The Huston Plan: full transcription
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Get the dossier: $5 instant download →President Richard Nixon rescinded the plan on July 28, 1970, after approving it on July 23. On July 23, 1970, Nixon ratified the proposals, and they were submitted as a document to the directors of the FBI, Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Agency.
Many constitutional lawyers believe that for five days in 1970 the fundamental guarantees of the Bill of Rights were suspended by the mandate given the secret Huston plan. Authoritarian rule had superseded the constitution.
Created in December 1970 based on Huston Plan recommendations, the Interagency Evaluation Committee formed a key part of the structure the plan had envisioned. The group met seven times between then and July 20, 1971.
No further action to implement the Huston letter subsequent to the July 27, 1970, letter to the Attorney General was instituted by the Intelligence Community.
This transcription covers the plan's core approval timeline, its constitutional significance as assessed by a sitting senator, and the institutional structure that persisted after its official rescission. The full National Security Archive release includes the complete underlying White House and Church Committee documentation.
Document: The Huston Plan. Approved July 23, 1970. Rescinded July 28, 1970.
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