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CHURCH COMMITTEE REPORTS

INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
SENATE RESOLUTION 21
HEARINGS
BEFOR~ TSE
SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
OF THE
UNITED S'fATES SENATE
NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
VOLUME 4
MAIL OPENING
OCTOBER 21, 22, AND 24, 1975
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SENATE SELEC'f COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGE:-;CE ACTIVITIES
FRANK CHCRCH, Idaho, Chairman
JOHX G. TOWER, Texas, Vice Chairman
PHILIP A. HART, :lIiehigan HOWARD H. BAKER, .TR., Tennessee
WALTER F. :lIOXDALE, :lIlnnesota BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona
WALTER D. HUDDLESTOX, Kentllck)' CHARLES MeC. MATHIAS, JR., :llaryland
ROBERT MORGAN, North Carolina RICHARD SCHWEIKER, Penns)'lvanla
GARY HART, Colorado
WILLIAM G. ~lILLER, Staff Director
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWARZ, Jr., Chief Counsel
CL'RTIS R. SlIOTHERS, Counsel to the Mitlority
AUDREY HATRY, Clerk of the Committee
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CONTENTS
HEARING DAYS
Page
Tuesday, October 21, 197,~___ ]
Wednesday, October 22, ]975_______________________________________ 41
Friday, October 24, 197,~__ 119
LIST OF WITNESSES
Tu~;sDAY, Oc'rom:R 21, 197;')
Stewart, Gordon, former Inspector General, Central Intelligence AgencY,
accompanied by Stanley Gaines, counseL___________________________ 3
Abernathy, Thomas, former staff member, Inspector General's staff,
Central Intelligence AgencY, accompanied by Mitchell Rogovin, counseL 3
Glennon, John, former staff member, Inspector General's staff, Central
Intelligence Agency______________________________________________ 3
Osborn, Howard J., former Director of Security, Central Intelligence
Agency, accompanied by John Debelias, counseL_ ___________________ 25
WEDN~;SDAY, OCTOBER 22, 197;)
Day, Edward J., former Postmaster General, accompanied by James F.
Reilly, Sr., counseL ______ ________ __ __ __ ___________ __ __ ___ __ __ 42
Gronouski, John A., former Postmaster GeneraL ______________________ 42
Blount, Winton M., former Postmaster General, accompanied by Douglas
Arant, counseL _________________________________________________ 42
Reilly, James, Sr., counsel for J. Edward Day_ 68
Montague, Henry, former Chief Inspector, Postal Inspection Service_ ___ 70
Cotter, William, former Chief Inspector, Postal Inspection Service__ _____ 70
Helms, Richard, Ambassador to Iran and former Director, Central Intelligence
Agency_ _________________________________________________ 83
}<'RIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1975
Mitchell, John, former Attorney General, accompanied by William G.
Hundley, counseL_ ______ ___ ____ __ __ __ ____ __ __ __ __ _ 119
Wannall, W. Raymond, Assistant Director, Intelligence Division, Federal
Bureau of Investigation_ _________________________________________ 147
Branigan, William, Section Chief of Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau
of Investigation_ __ __ ___ ___ _______ __ __ _ __ __ __ ____ 147
Moore, Donald K, former FBI Inspector _____________________________ 147
Mintz, John A., Assistant Director, Legal Counsel Division, Federal
Bureau of Investigation __________________________________________ 147
HEARINGS EXHIBITS 1
No.
No.
No.
No.
]-Inspector General's Survey of the Office of Security _
2-November 21, 1955 memorandum to Chief of Operations re
Project HTLINGUAL _
3-May 4, 1956 memorandum from James Angleton to Director of
Central Intelligence re Project HTLINGUAL _
4-June 3, ]971 memorandum for the record re meeting at DCI's
office concerning HTLINGUAL _
175
187
195
197
• Under criteria determined b~' the committee, In consultation with the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, certain materials have been
deleted from these documents, some of which were previously cLassified, to maintain the
Integrity of the Internal operating procedures of the agencies Involved, and to protect
intelligence sources and methods. Further deletions were made with respect to protecting
the privacy of certain Individuals and groups. These deletions do not change the material
content of these exhibits.
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IV
No. .'i-August 30, 1971 memorandum to Deputy Chief, Counterintelligence
re HTLINGUAL-Correspondence of members of the Page
U.S. GovernmenL________________________________________ 199
December 22, 1971 memorandum for the record re handling of
items to and from elected or appointed U.S. officials________ 200
No.6-Chart prepared by Senate Select Committee, showing notification
of Postmasters General concerning mail openings ______________ 202
No.7-April 23, 1965 memorandum for the files from [CIA officer] re
discussion with Assistant Deputy Director for plans concerning
HTLINGUAL operation and congressional subcommittee
hearings concerning tampering with the maiL ____________ ____ 203
No.8-February 16, 1961 memorandum from Richard Helms to Deputy
Chief, Counterintelligence re HTLINGTJAL __________________ 205
No.9-May 19, 1971 memorandum for the record re DCI's Meeting
Concerning HTLINGUAL______ __ ___ _________ __ __ 206
No. lO-February 16, 1961 memorandum from Richard Helms to Deputy
Chief, Counterintelligence re HTLINGUAL_ _________________ _ 210
No. ll-Excerpts from June 1970 Special Report of the Interagency Committee
on Intelligence (Ad Hoc) [the Huston planl_____ __________ 211
No. 12-March 20,1970 letter from Richard Helms to J. Edgar Hoover___ _ 219
No. 13-February 1, 1962 memorandum from Deputy Chief, Counterintelligence
to Director, Office of Security re Project HTLINGUAL 222
No. l4-July 28, 1970 memorandum for the record from Richard H€lms
re Discussion with Attorney General Mitchell on Domestic
Intelligence_______________________________________________ 224
No. 1;i-September 18, 1970 memorandum from John Dean to the Attorney
General__________________________________________________ 225
No. 16-March 11, 1960 memorandum from SAC, San Francisco to FBI
Headquarters re Confidential Source_ _________________________ 228
No. 17-December.'i, 1973 SAC memorandum 56-73____________________ 232
No. IS-October 2, 1964 memorandum from D. E. Moore to W. C. Sullivan
re Espionage______________________________________________ 233
No. 19-February 27, 1965 memorandum from A. H. Belmont to Clyde
Tolson re the Long Committee_ ______________________________ 235
No. 20-March 2, 1965 memorandum from J. Edgar Hoover to Messrs.
Tolson, Belmont, Gale, Rosen, Sullivan, DeLoach_ _____________ 238
No. 21-February 20, 1975 memorandum for the record re Operational
Aspects of MKSOURDOUGH, San Francisco, Calif ____ ___ _ 241
No. 22-March 10, 1961 memorandum from D. E. Moore to A. H. Belmont
re Project Hunter, Espionage R______________________________ 244
No. 23-August24, 1966 from M. E. Triplett to W. A. Branigan__________ 245
No. 24-May 25, 196.'i Airtel from SAC, San Francisco to FBI Headquarters
.__ 249
No. 2.'i-May 24, 1975 Decision in Lamont v. Postmaster General of the
United States- _ ___________________________________________ 250
No. 26-January 18, 1966 memorandum from FBI Headquarters to SAC,
San Francisco re Confidential Source _________________________ 256
No. 27-May 17, 1954 memorandum to Director of Security from Richard
Helms re SRPOINTER___________________________________ 257
APPENDIX
October 24, 1975 letter from J. Edward Day to the Senate Select Comrnittee__________________________________________________________
259

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