LETTER TO HONORABLE MELVIN PRICE FROM W.E. COLBY

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2001
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• Publication Date: February 27, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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27 February 1975
COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom
to whom. Draw a line across column after each comment.)
The letter from Areeda
on the Harrington resolution
has now been revised (attached).
I have redrafted the Director's
proposed response on H. Res. 205
to conform with the changes. If
it meets with your approval,
please let us know so that we can
put it in final. In the meantime,
we will coordinate with Defense
and NSC. We need to respond to
Price by this afternoon.
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Honorable Melvin Price, Chairman
House Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This is in response to your request for my comments on matters
raised in House Resolution 205 with regard to the Central Intelligence Agency.
H. Res. 205 would direct the Secretary of Defense to furnish to
the House of Representatives within 10 days certain information relating
to developments in Chile in 1972 and 1973. This subject was addressed by
the President during a news conference on September 16, 1974 (copy
enclosed). Further, information on Agency activities with 3 espect to Chile
has been provided to committees in the Congress.
It is believed that regardless of the country involved, information on
activities undertaken by this Agency abroad to help implement foreign policy
and protect national security, should be dealt with by committees of the
Congress with due consideration for protecting against the disclosure of
information which could be harmful to the Nation's interests. This approach
is consistent with the committee structure established for the oversight of
this Agency, the enactment of Section 32 of Public Law 93-559 (copy enclosed)
and the establishment of the Select Committee on Intelligence pursuant to House
Resolution 138.
In view of the above considerations, it is my hope that H. Res. 205
will not be approved.
Sincerely,
W. E. Colby
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Dear Mr. Chairm. na
The Presidenxt. has.,aslced me to resp
twentieth, and to tell you how much
tunity to comment on 1-1. Res. Z07.
A considerable portion of the inform
Resolution was previously supplied t
Committee I and to ether committees
Executive Branch. To assemble the
from the relevant agencies and i.ndiv
recui.re, substantial time. An in por
might be considered is the establish
Sele.ct Committee on, Intelligence wvhi Ch :txmay.
some of the matters raised by H. Res. 207.
other ccountry, , for considering the extent to jrh.ich nan es. of
.United States activities that might have affected Chile 0 r any
choose to consider
The Committee may also wish to co slcler w tether such a
resolution is an a.pprcipriate instzui . ?t for ? xploring anlr
considering the degree to which advi e excha(x~ged within the
Executive Branch should wisely be s read orb the 'record.
The President. hopes that H. Res. 201 Win xnc t be approved.
Phillip
Couxise
Honorable ThOmas E. Mor gan
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Affairs
souse of Representatives
Washington, D. G. 20515
titan re~luested by this `
f the G xxgre s s by the
approp late inform,ation
duals, tnoreover, would
alit addtiona1 fact that
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