LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM BARRY GOLDWATER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90B01370R001201600053-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2008
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: April 11, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2008/11/06: CIA-RDP90BO137OR001201600053-4
BARRY GOLDWATER, ARIZ.. CHAIRMAN
DANI=L PATRICK MOYNIHAN, N.Y.. VICE CHAIRMAN
JAKE GARN. UTAH :. WALTER D. HUDDLESTON, KY
JOHN H. CAAFEE. R.I. JOSEPH R. SIDEN, JR., DEL.
RICHARD G. LUGAR, NO. DANIEL K. INOUYE, HAWAII
MALCOLM WALLOP, WYO. PATRICK J. LEAHY, VT.
DAVID V. ROTH. DURENBERGER. MINN. LLOYD N. GEN, TEX
WILLIAM M V V. ROTR , DEL SAM AM NUNN GA.
niter *tatz senate
WILLIAM S. COHEN, MAINE
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., TENN., EX OFFICIO
ROBERT C. BYRD. W. VA., EX OFFICIO
ROBERT R. SIMMONS, STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCHMITT, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
April 11, 1984
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
#84- 1.33
Chrono
On Tuesday, March 26, 1984, Senator Kennedy introduced Amendment
#2836 to the Urgent Supplemental for the Fiscal Year 1984 PL-480
Program [H.J.Res. 492]. At that time, Senator Kennedy said his
amendment was based on his concern that there have been "persistent
allegations-that high Salvadoran officials are deeply involved in
the death squads, possibly with the complicity or acquiescence of
the CIA." Kennedy's amendment stated the following:
"The Senate and House Select Committees on
Intelligence, in coordination with the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs
Committee, shall conduct a full investigation of death
squads in El Salvador and shall report to the Senate
and the House of Representatives by May 31, 1984, on
the extent of death squad activity, responsibility for
organizing, directing and carrying out death squad
killings, and progress in prosecuting those responsible
for such killings."
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence routinely does reports
on its own recognizance or if requested by other Committees or
Members of the Senate. So on April 3, 1984, we agreed in a colloquy
on the Floor of the Senate to hold a series of hearings on the death
squads in response to Senator Kennedy's concern. We further agreed
to investigate the matter of these allegations and to make the
record of that investigation known to the extent that it can be
published. On the basis of our commitments to Senator Kennedy, the
Staff Director and Minority Staff Director of the Committee have
established a Death Squad Working Group which is being coordinated
by Larry Kettlewell and Steve Ward.
Approved For Release 2008/11/06: CIA-RDP90BO137OR001201600053-4
 Approved For Release 2008/11/06: CIA-RDP90BO137OR001201600053-4
The Honorable William J. Casey
Page Two
April 11, 1984
The purpose of this letter is to ask your maximum cooperation
in this undertaking. We expect your staff to cooperate with the
Coordinators and with the Professional Staff Members who are on
the Death Squad Working Group. In a week or ten days, we will be
issuing letters of invitation to various individuals to appear
before our Committee in closed session on this issue. We will also
be requesting certain documents from the Intelligence Community, as
well as access to certain files in the possession of your Agency.
We look forward to and expect full cooperation in this important
undertaking which we hope to complete by July 4, 1984.
Pleaet us know if you have any questions regarding this matter.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Vice Chairman
Approved For Release 2008/11/06: CIA-RDP90BO137OR001201600053-4