LETTER TO HONORABLE MELVIN PRICE FROM W.E. COLBY DIRECTOR

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• Publication Date: February 27, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable Melvin Price, Chairman
House Armed Services Committee
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
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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 respect 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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Dea.x? Mr. Chair?x?n.an:
The President ha.s.,a.slced me to z esp nd to -y ur letter of the
twentieth, and to tell you how much o appr ciate s the oppor-
tunity to comment on H. Res. ?. 0 7.
.considering the degree to which advi e. exchan ;ed within the
Executive Branch should wisely be s read oxl the 'record..
The Con-u - ittee 'may also wish to co alder w xether `such a
resolution is an apps: opriate instr urn. iit for xploringg any
.United States activities that might have affected Chile_ or any
other country,. for considering the extent to hich narnes of
particular persons or companies ought for be idisclosed, ' or for :
some of the matters raised by 1-1. Res. 207.
A considerable portion of the inforn .tion re uested by this
Resolution was previously supplied t6 the Ir'orei.gxx Affairs
Committee and to other committees of the C xxgr ss by the
Executive Branch. To assemble the approp iate information
f'ro'm the relevant agencies and xxidiv duals,. noreoyer, would
require. substantial time. An tinpor ant additional fact that
might be considered is the esta.blish- ent by the House of a
Select Committee on:ln.telligence Nvh ch ma.y. (choose to. consider
The President. hopes that H. Res. 20ri will n+ t be approved.
Phi.xlip Ar eeda.
Counse to then
Honorable Thomas E. Morgan
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Washington, U. C., 2,0515
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