</s>104-10126-10188 SECRET CLC RECORD COPY JFK ACT OLC 77-1810 FOLZA 4 May 1977 MEMORANDIUM FOR THE RECORD HSCA RELEASE HSCAA SUBJECT: Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCSA) 77-0014/19 SUBject: Meeting with Mr. Stephen Falls, Deputy Chief Counsel, House 1. I met with Mr./Fallis in his office for about 25 minutes on this date. We had agreed to phone to get together for a general discussion. In addition, Mr. Falls has had five summary investigative reports on staffers of the Committee who had wished passed for the CIA Director of staffers who have been involved in the investigation of the CIA Director of of DCID 1/4. I also had an ROI release concerning James Earl Ray which I wished to provide to the Committee in accordance with previous practices. 2. The discussion immediately turned me to clearances with Mr/Fallis seemed rather than embarrassed to inform me that the five summary and reports had been rather than the FBI because the Committee has five questions about the substance of these reports. For example, he stated that he stated about would be contained wherein an anonymous informant would state that he did not believe the subject of the investigation should be trusted with not believe that the investigation would be trusted within how to handle this type of allegation that they were asking the FBI for more amplification. I told Mr./ Fallis that I was not familiar with the details of investigative procedures and could not mention one way or the other. 3. Mr./ Falls commented that the Bureau had had able to conduct their investigation on these five subjects in a period of about two weeks. An additional investigation on the five subjects to be in investigation that he had been submitted to the FBI and he hopes to have to have the full number of not indicate whether they intended for this to be the full numery. He did staffers to receive clearances in accordance to the DCID 14. 4. We met then discussed procedures in very general terms. I informed him was not prepared to go over a draft with him today, since some that that was still in process on the agreement we had drawn up. I explained that still was in process one agreement with the agreement was drawn up, I committed in the House of Representatives would be dealing with us with regarding allegations of improper activity by the KCIA. As much as possible, thought that the same general procedures should apply to or the committee that the committee should not be presented with a fact accompli wherein we may have reached an agreement with one of the other committees first. I assured Mr. Fallis than that APPROVED FOR RELEASE 103 <loc_294><loc_850><loc_553><loc_852><loc_553><loc_871><loc_294><loc_869>CIA HISTORICAL-REVIEW PROGRAM<loc_271><loc_873><loc_574><loc_880><loc_271><loc_895>CIAHISTORIC-REVEAL-REVPROGREN

Summary  
This document is a memorandum dated May 1977 detailing a meeting between an unidentified individual (likely an FBI official) and Stephen Falls, Deputy Chief Counsel of the House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA). The discussion centered on investigative reports submitted by the FBI regarding five staffers associated with the HSCA’s investigation. The FBI had conducted these investigations within two weeks, and the HSCA requested further amplification on allegations involving anonymous informants. The meeting also addressed procedural matters, including clearances for staff under DCID 14, security protocols, and a non-disclosure agreement developed by HSCA staff. James Earl Ray, the accused in Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, was referenced in an ROI release provided to the committee.  

Key People  
- Stephen Falls: Deputy Chief Counsel of the HSCA  
- Mr. Ked: Security officer for the Morristown Select Committee on Intelligence  
- Mr. Morrison: Assistant to Mr. Ked with prior Navy security experience  

Key Locations  
- Morristown (associated with the Select Committee on Intelligence)  

Key Events  
- Meeting between FBI official and Stephen Falls regarding investigative reports on HSCA staffers  
- Discussion of FBI’s two-week investigation into five subjects and requests for additional information  
- Review of non-disclosure agreement developed by HSCA staff  
- Reference to James Earl Ray in an ROI release related to the committee  

Key Organizations  
- House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)  
- Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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