Surveillance equipment tested at the 1972 Miami political convention

--- PAGE 298 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 20 June 1972 DIS noted that in response to State's request its chauffeurs who drive the Secretary of State and other senior State officers will be given a one-day defensive driving orientation at [REDACTED] MM 20 June 1972 The Director noted receipt of a paper on a safehouse in Miami which is being made available to the Secret Service in support of its work in connection with the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. He asked the ADDP and the DDS to make it absolutely clear [REDACTED] that our cooperation in this undertaking is to be confined to provision of the safehouse and that it is not to be used as a site for investigations, interrogations, or "wall-to-wall" etc. The Director added that we will not loan people to the FBI or Secret Service in connection with their responsibilities at the Conventions nor will we provide equipment unique to the Agency. 21 June 1972 In view of the coverage in today's New York Times and Washington Post, Maury recommended that Chairman Nader be briefed on the McCord affair and that the briefing include all our information about the others involved. The Director asked Maury to touch base with the Director of Security and prepare a briefing paper on this topic for his review. Citing the number of distorted rumors about this matter, the Executive Director said that during the course of the day he hopes to provide a suggested Headquarters Bulletin for all employees for the Director's review. Umumb noted a number of inquiries from the press with respect to the Cuban-Americans involved in the bugging attempt at the Democratic National Committee headquarters and their alleged involvement in the Bay of Pigs, etc. The Director asked that such inquiries be met with an explanation that we are not prepared to be helpful on this matter. 00297 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 416 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 SECRET MEMORANDUM TO : Executive Secretary CIA Management Committee SUBJECT : Loan of Television System to Secret Service for Use at Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 1972 OKO 1. The attached/summary reports the loan of television equipment by the Agency to the Secret Service for use during the Democratic and Republican National Conventions last year. The equipment was for use in helicopter aerial surveillance, primarily for crowd control. The assumption is that it was used for that purpose. The equipment was recovered in November 1972. 2. The transaction seems a straightforward arrangement, related to the legal responsibility of the Secret Service. However, the fact that the Agency provided the equipment for use in a domestic political situation could be presented in a different light. WVB 00412 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 436 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 Page 23 Prohibition against COINTJINT vs. US citizens In September 1972 [REDACTED] Memo to conduct hearability testes of certain HF long-distance commercial telephone circuits between the US and South America. The circuits carried drug- related traffic. [REDACTED] The tests were successful. The activity was terminated on 30 Jan 73 following CGC determination that they were illegal. We conduct an intercept operation in [REDACTED] targeted on radio telephone conversations. [REDACTED] These intercepts contain a large number of unrelated conversations often involving US citizens. Testing in the US of OID-developed electronic collection systems will result in the collection of domestic telephone conversations. When the tests are complete, the intercepted material is destroyed. CIA [REDACTED] technicians conducted tests in the Miami area in August 1971 OF OF gear intended for use against a Soviet agent in South Vietnam. While wholly innocuous, the tests preceded the holding of the conventions there and could be construed as being somehow related to them. In February 1972 CIA asked an official of AT&T for copies of telephone call slips relating to US-China calls. The operation lasted for three or four months and then dried up. CGC stated its belief that the collection of these slips did not violate the Communications Act since eavesdropping was not involved. Page 29 Mail coverage Since 1953, CIA has operated a mail intercept program of incoming and outgoing Russian mail and, at various times, other selected mail at Kennedy Airport in New York City. This program is now dormant pending decision on whether to continue or to abolish it. 00427 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 566 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 24 APR 1972 Count/ Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt DO-2d or Harass the Republican National Convention SUMMARY: There is little new evidence of foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, or take advantage of actions designed to disrupt or harass the Republican National Convention in San Diego, 21 to 23 August 1972. The Students for a Democratic Society, in joining the ranks of domestic groups planning actions at the Republican Convention, has adopted a proposal to cooperate with Mexican workers and students in a demonstration in Tijuana, Mexico, during the Convention. The San Diego Coalition (SDCC), another domestic group targeting the Convention, has received a letter of solidarity from the North Vietnamese. The letter is of interest as an indication will be required for the SDCC to implement its plans for broadcasts over public address systems during the Convention of live telephone calls from the Vietnamese in Paris. DEVELOPMENTS: At its recent convention in Cambridge, Massachusetts, held 30 March to 2 April 1972, the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) adopted a proposal to hold demonstrations at the San Diego-Tijuana border during the Republican National Convention. The proposal included a call for SDS to cooperate with Mexican workers and students in an action to occur during a fiesta in Tijuana, where Convention delegates will be entertained. The North Vietnamese have given their endorsement to the San Diego Convention Coalition (SDCC) in the form of a letter from the Vietnam Committee for Solidarity with the American People (VCSWAP), a quasi-official organ of the North Vietnamese Government. The letter, which has been circulated by the SDCC and is dated 27 January 1972, expresses "great delight with the formation of the SDCC, and conveys the Committee's "best wishes of militant soli- darity and friendship." The VCSWAP requests that the SDCC write often and "send us materials you have." FULL TEXT COPY - DO NOT RELEASE 00556 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 567 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 Count/ DO-2 23 MAY 197 Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National Convention SUMMARY: Indications remain limited of foreign plans or attempts to inspire, support, influence, or exploit actions designed to disrupt or harass the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, 21-23 August 1972. The British-based International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace (ICDP) has distributed a "Spring Offensive Calendar" of activities in the United States against the war based on a submission by the Peoples' Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ). The calendar includes actions planned in connection with the Republican Convention. DEVELOPMENTS: [REDACTED] The International Confederation for Disarmament and Peace, a British-based antiwar organization and one of the more prominent member organizations of the Stockholm Conference, has attached a "Spring Offensive Calendar" to the April-May 1972 issue of its regular international publication Vietnam International. The calendar had been furnished by the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and included the following entry: August 21-23 Republican Convention, San Diego. Demonstrations organized by the San Diego Convention Coalition, Box 8267, San Diego, Ca. 92103. FULL TEXT COPY DO NOT RELEASE 00557 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 568 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 The ICDP commentary on the PCPJ calendar urges demonstrations in support of some of the dates listed but does not specifically call for actions in connection with the Republican Convention. FULL TEXT COPY - DO NOT RELEASE 00558 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 569 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 14 JUN 1972 Count/1 Do-3< Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National Convention SUMMARY: The only new indication of foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, influence, or exploit actions designed to disrupt or harass the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, 21-23 August 1972, is an expression of interest by a member of the North Vietnamese delegation to the Paris Peace Talks in the plans of the major antiwar organizations in the United States for demonstrations in connection with the political conventions of both major parties. DEVELOPMENTS: In mid-May 1972, a member of the North Vietnamese Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks invited a visitor to contact him again when the visitor returned from an imminent trip to the United States. The North Vietnamese official gave the visitor the New York City addresses of the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) and the National Peace Action Coalition (NPAC), and asked the visitor to inquire at their offices regarding their plans for demonstra- tions during the coming summer. The North Vietnamese official stated that he was especially interested in plans for actions in connection with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. FULL TEXT COPY DO NOT RELEASE 00559 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 570 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 28 JUN 1972 Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National Convention There are no additional indications of any substantial foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, or take advantage of activities designed to disrupt or harass the National Convention of the Republican Party in Miami, Florida, 21-24 August 1972. FULL TEXT COPY - DO NOT RELEASE 00560 [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 571 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 -Count/ 26 JUL 1972 DO-31 Foreign Support for Activities Planned to Disrupt or Harass the Republican National Convention SUMMARY: New indications of foreign plans or efforts to inspire, support, influence, or exploit activities designed to dis- rupt or harass the Republican National Convention in Miami, Florida, 21-24 August 1972, consist of the following: A leader of the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ) has stated that demonstrations will be organized to take place at United States and allied military installa- tions abroad during the period immediately before and during the Republican Convention. The PCPJ leader also stated that representatives of the Stockholm Conference on Vietnam will participate in activities in connection with the Convention. *The Anti-War Union (AWU), a domestic organization which has been active in planning demonstrations in connection with the Republican National Convention, has sent a delegation to Paris, France, to meet with officials of the Democratic Repub- lic of Vietnam (DRV) and the Provisional Revolutionary Govern- ment of South Vietnam (PRG). No information is presently available, however, indicating that actions at the Republican Convention have been discussed at these meetings. DEVELOPMENTS: In an early July 1972 meeting with prominent members of foreign antiwar organizations, a representative of the People's Coalition for Peace and Justice (PCPJ), who occupies an impor- tant position within that organization, discussed the plans of the PCPJ in connection with the upcoming election campaign in the United States. The PCPJ representative stated that during the period 14-23 August, a "Peoples Campaign Against Bombing" would be waged in U.S. cities involved in the manu- facture and shipping of materials for use in Vietnam and that similar actions will be organized at United States and allied military installations abroad. The PCPJ representa- tive further stated that "dramatic demonstrations" in protest 00561 FULL TEXT COPY DO NOT RELEASE [vision-ocr] --- PAGE 572 --- MORI DocID: 1451843 of the bombing in Vietnam are being organized by the "Republican Party National Convention Coalition" to occur on 21 August 1972. In an apparent reference to the 21 August Stockholm Conference on Vietnam will speak on the subject of PCPJ leader and representatives of the the alleged American bombing of dikes in North Vietnam. (Comment: We have no present information concerning plans of Stockholm Conference representatives to travel to the United States during the Republican National Convention; nor do we have any additional information concerning plans of Stockholm Conference representatives to participate in activities con- nected with the Republican Convention.) The Anti-War Union (AWU), a domestic group engaged in organizing counter-activities at the Republican National Con- vention, has sponsored the travel of a delegation of activists to Paris, France, to meet with officials of the Democratic Republic of North Vietnam (DRV) and the Provisional Government of South Vietnam (PRG). An advance party has already met with DRV and PRG representatives to discuss the agenda for meetings with the full AWU delegation. Although no information is presently available indicating that actions will be discussed at meetings between the AWU delegation and the DRV/PRG officials, it is known that members of the AWU advance party have asked for advice from the DRV and PRG officials regarding the stance the AWU should take on certain questions relating to the presidential elections. It is also known that the DRV officials have questioned the AWU advance party about the political mood in the United States. One of the AWU delegation members has stated that upon their return to the United States about 26 July 1972, some of the members will speak at rallies, over the radio, and on television, visiting for Nixon, and the need to end the consequences of about the American people Nixon." The delegation member added that the demonstrations at the Republican Convention will be "unique." FULL TEXT COPY - DO NOT RELEASE 00562 [vision-ocr]