Mr. ROWLEY. We will pay our personnel; yes, sir.

Senator MONTOYA. Is the usual procedure for you to send one of your agents to the cities to instruct them?

Mr. ROWLEY. No. It is much more advantageous for us to accommodate a greater number from different sections or regions of the country, Mr. Chairman, to bring them into Washington.

Senator MONTOYA. Yes?

Mr. ROWLEY. Well, we have received requests. I wish to note that the Warren Commission recommended we prepare guidelines for the police in our operations and improve liaison with them.

Guidelines conceivably could be misplaced. So we feel to train these people would be much better on a vis-a-vis basis than by written guidelines, just as we train our own people.

Mr. Knight just indicated to me that we went to Santa Fe, N. Mex., to train State police, as an example. We do that if they ask us, and if there is a training school there. But those that come into Washington are members of police departments that assist us.

DEPUTY DIRECTOR LILBURN E. BOGGS

Senator MONTOYA. What is Mr. Boggs' position with you now?
Mr. ROWLEY. Deputy Director.

Senator MONTOYA. He is a good man, is he not?

Mr. ROWLEY. He would not be Deputy Director if he were not.
Senator MONTOYA. Off the record.

(Discussion off the record.)

STRIKE FORCE

Senator BOGGS. I do want to ask the Chief, to tell us a little more about your cooperation with the Bureau of Customs and your efforts in organized crime, this task force that you are doing.

You have 17, you mention in your statement.

Mr. ROWLEY. We have 17

Senator BOGGS. Are we beginning to get some results there?

Mr. ROWLEY. Yes. We have been most successful. In answer to your question, we have 17 agents permanently assigned to the strike force; and one intelligence analyst working on organized crime matters at headquarters. We have spent 35 man-years this past year on the organized crime program, and we feel many benefits have resulted from the overall joint strike force. These benefits have been in tangible areas of arrest and prosecution as well as those intangible benefits of cooperation and dissemination of criminal intelligence and the understanding of the work programs and needs of Federal law enforcment.

We are necessarily involved in cooperation, Senator, as you know, because of being a small organization, and the great assistance we receive, at the State and local and city levels

Senator BOGGS. This whole joint strike force effort, is it accomplished under the direction of one of your agents?

Mr. ROWLEY. No. They work with the other agencies. They work under the Department of Justice Strike Force Representative. Senator BOGGS. I see.

This nationwide program is centralized under direct supervision of senior headquarters staff member?

Mr. ROWLEY. That has to do with our personnel. We handle it in headquarters.

Senator BOGGS. I see.

Mr. Rossides is overall coordinator?

Mr. ROWLEY. That is right, so far as Treasury is concerned. But so far as our personnel goes, it enmeshes with our own personnel who come under Mr. Peterson, who is Assistant Director for Investigations. Senator BOGGS. Thank you very much.

EXECUTIVE PROTECTIVE SERVICE

Senator MONTOYA. How is the Executive Protective Service working out with respect to protection of embassies?

Mr. ROWLEY. It has been working out quite well. I might ask, if I may, Mr. Boggs to give you an up-to-date report.

Mr. BOGGS. Presently, sir, we are covering approximately 117 foreign missions in Washington, D.C., which involve 206 separate locations, buildings, chanceries, ambassadors, residences, and in our operation, we have taken the area in which the embassies are located in chanceries and made three zones, but within these three zones, we have vehicular patrols, motor scooter patrols, and short foot beat patrols.

We have approximately 763 employees at the present time, which is divided between protection of the White House complex and foreign missions.

Senator MONTOYA. Well, I have read of no serious incident, so you must be doing a pretty good job.

Mr. ROWLEY. It is a deterrent.

As you know, we have both foot patrols and motor patrols and permanent post.

Senator MONTOYA. How does this compare with incidents at embassies in other countries? Do you feel you are doing as good, if not better as other countries?

Mr. ROWLEY. Well, I think it would be difficult to compare our operations with theirs. My colleagues have just submitted to me, in answer to your question on the study of criminal statistics, that in the area bounded by Kalorama Road on the north and Rock Creek Park and Massachusetts Avenue on the east, S Street on the south and Connecticut Avenue on the east, there has been a reduction in serious crime of 11.1 percent in calendar years 1970 and 1971.

Senator MONTOYA. Well, I go home by that route, and I always see your men patroling.

Mr. ROWLEY. Thank you.

Senator MONTOYA. I believe that is all.

Do you have any more questions?

Senator BOGGS. No.

Senator MONTOYA. Thank you very much.

Mr. ROWLEY. You asked a question about the training center, and I must say, if it was not for the members of this committee and yourself, we would not have it today, as the Senator knows. We are very grateful and we shall always be grateful for that.

Senator MONTOYA. Thank you, Mr. Rowley.

Thank you, gentlemen. Pertinent data from the justifications will be inserted in the record at this point.

(The justifications follow :)

Justification

ANALYSIS OF AUTHORIZED LEVEL FOR FISCAL YEAR 1972 (Dollars in Thousands)

Salaries and Expenses, U. S. Secret Service

1972 Appropriation Enacted by Congress

DIGEST OF BUDGET ESTIMATES BY ACTIVITIES FISCAL YEAR 1973

APPROPRIATION

Increase or Decrease (-) for 1973

(2,516)

SUMMARY EXPLANATION OF CHANGES REQUESTED FOR FISCAL YEAR 1973

Activity 1

Activity 2

Pos. AP Amount

Activity 3 Activity 4 Pos. AP Amount Pos. AP Amount Pos. AP Amount Pos.

SUMMARY JUSTIFICATION OF FY 1973 BUDGET ESTIMATES

The United States Secret Service is charged with the following respon-
Protection of the President of the United States, members of
sibilities:
his immediate family, the President-elect, the Vice President or other
officer next in the order of succession to the Office of the President, and
the Vice President-elect; protection of the person of a visiting head of a
foreign state or foreign government and, at the direction of the President,
other distinguished foreign visitors to the United States and official
representatives of the United States performing special missions abroad;
the protection of persons who are determined to be major presidential or
vice presidential candidates, unless such protection is declined; the
protection of the person of a former President and his wife during his
lifetime; the protection of the person of the widow of a former President
until her death or remarriage, and minor children of a former President
until they reach sixteen years of age, unless such protection is declined;
the detection and arrest of persons engaged in counterfeiting, forging or
altering of any of the obligations or other securities of the United States
and foreign governments; the investigation of personnel, tort claims, and
other criminal and non-criminal matters as directed by the Secretary of
the Treasury; the protection of the Executive Residence and grounds and
any building in which the White House offices are located; the protection
of foreign diplomatic missions in the Washington Metropolitan Area and
such other areas in the United States, its territories and possessions as
the President may direct on a case-by-case basis; and the protection of
currency and other Government obligations that are contained in the Main
Treasury Building and its Annex in Washington, D. C.

The estimated obligations for FY 1973 total $60,800,000, an increase of $3,856,000 over the authorized level for the fiscal year 1972. Of the increases requested, $2,579,000 is required to annualize the positions authorized in fiscal year 1972 and to pay within-grade salary increases required by statute. The additional amounts requested for candidate and nominee protection total $2,149,000. Other program changes primarily for

$1,029,000. Of this sum $300,000 is for travel in connection with the protection of foreign dignitaries and $729,000 is for increased costs and requirements related to overall mission activities. A deduction of $1,901,000 has been made for expenses authorized in fiscal year 1972, which are non-recurring in fiscal year 1973.

This category covers all protective, investigative, and support opera-
tions of the Service. Our protective responsibilities continue to receive
the highest priority with the candidate and nominee protection program
increasing to operational levels not previously attained. In this connec -
tion, funds are requested to cover the additional travel and other expenses
expected to be incurred in the first half of fiscal year 1973.

The gradual buildup of agents over the last three years has increased
the Service's capability to a marked degree and the candidate and nominee
protection program could not operate at an effectual level without this
crucial manpower.

No personnel are requested for this activity in the fiscal year 1973
even though the Secret Service will enter its second year of the important
new responsibility for providing protection to the visiting heads of foreign
states or governments and other distinguished foreign visitors. Pending
sufficient operating experience and the final assimilation of the additional
agents recently authorized, the Service will absorb, within current man-
power constraints, the additional workload involved. Funds are urgently
required, however, for the extra out-of-pocket transportation and per
diem costs being incurred by special agents while in a travel status.
These funds cannot be diverted from other essential ongoing programs.