Organization
Church Committee
Senate select committee that investigated the intelligence agencies in 1975 and 1976, including CIA plots against foreign leaders and how the agencies investigated the Kennedy assassination.
- Dates
- 1975–1976
- Also known as
- Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities
- Wikidata
- Q1089721
Connections 6
chaired by
- Frank Church 1975 Chairman Primary record 1
involved in
- The CIA and the American press counted about 50 relationships as of February 1976 from summaries the CIA supplied; found only two current ties of the first kind, staff of general-circulation news organizations Primary record 2
part of
- U.S. Congress 1975–1976 Primary record 3
authored
- Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders 1975 Primary record 4
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Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973
1975
Primary record
1
The staff report’s preface says the report and any judgment in it are tentative.
- The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies 1976 Primary record 5
Timeline 6 dates
- 1975–1976 Church Committee
- 1975 Frank Church chair of Church Committee
- 1975–1976 Church Committee part of U.S. Congress
- 1975 Church Committee authored Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders
- 1975 Church Committee authored Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973
- 1976 Church Committee authored The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies
Proof 5 sources
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Covert Action in Chile 1963–1973: Staff Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, U.S. Senate, 18 Dec 1975.
Primary record
Archived copy
FRANK CHURCH, Idaho, Chairman
The report and any judgment expressed in it are tentative.
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Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Book I: Foreign and Military Intelligence, U.S. Senate, 1976.
Primary record
Archived copy
While the CIA did not provide the names of its media agents or the names of the media organizations with which they are connected, the Committee reviewed summaries of their relationships and work with the CIA.
has found only two current relationships that fit this category
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Background on the Collection (President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection), U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
Primary record
In 1975, Congress created the Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (the Church Committee)
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Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders: Interim Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Senate Report 94-465), U.S. Senate, 1975.
Primary record
Archived copy
ALLEGED ASSASSINATION PLOTS INVOLVING FOREIGN LEADERS
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Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Book V: The Investigation of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy: Performance of the Intelligence Agencies, U.S. Senate, 1976.
Primary record
Archived copy
Neither the CIA nor the FBI told the Warren Commission about the CIA attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro.
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