FOIA 124-10264-10191
| Document Type | FOIA |
|---|---|
| Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): | 124-10264-10191 |
| Document Creation Date: | 8/1/1975 |
| Source URL: | Article Link |
| File: | Download PDF |
| Case File: | JFK Papers Reveal CIA “Family Jewels” Spying Operations in United States |
124-10264-10191-2022 release
124-10264-10191-2025 release
Description
[edit | edit source]This third memo in this series conveys the results of the FBI’s counterintelligence review of part of the CIA “Family Jewels” report that might implicate the FBI in activities outside the CIA charter.
One extraordinary section in this report not previously released concerns FBI bugging of the “diplomatic establishments of Israel,” which the memo indicates had been “discontinued on 10/16/72,” indicating that the Bureau had been surveilling Israel officials for some unknown amount of time up to that date.
The memo also has new details on the so-called “Chilean Project,” an operation in which the CIA convinced the attorney general to order the FBI to install a microphone at the Chilean Embassy in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the CIA operation was “to collect foreign intelligence data and to compromise classified encrypted diplomatic traffic” on the government of President Salvador Allende, who was elected in 1970 and who was opposed by the U.S. “Special coverage of the Chilean Embassy was discontinued in February, 1973,” according to the memo.
Another newly revealed section of the memo concerns “surreptitious entries by CIA into a French diplomatic establishment” in Washington, D.C., in the early 1960s. Documents 1 and 2 in this briefing book (including versions released prior to 2025) indicate that President Kennedy, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, and Attorney General Robert Kennedy were all apprised of the operation but those documents did not identify the target.
Source: National Archives, JFK Assassination Records, 2025 release, Doc ID: 124-10264-10191
