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i 24 'or l-Thurs, June 26, 1S75 Ego 3iigcUs CIA Has Files on 75 Congressmen, Not Just Four, Colby Acknowledges LEVI ON CIA Catiat4 rani first Fagr illegal act at the direction of a President who was now dead. The attorney general hesitated, smiled and said: That's a very interesting question." But he declined to be specific about the investigation into allegations of assassination plots. In looking into such allegations, which he said actually concern "conspiracy to murder." the department must determine whether federal or state laws are involved, Levi said. Levi said that while he believed he was obligated to inform Mr. Ford of the department's ultimate position on prosecution, he "would not expect the President to tell the department what to da" The department's decision would be based on the evidence and the "strength of legal defense" that any suspect might be able to mount, he said.

Levi said he also believed himself obligated to publicly explain his position if there was "an extremely close question" and the department decided against prosecution. Levi voiced sharp disagreement with a Rockefeller commission recommendation that the Justice Department, in deciding whether to prosecute CIA employes, should confer with CIA officials and consider the impact of such prosecutions on national security. He said he would not be bound by the recommendation in deciding whether to prosecute in any cases that might arise out of the Rockefeller commission investigation. sassinate Cuban Premier Fidel Castro as well as the deaths by assassination of three other foreign leaders: Patrice Lumumba of the Congo (now Zaire) in February. 1961; Dominican dictator Rafael L.

Trujllo in May. 1961. and South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem in November. 1963. Levi said that any alleged illegalities should be judged in the context of their time and "how things may have looked at a prior time." He said he would have to look at the basis on which people acted, and asked.

"Did they believe they had the authority to act?" Discussing allegations of the assassination plots at a June 9 press conference. President Ford said that while he was "totally opposed" to political assassinations, "in fairness, none of us should jump to conclusions as to events that may have occurred in the past 15 or 20 years." Mr. Ford said at the time, however, that he was turning over materials from the Rockefeller investigation to the attorney general to determine whether action should be undertaken against any individuals. If the department determines that there are grounds for state prosecution, Levi will turn the evidence over to the appropriate state authorities, he said. Levi indicated that state law could come into play if there was evidence that assassination plots had been discussed in the United States outside the District of Columbia.

The Rockefeller commission and congressional investigators have been looking into alleged plots to as- DISCOVER THE Vacation Paradise GRAK3S CONSOLES SPII.ETS C3 PLAYER PIAI20S TOO! OF HUMBOLDT COUNTY tij. Northern California's most beautitu country awaits ple were demonstrating in front of the White House." he said. "Are any of your agents, employes, volunteers or patriots infiltrating any domestic organizations?" Abzug asked. "The CIA's activities today are carried out within the statutory limits of its authority," Colby said. Pressed to give a yes-or-no answer on domestic inf iltratioa Colby simply repeated the same words Later he told newsmen that he could not think of a specific organization that was infiltrated, but that the CIA occasionally helped the FBI with internal security problems by furnishing data related to foreign countries.

Colby also gave the subcommittee a Feb. 23, 1954, memorandum showing agreement with the Justice Department that the CIA itself could handle criminal cases involving CIA agents. The memo showed that the agreement had been worked out by Lawrence R. Houston, then CIA general counsel, and William P. Rogers, then deputy attorney general Rogers later became secretary of state in the Nixon administration.

The purpose of the agreement, abandoned by the CIA last January, was to prevent public prosecution of CIA agents that might reveal the agency's secret sources and techniques. In other developments. columnM Jack Anderson said that underworld figure Johnny Rosselli had told him he had been recruited to work on CIA assassination plans by Robert A. Maheu, a former aide to billionaire Howard Hughes. Rosselli, who testified in secret Tuesday to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Activities, said that Maheu had recruited him in 1960 in Los Angeles and later delivered poison pellets to him in Miami, Anderson said.

In a television interview, the columnist said Rosselli had revealed parts of his testimony to him. Rosselli said the poison pellets represented the first of six unsuccessful attempts to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Castro, Anderson said. BY ROBERT L. JACKSON TifitM Stff Writer WASHINGTON The head of the Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday that the OA had gathered files on 75 congressmen. 71 more than he had reported last Jan-uary.

In his first public testimony since the Rockefeller commission report was made public June 10, CIA Director William E. Colby said that the additional congressional files were not strictly intelligence dossiers. That was the reason that he had not mentioned them earlier, he said. Colby told a House government operations subcommittee that all but four of the files he had referred to earlier were on congressmen who had undergone security clearances, had once assisted the CIA in some way or were former employes. But under questioning by Rep.

Bella S. Abzug the subcommittee chairman, and Rep. John Conyers Jr. Colby acknowledged that many of these files contained data on congressmen's travels abroad, particularly when a foreign group in which the CIA was interested had been contacted. FBI reports and news clippings referring to a congressman's presence at activities that included antiwar rallies also were found in the files.

Colby said. "We have supplied about 30 members of Congress with copies of their files, at their request." he said. Defending data collection on congressmen, Colby said that politicians were "neither a target nor immune" if their activities abroad coincided with a legitimate CIA interest, such as attendance at a scientific conference in a Communist country. However, the agency has halted all domestic intelligence gathering on U.S. citizens, he said.

Referring to the congressional files, Conyers told Colby: "Your explanation is quite unsatisfactory from my point of view." Colby's testimony brought sharp exchanges with Abzug, who often like New- STEINWAY you Vast open beaches, crystal dear creeks, bio nvers Clean ar. blue sky and marestic redwoods mm BALDWIN QUESTIONER-Rep. Bella S. Abzug listening to answer from William E. Colby, CIA director.

APWinnhato shouted while Colby spoke softly. At one point Abzug exclaimed that "you don't think illegal activities have any effect on our democracy." "I deny that," Colby replied. Rep. Sam Steiger supporting Colby's position, said that Abzug apparently believed the CIA was "a nest of villains." Referring to disclosures earlier this year that the CIA had maintained an intelligence file on Abzug, including surveillance of her mail, Steiger said: "Had they not maintained a file on you, they would have been derelict in their duty." Area bus tours on Tues and Thurs Fine KNA8E accommodations throughout Himboldt County Write for free literature Most Major Brands 1 LOCATIONS TO SEIVE YOU hi Saata Moafce In 1 01 Ant tits Eureka Chamber of Commerce 1453 4ta Strati 1IV442Z jDept A. Eureka.

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