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1INTELUGENCE ACTIVITIES
SENATE RESOLUTION 21
HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY
GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH
RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
OF THE
UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
VOLUME 7
COVERT ACTION
DECEMBER 4 AND 5, 1975
Printed for the use of the Select Committee To Study Governmental
Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities
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SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE TO STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
WITH RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Oha'f"11I4n
JOHN G. TOWER, Texas, Vice Ohairman
PHILIP A. HART, Michigan HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee
WALTER F. MONDALE, Minnesota BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona
WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, Kentucky CHARLES McC. MATHIAS, JR., Maryland
ROBERT MORGAN, North Carolina RICHARD SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania
GARY HART, Colorado
WILLIAU G. MILLER, Staff Director
FREDERICK A. O. SCHWABZ, Jr., OMeJ OOlln8el
CURTIS R. SUOTHERS, OOlln8el to the Minority
AUDUY HATRY, Olerk oj the Oommittee
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CONTENTS
HEARING DAYS
Thursday, December 4, 1975 _
Friday, December 5, 1975 _
LIST OF WITNESSES
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1975
Miller, William G., staff director, Senate Select Committee To Study
Governmental Operations With Respect to Intelligence Activities______ 3
Bader, \Villiam, professional staff member of the Senate Select Committee_____________________________________________________________
7
Inmdeirttfeuerth, Karl, professional staff member of the Senate Select Com- 10
Trmeviettretoen, Gregory, professional staff member of the Senate Select Com- 13
Dungan, Ralph, former U.S. Ambassador to Chile_____________________ 23
Meyer, Charles A., former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American
Affairs________________________________________________________ 26
Korry, Edward M., former U.S. Ambassador to Chile____________________ 29
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1975
Clifford, Clark, Counsel to President Truman; former member and Chairman,
President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board; former Secretary
of Defense____________________________________________________ 50
Vance, Cyrus, former General Counsel, Department of Defense; former
Secretary of the Army; former Deputy Secretary of Defense; former
Special Representative of the President; former member of the delegation
to the Vietnam peace negotiations in Paris______________________ 54
Phillips, David A., former officer, Central Intelligence Agency; president,
Association of Retired Intelligence Officers___________________________ 55
Halperin, Morton H., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Affairs; former Assistant for Planning, National Security
Council staff_______________________________________________________ 57
HEARINGS EXHIBITS
No. 1-Chart showing covert action expenditures in Chile by technique,
1963-73 -_ __ ___ ______ ___ __ ___ __ ____ _ __ __ 95
No.2-Handwritten notes by Richard Helms taken during a meeting
on September 15, 1970 with President Nixon____________________ 96
No.3-October 20, 1975 letter from Gregory Treverton to Edward M.
J{orry ------_________________________________________________ 97
No.4-October 23, 1975 letter from Edward M. J{orry to Senator Church_ 100
No.5-September 29, 1970 Department of State cable from Ambassador
Edward J{orry to the Secretary of State ,_______________________ 128
No. 6-Chart showing covert action expenditures and 40 Co=ittee approval
of funds for Chile, 1962-74______________________________ 136
No.7-May 29, 1961 letter from President Kennedy to all U.S. Chiefs
of Masffion____________________________________________________ 137
No. 8--October 25, 1961 letter from Clark M. Clifford to President Kennedy
with attached memorandum re Central Intelligence Agency__ 139 -----
1 This exhibit. with declassification stamp and deletions, was given to the Select Committee
by Ambassador Korry.
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APPEXDIX Al
"Covprt Action in Chile, 1963-7:1," Staff Report of the Senate Select Committee
To Study Governmental Operations ,",'ith Respect to Intelligence Page
Activities ___ ___ _ __ __ ____ ___ ___ _ _ __ 144
APPEXDIX B
The National Security Act of 1947, as amended_________________________ 210
APPEXDIX C
The War Powers Resolution of 1973___________________________________ 226
APPEXDIX D
Rl'ction (i(i2 of tIl(' ForPign Assistance Act as amended in W74 (thp Hughe,-
Ryan amendment)_________________________________________________ 230
I Since the December 4.1975 hearing- the Select Committee has. in the course of its continuing-investigation
received new information which supplements the following sections of the Staff Report on Covert
Action in Chile: Section III.A.4, the Role of Multinational Corporations; Section IV.B.1.e, Intelligence
Estimateg and Covert Action; and Section IV.C, Congressional Oversight. All pertinent information on the
above will be reflected in the Select Committee's Final Report to the Senate.

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