MY DEAR MR. SPEAKER:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP57-00384R001000070088-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2001
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• Content Type: LETTER

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There is transmitto '
*26 amend eection 505 of the Cemmun c
to Imre*** the security of the United
purpose***
Ao
e an
pro pond bill
1934 in order
for other
The purpose of the proposed bill is to au ?rise eeetain
rmmental agencies to reeeive and use for intelligeoce purposes
the content of tAy wire or radio communication If eudh receipt
and utilisation is in the interests of notional security. It
is oontempleted that ths rule* end regulations governing thi*
activity will be promulgated by the interested agencies, subject
to approval by the President.
The necescity for such legislation I require.
meat that the federal government process all sources of intelligence
in order that the national security iey be maintained in a field
wherein present law operates to protect this 'Envoy of communioa.
tions which possibly contain matter detrimental to the eafety of
the nation. 3egUlated access to the source material of intelligence
le a fundamental requirement for the successful operation of
government agencies concerned with security setters. The necessity
for suet' legislation is emphasised in the recommendation contained
en page 253 of the final report of the Joint Committee on the
*Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attaok" (Senate Document 244)
which recommendation statist
?That effective steps be taken to insure that
statutory or other restrictions do not operate to
the benefit of an enemy or other forces inimical
to the Nation's Security and to the handicap of
our own intelligence agencies. 7ith this in mind,
the Congress should give serious study to, ILL:Jong
other things the Communications Act of 1934; to
D. Carville?
gisiative Counsel.
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proper ins noes of the statute of
g war (it was impossible during
%de violations relating to
giving the seoret to the snow);
signed to prevent unauthorised
photographing, and mapping of military
nervations in peace timi; and to
fully protecting the security of
ttor?s
lhs. Navy Department mintier" thti sttsr one of
th approval of the rar Departmen
weed legislation,
recommends ciao
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