</s>178-10004-10396 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK Assassination System Date: 8/17/201 Identification Form Agency Information AGENCY : ROCKCOM RECORD NUMBER : 178-1004-11096 RECORD SERIES : BAKER-WEIDNER FILES AGENCY FILE NUMBER: B-W VII-K B-W VI-K AGENCY FILENUMBER : B-VIII-K Document Information ORIGINATOR : ROCK FROM: ROCK FROME: WENDER, JOHN TO: FILE TITLE: INTERVIEW WITH JOHN STEIN DATE: 03/18/1975 PAGES: 8 SUBJECTS : CIA NOSENKO, YURI STEIN, JOHN SECRET SERVICE OSWALD, LEE, RUSSIAN PERIOD DOCUMENT TYPE: DOCUMEN TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Secret: RESTRICTIONS: Secret: CURRENT STATUS: IB: IC Redect DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 02/13/2001 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Includes "Advice and Waiver" statement. 1 NW 50955 DocId: 32105622 Page 1

John Stein interviewed by James B. Weidner on March 18, 1975, regarding CIA activities within the United States.

Stein was assigned to an Ad Hoc Committee reviewing alleged domestic activities of the CIA and found no evidence of domestic breaking and entering directed by the CI Staff, except for one possible exception involving Totti's house.

The CI staff had no personnel who could take physical action or electronic surveillance, but would inform the Bureau if anything were discovered that might lead to a prosecution.

Stein mentioned the allegations relating to the reported breaking and entering into the CIA/Chillan Embassy, stating he had already reviewed this instance and therefore did not need to review it in detail.

The major source of files on Americans maintained by CI staff was the "American Targets Program" (ATP), which involved information received from Agency sources, State Department, and Military. The program aimed to index all future contacts between Americans and foreign intelligence officers.

Stein noted that although the State Department had a formal regulation requiring reporting of contacts with Soviets, it was extremely difficult to convince State officers to report.

The ATP program for filing recorded both Soviet and American names involved in contacts, which would be collated into separate files if requested by another agency.

Other C files derived from ongoing cases included information provided by defectors, such as the "Soviet leads" element, which was used to identify KGB agents living in the United States.

Stein mentioned that the decision to utilize someone as a double agent is made by the CIA, and if affirmative, would be handled by the Agency or FBI depending on location.

The CI staff maintained files concerning the Soviet Embassy, CIA's position being that it is a State case run on behalf of State.

There was also a file on Vesco held by the CI Staff, which became involved in this situation because John Dean of the White House called and stated that IOS was all about.

Stein discussed four types of defectors handled by the CI staff: those under low-level cover used to scan Soviet publications, those with "talents" who may form R KGB agents with special knowledge, those no longer in regular contact but seen from time to time for administrative matters, and those recorded because they may eventually end up in the United States once again or in some other country.

The CI staff also maintained a file on defectors from America to some other country, such as the Soviet Union, Cuba, and others.

Stein noted that although files have been eliminated, it was possible that some of the names provided to the Agency had made it into the Central Agency files and would not be eliminated.

Stein briefly discussed the NOSENKO Case, stating that Noseko had defected to the United States and was admitted as a "parolee." It was decided for various reasons that it would be unwise to attempt to deport him, so he was kept in the United States in isolation.

After several years, it was determined that Noseko was not an attempted double agent and was rehabilitated and now lives happily in the Office of Security.

Stein mentioned that as one of the Agency's duties is to help in services of common concern to all Government agencies, the CIA recorded information relating to hijackers in computer form at the request of the FAA.

The program provided would include names of those on board hijacked planes and was approximately two years ago when the CIA tried to give this program to the FAA, but it was not accepted and therefore terminated by the CIA.

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