CIA · From: WALTER ELDER · To: WILLIAM E COLBY · JFK-M-03 : F5 : 1998.09.23.10:26:21:000120 : ORIGINALLY UNIT INDEX, NOW BROKEN OUTARRB REQUEST.CIA-IR-08. · Release: Redact
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"19 A66AA____ , .________________________________________________________________________________ .__________________________ 104-10303-10007 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 + . i € *is - - / VEG - • wt % • . 2 @• •- PPeeee kiis v.11 1 June 1973 MEMORANDUM FOR : Mr. William E. Colby SUBJECT: Special Activities 1. Following our recent conversation, I have searched my memory and Mr. McCone's files for examples of activities which to hostile observers or to someone without complete knowledge and with a special kind of motivation could be interpreted as examples of activities exceeding CIA's charter. 2. First, as we discussed, on 7 March 1962, DCI McCone, under pressure from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, agreed to tap the telephones of columnists Robert S. Allen and Paul Scott in an effort to identify their sources for classified information which was appear- ing in their columns. Because the primary source appeared to be in the Department of Defense, McCone ordered me personally to brief General Joe Carroll, Director of DIA, orally, which I did. I understand more complete information on this operation"
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"… or to someone without complete knowledge and with a special kind of motivation could be interpreted as examples of activities exceeding CIA's charter. 2. First, as we discussed, on 7 March 1962, DCI McCone, under pressure from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, agreed to tap …"
"… of this new phase of the operation. On the same day, the Attorney General was briefed and he agreed that he would not mention it to the FBI unless the FBI themselves raised it with him. On 3 February 1964, DCI McCone met alone with President Lyndon B. Johnson and briefed him o …"
"is available from the Director of Security. I, personally, managed to avoid gaining any knowledge of what precise actions were taken, what information was gained, what …"