LETTER TO ALFRED C. ULMER, JR. FROM W. E. COLBY RE I FOUND IT NECESSARY TO SEND COPIES OF PUTNAM'S SYNOPSIS TO CIA'S FOUR CONGRESSIONAL SUBCOMMITTEES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 01482040
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2017
• Case Number: F-2007-00094
• Publication Date: April 11, 1974

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Mr. Alfred C. Ulmer, Jr.
Jesup & Lamont International Limited
44 Hill Street
London, England W1X 7FR
Dear Al:
I have your letter of 29 March 1974 enclosing the internal
memorandum of G. P. Putnam & Sons which deals with Howard
Hunt's forthcoming book.
In view of the situation here, I found it necessary to send
copies of Putnam's synopsis to CIA's four congressional sub-
committees. Further, circumstances also required me to send
it to the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Leon Jaworski; the House
Judiciary Committee; and Mr. J. Fred Buzhardt, Counsel to the
President. I have merely informed them that we received this
unsolicited from "a former employee," and I requested that they
treat it on the same confidential basis on which you sent it to
me.
I appreciate your thinking of us in these times, and I
want you to know that I would not have forwarded the information
unless I felt the circumstances in Washington these days were
compelling. I trust you will understand.
Best regards.
Sincerely,
W. E. Colby
Director
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