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MORI DocID: 1451843

25 May 1973

MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence

THROUGH : Mr. William E. Colby

1. On 17 May the name of [REDACTED] was
referred to this office as having attempted to contact the Director
concerning "activities outside the Agency." I attempted to contact
[REDACTED] on 21 and 22 May, but he was on leave. On 23 May
he stated he wanted to check a portion of his information and asked
if he could come to my office on 24 May.

2. [REDACTED] came into the Agency as a JOT
in October 1957 and is currently [REDACTED] assigned
to the Soviet/EE Section. He had a very strong personnel file.

3. [REDACTED] advised that in August 1971 he attended the
Advanced Intelligence Seminar. On the first evening of the seminar
the students had a "getting acquainted" session where each one
gave a brief description of his duties. One of the students, [REDACTED],
[REDACTED] of the Office of Security, however, carried on
after the session was over and expanded on the briefing he had given.
He claimed that CIA was cooperating with the Montgomery County
Police, stating that the Office of Security gave electronic and other
support to that organization.

4. He further indicated that the Office of Security had been
involved in the "Ballou case". He described 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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