LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER FROM ANDY IRELAND

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001000090022-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2004
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: January 24, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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ANDY IRELAND WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA 33880
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Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
Enclosed please find self-explanatory correspondence
from one of my constituents.
I thought you would like to be aware of
views.
Best regards.
AI:bp
Enclosure
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Honorable Andrew Ireland
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Congressman Ireland,
You are aware of the enclosed. Howevever, I feel strongly incensed over
such, even though I have tried to reason in as cool a manner as possible.
I am a disability retiree from the Central Intelligence Agency,
It is my feeling the attached comes from no malicious intent; rather from
ignorance and noncomprehension.
Such two honorable men as the President of the United States, James Carter,
and the Director of central intelligence,, Admiral Stansfield. M. Turner
would first and foremost have the interest of their nation, the United States
of America and its security at heart. May I please elicit the followings
A. World War II (WW11) entered this nation into a role for which we
were not prepared to cope when such came to an end. Crisis can result
in "strange bedfellows". One of our allies at the time was the Soviet
Union with one mission before us, the defeat of Nazi Germany regardless of
the diametrically opposed political ideologies.
B. V -J Day, the glorious end of the existing war with Japan, Germany
having surrended previously. However, this did not bring an end to WAR,
merely the nature of combat changed. The Soviet Union's main goal was and
still is the communization of the world. This was accomplished in Eastern
Europe. The most important target was and still is the United States, not
to be taken as a war ravaged country but rather as a flourishing excellent
productive one. Before V-J Day (you perhaps,tee too young to fully under-
stand the full significance, but your father no doubt does), Camp Ritchie,
United States Military Intelligence Training Center, Cascade, Maryland,
had in effect an organization termed "Section X" making plans to deter .r
conquering the United States by the Soviet Uz4oni from within . Actually
the war had not ended. The Soviet Union ideology remains the same today,
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to protect-this nation, a war in process between the Soviet Union and the
United States of America fought differently thu, otherwise known.
C. Our soldiers in this cadre were and are of the highest calibre. I know.
Their lives were given without any glory given to them. No one would lay wreathes
upon Flanders held Where the Poppies Grow; impossible, as their resting places
lie annongmously throughout the world. True over the quarter of a century mistakes
were made and are no doubt being made. Do you know of any organization,
institution in the world,-including the Vatican the strongest to be found,who has
not made them. Also wrong doings have been wrought. However, if checked, one
most probably would find such to be 10% out of 100. Every effort should be made
periodically to keep such a minimum. Nevertheless, there is a right way and'
a wrong way to alleviate problems. It is my strong feeling_the latter has
been followed. Someone did not do his homework. In the short period of 20 years
these valiant people build-up the best Intelligence service amongst all nations
and was recognized as. such by all, including the Soviet Union. At this time there
is not a nation in the world who could trust or have confidence in the United
States Intelligence Service, and we need these other nations.
The Executive Branch of our Government dropped the ball on this one. It is now
time for the Legislative Branch to step in and not only try to salvage that..which
can be, but to make certain we again build-up the best Intelligence Service in
the world. The gross injustice done to the many honorable men in our Intelligence
Service should be rectified in some manner. I for one by best media possible,
word of mouth, will campaign for this.
I plead, not ask, that you take the above into consideration and please inform
the Honorable Chiles and Stone of my feelings, along with any other Congressmen
and Senators who will pay heed. It is a known fact that all our Presidents and
our Legislative Branch knew what was taking place, but preferred to bury their
heads in the sands as the ostriches.
Thank you, Sir, in allowing me to put forth this feeling, I am one who after
20 years service to my country in a quiet manner had to be retired at age 50
for an incurable illness which can only be kept under control, not cured. In
all probability such may have lay dormant within me had my life been different.
I am not crying about this even though my small disability retirement (which
Congress saw fit to place income tax upon) is consumed through Specialist fees,
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hospitals, medications, etc. I just thank God I have the means to cover
such; the pain I shall have to live with.
I am ending this letter with a quote fro a former colleague who has served
the United States in Intelligence (OSS) and retired before receiving a
"pink slip" in July 1977, "how degrading"
Encl.
cc - Honorable Chiles and Stone
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