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14-Q0000 104-10213-10314] 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
2 Aucust 1978
HICMORANDUY FOR Gcncral Counscl
Dircctor of Sccurity
FROM S.D. Brcckinridgc
SUBJECT HSCA Rcqucst 0f 20 July 1978
OLC- 78-2728
1 . Attachcd is correspondcncc frow thc DIJO [ocal point on thc IISCA investigation _ respond_ to Qucstion
(2 of rcfcrencc_ It statcs that thcre #rc and harc Isccn
Ro agrccmcnts (at Icast not as dcscribcd in thc IISC: rcqucst) bctrccn CIA and thc FBI or othcr govcrnacnt
agcncics that pcrtain to thc Agcacy ' s rcsponsibilities
to rcport on U.S_ citizcns abroad Kho contact Coamunist embassics or officials It also statcs that currcmt legislation forbids such rcporting-
2 Attached arc copics of papers colected by O/IG during thc Rockcfclicr Coanission' $ inquiry; I rccall that thcrc Ias a 1966 Qerccncnt_ which is not in thesc papcrs. In any evcnt do not scen to contain
a specific provision such as is cnvisioncd in thc rcaort. It is Possiblc that intcrprctations of NSCID and DC{ D provisions rcsultcd in routinc reporting of such con - tacts, although therc werc no agrccacnts per se, for
such action. Since the prozulgation of Exccutivc Orders 11905 and 12036 there have becn limitations on Tcporting on U.S_ pcrsons rhich nay affcct past practice-
Ilovevcr _ this office is not in a position to Proridc an Agcncy position on this issue-
3. It is requestcd that you coordinate with thc DDO in prcparing an answcr to an Agency rcsponse to the HSCA question .
Distribution;
S.D. Brcckinridgc 3
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BASE, Sam FRANCISCO; CHIEF OF BASE? NEU York; CHIEF OF BASE, UASHINGTOL
#Ron: CHIEF , FOREIGN RESOURCES DIVISIOR
SUBJECT: {ORELATIONS UITH THE FBI
1. ATTACHED HEREUITH IS THE SUBSTANCE. OF A LETTER Fron FBI KQs
To Its EIGHT FIELD OFFICES IN CITIES UHERE FR BBASES ARE LOCATED . 0oza
THIS LETTER IS AIMED At CLARIFYING A NUrBER OF BASIC FaCTS REGARDING sar
ThE MISSIOND 0F Ddo In GENERAL KH) FR DIVISION ACTIVITIES In THE USA
IN PARTICULAR, AmD It SPELLS out IM" SOnE DETAIL OUR AGREED INTERPRE-
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To KEEP FBI
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TIMELY REPORTING On CERTAIN CASES SINCE UE
FOR MORE DETAILED AND
ASKED FOR To BE Of DEMONSTRABLE CI VALUE AND
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TIME LIMITS To BE REASONABLE -
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TIONAL INFORMATION Im EXCESS Of Atjy EXISTING AGREEMEMT , AND WE HAVE
RECEIVED INITIALLY FAVORABLE REACTIOi To PROPOSALS For ADDITIOMAL
ITEMS In THE FUTURE- UE Do Not BELIEVE THIS REPORTING AGREEMEMT UILZ
CAUSE YoU ArY SERIOUS PROBLENS, But If It ShoULD BE BROADEMED or
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ON THIS SUBJECT - ThE cbureaU FELT THAT In SOnE INSTANCES - UE WERE
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MENT- KND In SOnE OTHERS UE UERE MOVING Into RECRUITMENT UITHOUT
FORMALLY SEEKING BUREAU CONCURRENCE KND COORDINATION _ Goo) FAITH
BEING PRESUMED- It BECAME APPAFENT THAT OUR PROBLEn Uas Both SEM ANTIC
And ONE Of DEFINITIOH - The BUREAU InSISTS, ARD UE RECOGNIZE, TKAT
CONCURRENCE In OUR PROCEEDING UITH ASSESSMENT CANhOt BE INTERPRETECD
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THE BUREAU MEEDS SPECIFIC NOTICE Ii ORDER To ASSESS Its OUN COUN
INTELLIGERCE or INTERMAL SECURITY EQUITIES Anid MAKE A DECISION-
THE DEFINITIONS 0f "ASSESSMEnT" And ""RECRUITMENT" In THE LE
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TOGETHER; TKE ONLY POSSIBLE AREA JF CONFUSI
UOULD SeEM To BE In THE "PROCESS" OF RECRUITNENT - A SIMPLIIFIED
Common SENSE BREAKDOUN UoUL) BE That AsseSSMENT IS THE OBTAINING
And AMALYZING OF INFORMATION CONCERNING A TARGET INDIVIDUAL To E
US To DETERMINE UHETHER Or Not It Is DESIRABLE -And/OR FEASIBLE T
Mount A RECRUITnENT APPROACH; If OuR ASSESSMENT IS AFFIRMATIVE,
THEN MovE Into THE RECRUITRENT PHA SE PRIOR To UHICH Move UE nU
SEEK BUREAU CONCURRENCE AnD COORDINATION.
UE INTERPRET MANIPULATION OF A TARGET VIA SOCIAL Contacts,
MANY CASES BY OVERT, LEGAL, 0INoNcOMPROMISING BUSINESS ARRANGEME
Eto BE PART OF THE ASSESSMENT PROcEsS; THAT IS, AN ATTETPT To 0Bt
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PRET A COMnERCIAL ARRANGEMEHT UKICH IS In AnY UAY COvERT OR QuAS:
LEGAL oR IS A PLANNED STEPEPING Stone To THE PLANNED INTRODUCTIOI
U.S- GOVERNMENT INTEREST, To BE PaRT Of THE RECRUITEMiT PROCESS
To REQUIRE PRIOR BUREAU CONCURRENCE =
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AGREED To CONSIDER AGENTS RECRUITED Im THE U-S. UHo EREMAIH KERE.
SAME AS AGENTS RECRUITED ABROA) Uho COME HERE For TouRS OR VISITS
ALtHQUGH ONLY ThE LATTER RRE SPECIFIGED IN TKE AGREEMENT. HE FELT
IMPLICITLY It INCLUDED ThE FORIER . UE FEEL THAT OUR EQUITIES ArE
ADEQUATELY PROTECTED BY TkE VERY SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY OF PARAGRAF
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PROVISIONS Of PARAGRAPHS Four - FIVE And SIX OF THE 02966 AGREENEN
ARE KLL-ENCONPASSING, UE ARE In PRACTICE CONCERNED ORLY UITH ThOs
AgEnTS- OPERATIONS Af) SOURCES UHO HA VE REAL Or POTERTIAL CORTACT
Or CAPABILITY Ih The FIELDS O0F COUNTEFINTELLIGENICE Anib/or INTERHLA
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