LETTER TO HONORABLE CLAIBORNE PELL FROM GEORGE BUSH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78M02660R000300050050-6
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 4, 2005
• Sequence Number: 50
• Publication Date: August 16, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
16 AUG 1976
Honorable Claiborne Pell, Chairman
Subcommittee on Oceans and
International Environment
Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
OLC 6-2294
In response to your letter of 21 July 1976, the answer to
both of the questions you ask in that letter is no. " The Central
Intelligence Agency has never been involved in any project
employing weather modification techniques against Cuba, off the
coast of Cuba or any other nation or against any nation's harvest
activities.
You will recall that in connection with our correspondence
earlier this year (your 23 January letter to Mr. Colby and my
19 February reply) my colleagues briefed two members of your
personal and Committee staff on certain Southeast Asian
activities, none of which were directed against harvests or--
obviously--against Cuba.
I would be happy to discuss this further with you personally
if you wish.
Sincerely,
/s/ George Bush
George Bush
Director
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
THROUGH : Mr. George L. Cary, Jr.
Legislative Counsel
FROM : George A. Carver, Jr.
SUBJECT : Response to Senator Pell
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1. Per our conversation this morning, attached is a draft
response to Senator Pell's letter of 21 July (of which a copy is
also attached).
2. If you care to, you could add a second paragraph
saying something like the following:
You will recall that in connection with our
correspondence earlier this year (your 23 January
letter to Bill Colby and my 19 February reply)
my colleagues briefed two members of your personal
and committee staff on certain Southeast Asian
activities, none of which were directed against
harvests or -- obviously -- against Cuba.
On reflection, my inclination would be to send him only the
one-paragraph letter and convey the flavor of the above orally
through a telephone call or in your next face-to-face meeting.
That would keep our statements in the public written record
accurate but avoid whetting curiosity. On the other hand, you
may not care to sail quite this close to the wind so far as the
written record is concerned and, hence, may want to incorporate
something like the suggested second paragraph in the actual
written response.
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5 August 1976
Honorable Claiborne Pell
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Claiborne:
In response to your letter of 21 July, the answer
to both of the questions you ask in that letter is "no".
The CIA has never been involved in any project employing
weather modification techniques against Cuba, off the coast of
Cuba or any other nation or against any nation's harvest
activities.
Sincerely,
George Bush
Director
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