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MORI DocID: 1451843
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‘ 23 May 1973
: MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD :
On this date Mr, William E. Colby and the writer Held a
meeting with Congressman Lucien N, Nedzi. The reason for the .
i. .. meeting was to review with the Congressman material sent us by
. . 7 the Directorates describing the Agency activities that had flap Lo.
’ potential, .
: - . At the outset, Mr. Colby advised that the Director had issued
"instructions to each directorate to come forward with descriptions RN
of activities (especially involved in the domestic scene) that had flap . .
potential, In addition, in a memorandum to all employees of the CIA, |
: the Director had instructed all employees to report to him any
activities the Agency was conducting that they construed as outside Re .
: the Agency charter. Congressman Nedzi requested a copy of this
- Agency notice be furnishsad to him, . - .
The full report, including the sensitive section, was discussed .
with the Congressman item-by«item and in most cases he actually o-
- oo read the text.” This took two hours.and the Congressman followed
. the material with great carve.
: With regard to the item concerning Mr. ‘McCord's letters to the |
. Agency in July and December 1972 and January 1973, he expressed °
. astonishment that the material took so long to be surfaced and when
cL © surfaced took so long to get to the Director. He was very outspoken
. in his criticism of the people involved. Co : -
. CE I will not try to set forth all his reactions to the material, which ©
© 1believe he found sobering, but I will set out hereinafter the items in. *
. which he showed special interest: : i
a. Alien documentation furnished to the Secret Service, .
- He desired more information concerning the reason why oc
. issued, the use, and how controlled, R
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