C06420107 PPROVED FOR RELEASE - CIA INFO DATE 26-Au -2015 5X1 b 1 P 3 NatSecAct o 13526 3 3 b 6 25Yrs ·1 __ --- ----- Jr b 3 '25X1 b- 1 b _3 NatSecAct EO l 3526 3 b 6 25Yrs 11 MAY1977 MEMORANDUM FOR Deputy Director of Central Theodore G Shackley · Associate Depu y Director FROM IntelligencJ for Opera t R Briefing of the FBI on NUMEC Relatedi b 3 NatSecAct Nuclear Diversion Information 25X1 · jEO 1 526 3 3 b 6 25Yrs SUBJECT ' ' Acting on your request and as a follow-up to your discussion with Mr James· Adams Assistant to the Dii ector Investigation FBI on the NUMB ci3se · Assis't_ant Director I contacted Mr Adams via secure telephone on 5 May 1 77 I state'4 that the Ae encv had recently rjviewed all of its Q 7 C holdings _ and had devel ped a very brief talking paper which might be of interest to the b' 6 Per FBI senior FBI officer responsible for the current FBI in esti · gation o-£ the NUMEC case Mr Adams was advi ed that in our view the ontents of this paper would not provide anyi information which could be used as evidence in court but it did provide a perspective1 which might serve as a useful background against which tne superv1sor might better be able to judge how to condu t his investigation Mr Adams said that he would have ··· FBI Liaison Officer to CIA contact me at a_n_e_a_r_l_y d_a_t_e_t_o_a range for the appropriate FBI officer to receive a briefing on the Age ncv' s perception J 1 0 I 2 On 9· Mav 1977 7 accompanied by -----------------------'-· '---- ---- ---- -- ----c-r- - _J Supervisor Criminal Investigation Division who is in charge of the current investigation b 6 Per FBI b 7 c CIAAct of the NUMEC case visited my office for this briefing and a of the case The briefing was based on the discussion attached Talking Paper which I explained ha been prepared following a recent review of our files _to determine if all information which might possibly be pertinent to the had been made available to them current FBI investigation The FBI representatives were not given a copy of the Talking Paper The d scussion lasted abou __Ji_fty --minute-s·----- b 6 Per FBI and at its conclusionl 1--t·han ea me for the b 7 c -- -· _ - bJ 3 _CIAAct ___________ _ - C06420107 PPROVEDFOR RELEASE- CIA INFO DATE 26-Au -2015 ' b 6 Per FBI l 7 C SEGBET SB SlTPJE bTi fing but added that he did not see any new information in this presentation which·was germane to the FBI's current investigation He said that the object of th is investigation ordered by the Attorney General was to examine two questions a did the reported diversion actually ta·ke place and b was there a cover up of the diversion ·J lsaid that since the FBI had been unable to answer the iirst question they are naturally unable to proceed to the second Although they have conducted numerous interviews they h e come u w1· no hard evidence of diversion·1n conclusion and · asked that CIA make available o t em any n w-·- --in-f o-rm-a-- t - 1 o 1Ji· which we might develop which could have a bearing on the ··· caseI assured them that ·we would do so ·· b 6 Per·F-81 3 • Chief Sta££ for International b c Ac Yities was also present at the 9 May meeting b 3 NSC b 3 CIAAct Theodore G Shackley Theodore Shackley Attachment As Stated I I I 2 SECRET SEN SHI YE C06420107 b 1 ' PPROVED FOR RELEASE - CIA INFO DATE 26-Au -2015 b 3 NatSecAct i°FO13526 3 3 b 1 25Yrs 25X1 WARNING NOTICE SENSmY£ IHTEWGENCE SOURCES ANDMETHODS INVOLVE ct C06420107 PPROVED FOR RELEASE - CIA INFO DATE 26-Au -2015 2 b 1 b 3 NatSecAct 25X1 EO 13526 3 3 b 6 -25Yrs SEBHET SENSITIVE· C06420107 PPROVED FOR RELEASE - CIA INFO DATE 26-Au -2015 • • 1 b 1 b 3 NatSecAct fO 13526 3 3 b 6 25Yrs · b 1 · 1 3 NatSecAct EQ 1352 3 3 b 6 25Yrs SEU R S asnt'JE tb 1 b 3 NatSecAct EQ 13526 3· 3 b 6 25Yrs ' The loss of uranium at NUMEChad been investigat d by the Atomic Energy Commis_sion A second investigation ·-was conducted by the General Accounting Office at the direc tion of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy Both of these reports conclude that there was no evidence of a diversion ·of th material In March 1968 t e DCI requested the Attorn·ey General -i·p direct the FBI t o investigate the· possibility that a dive si on had taken lace and that the material unaccounted for at NUMEC · The investigation was abru tl terminated in ____ _ an interview e IDl SSing During 1976 the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy renewed ·its interest in the affairs at ·NUMECand brought- the matter t_o the attention of President Ford Attorney General Levi directed the FBI to initiate a second i vestigation into the ioss of material · Since 1968 when the subject of NUMECfirst came into focus CIA has cooperated fully -with the FBI assistin them · their investi ation of NUMEC both in 1968 and more recently in 6 3 b 1 b 3 NatSecAct 25X1 EO 1·3526 3 3 b 6 i5Yrs b 1 b 3 NatSecAct EO 13526 3 3 b 6 25Yrs SEBP ET SENSITIVE PPROVED FOR RELEASE - CIA INFO DATE 26-Au -2015 C06420107 ' b 1 t 3 NatSecAct 25X1 EO 13526 3 3 b 6 5Yrs ' 1 o' 3 NatSecAct 25 X - 1 I • EO f i 26 3 3 6 25Yrs ' I I I ' '- 1·0-s- t-n_o_o p- p -- o l' t_u n i- -ty-t -o -£ -u_r_t hr-e-r---- t h-e i-n-v_e_s 7t i-g-a t io-n br-y t h-e F B I--1 in the hope that positive intelligence information concel'n' j ng the whereabouts of the missing material would be forthcomi ri g • the decision was made by Directors Helms Colby and Bush that this information would not further the investigation of NUMECbut would compromise sources and methods __ ------- since --------------- While this information is of obvious importance in reachan intelligence decision on the probability of diversion it is not of any legal pertinence to the FBI's criminal investigation of NUMEC In our discussions with the FBI we have · alluded to this information but we have not made the details available to the special agents from the Washington Field Office of the FBI who are working on the case While Mr Bush's conversations are not known to us we have had no substantive discussions with officials at FBI·Headquarters on this matter ing The last briefing on· 10 August 1976 the FBI investigation of the FBI on the NUMEC matter occurred We are not aware of the current status 0£ of NUMEC · I I I 1· b 1j b 3 NatSecAct 25X1 EO 13526 3 3 b 6 25Yrs 4 I 25 x 1 s tl lCP 1 1 -1 sEF fill1 M ·1t11tlv E b 1 b 3 NatSecAct · EO 13526 3 3 b 6 25Yrs C06420107 PPROVED FOR RELEASE - 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