{"id":16709,"date":"2022-09-04T17:43:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-04T17:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/?p=16709"},"modified":"2022-09-04T17:43:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T17:43:09","slug":"fbi-executives-conference-fbi-file-66-hq-2554-1930s-1990s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/documentarchive\/fbi-executives-conference-fbi-file-66-hq-2554-1930s-1990s\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Executives’ Conference – FBI File 66-HQ-2554 -1930s-1990s"},"content":{"rendered":"

Little known and scarcely mentioned outside the FBI, the Executives\u2019 Conference materials span decades, from 1936 to the 1990s, and probably later.\u00a0 These papers provide a unique window into the history and culture of the FBI, and shed light on many interesting events.<\/p>\n

According to historian Athan Theoharis, who made a career out of studying the FBI and its impact on society, the Executive Conference originally consisted of all the FBI assistant directors at the Washington DC Headquarters of the FBI[1]<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The Conference met regularly to review and recommend changes in current programs and procedures.[2]<\/a><\/p>\n

A description from the 1950s reported that the Conference met nearly every morning (or at minimum, every Monday and Wednesday[3]<\/a>) at 10:30 with Associate Director Clyde Tolson as chairman, for sessions that often lasted 2 or 3 hours, discussing every major problem facing the FBI.[4]<\/a> A typical meeting included issues of budget, strategy, administration and law.[5]<\/a> It served as a sort of Board of Directors for the FBI in matters of policy and administration.\u00a0 Every executive present acts primarily as a member of the FBI strategy board, and only secondarily as a specialist from a particular division.[6]<\/a><\/p>\n

The Conference minutes documented the discussions, the recommendations and the FBI director\u2019s controlling decision.\u00a0 Theoharis writes:\u00a0 \u201cThe subjects ranged from the mundane \u2013 whether to invite certain local police officers to attend the FBI National Academy\u2014to changes in FBI records policy, reassessment of important investigations and cases, and proposed changes in how \u201cnational security\u201d investigations were to be conducted.\u201d[7]<\/a><\/p>\n

Records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) have been archived below. In addition, one researcher donated their past release, which may hold some repeated pages.<\/p>\n

This case is ongoing with the FBI, and likely will have a price tag to get the remaining files. This page will be updated when that becomes available.<\/p>\n

[1]<\/a> Athan Theoharis, The FBI and the American Legion Contact Program, 1940-1966<\/u>, Political Science Quarterly, Vol 100, No. 2 (Summer 1985), pp 271-286.<\/em>
\n[2]<\/a> Athan G. Theoharis, Chasing Spies:\u00a0 How the FBI failed in counterintelligence but promoted the Policies of McCarthyism in the Cold War years, Chicago:\u00a0 Ivan R. Dee (2002), pp 12-13<\/em>
\n[3]<\/a> Don Whitehead, The FBI Story, Pocket Books, 1966, p 142<\/em>
\n[4]<\/a> Louis Cassels, Meet the FBI Chief of Staff, Nation\u2019s Business<\/u>, December 1954, Vol 42, No. 12, pp. 28-29, 83-85<\/em>
\n[5]<\/a> Cassels<\/em>
\n[6]<\/a> Cassels<\/em>
\n[7]<\/a> Theoharis, Chasing Spies.<\/em><\/p>\n

Document Archive<\/h3>\n

Here is a breakdown of the various sections released on this file, totaling 13,027 pages.<\/p>\n

Note: Not all sections have been released, hence why the numbering skips certain sections. Each PDF file is searchable, within the limitations of the OCR process on older documents (meaning, it isn’t perfect), but offers a little help when searching through).<\/p>\n

\u00a01511466-0 – Preprocessed Release.pdf<\/a> 608K [FOIA Release Letter]<\/p>\n

      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 1.pdf<\/a>    5.5M\r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 2.pdf<\/a>     16M \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 3.pdf<\/a>    8.1M\r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 4.pdf<\/a>     11M \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 10.pdf<\/a>    49M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 11.pdf<\/a>    35M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 12.pdf<\/a>    49M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 13.pdf<\/a>    24M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 14.pdf<\/a>    29M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 15.pdf<\/a>    35M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 16.pdf<\/a>    45M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 17.pdf<\/a>    48M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 18.pdf<\/a>    21M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 19.pdf<\/a>    20M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 20.pdf<\/a>    20M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 21.pdf<\/a>    40M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 22.pdf<\/a>    28M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 23.pdf<\/a>    47M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 24.pdf<\/a>    27M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 25.pdf<\/a>    40M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 26.pdf<\/a>    41M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 27.pdf<\/a>    39M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 28.pdf<\/a>    26M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 29.pdf<\/a>    42M    \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 30.pdf<\/a>    34M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 31.pdf<\/a>    20M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 32.pdf<\/a>    19M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 33.pdf<\/a>    22M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 34.pdf<\/a>    28M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 35.pdf<\/a>    25M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 36.pdf<\/a>    19M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 37.pdf<\/a>    22M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 38.pdf<\/a>    34M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 39.pdf<\/a>    32M   \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 40.pdf<\/a>    20M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 41.pdf<\/a>    27M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 42.pdf<\/a>    26M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 43.pdf<\/a>    21M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 44.pdf<\/a>    21M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 45.pdf<\/a>    18M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 46.pdf<\/a>    20M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 47.pdf<\/a>    18M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 48.pdf<\/a>    27M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 49.pdf<\/a>    19M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 50.pdf<\/a>    15M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 51.pdf<\/a>    47M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 52.pdf<\/a>    30M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 53.pdf<\/a>    31M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 54.pdf<\/a>    29M  \r\n      1511466-0 - File 1, Section 55.pdf<\/a>    17M<\/pre>\n
 66-HQ-2554a.pdf<\/a> 26M – This is an archived release sent to me from another FOIA requester. There are bookmarks stipulating some sections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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