REAGAN'S CABINET: IT'S GOT RELIGION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000302430011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: February 1, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Reagan R EAg4'S- 4B1N .9 / Romrn Catholic State Alites in-=
?'T el lude Secretary of Staate Alexander.
'` Haig; `. Treasury Secretary Donald
ITS Gi+ ~ Regan, National Security Council chief {{
Four years ago much ado was made by- Richard Allen;- Labor Secretary' Rai
the press about the religious makeup of Donovan and CIA head William Casey.
the yr Southern -Baptist- president's y From -the United Methodist
car t. But' this-time around scarcely- Church .come Housing and -Urban
e>4vord has=.been mentioned,:.so -you Development.:- head Samuel Pierce,'
be a to-: learnthe energy chief James B. Edwards and Of
seated. - "' David Stockman..
The what `Episcopalians include Vice Presi
It's true- The Schwenkfelder Church dent George- Bush,- Defense Secretary
is a small, German Protestant denomi- Caspar Weinberger and Attorney Gen-
nation whose members are mostly from eral Willi am French Smiths
central and southeastern Pennsylvania. / The Reagan cabinet's one Baptist
Both Health andHuan Services-head is- United Nations Ambassador Jeane
Richard Schweiker and Transportation Kirkpatrick, who taught at Georgetown
chief Andrew Lewis are members of the - University, a Jesuit institution.
tiny- (five- congregations; =2;748 mom- / Commerce- Secretary'. Malcolm
bers) Schwenkfelder Church: z. Baldrige is a member of the United
This is not-to say-that more popu-- Church of Christ.
lous denominatons are not represented. ? /- Agriculture Secretary John Block,
Four Rutgers University political sci- is a Lutheran:
ence professors-:.under editor :Gerald / - Interior Secretary James Watt is
Pomper 'combed the'. backgrouds of am- of the Assemblies of God.
Reagan's inner circle fora new.-, book, / `And Education Secretary Terrel
The-Election of X1980, and. found these H: Bell, former commissioner of higher:
religious affiliations. _ education for Utah, is a Mormon.
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THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE
1 February 1981
The' Execution of -Charles--Horman,
,Costa-Gavras' movie will suggest Hor-
man was killed by anti-Allende -forces
possibly.: aided - - by , undercover CIA
'agents. If that message is -clear, the*
Russian Greek. director's film - may
have the public impact that two of his
previous movies, - "Z"-and -"State- of
Siege,"did.
Helping, Costa-Gavras is the widow
of Orlando Letelier, whose husband
.was killed'at the direction of anti-Al-
One of the woild's most politically con--
,- troversial - film-, directors, Constantin
Costa=Gavras, is planning . a movie
about the death of an -American-in
Chile= . during -'the- reign of Marxist'
President Salvador Allende.
- Based on -Thomas . Houser's - book
lende forces when-a b Oi nb blew up the
car in which he was riding on Massa-
chusetts Avenue.' Last month, ` in
preparation for building a set in Holly-
wood or Mexico, - Costa-Gavras had
photographs taken of the interiors of
Senate offices with the cooperation of
both- California senators, Alan Cran-
ston and S. I. Hayiakawa. Which, as the
last presidential election made clear,
proves show biz and politics make fine
bedfellows.
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