LETTER TO MR. WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM CHARLES B. RANGEL

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CHARLES B. RANGELApproved For Release 2007/05/10: CIA-RDP83M00914R001VQ02LQ(L1 r2-3 HOuse O#PCE Ek,ILDINQ
19-M CONGASSKINAL DOSTRICr WASHINGTON, D.C. 20515
New YORK TIME-HONE, [phone]
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044fngton, O.C. 20515
TED JONES
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
DEMOCRATIC STEERING AND
POLICY COMMITTEE
WAYS AND MEANS
CHAIRMAN. SUBCOMMITTEE ON
OVERSIGHT
SELECT COMMITTEE ON NARCOTICS
ABUSE AND CONTROL
August 11, 1982
Mr. William J.. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
Fsecu:i~e kI( ir}
I have recently received several letters from the
family members of the late Ida Ford, one of the four
churchwomen slain in El Salvador on December 2, 1980.
They have each asked me to help them gain information
concerning Ms. Ford's untimely death and the subse-
quent investigation of the Salvadorian murders.
I am sure that you are quite familiar with this par-
ticular case. Mr. William Ford, attorney and brother
of the late Ms. Ford, has indicated that his family
and the families of the other three slain churchwomen
have had frequent correspondence with the F.B.I.,
C.I.A., State Department and Defense Intelligence
Agency. Mr. Ford and the. members of.the other fami-
lies feel that in each case the C.I.A. and the other
agencies have delayed them and have evaded their
request for information about the murders.
Because I have not been sufficiently oriented with the
exact nature of the allegations made against the C.I.A.
or with the C.I.A.'s own defense against these charges,
I am not at liberty nor adequately qualified to comment
on the validity of either. Regardless of this fact,
the blatant failure of the nation's intelligence
agencies to arrive at sound and concurring investigative
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determinations.more than a year after the heinous
Salvadorian murders occurred mars the reputation and
credibility ofour Federal intelligence agencies.
The further failure of the C.I.A. and other related
agencies to communicate acceptable results to the
families of the churchwomen implies a certain degree
of disservice and insensitivity towards the public.
These facts, unfortunately, speak for themselves.
It is not my intention to randomly accuse the C.I.A.
of improprieties. Instead, I am urging your deter-
mined efforts in making the facts behind the El.
Salvador killings and investigations which followed
properly known to the concerned families by patiently
and carefully cooperating with the families' request
for documents relating to the death and investigation.
It is most imperative that this working cooperation
with the families is achieved so that the cause and
motive behind the Salvadorian murders may be brought
to light and so that justice may ultimately. prevail.
I would greatly appreciate. your immediate response
to my comments and requests. Thank you very m
for your time and efforts.
CBR:mgp
cc: William P. Ford, Esq.
120 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
STAT