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I I im pe UH LUE EY! c00016401 = a Lo, a. Requests for infornation concerning hostile con- | Oe! . ' tacts and activities abroad of designated American groups, 7 oO, . organizations or individuals, ed a need with the Soviets, — Chinese Comnunists, Cubans, North Koreans, North Vietna- -mese, representatives of ‘the Provisional Revolutionary _ Government: of South ‘Nietnam, or any” foreign. revolutionary _ organizations. ~ b.. Requirenents: of- a specific nature involving the - - contacts/activities of selected American citizens abroad, os ‘the majority of them being the subject of active security investigations of a: -counterintelligence nature; or wer “quests for information on related ‘targets, 2 meng hoe 6. ‘Exanination O£. the total MLICHAOS conmunications for. ..- ‘March and February 1973 (304 cables), establishes that 215 aa cables, or 70.7% of the. total traffic, resulted directly from ~~ ~~ the above FBI xequests which, in: the main, deal with’ obtain: ae -ing counterintelligence “information on hostile. Jinkages: abroad ' o£ designated Anericans/group léaders who may or may not be sinultaneously involved in domestic diss}dent activities and. some of whon could, by thé nature “of their past-histories, also be involved in terrorist ac Setivities/plenning, cortedn . Weatherman. fugitives. being a" a casein” pol jat.:. a The. analytical survey”v which covers~ both: (8) MEICHAOS _ . operational cables and“(b) reports to the FBI-in the forn of oT, ‘ special. counterintelligence ‘MRemoranda also reflects -that the cet volume of operational traffic, after Yé®ching a high point ~~" ">. in 1971 (829 cables), diminished during 1972: (817 cables), > | | -.-and-has dropped sharply for the’seme period in 1973 (304 “ee _. cables); L.e., the operationel cable-traffic for 1973. shows °.:. : '. @ 62,7% decrease-from the corresponding two months 4n-1972.° AT, Similarly, the. counterintelligence memoranda, after. a high. - peas ' point.in February.and March 1971 of 131° submissions, dropped | to 61° for: the: sane period in 1973. a ee 8. The: overall. picture ‘in the continued. reduction of: MHCHAOS-related ‘traffic. from JuyA and Bxeget of 1972: to® the corresponding. poriod' of 1973" ‘is reflected in the forte ~ _ ing breadown: Lo - none Cable traffic: for. Juno“ 1972: _ ‘In 407.- Out $119 «. fotal 226 | : aha eS 28 a OTe were ee wire fy eae ’ . , . 7 ; SNe e Tr tar ee ne 2,4 8 SOON aa ° . . toa ‘. . mo