MILITARY AUDI PROJECT, ET AL PLAINTIFFS, V. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, DEFENDANTS

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06763948
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: January 13, 2020
• Case Number: F-2018-02241
• Publication Date: February 2, 1978

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UNITED ,STATES. DISTRICT. COURT.
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
IgLITABY AUDIT. PRO3ECT: et al.)
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. AGENCY, )
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WASHINGTON,, )
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DISTRICT. OF qpLUMBIA )
Civil Action No. 75-2103
AFFIDAVIT
Cyrus 11,. Vance, being sworn, deposes and says:
1. I am the Secretary of State and have held that
position since january 23, 1977. r
2. I am familiar with the complaint in this case
and make the following statement based upon personal
knowledge obtained by me in my official capacity.
3. In the course of my responsibilities as Sectetary
of State, I have become familiar with a United States
Government program which involved the ship known as the
Hughes GLOMAR EXPLORER. This program involved the collection
__ of intelligence critical_to the national.security_of.the _
United States. Because of the sensitivity of the program,
stringent measures were taken to avoid disclosing publicly
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any information about it.
A,. To the best of my knowledge the United
-.SItales. Government has acknowledged only that the
G1.01:1AR EXPLORER: was_OWned by the United $tates,
that it was. on A mission related to the national
security And, more recently, that the Centiia-
Xntellj.gence ,Ageriby was: involved' in theprograM,
I aMLaware.of the numerous, press, reports cOnaerning
the purpose of the program, and the identity of
other governments, that may have been involved,; I
nonetheless believe that .any .confirmation or denial,
of these ieports, or the public. disclosure .by the
unite4,siat4. dovernment .of the purpose of the pro-
gram, the. identity of .any other governments involved,
or the results of the, program, could reasonably
.be expected to cause serious, damage .to the national
jecurity of the. United States.,
.5. 5. ..international affairs, one deals with
intangibles and uncertainties: No one can predict
with certainty what damage would flow from public
disclosure of further official information about the
GLOMAR program, but. it is. my judgment, shared by
other senior officials, in the Department, that such
disclosures could reasonably be expected to cause -
serious damage to our national security.
- 6, Even to speculate publicly, about specific
consequences that might flow from sudhAlisclosures
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would; in all likclihood/.be 0.amagM, as. other
90vernments might feel col!straine4 to react to such
_Speculation by comments or measures,
77... For these reasons, I believe that further
disclosures: of information in this, matter by the
United States Government could reasonably be ex-
pected to cause serious, damage to ,our national
security, perhapa grave damage, and that such infor-
mation is therefore properly classified,
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C. rus. ,R., Vance
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this.
day of February/ 1978. ;3e9..
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