LETTER TO THE HONORABLE DANIEL K. INOUYE FROM STANSFIELD TURNER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A000700040006-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 1, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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Community, who will respond directly to Mr. Epstein.
Please note, however; that K
activities in the U.S. of
foreign governments fall
under the jurisdiction of
the FBI,. and our own file
holdings should not be con-
44 sidered to be definitive.
SECRET
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United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Select Committee on Intelligence
Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, Chairman
Dear Mr. Chairman:
Operations. Although much of the:--material has been available
to Mr. Mike Epstein`.,of your staff'for some time, I wanted to
In response to your request to p ovide an assessment of
foreign effort to exert improper in uence on the formation
of olir national
in the manner+employed by the Government
pSI\P
e have conducted a' extensive search of the
tiles of all geogI`aphical components of the Directorate of
reply to you for theX.\ record. ;/
unethical or illegal attempts to exert influence on the formation
With the exception which
are still under review, "%, e isco a In ication of
of.U.S. foreign policy. `There is evidenqp of niiblic relations
activity pursued in the United States by
,
ut such activity appea
rs to be without excep
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overt, and t
We will
o employ entirely legal
inform you of the,resu
methods.
igatio
ns of the activities ofl
~as soon as they are completed. My staff has also
communicated your request to other members of the Intell
igence 25X1
Yours sincerel
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