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equipment which was of no further use to the Agency, and
: briefing them as to its use. He said he would not define these
| briefings as training, but admitted that it might be so construed,
: 3. [omer 45 that his only knowledge of the "Ballou :
Case", exceptwhat he had read in the papers, came from one .
: telephone conversation he had with Inspector I the
: Montgomery County Police sometime after accounts of the Ballou
’ shooting had appeared in the press. He said the Inspector called
to thank him for some amplifying equipment the Agency had given
the Police and mentioned that it had probably saved the life of a
. policeman. He said that the Inspector explained to him that the
’ account of the incident appearing in the press was not the whole
story, that with the aid of the equipment the Agency had provided
the Police had been able to intercept a telephone call from Ballou
to a friend in which Ballou had outlined plans to "kill a cop."
. The Police had then staged a raid to forestall Ballou's plan and it
was during this raid that Ballou was shot. said
. that he had had no ather conversations ine Hong
County Police on that subject. He said he had mentioned it at
: the Seminar as an example of the sensitivity involved in the
Agency's dealings with domestic Police Forces. He said he |
) oo recalled that there was quite a bit of discussion and argument
. by the Seminar members about the propriety of the Agency assist-
ing local police forces and working with the Secret Service in the . .
U.S., but that he did not recall any extensive discussion about the
: Ballou Case and that at no time had he said that the Agency was
directly involved, I he remembered a =) :
I— particularly concerned about the Agency - A
- - ment in domestic activities and that sometime later, around
January or February 1972, [ lamkea to Colonel White about his i
concern and Colonel White in turn talked to the Director of Security. |
Since that date, he said, he has not had any further direct contact |
with the Montgomery County Police, based upon orders of the
Director of Security. |
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