LETTER TO MR. R. GORDON WASSON FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 16308301
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: October 23, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2023
• Case Number: F-2022-00139
• Publication Date: February 16, 1955

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Ir. R. Gordon Ma on
23 Will Street
New York 8, N. Y.
Dear Gordon:
Thank you for your letter of 1 February
inviting my attention to Mr. Joseph Bettinger
of the International Rescue Committee.
I received a letter from Or. Outti ger
under date of 21 January with which he enclosed
an article he had written concerning his obser-
vations while in South Vietnam. Ho also expressed
in his cover letter certain viewpoints developed
as a result of his observations there. A second
letter from him dated 8 February remarks oe the
recent change in the attitude of the press es the
question of Vietnam.
I have acknowledged Mr. fluttinger's letters,
and en making arrengements for some of our people
to talk to his.
Sincerely,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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Dear Allen:
I call your attention to a man named Joseph Buttinger,
of the International Rescue Committee, who lately spent eight
weeks in Southern Indo-China and returned with a rather startling
story of conditions there, startling by contrast with Joseph
Alsop's reports. It would seem to me that your people concerned
with that area might get his full story, and even perhaps, if
he prove out, make use of him. He spoke at the Council on
Foreign Relations last Wednesday or Thursday.
Joseph Buttinger can be reached at the New York offices
of the International Rescue Committee, MUrray Hill 2-4672; or at
his home in Central Park West, ACademy 2-0208. He leaves for
Europe on Saturday of this week.
Sincerely yours,
The Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, N W.
Washington, D. C.
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