LETTER TO PATRICK J. LEAHY FROM JOHN N. MCMAHON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86M00886R001800050042-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: August 13, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Honorable Patrick J. Leahy
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Leahy:
OLL 84-2912
I want to express my appreciation for the time-consuming
effort you have made to determine the facts behind the KAL
shootdown in wake of new public allegations of an Intelligence
Community cover-up.
It is gratifying to the many professionals in the Community
who have laboriously studied the incident over the past year
that you took the time to listen to their analyses and then
openly supported their conclusions.
I realize that the briefing on Saturday and your appearance
on the "Today" show on Monday cut into a planned family
vacation, but you performed a valuable service for which we are
most grateful.
Sincerely,
/S/ John N. McMahon
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
I - DDC I
1 - EXDIR
John N. McMahon
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
1 - Executive Registry
1 - D/OLL
1 DD/OLL
1 - OLL Record
1 - OLL Chrono
OLL/LDI I(13 Aug 84)
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