LETTER TO LT. GENERAL VERNON A. WALTERS FROM JOHN W. HUSTON

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 84
• Publication Date: March 1, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

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History Department IH REPLY REFER TO:
Lt. General Vernon Walters, USA
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Stngerely,
The midshipmen and staff are still talking about your presentation on
Wednesday evening. Your remarks were most warmly received and as you per-
ceived from the question period, our students would have liked to continued.
the dialogue throughout the night. You were most generous to continue your
discussions with them until that late hour and my only consideration was
your demanding schedule for the next day. From a personal standpoint I
stand in admiration of your approach to the recent publicity and concur that
our country must look at your agency in terms of its indispensable contri-
bution to security, in the perspective, of the uses and practice of intelligence
throughout history as well as its use in competing closed societies today.
Lee Martiny had indicated that there was a possibility that you might
be willing, at a later date, to place your papers in a repository where they
would be made available to scholars and students. I have had discussions
with our librarian and he assures me that-the United States Naval Academy
would be pleased to be the repository of your papers. We are slowly building
a collection of the papers of national figures with the emphasis, as would
be expected, on naval leaders, but our collection represents a variety of
nationally-known persons. I think you might be able to appreciate the serious
intent of our students from their questions (bearing in mind that the bulk of
your audience was freshmen) and access to your papers would enhance the ability
of our more mature students to work in the field of intelligence research. We
have a new library, opened only two years ago, with ample space for storage
and most of the modern technology for the preservation of documents. We would
obviously adhere to any security or personal restrictions you would. deem
necessary and proper for access to the papers. An advantage of depositing
them in the Naval Academy Library would be the proximity to other major re-
positories in the Washington area such as the National Archives and the Library
of Congress as well as the records of the military intelligence agencies.
Again we are in your debt for your stimulating presentation to our stu-
dents. We are most grateful for the sharing of your time with them in the
informal setting following your remarks and they as well as the staff learned
much from your remarks. We hope that your busy schedule might permit a return
next academic year.
Please call on us when you are in Annapolis visiting with Lee Martiny..
W. HUSTON
Chaarman, History Department
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Mr. John W. Huston
Chairman
History Department
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland 21402
Dear Mr. Houston:
Thank you for your letter proposing a date for me
to address the midshipmen. A s I indicated to Lt Martiny,
it will be a great pleasure to do so.
The program you have outlined in your letter sounds
just fine and the 25th of February 1976 is a good date for
me. I will put it on my calendar and will await further
suggestions from you regarding pertinent topics.
With every good wish,
Faithfully,
6;Ht y A. Walters.
Vernon A. Walters
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director
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Annapolis, Maryland.-21402
History Department
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.. C. 20505
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We in the History Department here at the Naval Academy deeply
appreciate your kind offer through LT Martiny to speak to our students.
I want to apologize for not having proposed a date sooner. We strive to
sponsor a wide variety of speakers and feel that your extensive involvement
with national security affairs and foreign policy can be of great value to
the midshipmen.
If the evening of 25 February is suitable to you, we propose
an audience of about 1000 midshipmen and faculty and a program length of
about an hour, to include your presentation and a question and answer ses-
sion. We have, in the past been pleased to entertain our speakers with
dinner before and a reception following the presentation and hope that you
can be our guest. If agreeable to you, we can work through LT Martiny to
work out the details and determine a topic that best fits your interests
and those of the midshipmen. If 25 February does not meet your demanding
schedule,. I am certain we can suggest other dates for your consideration.
Please be in touch if we can answer any questions or be of
further assistance to you. We are looking forward to hearing you on
.25 February. My phone is, Autovon: 281-2349 or 3803; Commercial: 301-
267-2349-or 3803.
Sincerely,
hn W. Huston
airman, History Department
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