SPEAKING INVITATION CO-KEYNOTE SPEAKER PUBLIC AFFAIRS FORUM COMMITTEE INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA 11 APRIL, 1988

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• Publication Date: February 19, 1988
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Congressman Hamilton's office called us
to inquire if Dr. Gates will be
accepting a speaking engagement on
4 aril 11, at Indianna University, PA.
Mr. Hamilton has also been invited
and he would like to attend if Dr. Gates
is attending.
STAT
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19 February 1988
RE: Speaking Invitation
Co-keynote Speaker
Public Affairs Forum Committee
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania
11 April, 1988
STAT
Professor of Political Science at Indiana University of Pennsylvania
(IUP), Edward Platt, has invited you to be the co-keynote speaker at the
annual Raymond L. Lee Public Affairs Forum on Monday evening 11 April. The
event will take place at the Fisher Auditorium on the IUP campus. An
invitation to be the co-keynote speaker has been extended to Representative
Lee Hamilton. The suggested topics are for you to speak on the "Traditional
Functions of National Intelligence" and Representative Hamilton on "Covert
Action and Congressional Oversight." The format would be 20 - 30 minutes of
remarks by each speaker followed by 30 - 45 minute question and answer
period. Dr. Platt does not intend for this to become a debate, but rather a
"reasoned discussion of the various roles of intelligence in a free society."
You could expect an audience of 750 - 1000 students, faculty, and general
public. The electronic and print media will cover the event.
The Public Affairs Forum, established A n.:l959,.provides a platform for
views of contemporary- political --issues -to be aired before the college
community. Previous speakers have included Ambassador L. Bruce Laingen,
Ambassador Robert B. Oakley, Representative Philip Crane and Representative
Leon Panetta. (See brochure opposite for complete list.)
This looks like a good forum for you to address and I recommend that you
accept this invitation. As yet the University does not have Representative
Hamilton's acceptance, but we.uriderstandthat the invitation isunder serious
consideration.. Another member of one of the Congressional Oversight
Committees will be invited if he declines. Attached is a letter of acceptance
for your signature.
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Central Intelligence Agency
R 3 FEB 1988
Dr. Edward Platt
Department of Political Science
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
?co '84X 0666//
Thank you for the invitation to speak to the Indiana University of
Pennsylvania Raymond L. Lee Public Affairs Forum April 11th on the campus. I
accept with pleasure and will look forward to speaking to your students,
faculty and members of the community. A member of my Public Affairs staff
will be in touch to make the arrangements.
Sincerely,
Js/ Rabert M. Gates`
Robert M. Gates
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
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Dr. Robert Gates
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
February 2, 1988
On behalf of the Public Affairs Forum committee, I would
like to invite you to be a co-keynote speaker at this year's
event. The topic will be "Covert Action and the Intelligence
Function". The forum will take place on Monday evening, April
11, 1988, at the Fisher Auditorium on the IUP campus.
To make participation feasible for our Washington guests, I
charter a twin-engine Beechcraft Kingaire aircraft from Page
Airways, operating out of Dulles International Airport. The
aircraft is fully equipped and carries a pilot and co-pilot. The
schedule looks something like this:
Monday, April 11:
5:00 p.m. - leave Dulles International Airport on Page
Airways 'for -?i-ndiana,-i'-ennsyIvan ia.
5:40 p.m. - arrive Jimmy Stewart Airport, Indiana, Pa.
6:00 p.m. - dinner with the IUP President, selected faculty
and students.
7:15 p.m. - press interviews with regional newspapers and
t.v.
8:00 p.m. - presentation at Fisher Auditorium, followed by
questions from audience (written questions).
10:00 p.m. - return to Jimmy Stewart Airfield for return to
Washington, D.C.
10:45 p.m. - arrival at Dulles International Airport
As you can see, we make every effort to minimize your time
away from Washington, D.C. while utilizing your talents for our
presentation. I understand that you are not permitted to accept
an honorarium for your speech, but we will provide your
transportation and hospitality during your visit to us.
I would expect an audience of from 750 to 1000 people,
including the university community and the general public. We
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normally receive excellent regional media coverage for the event.
I am extending a similar invitation to Rep. Lee Hamilton, of
the House Intelligence Committee, to appear as co-keynoter on the
same evening. My notion is that you might speak on the
"Traditional Functions of National Intelligence", while Rep.
Hamilton might speak on "Covert Action and Congressional
Oversight". We aren't looking for a debate, but for a reasoned
discussion of the various roles of intelligence in a free
society.
I just finished reading your article in the most recent
issues of "Foreign Affairs" and found it most interesting. Last
April, with the Center for the Study of Intelligence held a
conference for professors who taught intelligence-related
courses, I had the opportunity to speak with you very briefly
during a late afternoon reception at Langley. Now it is my turn
to offer hospitality to you.
We hope that you can participate in the Public Affairs Forum
this year. I am enclosing a program from our previous forum (I
was unable to secure appropriate speakers last year- for the
first time since the forum's inception we messed things up!) As
you can see from the list of speakers over the past decade. we
have attracted a wide variety of notable personalities for the
occasion.
With kindest regards,.'
Edward E. Platt, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science
STAT
Dr. Edward Platt
Dept. of Political Science
IUP
Indiana, PA 15705
Phones:
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