202 (d) of the Legi:lativr, P.v.urr,r, ?
Act of MG (GO Stat. 312) was made a part of the stanc: ?
January 3, 1953, p. 24. -
(d)(1). It shall be the duty of the chairman t
committee to. report or cause to be reported pro,
to the House any measure approved by his coin: .
and to take or. cause to be taken neeasary s.
bring' the matter to a vote.
(2) In any event, the report of :my comn-li
. a measure which has been approved by the corn:
shall be filed within seven calendar days
of days on which the House is not in session
the day on which there has been filed With th,:-?
of the committee a written request, signed
majority of the members of the committee,
reporting .of that measure. Upon the filing- o..
such request, the clerk of the committee
transmit immediately to the chairman of the
mittee notice of the filing of that request. This
paragraph does not apply to a report of the
mittee on Rules with respect to the rules,
rules, or order of business of the House or to
reporting of a resolution of inquiry addresse
the head of an executive department.
(3) If, at the time of approval of any mea u:.
matter by any committee .(cxcept the Commit
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SENATE APPROPRIATIONS
.INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS
September L974
John L. McClellan (D., Ark.), Chairman
'John C. Stennis (D., Miss.) Milton R. Young (R., N.Dak.)
John 0. Pastore (D, R.I.) Roman L. Firuska (R., Nebr.)
SENATE ARMED SERVICES
CIA SUBCOMMITTEE
John C. Stennis (D., Miss.), Chairman
Stuart Symington (D., Mo.) Peter H. Dominick (R., Colo
nry M. Jackson (D., Wash.) Strom Thurmond (R., S. C.)
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HOUSE ARMED SERVICES
SPECIAL SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
Lucien N. Nedzi (D., Mich.), Chairman
F. Edward Hebert (D., La.) William G. Bray (R., Ind.)
Melvin Price (D., Ill.) Leslie Arends (R., )
0. C. Fisher (D? Texas) Bob Wilson (R. , Calif.)
HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS
"SPECIAL GROUP"
George H. Mahon (D., Texas), Chairman
Tae L. Whitten (D., Miss. ) William E. Minsha.11 (R. , Ohio)
Rori: L. F. Sikes (D,, ) Elford A,. Ceclea.-berg (R., Mich)
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TASS Reports Colby Testimony on CIA actions in Chile
L231442 Moscow TASS in English 1350 GMT 23 Oct 73 1,-?
TE.YT) WASHINGTON OCTOBER 23 TASS --FRESH FACTS HAVE BEEN LEARNED
HERE AB(1UT THE SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITY OF THE USA CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
AGENCY AGAINST SALVADOR ALLENDE'S POPULAR UNITY GOVERNMENT PRIOR
TO SEPTEMBER ELEVENTH. THESE FACTS ARE CONTAINED IN THE TRANSCRIPT
OF SECRET TESTIMONIES BY CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM COLBY AND CIA SENIOR
STAFF-MEMBER F. DAyis AT THE INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE OF
THE HOUSE, OF REPRESENTATIVES. A SUMMARY OF THE TESTIMONIES WAS PUB-
LISHED BY THE"WASHINGTON POST." ?
.
THE TESTIMONY OF THE CIA LEADERS SflOVS THAT THE DEPARTMENT.
CARRIED ON LARGE-SCALE SECRET INTERVENTION IN THE INNER-POLITICAL
AND ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OF CHILE. THIS ACTIVITY', THE NEWSPAPER SAID,
INCLUDED?INFILTRATION INTO ALL PRINCIPAL POLITICAL PARTIES,
SUPPORT OF ANTI-COVERNMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS AND ALIGNMNETS,
-SUBSIDIES FOR OPPOSITION PRESS ORGANS.
THE UNITED STATES, THE WASHINGTON POST GOES ON TO SAY,
REFUSED CREDITS TO THE ALLENDE GOVERNMENT TO WRECK THE
&TTLE\N EGgNO:MY AND ALSO OBSTRUCTED THE GRANTING OF LOANS TO
CE-BY INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL AGENCIES. THE ONLY EXCEPTION
WAS 'ADE FOR THE SALE ON CREDIT OF AMERICAN WEAPONS TO THE-
CHILEA'l ARMED FORCES. THUS, THE UNITED STATES SOUGHT TO SPEED UP
THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE COUNTRY AND TO ENCOURAGE INTERNAL
OPPOSITION TO THE POPULAR UNITY GOVERNMENT,
THE TESTIMONY OF THE CIA DIRECTOR AND OTHER INFORMATION
SHOW THAT THE UNITED STATES MAINTAINED CLOSE CONTACTS WITH THE
: CHILEAN MILITARY THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD FOLLOWING ALLENDE'S
.ELECTORAL VICTORY, THE NEWSPAPER SAYS.
THE WASHINGTONPOST ADDS THAT .THE CIA ALLOCATED 400,000.. ,
DOLLARS FOR SUPPORTING PRESS. ORGANS OPPOSING ALLENDE ON THE EVE OF
THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS.
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By Tad 5.7:u1c
is C Washington writcr?and
igr-oer icreign. correspondent. HES lat-
est. "Compulsive Spit: The Stronae
Cc.r.cr of E. Howard Hunt."
THE United States, -through
Central Intelligence Agency
or otheowise,- directly involved in the
events tlizit led to the bloody coup d'qat
in Chl'e. last Sept. 11?
Actu2i involvement Li the military
re'roltitirm that ousted the late President
Ailetide foossens, a Socialist,
-hos Leer. roundly denied by the Nixon
ration and the CIA in particular..
4:'?.-en the CIA's track record in
e-,oeioli-owing or attempting to over-
tio?orov 'foreign govornmer.ts?lran,Guate-
mala, Bay of ,Pigs, Laos and so on
?deep sospicioni have persisted that,
the ageticy, operating under White'.
fieose -'1,:tictivcs. has been much more
Coto.: In:toccnt observer of the Chilean
Allende's ciection iii 1970.
riao; ago, C!A rather stir-
-pHs;??.-.:?yi. most reit/et:Indy, went quite
? a way ?a cr?nfirrn malty of these suspi?
so in sect?et testimony on
11 ::Ffore the Ito se Subcommittee
or oierica.n A.';-airs by its di-
PanE. Colby, and Frederick
a senior cificial in (he
:ter.: or -rptoitigoncc.
ti''- ?ns?irriony was,
sv.:-.? to it, by snurccs
_ c
':7,1ony touches
,y1 the (.i.:Vs oo?-ii anti verl
ri!e chilean poli?
al:o licio; in understanding .
-.'truotirvo iirtiniinistration's
nf Orinoinzt, about
of?
i;ipci.R.'.1 not eolg that 1.?..e
of ilie titiotber of ?le?
...19rvcrr,-.r Is
th-nza the owelat
that Ur! trni St;itel,
tryasi
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Vii-iSH.T.i','GTO,'.?! POST
21 OCT N73 ?
war there remains ''a Foal posribility." tusaI to hl Chlte, even on hernoini-
YcL, even Coll.y warned that the jun la tartan- grounds, was empliashoed sbeut-
may "rivet-do" rep,?ooiion,
eek before tho military coup when
Colby..s and Davis' testinicily, i w
n pails
-unclear aid contradictory, . offered a It turned doe-rt Sarrttago*.a requeit for
picture of the CIA's iiti ci in Chile credits to buy ? 300,000 tons of wheat
between Aliende's election In 1970 and hero at a time when thrt Chili na had
the Sept. 11 coup ranging from thc run out of foreign currency and bread
"penetration" of all the -major Chilean
shortages were developing.
political parties, support for anti-regime -
demonstrations and finaneinof of the op- On Oct. 6, howey'er, the new mlittarf
Position press and other groups to here- junta was granted $24.5 naittlort, Jr
tofore unsuspected Aocincy involvement v:licat credits after the White Penne
in financial negotiations bctiveen Wash- overruled State Department objections.
ington and Santiago in last 1972 and Tho department.t3 Bureau - of Inter-
early 19;11 when the Chileans were des-American A.Ifairs reportedly believed
perately. seeking an accomr ?dation, , -that sue'n a gesture was pre.maturo a.nit
There arc indications- that. the CIA, could bo ern'oarrassing.
? acting on the, basis of its? Own reports - ?
, on the ."deterioration" of the Chilean "ThOtEovtitorinti3". Coup
economic situation, was amorg the agen- onaAltADOXICALLY, Washington had
ems counseling the- Wh H
ite ouse to rc- not hoped for the kind hloody
,bufLAIlentle's. atteilipts to work out...q..' military takeover that occurred on Sept.
.scttleement on the compensations, to be 11. li'or political reasons, It preferred
paid fur najohaliled Aincricz:n prePertY.., a gradual destruction from within of
and 'a renegotiation of Chile's $1.7 bk1.. the Chilean economy so that the Al-
/ion -debt. to The Uni1t.4.1 States. lende regime would collapse of its ows-s"
; 'weight. The CIA'S role, it eoppeared,.
A 2.;o-Help P. olio/. ? was to help quicizen this process.
CTUALLY, the hhsic U,S. posture . Under questioning by Rep-. 'Michael
Atoward Allende was set -forth by
J. Harrington (D-Mass.), Colby thux
1-henry A. Kissinger, then the White testified that the CrA's "appreciation"
}louse special assistant for national se.' of the Chilean economy -i%-as that
curily affairs, at a background briefing F715 on a decliningpiane on trii?re -jeco-
pornie ground in terms of internal eeo-
for lite press in Chicago on Sept. 16, 1970,.
inornic problems inflation, with 32,3
. t.112idda;,' electionsfte r. aAnlot e tat ?dvea itti.e?odn aa lvyo ne
17:51 per cent inflation In ono-year, the
in Congress: Ii.ksitiger said then that if tire of the ccpper niir,. and so forth .
your -total foreign deficit Was mot-a
than too need for it. They .coulen't
port the food because their deficit was -
such that over the long term they had
For the next throe years,. the U.S. _Lio base for it." Elsewhere in Isis
moiy, Colby said that the CIA reperted
nolicy developed alon.o two principal
iines. One was the denial of all credits "accurately or, overall assessment of
deterioration" and that with the Chilean
to the Allende government---Washing-
ton even blocked loans by international navy pushing for a coup, it V:i1.7 only a -
institutions?to aggravate Chile's er...o-
question of time before it cams.
nomic situation when Allende lunsself But Colby also told thestiheo:nmitt-ca
was bogging down in vast mismanage- that_i"our .assessment was It snight
inept of his own. Tile other life was I-unfortunate if a coup took Wage. The
the sooportive CIA aeliiity to accelerate rlational Security Courcil wr:a
the economic cri,ir, and therclyy enc9u1:770?-2--th;lt it Is cr"?TITa't?ht- with tls,e feolinzin
aide dootroo.ic oppry:ji.jrin in Al Is not In the United States interrst to
mai?Nit oupoier unity go,- ernment prometa it." Ea ma c1,1 tints con! rm:r?t
c(!idP;on. after Itcp: Charl!-I? V.r. Whalen (K-0,49)
Tha only 2::ception to Olt, ban on ? nalt?-,1 Colby whtal.itzzr ha ag-rceri
.credit,
was cro vo,, of Tniiit), 2.,.tut .,Itciaci7oe7ay-cy.1.-ci o .;:tcrzk 7,ti a t.'n.tb oi;c111,ittz..c.c./
m .
ent to the Cliiie.in sirmed forces?
American afintrs that
inclutlimt tile derision lilt -Juno to -tion th," ; ??:-t
teouhit h', adverse
to aim own Unitzof States interest ie. the:
Yorernment of (.7!ila were ovnthrown."
' Allende weve confirmed, a Communist -
regime-would emerge in Chile and that
Argentina, Bolivia and Peru might lot-
low this example. .
acil Chile 1.-51il Jet fighter planria--
Presumably to rionni United St Att:4 anp-
poa for ilia miiilary, Cola.??'4 testimony
us well ti oth,7: informAion showed
that [h-i Un Intl S!atcs hid it illitlAtn:!fi
cioaa corvacta Coilean roliitacy
after
Ti-i:NI;con. AdiliiillStrlttOn'i SIM .1-1-?
Thha inc Vas 4,Ir;ii C.7 edr.TTOpf.'tt Ins
on Oct. 0 f..ort ICit-Itar.:' A. Fa.o-n?
prores.,or of political science at St: a-
- Ford Uritt'cl'Fit.Y. to Sri. J. Fut-
cilatro-n er tit", St:02 ,`3
ZA'poilinf; on
meeting betws.rn i?inukoa in
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eleclion and subsequently propose.d a
rTflii.OUGII COLBY consistently re- -
:?hl that Kiihiscli took the view detailed. plan to plunge Chile. tut> eco-
..;-.1 fused to tell the subtt
ih.-t ? ?? v..-1 not in our interest to have commiee
nomie chaos.
t'he r-?:'?.-,:e.. take OVCr DI Chil her e. It whet the CIA's operations In Chile:
Rep. Dante B. Fast:ell {D-Fla.). the
steee];! h ;? f' been hotter had Allende had been authocized by the "4.0 Coin- nube.omrnittea chairman, raised the ques-
-rer.-ei t:s entire term taking the no- inittee," the top secret group beaded tion of Involvement by Braziiian or
I.:D:1 .7.j ihe Chilean people into corn- by Kissinger -in the National Security other Latin American corporations,
total ruin. Only then would ? many of them subsidiaries of United
Council that approves clandestine in-
-t"screditing or socialism have, . Stales firms, because of reperta that the
taken phi-L.e. Only then 'would people telligenco operations, ha .admitted that
anti-Allende moves were widely coor-
ea?-?o. e 7 ..er.: the message that .socialism. rwe have had .... various relationships ?
((m
? - ated. Speaking for the CIA, Davi;
v.:cies:et wili-k. What has happened line 1 over the years in Chile veli:h various ? replied:
coninsed :his lesson." ? groups. In some cases this was approved 1---":There is some evidence of coopera-
"No bylicaliun" of Support ? 1 by the National Security Connell and it ...! I tion be.tween busines-s ?groups in Brazil
and Chile. Hass-ever, tilts Is a small share
..r-i0L'....ri"S TF.STIMONY on the CIA's t, h 33 meant 507111 A35iSt all Ca to them.- .
i. - of tele financial support. Most of the
s...J zeiivilies in Chile sup-plied a con- That has not /alien Into the category -
. . .7., suppnrt was internal. Thera Is some
siderahie amount of new information, we are talking about hero ? the turhu-P-I ?funding and cooperation among groups
sorne- cf it contradictory, under vigor- le ce Or the miliary coup."
? with similar outlooks in other Latin
c:_;-71.,,:,:lil!lig oy the subcommittee. 'r-s.:ge.A?Irt presious testimony be.fore a Sen.,
Arrterlart. countries. This h true with -
4 Thus et cne. point Colby said that "I ate subcommittee, .tormer.:CIA.Diyee.tor ' regard to most of those governments'
. . , can 7 -?:-:'!!. a clear statement that car- .131e..11"-a-r-dife
? ::...., , irris. disclosed tim:_th.e_CL-'1, ' . -? . I was not thinking no much of
I tainly C.I.As had no connection with tha I
; coup i:7:eif, with the military coup. Wehad _. ... .. ... .. .. ... earmacked ;;-.100,000 to support aptle .companies or firma so much as groups, '.
t ? , _
i C,-..I,n' i: ,T.:ziport it, we didn't stimulate . Allende news _media nhortly before his organizations of businessmen, chambers -
; i:. Ive Cidn't bring it about in any way. election. This was authorized by tita.- .of commerce, and that, kind of thing;
W.a obviously had some intelligence "40 Committee" at A ineeting In June, In a country 'such as Brazil." .
; to7era;e over the 'various moves beingi 3970. Colby, however, refl.:et:a to nay
Discussing the CIA's intelligence o.p.
?i made out tve were quite meticulous in whether this effort sves subsequently
I making sure there was no indication of ' maintained, claiming, that the secrecy. erations in Chile, Colby said ha "would -
. .;?,..n.:-coeragennt. from our aide." " .of CIA operations had to be protoicted.. assume" that the Agency had context:
Col?..:7 a!sc.... Insisted that the CIA Ivaa..- . He then became engaged in this ""'
. With ,Chileans opposed .te . 'Allen:le... .
7; I not in-:oil:eel with the prolonged strike change with Harrington:
. Asked by Harrington whether tha CIA
1
by Ciieari truckers that preceded the COLI3Y: That does go precisely - on maintained such contacts In social -con-
. .
1.....catip. ,.. to what wo were operating e_nd. what, texts, Colby said;
. But pre.e;ed by req. Harrington, Col _ r operations were. I Would prefer terli,-,7:1;- a gentleman taik, to us unctor. 13;1
byt).43ou
arknowirdeed that the CIA may havel leave that out of this particular re- (
1 assurance ha will.not be'revaniad, which
essiste-.1 certain anti-Allende demon.; i port ... z'3-GrE 'T''-'"--'>