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a | QUESTION: { why can't you teli us the number? * sional groups and to the Department of Justice and, frankly, I can't tell you the number myself. We “ Udon't have any.... ae . ' . . fer. ; QUESTION: They did not entirely stop in 1966? There were os, SAAN { sane” hat did get, you say, a small number after ANSWER: . f stoma we're going to make reports to our Congres-~ ~ wh deat yes 19667. °° _ ; [cereptren: inthe. fies. after 1966 which were, of course, inthe. field of foreign counterintelli- gence, and such that_it would make a grave impact QUESTION: Before that, they were not with the field of foreign counterintelligence? ANSWER: Joh, yes, there were some in tnat field also. QUESTION: | There were others that were not in the field of foreign counterintelligence before 1566? ANSWER: You recall that I said in the context of the time, o it may well have been that prior to that time national security or counterintelligence or whatever terminology you might want to use could have included cther areas, But, then you began to compartmentize various types of activities and then it became evident that the ety . area of foreign counterintelligence national security Co certainly should be differentiated from domestic \ security. . the time that you have been Director? Is this type of activity, has it been permitted? Is it policy now to conduct this kind of activity? ’ QUESTION: [ Be" Mr. Kelley, what policy have you followed in ANSWER: XY have not had a single request to conduct such Ss { activity since I have been made Director. If ever anything of this type comes up, and I can't foresee this. heed, but,’ if it ever-did come up and-it- became... --- oo: ea matter of grave concern, a matter which is to be. ...: .: .§| solved only through such activity, I would present | | “it to-the Attorney General’ and Would be: guided by: ~~ his opinion as to such activity. Frankly, I have \ “not had any such request since I have come aboard. = 12 -