LETTERS TO REPRESENTATIVES OTTINGER, PEYSER AND OAKAR WHO WROTE ON BEHALF OF THE RELATIVES OF THE AMERICAN SLAIN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR

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June 18, 1982
Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
[aashington, D.C. 20505
Dear Director Casey:
We are writing in behalf of the relatives of American
churchwomen slain in El Salvador in 1980, and their attorneys,
?the Lawyers Committee for International Human Rights.
In December, 1980, four American churchwomen were
brutally murdered in El Salvador. What followed was an
extremely dubious investigation plagued with uncertainties
and delays. Five suspects are now awaiting trial in E1
Salvador, but a reasonable critique of the investigation
suggests that responsibility for this heinous crime goes
.well beyond the five individuals who have been. charged.
The relatives of the slain churchwomen have attempted
to ascertain what has delayed the investigation and whether
it has indeed been. complete and accurate. Their requests
for cooperation from U.S. agencies in this matter have been
met with incredible delays and unresponsiveness.
We urgently request tha~`~ you do everything in your
power to expedite the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request that has been filed with your agency in behalf of
the families of the slain churchwomen by the Lawyers Committee
for International Human Rights. Specifically, we urge you to
immediately release all cables, .memoranda, reports, letters,
or other records which relate either to the deaths of Jean
Donovan and Sisters Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel
in El Salvador on December 2, 1980, or to any investigations
into those deaths which have taken place since December 2,
1980.
The families of these gallant women have already experienced
the trauma of having their loved ones brutally murdered in
El Salvador. For U.S. agencies to be dragging their feet in
complying with the law is not only a remarkably inhumane way
to conduct their business but is also a violation of the
spirit of the Freedom of Information Act.
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Given the urgency of this matter, we request your
compliance with this request by July 2, 1982.
Sincerely,
Hon. Richard L. Otting~ Hon. May Rose Oakar
blew Yom ~ Ohio
Hon. Les AuCoin (Oregon)
.Hon. Les Aspin (Wisconsin)
Hon.. Berkley Bedell (Iowa)
Hon. Don Bonker (Washington)
Hon. David E. Bonior (Michigan)
Hon. William M. Brodhead (Michigan)
Hon. George E. Brown (California)
Hon.. John L. Burton (California)
Hon. Phil Burton (California)
Hon. Jonathan Bingham (New York)
Hon. Shirley Chisholm (New York)
Hon. William Clay (Missouri)
Hon. Silvio Conte .(Massachusetts)
Hon. John Conyers, Jr. (Michigan)
Hon. William Coyne (Pennsylvania)
Hon. George W. Crockett, Jr. (Michigan)
Hon. Ronald V. Dellums (California)
Hon.- Julian Dixon (California)
Hon. Brian J. Donnelly (Massachusetts)
Hon. Thomas J. Downey (New York)
Hon. Mervyn Dymally (California)
Hon. Dennis E. Eckart (Ohio)
Hon. Bob Edgar (Pennsylvania)
Hon. Don Edwards (California)
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Hon. Glenn English (Oklahoma)
Hon. John G. Fary (Illinois).
Hon. Walter E. Fauntroy (District of Columbia)
Hon. Vic Fazio (California)
Hon. Millicent Fenwick (New Jersey)
Hon. Geraldine Ferraro (New York)
Hon. Hamilton Fish, Jr. (New York)
Hon. James J. Florio (New Jersey)
Hon. Thomas Foglietta (Pennsylvania)
Hon. Barney Frank (Massachusetts)
Hon. Martin Frost (Texas)
Hon. Harold Ford (Tennessee)
Hon. Robert Garcia (New York)
Hon. Sam Gejdenson (Connecticut)
Hon. Dan Glickman (Kansas)
Hon. William F. Goodling (Pennsylvania)
Hon. Albert Gore (Tennessee)
Hon. Bill Green (New York)
Hon. William Gray III (Pennsylvania)
Hqn. Tom Harkin (Iowa)
Hon. Margaret Heckler (Massachusetts)
Hon. Harold C. Hollenbeck (New Jersey)
Hon. James M. Jeffords (Vermont)
Hon. Robert W. Kastenmeier (Wisconsin)
,Hon. Barbara B. Kennelly (Connecticut)
Hon. Dale E. Kildee (Michigan)
Hon. Tom Lantos (California)
Hon. William Lehman (Florida)
Hon. Mickey Leland (Texas)
Hon. Mike Lowry (Washington)
Hon. Nicholas Mavroules (Massachusetts)
Hon. Robert T. Matsui (California)
Hon. Matthew F. McHugh (New York)
Hon. Barbara A. Mikulski (Maryland)
Hon. George Miller (California)
Hon. Norman Y. Mineta (California)
Hon. Joseph G. Minish (New Jersey)
Hon. Parren J. Mitchell (Maryland)
Hon.-Joe Moakley (Massachusetts)
Hon. Anthony Toby Moffett (Connecticut)
Hon. Ronald M. Mottl (Ohio)
Hon. James L. Oberstar (Minnesota)
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Hon. Jerry M. Patterson (California)
Hon. William R. Ratchford (Connecticut)
Hori. Frederick W. Richmond (New York)
Hon. Peter W. Rodi.no (New Jersey)
Hon. Robert A. Roe-(New Jersey)
Hon. Benjamin S. Rosenthal (New York)
Hon. Gus Savage (Illinois)
Hon. Patricia Schroeder (Colorado)
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Hon. Sidney R. Yates (Illinois)