LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JAMES B. EDWARDS FROM JOHN N. MCMAHON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002200040001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 12, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington.Q C 20505
12 AU G 1932
The Honorable-James B. Edwards
The Secretary of Energy
Washington, D.C. 20545
.Dear Mr. Secretary:
It has come to my attention that the Department of Energy
intends to have the Forrestal Message Center, which handles
classified and compartmented messages from several intelligence
nizencies. ted by a private sector contracting firm,
This has raised concerns within the Intelligence Community
about retaining the necessary security protection for the wide
range of sensitive intelligence provided to your Department. We
have even received several Congressional inquiries on this
subject.
We accordingly plan to take a look at other appropriate
channels for getting intelligence information to you. Using
couriers would be one possibility. I regret the time delays this
may cause, but security requirements dictate that we not expose
this wide a range of intelligence information to contractor
personnel.
Sincerely,
--J in N. McMahon
Acting Director
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1 - D/ICS.
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1 - D/OEA
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