MSG FROM: NSOLN --CPUA TO: NSVMC --CPUA 11/20/85 15:16:25
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
SUBJECT: YOUR TELEPHONE CALL
FOLLOWING POINTS FOR YR USE IN CALLING [Deleted, (b)(1)(c) exemption]
__ A REPUTABLE BUSINESS ORGANIZATION CALLED A.C.E. INC. IS NEGOTIATING WITH YOUR AIR FORCE TO BUY THREE EXCESS C-123 AIRCRAFT, A NUMBER OF ENGINES (48) AND SOME SPARE PARTS.
-- A.C.E. IS A LEGITIMATE COMPANY WHICH WILL USE THE AIRCRAFT FOR A GOOD PURPOSE THAT IS IN THE INTEREST OF YOUR COUNTRY AND OURS -- HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERIES TO ANTI-COMMUNIST RESISTANCE FORCES (ANGOLA, AFGHANISTAN, NICARAGUA).
-- APPARENTLY THE LOGISTICS DIRECTOR FOR THE AIR FORCE ([Deleted, (b)(1)(c) exemption]) WAS CONCERNED THAT A.C.E. (AMALGAMATED COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES) MAY NOT BE LEGITIMATE OR THAT THE A/C COULD BE USED FOR DRUG RUNNING OR THE LIKE. THIS IS NOT THE CASE.
-- IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL IF YOU COULD CONTACT SOMEONE WHO CAN CLARIFY THE GOOD REPUTATION OF A.C.E. AND ENCOURAGE [Deleted,(b)(1)(c) exemption] TO CONSUMATE THE OFFER WHICH HAS BEEN MADE BY A.C.E. THE NEED IS GREAT FOR THESE PLANES. THEY WILL HELP THE CAUSE OF DEMOCRACY WHERE IT IS MOST NEEDED.1
YOUR TELEPHONE CALL
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NOTE FROM: Vincent Cannistraro
Subject: [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption]
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NOTE FROM: Vincent Cannistraro
SUBJECT: [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption]
Ollie, [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] confirmed by phone call at 10:08 that he has passed on our message to [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] (I think this is the guy's name) who is Air Force Chief of Staff. [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] also approached another personal friend, [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] to ensure the message was reinforced. [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] also provided me the private phone numbers of [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] if we need to get in contact, but he noted that he was happy to serve this function in the future. I thanked him profusely.
G [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption]
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
Subject: BRIEFING FOR SCHORI
In response to call fm Peter, he was put in touch w/ Bob Vickers (NIO/LA) who does our foreign VIP briefings. Fiers also made aware so that UNO (particularly CRUZ) can follow-up w/ SCHORI. Believe all is well on this matter & that all involved understand rqmts. Walt Raymond also engaged.
p BRIEFING FOR SCHORI
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To: NSJMP --CPUA JOHN M. POINDEXTER
NOTE FROM: BOB PEARSON
Subject: Gates for McMahon
Have just been informed by Chew that Gates will be announced after all tonight.
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nOTE FROM: Ken DeGraffenreid
Subject: Gates for McMahon
Rixse is being disingenuous. Casey made the announcement unofficially to senior Cia personnel last thursday p.m. it was announced officially at cia on friday, and on monday it was disseminated down to office level which means the entire personnel complement. wallop as source of "leak" is an absurd allegation. we could have helped on the timing of the announcement if we had been coordinated with in advance.
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NOTE FROM: BOB PEARSON
Subject: Gates for McMahon
From Djerejian.
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NOTE FROM: ED DJEREJIAN
Subject: Gates for McMahon
I think we need to make the point to CIA that they did not serve themselves well in the way they handled this. We looked sloppy and frankly were not able to give journalists a coordinated spin on the story. In the end the Agency itself was ill served. I will tell Lauder.
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Gates for McMahon
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
Subject: How's It Going?
Per request from yr old friend Gorba, met w/ him in Paris on Saturday. He started w/ a long speech re how we were trying to cut him out, how important he is to the process and how he cd deliver on the hostages if only we cd sweeten the pot w/ some little tid-bits -- like more arms, etc. After his speech I allowed as he was not getting the message, but that I wd reiterate:
-- The hostages are a serious impediment to serious govt-to-govt discussions and this must be resolved before we can discuss any further transactions. -- We remain ready to go to Kish or anywhere else to discuss issues of mutual concern as long as the hostages are going to be released during or before this meeting. -- The real problem facing Iran - that of Soviet intervention was becoming a reality and the Iranians are in no position to deal w/ this problem. We can help - and are willing to because a free, independent Iran is in our best interests. Unless the hostage issue is resolved quickly and favorably, U.S./Iranian cooperation on opposing the Soviets is out of the question.
Much more said in this regard, but you have the essence. Bob Gates has assembled a nice amt of intel on the Soviet threat - most of which is real. There does indeed seem to be a growing awareness in the USSR that their Iraqi friends are having their asses handed to them and that the situation in Afghanistan is getting worse not better. Whether they are ready for another active military adventure is uncertain, but Gates now feels that four major exercises we saw last year were rehearsals for an invasion - not practice for afghanistan as we first believed. We probably won't know for a couple of weeks whether this "the Russians are coming" approach will have any effect, but it does have the merit of being mostly the truth - and something about which their military people expressed great concern during the Frankfurt meeting the week before. We shall see.
FROM: NSWRP --CPUA TO: NSJMP --CPUA 03/15/86 10:11:46
To: NSJMP --CPUA JOHN M. POINDEXTER
NOTE FROM: BOB PEARSON
Subject: Intelligence Authorization Bill
From deGraffenreid.
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NOTE FROM: Ken DeGraffenreid
SUBJECT: Intelligence Authorization Bill
We have worked out, I believe, all the many differences which existed over the Intelligence Authorization Bill, except one which, although minor, is symptomatic of an attitude on the part of CIA which is, to a large extent, responsible for the deplorable Congressional oversight situation we find ourselves in today. The issue is a provision which has been included in the last 5 authorization bills which says, in effect, that the bill does not authorize illegal or unconstitutional acts. All (CIA, NSC, and the lawyers) are agreed that the provision, which is one of the last continuing vestiges of the Church committee mentality, has absolutely no legal purpose or effect whatsoever (e.g. by definition no bill could create authorization for an unconstitutional act - only a constitutional amendment could and then it would not be unconstitutional). Of course, no other authorization bill in the budget has such a ridiculoUS provision.
Nevertheless, CIA clings tightly to this provision, the only purpose of which is, a la Church committee, to demean intelligence by underscoring the supposition that CIA (and the Administration) are bent on illegal acts. We argued that not withstanding the fact that some in Congress- may put it in the final Bill, we should not offer it so as not to be confirming this notion which runs directly contrary to our public policy that intelligence is a good and necessary thing to protect our liberties.
CIA argues that to leave it out would be to "break faith" with the committees and bring down their rath. I say nonsense: This is why we revised the intelligence EO in 1981 to remove similar demeaning provisions. Sable and I believe that whatever happens, it will not affect Nicaragua or anything else legislatively. I say leaving this provision out will show we are serious enough about our purpose and about true congressional oversight not to put silly provisions in our bill.
I request your permission to tell John McMahon (the keeper of the CIA flame on this issue) to roll over on it and that we take it out. Small battle in a long war of small and tiring battles.
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NOTE FROM: JOHN POINDEXTER
Subject: Intelligence Authorization Bill
TAKE IT OUT.
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NOTE FROM: Vincent Cannistraro
Subject: Communist Active Measures
I think sending a tasking to the field is basically a non-starter. If we get it out, it will be observed in an initial flurry by posts and we will receive some material. And that will be the end of it. As the raven says: "nevermore". Better way would be to exploit one of the existing mechanisms, e.g. Publications Branch of Office of Central Reference (OCR) which constantly combs the world collecting this sort of stuff, as well as other sorts, and analyzing and categorizing it. If Gramm-Rudman's ugly head hasn't been reared here as well, it might satisfy the requirement. In any event, I would think all of this is grist [One line deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption]
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
Subject: Libya Broadcasting
You shd be aware that [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] a small commercial vessel which wd be used for this purpose. P.S. tried to return yr call by visiting yr ofc at 1800. Nobody home. Regards, North
4 Libya Broadcasting
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
Subject: IRAN AND TERRORISM
I passed the info, w/o mentioning Nir to both Clarridge and Casey. Clarridge believes that there may indeed be something to the offer fm [One line deleted, (b)(l)(3)(s) exemption] Will work w/ Dewey on a meeting plan which we may wish to carry out after we complete the hostage arrangements.
You should be aware that the resistance support organization now has more than $6M available for immediate disbursement. This reduces the need to go to third countries for help. It does not, however, reduce the urgent need to get CIA back into the management of this program. We can only do this by going forward with the reprogramming proposal and getting the requisite authorities for CIA involvement. Unless we do this, we will run increasing risks of trying to manage this program from here with the attendant physical and political liabilities. I am not complaining, and you know that I love the work, but we have to lift some of this onto the CIA so that I can get more than 2-3 hrs of sleep at night. The more money there is (and we will have a considerable amount in a few more days) the more visible the program becomes (airplanes, pilots, weapons, deliveries, etc.) and the more inquisitive will become people like Kerry, Barnes, Harkins, et al. While I care not a whit what they say about me, it could well become a political embarassment for the President and you. Much of this risk can be avoided simply by covering it with an authorized CIA program undertaken with the $15M. This is what I was about to say in the meeting today and a point that I believe Shultz does not understand in his advocacy of Third country solicitation. I have no idea what Don Regan does or does not know re my private U.S. operation but the President obviously knows why he has been meeting with several select people to thank them for their "support for Democracy" in CentAm. In short, we need to proceed with the $15M. Shall I work this up?Wrm regards, North
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NOTE FROM: JOHN POINDEXTER
Subject: Implementation of CounterintelligenceOperations
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NOTE FROM: David Major
Subject: Implementation of CounterintelligenceOperations
WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT THE LOS ANGLES TIMES CLAIM TO HAVE "A PIECE OF THE PFIAB REPORT ON THE HOWARD ESPIONAGE CASE." LA TIMES HAVE SOFAR CONTACTED THE FBI AND DOJ FOR COMMENT. CIA,NSC, NOR PFIAB HAVE BEEN CONTACTED TO OUR KNOWLEDGE. IF THEY IN FACT HAVE THE ENTIRE REPORT OR A PORTION OF IT IS UNKNOWN SHOULD THEY HAVE THE ENTIRE REPORT,ITS PUBLICATION WOULD DO GRAVE DAMAGE TO THE CIA AND THEIR OPERATIONS. THIS REPORT HAS HAD VERY LIMITED DISTRIBUTION AND IF LA DOES HAVE IT AND PRINT CLASSIFIED INFO, WE WILL REQUESTA LEAK INVESTIGATION. WILL KEEP YOU ADVISED.
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NOTE FROM: Robert L. Earl
Subject: BENNETT DEBRIEF
Did'st thou forget to respond to this...?
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NOTE FROM: Robert L. Earl
SUBJECT: BENNETT DEBRIEF
Sam Watson received a phone call from Gary Bennett, who claims that a guy he met/talked to on his last trip thru Honduras has some detailed drawings of 3 areas that USG should see/have. Sam suggests that somebody (DCD?) debrief Bennett soonest. Apparently, the "guy" doesn't trust [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] the replacement for [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption]
Do you want me to pass this on to Alan Fiers?
New subject: Max will be in town next week. Sam is puzzled by your comments to him about Max and seeks further info, if appropriate, before Max meets w/ him and the VP. (Sam apparently sees no problem w/ [Deleted (b)(1)(s) exemption] hiring his own airlifters rather than Max's....)
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FROM: NSWRP --CPUA TO: NSPBT --CPUA 08/20/86 08:46:40
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NOTE FROM: BOB PEARSON
Subject: Israeli Spy Case
Case has to do with whether the Israeli reps monitoring the contract were correct in removing documents ln which tbe company asserts a proprietary interest. Case is now in civil litigation. Customs investigation should not be interpreted as implying spying- so far as I know, no one, including GOI, State and Custo ms has so asserted. In this case, State and Tel Aviv were aware of case some weeks ago. Tel Aviv 11014 relating Peres concerns to Pickering was received by NSC 8/1. State's outgoing reply - 258760 - received by NSC 8/17 - date of dispatch to Tel Aviv. Agree that Customs still is not sufficiently aware of the sensitivity involved here, but we can't assert that other agencies, including NSC did not receive. Tel Aviv 11014 was distrlbuted to JRS, DBR, PWR and SRT on 8/1 according to NSC/S records.
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NOTE FROM: Howard Teicher
Subject: Israeli Spy Case
i do not believe spying is involved here, as your note suggests. rather a dispute over information ownership. but another example of customs conducting investigations with potential foreign policy implications that the white house does not know about.
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
Subject: free help
Make sure I see Marry D on this on Tues.
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NOTE FROM: Craig P. Coy
Subject: free help
i've spoken with bolton and he is ready to come aboard for two weeks starting 9/l5. i mentioned some projects to him on a secure phone: 1. secure comms overseas; 2. terrorist financial network project; 3. legal aspects of apprehending terrorists overseas. i understand we have to let mary dix know about this deal. who should do that? ollie, fawn, bob, me, barb, or just tell ivan on the phone?
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NOTE FROM: Craig P. Coy
SUBJECT: free help
lyle cox [Deleted, (b)(6) exemption] called. he said he and oln had done some crazy things together in the past. this time his offer is info on a reserve usn capt looking to do two weeks active duty. bill bolton is a crypto specialist who is in real life a midwest businessman and lawyer. cox claims bolton paid himself $2 M last year and is connected in some way with pat buchanan. cox said he checked him out with the deputy co of the naval security group and received a sterling recommendation. question -- can we use this guy in some way? he may be able to help with the libyan financial monitoring. any other ideas. cox awaits a call.
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NOTE FROM: OLIVER NORTH
Subject: Iran
Casey is concerned about intelligence matters we discussed in the review session we held on the mtgs [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] George Cave reported to Casey that [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] wanted the following intelligence assistance as HIGHEST PRIORITY:. 1:50,000 scale maps, Location of Iraqi Army Corps and Division HQs 30-45km behind the front, Location of logistical centers Main Supply Routes to the front, Info on Iraqi troop movements, Reserve units and tank concentrations. Where the Iraqis believe that the main Iranian attack will occur and where diversionary attacks will occur.
[Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] said that their intelligence was good from the FEEA to a depth of 30 km. They are asking for perishible info which we can tell them is likely to change every 7-10 days. We can use this info as a means of encouraging the Iranians to accept a communications team in Tehran because the info is so dynamic. We DO NOT have to tell the truth about all of this, since we know that the Iranians do not know this info. At the mtg we had w/ Case, Cave and Twetten we all agreed that this info would not change the course of the war. We need this info by the time we leave on Sunday for the Monday mtg [Deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption]
Iran
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NOTE FROM: David Major
Subject: Space
SOME SPY CASE???? HOWARD HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF THE LARGEST INTELLIGENCE ISSUES WW HAVE HAD IN THE PAST YEAR ALONG WITH SOME SPACE ACCIDENT!
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NOTE FROM: Vincent Cannistraro
Subject: Stingers and [Deleted, (b)(3) CIA exemption]
CIA (Gates and Clair George) are now opposed to providing info on recent [Deleted, (b)(3) CIA exemption] successes for use as backgrounding in the "anti-defeatism" briefing. They cite Libyan disinformation event as the rationale, and have asked me not to participate given fact I was identified in Sunday's Post as a "veteran CIA operations officer". Gates thinks Fritz's paper should serve (I don't think its sufficient because it doesn't cite successes other than Baghram). I can get some points together for you on my own, however. Given Gates position, I will absent myself from the backgrounder if you go ahead.
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NOTE FROM: Alton G. Keel
Subject: NSC Review Board meeting with President
Agree; I actually rec to dtr re draft memo you anbd I discussed. Is this ready? DTR agred that I shd sign out. But shd be re "operatioinal" activies; as we discussede. Do you agree? Per haps we can sign out what do you think? Can we use "ooperational" vice "secret".
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To: NSAGK --CPUA ALTON G. KEEL
NOTE FROM: ROD B. MCDANIEL
SUBJECT: NSC Review Board meeting with President
I have seen (protect) copy of talking points prepared for the President for his meeting with the board on Monday. Two talking points give concern:
- I would like you to take particular care to look into the question of whether and under what circumstances the NSC should carry out covert operations.
- In addition, I am today ordering that no further covert operations be carried out by the NSC staff pending the outcome of the report by the Special Review Board.
The term "covert operations" is a word of art and applies to activities performed only by CIA--to acknowledge the NSC staff has done them could present real legal problems for the President. Paul Thompson and I have coined the term "secret missions" that makes the point without the legal problems--you should try and get DTR to change this. The talking points are in a meeting memo dacomed to DTR (but not to you) within the hour.
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NOTE FROM: ROD B. MCDANIEL
Subject: NSC Review Board meeting with President
I signed out a memo yesterday--will dacom you a copy--let me know if you want to do one also. Mine may not be good enough in light of your concerns. Also, in thinking over night about the talking points, it could be construed as cancelling the finding if wording not changed--that is another point to make sure DTR and President understand. Personally, I think we should cancel it--one of the tasks the Arnie Raphael working group is undertaking is to review the finding and propose a new one.
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NOTE FROM: BOB PEARSON
Subject: CRAZY GOING ONS IN COLOMBIA
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NOTE FROM: Jackie Tillman
SUBJECT: CRAZY GOING ONS IN COLOMBIA
I was over at State late this morning and learned of a development about which you should be aware. My information is still sketchy -- [Deleted, (b)(6) exemption] well respected, was in Medellin, Colombia and met with top narco Mafia family members--the Ochoa brothers, Leder, etc. He returned to the US [Four lines deleted, (b)(7) exemption] Our Amb in Colombia found out about this last night and sent in a NODIS requesting that it be stopped. ARA asked Whitehead to raise with Gates at their luncheon today. Whitehead was also to speak to Meese about it. Obviously, [Two lines deleted, (b)(7)(d) exemption] if you get my drift. After internal US gov't consultations are complete, we will speak to Colombian Pres Barco about this--and are considering pre-emptive public disclosure of this development in an attempt to keep the narcos from going public with it first. I have not gotten a read out from the Whitehead Gates lunch. It's very bizarre stuff, and in light of current events, potentially damaging. Thought you should know about it.
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NOTE FROM: BOB PEARSON
Subject: Serious Espionage Case at Embassy Moscow
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NOTE FROM: Ken DeGraffenreid
SUBJECT: Serious Espionage Case at Embassy Moscow
[word illegible] has just informed us about a serious espionage case that occurred at [word illegible] Embassy Moscow.
[word illegible] recent days a Marine security guard assigned to American Embassy Vienna voluntarily confessed [Deleted (b)(1)(s) exemption] that while stationed at Embassy/Moscow as the result of a sexual relationship with a female Soviet FSN he had been recruited by her "uncle." The Soviets continued to meet him clandestinely in Vienna following his Moscow tour and it appears that he providedTop Secret documents, burn bags, and may have assisted the Soviets in planting audio devices within sensitive parts of the Embassy.
[One line deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] surveilled a meet between the Soviet and the Marine, and have been able to identify the Soviet who also may be handling another American citizen spy. No further details on this aspect.
The Marine in question is an American Indian by the name of Lonetree. He is an alcoholic and is under military arrest in London. The Navy, who has fought bitterly with the Justice Department over recent espionage cases, plans to handle the criminal aspects as a court martial.
CIA believes this to be a very serious espionage case.
Recommend you discreetly alert the President to the basic fact of -because HPSCI and SSCI are to briefed tomorrow, and they usually leak matters of this kind.
P.S. concerning my own future [Two and a half lines deleted, (b)(6) exemption]
Regards Ken
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- Serious Espionage Case at Embassy Moscow
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NOTE FROM: David Major
SUBJECT: LONGTREE ESPIONAGE CASE FROM MOSCOW
THE NOTE PREPARED 12/31 BY SIT ROOM, INDICATED LONGTREE'S KGB HANDLER IN VIENNA LYSOV MAY BE HANDLING ANOTHER US CITIZEN SPY. THIS IS A GARBLE. [Four lines deleted, (b)(1)(s) exemption] BUT BEYOND THIS THERE IS NO OTHER EVIDENCE OF SOMEONE ELSE BEING INVOLVED.ALSO LONGREE IS STILL IN ENGLAND, FBI AND DOJ KNOW ABOUT CASE AND DECLINED PROSECUTION IN FAVOR OF A COURT MARTIAL.
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NOTE FROM: David Major
SUBJECT: LONGTREE CASE
TODAY I SENT YOU A TOP SECRET REVIEW OF THE LONGTREE CASE. IF YOU WANT ANY MORE INFO PLEASE LET ME KNOW, THEIR ARE MANY OTHER DEATAIL RELATED TO THIS MATTER. HE WAS POLYGRAPH THREE TIMES BY NAVAL INVESTIGATIVE SERVICE AND DID NOT PAST ANYONE OF THEM.KUNSLER WILL DEFENDHIM IN A COURT MARTIAL.
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NOTE FROM: Paul S. Stevens
SUBJECT: Gates Confirmation Hearings
We shd get an update to day on what commitments, if any, Gates makes on notification to Congress of covert actions. This issue undoubtedly will arise in connection with SSCI retreat and Carlucci should be prepared to respond. I am not comfortable with DCI-nominee being put in position of making a unilateral commitment, as suggested by press accounts, because the issue is one of the President's prerogatives under Constitution and laws. Those prerogatives cannot and shd not be bartered by nominee
in confirmation process. If President makes such a commitment, that's another question. Do you know whether that's being contemplated in connection with Gates hearings? If so, we shd get a crack at it.
Gates Confirmation Hearings
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NOTE FROM: David Major
SUBJECT: CONTACT WITH THE CIA/DO
JUNE INDICATED WHENEVER WE WERE IN CONTACT WITH THE CIA/DO YOU WANTED TO BE ADVISED? I TALK OR MEET WITHDO OFFICERS ON A DAILY BASIS, DO YOU WANT ME TO REPORT TO YOU ON EACH CONTACT? Today I am having a meeting with DO and FBI OFFICERS ON ACTIVE MEASURES IN MY OFFICE.
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NOTE FROM: ELAINE M. MITSLER
SUBJECT: Reminder
Just a reminder that your paper your paper for the Gates meeting is due to the Executive Secretary's Office by 1500 today. Thanks.
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