te·· OP ONA f R' O 10 MA'r 1962 EDITION GSA GEN REG NO 27 5010-106 Assoc Dir _ UNITED STATES GO ERNMENT Memorandum T k SECRE _ Mr DATE Dep AD Adm _ Dop AD Inv _ Asst Dir Admin _ _ W R Wannall Comp Syst _ Ext Affairs _ Files Com _ 8 18 75 Gen I n v _ s s FROM r- SUBJECT -•· 1 - Mr 1 - Mr 4l l J 1 - Mr •iffi tM t ner· ttM• t-1 - Mr I ft£ 1t Jf$ f' J ' t • ' hi f'Af ignosaS$Yv -·- -- ENS-tJDY-75 _ ' O••••t' t'f Wl $$fFJ£11 - rr_wt•lf R£ n m ·wsc S ffO f - N •· YI W o Cregar S S Mignosa T J McNif f C H McCarthy 9- dent t i o n t J i i 1tro%r¥Y lt P n _ V PJan val _ Spec Inv _ Training - Telephone Rm J efi r'Sec'y - '· • W Reference is made to -- - randum date 7 24 fiT captioned as above which requested review assessment and recommendations pertaining to the contents of pages extracted from a 693-page CIA document in order to fully identify the subject matter and to assess whether FBI operations were compromised Q ¼_ ¥ V Section CI-3 conducted the following review and' makes the assessment pertinent thereto pl RE Page 00026 Siest a and pag e s 00059-6 1 captioned 'Subject General Off ice of Security Survey This matter concerns Orlando Nunez-Toro ' Bufile 105-141367 a United States citizen of Cuban ' extraction who was suspected by CIA of attempting to ----• 1 recruit for intelligence purposes CIA personnel one Miss Deborah Fitzgerald By letter dated 8 4 70 the first communication to the FBI by CIA relating to ToroNunez and Fitzgerald the FBI was requested to advise whether it interposed any objections to CIA investigative action CIA deemed necessary to explore questions raised by the association of Nu ez-01 oro and Fitzgerald with CIA y r· 4 J£ S employees - J RfC-5S 1 _ I · - ' -' 1 In response to that inquiry FBIHQ advised CIA by letter dated 8 14 70 that the FBI interposed no objection to CIA investigation for such a purpose At the same time CIA was specifically requested to provide the FBI with any information dev le 1 d relating to FBI inte v nal security responsibilities- - 'J 111 t J o HL - i Jq oD CU SSIFIED 62-116395 · cla c l i BV 1 1 d OEC j SiFY ON 25 SECRE - g AUG 271915 CONTt bfuf ---oviR- Classified 098 CMi Exempt from S Categori s 2 ng 3 Date of Deel ification Indefinite NJlU gJd§m33 Page P OUTE JN ENVELOPR 91 § -11J'• · • SECRET • Memo to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstudy 75 62-116395 CIA communicated with FBIHQ by lettens dated 7 6 71 and 2 24 72 concerning the Nunez-Toro and Deborah Fitzgerald matter requesting each time records review of Bureau files of numerous individuals of interest to CIA On each occasion CIA was provided with the results of such checks However by letter dated 3 2 72 FBIHQ responded to CIA letter dated 2 24 72 by stating We have made a study of our f ile concerning this matter Nunez-Toro and Fitzgerald and a detailed review of the referenced material At the present time it appears the paramount concern is whether Nunez and Deborah Jane Fitzgerald are obtaining intelligence information concerning your Agency and you have established a network of sources to cover that aspect As you indicate there is no specific evidence that Nunez or Fitzgerald has any connection with a hostile intelligence service or a foreign government We therefore will defer to your Agency until completion of your investigation or the development of information showing they are engaged in subversive activities within our primary jurisdiction S The FBI did not conduct an internal security-type investigation regarding the relationship of Nunez-Toro and Fitzgerald The FBI did conduct an internal security-type investigation of Nunez-Toro in 1965 as a result of his reported disaffection for the United States while living abroad we reopened that investigation in 1969 when it was reportehhat t uuez-Toro communicated with the Cuban Embassy Ottawa Canada That investigation was ·closed when it was 1 established h ilrs family desired to return to CUba and his contact was in that regar9 s FBiuQ f i· I es ' 1L J no in · f ormation · il GGR- i ll'R that any FBI employee was knowledgeable before or after the fact of a surreptitious entry on the part of CIA personnel into the premises of Nunez-Toro and Deborah Fitzgerald That surreptitious entry by CIA personnel into the premises of Nunez-Toro and Fitzgerald located in Fairfax Virginia received considerable publicity recently when it was alleged that Fairfax police assisted the CIA during the entry $ · A review of ASSESSMENT No compromise of an on-going FBI operation NW 38608 Docld 32989633 Page 5 SECRET - 2 - CONTINUED - OVER • Memo to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstudy 75 62-116395 RE Page 00026 Paragon S bhis matter pertains to an alleged plot in 1972-73 to assassinate former Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Director of CIA by using two Latin American revolutionaries A CIA informant abroad reported that one Elizabeth Boynton Millard a New York City resident known for her Communist associations and her involvement with Latin-American revolutionaries was scheduled to finger top United States Officials for assassination The plot was allegedly conceived some time prior to 8 19 72 in Chile and was to be carried out sometime between 10 25 72 through 11 7 7 The FBI investigated this plot thoroughly and closed its investigation on 2 2 73 when it was concluded that none of the individuals reportedly involved had any connection with such activity S ASSESSMENT No compromise of an on-going FBI operation RE Page 00282 28 October 1970 During October 1970 United States Government officials including Dr Henry A Kissinger who was then assigned to The White House received cryptograms indicating bombings would occur in various cities of the United States on 11 29 70 The Soviet Military Attache Washington D C received a similar cryptogram reporting United States Chinese activities against Russia The sender of the cryptograms was identified and during our investigation other government agencies including CIA were requested to furnish the original cryptograms for fingerprint examination ASSESSMENT No compromise SECRET - 3 - · NW 38608 Docld 32989633 Page 6 CONTINUED - OVER SECRET Memo to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstudy 75 62-116395 RE Pages 00290 00292 00295 00310 The contents of these pages concern the Daniel Ellsberg matter all of which is of a public nature ASSESSMENT No compromise RE Pages 00334 00361-363 00368 00371 00373 00376-379 00384 00385 00468-470 and 00615 The contents of these pages concern the Chilean Project On 4 16 71 CIA proposed technical penetration of the Chilean Embassy Washington D C to collect foreign intelligence data and to compromise classified encrypted diplomatic traffic CIA proposed that access be made through one of their covert contacts The FBI declined The Attorney General then requested FBI cooperation On 5 13 71 a memorandum was sent to the Department of State for approval of that operation and such approval was obtained on 5 17 71 On 7 14 71 the Attorney General authorized activation of the microphone installation at the Chilean Embassy until 10 8 71 CIA requested continuation as the expiration date approached and on 10 15 71 the Attorney General authorized such continuation The technical · surveillance was discontinued as noted in memorandum to the Attorney General and CIA dated 2 7 72 The surveillance was reactivated on 12 27 72 and was eventually discontinued on 2 22 73 S On 6 19 73 the Watergate Special Prosecution Force requested FBI investigation of the alleged burglary of the Chilean Embassy Washington D C on or about 5 13 72 The Metropolitan Police Department Washington D C conducted an investigation of that incident and submitted a complete report to the Office of the United States Attorney That report was in the possession of the Watergate Special Prosecution Force and on 10 30 73 that Force advised the FBI that no additional investigation was desired There is no connection between the Chilean Project and the alleged burglary of the Chilean Embassy on or about 5 3 72 · $ p SECRET 4 - 4 NW 38601 Docld 32939r633 Page 1 CONTINUED - OVER • V SECRET Memo to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstudy 75 62-116395 ASSESSMENT f 'The above information refers to our special coverage ol the Chilean Embassy which was discontinued in February 1973 and has not been operational since that time-- 1 Possession of such information by the Senate Committee wil not interfere with any on-going FBI investigation All activities engaged in by the FBI in connection with this project were conducted on the instruction of Attorney General Mitchell Cb RE Page 00361 captioned Memorandum for Executive Secretary CIA Management Committee In addition to the Chilean Project the contents of this page also refer to FBI technical coverage of diplomatic establishments of Israel It is pointed out that Watergate Defendant James McCord telephoned the Embassy of Israel Washington D C after his arrest believing that his conversation would be overheard and he would be able to challenge tainted evidence The date of his telephone call to the Embassy of Israel is not known but it is pointed out that our technical coverage of the Embassy of Israel was discontinued on 10 16 72 at the specific request of Secretary of State William Rogers This matter is also public knowledge ASSESSMENT No compromise of FBI operations RE Pages 00457 and 00458 concerning Item Number 3 According to CIA this matter involved surreptitious entries by CIA into a French diplomatic establishment Washington D C during the early 1960's As is evident from reading Item number 3 there is no FBI involvement in or knowledge of such activities by CIA Cs Pt SECRET - NW 38601 Docld 32989£33 Page 8 5 - CONTINUED - OVER • p SECRET Memo to Mr W R Wannall Re Senstudy 75 62-116395 It is pointed out that Philippe Thyraud De V0sjoli Bufile 64-33606 a former attache of the Fr nch Embassy Washington D C and a former French Intelligence officer copperated with CIA and provided CIA with information in 1963 that French intelligence planned to engage in intelligence activities in the United States This information was thereafter transmitted to the FBI It is believed that De Vosjoli is identical with either Iden-122 0r Iden-124 mentioned in Item number 3· 5 ASSESSMENT There is no compromise of an on-going FBI operation RE Pages 00591-00593 c pt± ned MHCHAOS Program j S This CIA program involved the clandestine collection abroad of information relating to foreign efforts to support and influence domestic United States extremism The foreign-oriented activity in the United States was of two types first selected FBI informants who traveled abroad in connection with their extremist activity and their resultant debriefing by CIA with the cooperation of the FBI Second FBI sources with existing extremist credentials who were offered to CIA for dispatching abroad to collect information responsive to CIA requirements Cs ' There has been no compromise of such FBI informants and sources ASSESSMENT No compromise of any on-going FBI operation ACTION For information and referral to Senstudy Group 'tk SECRET - 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