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. - . ’ 25 May 1973
° MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
: THROUGH : Mr. William E. Colby
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1. On 17 May the name. of ee :
‘referred to this office as having attempted to contact the Director
concerning "activities outside the Agency.! I attempted to contact
| — 21 and 22 May, but he was on leave. On 23 May
: e stated he wanted to check a portion of his information and asked !
if he could come to my office on 24 May.
! 2. came into the Agency as a JOT
| in October E ssigned
. to the Soviet/EE Section. He has a very strong personnel file.
i 3, [C lavisea that in August 1971 he attended the
i Advanced Intelligence Seminar, On the first evening of the seminar
the students had a "getting acquainted session where each one .
ave a brief description of his duties. One of the students, LJ
I of the Office of Security, however, carried on )
er the session was over and expanded on the briefing he had given.
I EEE He claimed that CIA was cooperating with the Montgomery County
: Police, stating that the Office of Security gavé electronic and other
: support to that organization. |
. 4. He further indicated that the Office of Security had been
involved in the "Ballou case”. I the Ballou case
as follows: The residence of Mr. Ballou, an antique gun collector
“in Silver Spring, Maryland, was raided on 7 June 1971 by the Mont-
gomery County Police and some Federal law enforcement officers.
After the officers, dressed in civilian clothes, had forced their way
into the house Ballou picked up an antique pistol. The officers
immediately opened fire and wounded Ballou seriously. He spent
a long time in the hospital and is partly paralyzed at the present time.
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