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7 October 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT: CIA ~ IRS Relations
(Interview by Mr. Peter Hughes, House Select
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Committee Staff) _
1. Reference is made to a verbal request from-Mr. William
Grant of The Review Staff that the undersigned meet with Mr. Peter
Hughes, House Select Committee Staff, on 7 October 1975 to dis-
cuss the Office of Security's relationship with the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service.
2. From 1400-1500 hours, 7 October 1975, the undersigned
met with Mr. Hughes in the conference room located within The
Review Staff. Mr. Hughes was provided with a verbal briefing
concerning those instances where the Office of Security has
reviewed U.S. Internal Revenue Service tax records concerning
individuals and/or firms, as previously reported to the Rocke-
feller Commission, Senate Select Committee, and the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service. In addition, Mr. Hughes was allowed to review
the Office of Security's 17 June 1975 letter to the Internal
Revenue Service, which outlined those instances where tax
records had been reviewed by the Office of Security.
3. Mr. Hughes‘ primary interests seemed to center on the
types of cases in which the Office of Security has reviewed
tax records and was informed that such cases would fall into
two categories--a counterintelligence investigation or in a
case where an Agency employee is suspected of misusing his
position with the Agency to his own financial or personal
advantage. As stated to Mr. Hughes, all but one of those
instances where the Office of Security has reviewed U.S.
Internal Revenue Service tax records could be categorized as
a counterintelligence investigation.
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