I FROM SUBJECT m3 0 fd n 3gacb c 72m 1de dCafT' Ca In 231 6 Ad I 37 ml 0 Intro- - uo u NIP-IN 3332 30m 1 I xer 9 STATES RNMENT - Walter Memorandum or Gullah Conrad Mr C D De ach Mnn -6 6 701 na- g vol 30mm w Suniva gig- W I AGENCY INTELLIGENCE as a_ 3m 1970 5 Reference-is made to my memoranahm to you dated June_5 1970 captioned as above which indicated'that the Director will meet with the'hends of the Central Intelligence Agency the'National'Security Agency the perense Intelligence Agency and n representative or the White House staif'in the Director's office _at 11 00 a m 6-8-70 In accordance with the Director's inetructione I will be present Unlese' there is an ob3ection I will have with me Mr C Dz'Brennan Chiefvog the Internal Security Section reapcn rbility of prepering our portion of the report on the New Left and related matters I believe Hr cBrennan shopld hear and will remarks 1 I have been advised that as of this date the heads 10f the other agencies do-not now plan to have any of their assiatants with them except Admiral-Gaylor of NBA who will bring an assistant Benson Burfram - It occurred to me that in addition to the remarks the Director has-in mind he may wish to give consideration to some of the major points in the enclosed statement prepared for him RECOHMENDATION That this memorandum and the enclosed statement be_ furnished to the Di ector Enclosure E93523 wcs sa1 A 9 0 - 9% a 935 resin 5 1 - Mr DeLoaeh 2 5 1 H133 Holmes 1J3 ligjillv' 1 Mr Hohr r 1970 Mr Sullivan 1 rennanPEEL - uni- W COPY Sm M INTERAGEHCY INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE MEETING I am sure you gentlemen will all agree with me that our meeting with the President on Friday was of very Special significance The President clearly recognizes that we are confronted today with unique and complex problems arising from subversive activities on an international scale There is a distinct relationship between these activities and much of the disorder and violence which increasingly threatens our internal security The President made it abundantly clear that he expects us as members of the intelligence community to do more than we have been doing to bring the worldwide picture of these problems into better perspective for him Having been designated by the President as Chairman of the Committee to meet this challenge I feel a Special responsibility First I would like to state that I agree completely with the President's view of the situation Con- sider what has tranSpired in the 19603 We have witnessed the emergence of widesPread racial unrest which threatens to grow much worse before it gets better We have also seen the emergence of a new left militancy which has consituted massive mob rule in action From what we have learned to date it is apparent these are not solely domestic problems There are definite foreign links to our domestic disorders Yet the foreign aSpect of the problem is different than that which we esperienced in the past Prior to the 19605 foreign-directed intelligence and sepionage activities constituted the main threat to our security We in the intelligence community geared ourselves accordingly and met that problem successfully We coordinated our activities in doing so But the nature of the problem was such that it left us to a marked degree free to Operate independently in regard to our reapective problem areas Today it is mandatory that we recognize the changed nature of the problem confronting us Unless we do so we will be incapable of fulfilling the responsibility levied Upon us by the President I The plain fact is that there currently are thousands of individuals inside this country who want to see our form of government destroyed They have in fact pledged themselves publicly to achieving this goal They have put their words I h IL -lill Uh ILA if M eis- 52 351 6 5 ENCLOSURE into actions constituting revolutionary terrorism and the total effect of their actions to date has been disasterous In addition they are reaching out seeking support from this nation 3 enemies abroad to further their objectives Thus the links to Cuba China and Iron Curtain countries already' have been established and promise to grow because of the equal determination of various international communist elements to destroy our form of government In contrast to the rigidly structured subversive organizations of past emperience the currentl subversive forces threatening us constitute widespread disjointed and varied autonomous elements the destructive potential of which is manifold Individually those of us in the intelligence community are relatively small and limited Unified our own combined potential is magnified and limitless It is through unity of action that we can tremendously increase our intelligence gathering potential and I am certain obtain the answers the President wants I am establishing a working committee to insure that we achieve the desired unity It will be the job of the committee to 1 assess the overall nature of the problem as we know it today 2 examine individually and together the reSpective resources of each Agency to insure full utilization of them for the benefit of all and 3 devise coordinated procedures designed to penetrate the current nebulous areas of subversive activities here and abroad as they relatecto our domestic problems The first meeting is set for tomorrow afternoon Tuesday June 9th and you have been furnished the details as to the time and place The working committee will hereafter meet each Tuesday and Friday for the purpose -of preparing a comprehensive studyin be completed in rough draft form by June 22 1970 for presentation to the President on July 1 1970 in final form This should serve as the foundation of our committee's existence and purpose and as the basis for a coordinated intelligence effort best suited to serve the country' 3 interest at this time of crisis 2 This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 WŚŽŶĞĞϮϬϮϮϵϵϰͲϳϬϬϬϬ ĂdžĞϮϬϮϮϵϵϰͲϳϬϬϱϬŶƐĂƌĐŚŝǀΛŐǁƵƵĞĚƵ