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124-10274-10002 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

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          MAY 1962 EDITION
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          UfNITED STATES C  RNMENT

          Memorandum

   TP    -Mr. C. D. Brenn

   FROM  :R, D. Cotter


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DATE: 7/20/71


UBJECT: INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION COMMITTEE (IEC)
     INTERNAL  SECURITY - MISCELLANEOUS


          Reference memorandum  7/16/71 from G. C. Moore t
you reporting  on scheduled meeting of IEC 7/20/71.

          Meeting  of the Committee took place this morning,
Assistant Attorney  General Mardian acted as Chairman, and
the  following representatives were present:  James Angleton
of  Central Intelligence Agency; Martin Pollmer and Robert
Merchant  of Treasury;  conard Nunnglof National Security
Agency;  Tom Kelley and Dan Miller of Secret Service; Colonel
   Joh Donieand  Bill Vaught of Defense Department; Jim McGrath
   f ntearnal Zecurity. Division; and John Doherty, Executive
Director  of IEC.  I represented the Bureau.

           Mr. Mardian stated that he had just ,sturagg from
 seeing the President in San Clemente and that, as a result
 of his visit witiMfc. Nixon, he was charginthe   IEC with a
 new project; namely, a comprehensive report on the United
 S9 esRJ Gov7ernm ents .eatmE~Tt  -bsi fiedf -nd -.sensitive
 information along with such 'corollary problems as how Top
 Secretclearances  are granted, whether we heed to tighten
 up our security procedures, and whether there is too much
 classification of documents under our current system.  Mardian-
 noted that this study was triggered by the Ellsberg case but
 he was not asking the Committee to review the Ellsberg investi-
 gation.as such.  He said that President Nixon was most concerned
regarding, the 2entagoi.TPapers .incident and the serious situation
created  by Supreme Court decisions relating to the Ellsberg
case.  .Mardian said that the'President wanted the  Committee
to  conduct an overall, comprehensive review of all the factors
relating  to classification and protection of national defen,
information  and to make approDriate recommendations,, . the,
President's  consideration.

                 R.~C~b~jy


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