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SUBJECT: Theln$:HAOS 'Program1. T h e ~ H A O S program is a.worldwide program forclandestine col lec t ion abroad of Lnf'orma t Lon on foreigneffor ts to support/encourage/exploit /manipulate domesticU.S. extremism, especia l ly by Cuba, Communist China,North Vietnam, the Soviet Union, ~ o r t h Korea and theArah fedayeen.2. The r;;jilcHAOS program has not and is not conduct

ing effor t s ~ m e s t i c a l l y fo r in ternal domestic collect ionpurposes. Agency e f for t s a re fore ign . Foreign-orientedact iv i ty in the United States has been of two types:a. Selected FBI domestic ~ o u r c e s who t ravelabroad in connection with the i r extremist act ivi tyand/or af f i l i a t ions to make contact with host i leforeign powers or with for.eign extremist groupshave been briefed and debriefed by Headquartersoff icers . The brief ing has included appropriateoperational gllid1nce, including defen sive adv ice.b. Americans with exist ing extremist credent i a l s have been assessed, r ec ru it ed , te ste d anddispatched abroad for PCS assignments as cont ra t tagents, primarily sourceS offered for such use bythe FBI. When abroad they col lec t information re sponsive toffiBJeHAOS program requirements, as wellas other Agency requirements. They are thus usedp rimar ily f or targeting against Cubans, Chinese Communists, the Nor th Vie tnamese, e tc . , as the i r back-ground and the i r part icu lar access permits. I tshould be n o t e ~ tha t the!= . : : a s p ~ c ~ ? f t ~ e/proJe!=t of thb ~ 5 J \ -ia DIVISI0!iJ IS5 1 ~ 1 I at to the Ltlij}::HAOS PROGRAM. .

:3. I\.s indicated ea r l i e r , [fr@:HAOS is a foreign program, conducted overseas, except for the l imited act ivi tydescribed above. The 'program is and has been managed so, as to achieve the maximum feasible ut i l i za t ion of exis t -ing resources of the 0Eerations Directorate . No assetsn ) f U O ~ = DNS)l af! E ~

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have been recf i ted and ruJ.! e X c 1 u s i ~ e l Y for the lBii'cHAOSprogram. Instead, emphasIs has been placed on tfie exploita t ion of new and old Agency assets who have a by-productcapabi l i ty or a concurrent capabi l i ty fo r p ro vis io n ofinformation responsive to the program's requirements.This has in vo lv ed th e p ro vis io n of custom-tai lored 'cb'llect ion requirements and operat ional guidance. th is col lect ion program i s viewed as an i n ~ g r a l part of the recrui t ment and col lec t ion programs oflJ;,.l

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5_ frUjcHAOS report ing from abroad relat ing to theprogram originates in two way s : Individuals Who are notedin contact with Cubans, the Chinese Communists, e tc . , andwho appear to have ex tr emist connect ions, in teres ts orbackground a re reporte d upon. Other individuals are repqrted upon in response to : speci f ic Headquarters requirements received from the FBI because such individuals areof ac ti ve i nve st ig a to ry secur i ty in teres t to the FBI., 6. All cable and dispatch t r a f f i c related to the~ n 1 C H A O S program is sent via ' r es t r i c t ed channels. tit is,not processed by ei ther the- fable Secretar ia t or the Information Services D i v i s i o n ~ The control and re t r iev-

abi l i ty of information obtained, i n c l u d i n ~ informationreceived from the FBI, i s the respons ib i l l ty of the Specia l Operations Group.7. Information respons ive to specif ic FBI requirements is disseminated to the FBI via specia l cont ro ll edd issemina tion channels, i . e . , by res t r ic ted handling cablet raff ic or via special pouch and special ly numbered bL i ndmemoranda. '8. Information of par t icular significance, when collected, has been disseminated by special memorandum overthe signature of the Director of Central Intell igence tothe White House (Dr. Kissinger and John Dean), as well as'to the Attorney General, the Secretary of State and theDirector of the FBI.

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