LETTER TO CLAIBORNE PELL FROM JOHN L. HELGERSON

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• Publication Date: November 1, 1988
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OCA 88-3603
01 NOV 1988
The Honorable Claiborne Pell
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This is in response to your letter of 12 August 1988
requesting the Central Intelligence Agency to review
transcripts of classified hearings held on 20 through
22 October 1969 concerning security agreements and commitments
in Laos.
We have no objection to the release of the previously
withheld material that was bracketed in red in 1969, except
for the portions that the Department of State has bracketed
with blue ink.
The transcripts are returned herewith.
r\ Sincerely.
V John L. Helgerson
Director of Congressional Affairs
(28 Oct 88)
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OCA 88-2962
09 SEP 1988
The Honorable Claiborne Pell
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The Director has asked me to respond to your letter of
12 August 1988 requesting a classification review for the
transcripts of hearings held before your Committee on
20 through 22 October 1969. I have forwarded these
transcripts to the appropriate components for a review to
determine whether they can be downgraded to the Secret
level. Classification review is a complicated process, but
we will try to meet your deadline of 15 September 1988.
Thank you for your patience.
Sincerely,
.7,/ John L. Helgerson
Director of Congressional Affairs
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/ Ziz . CLAIBORNE PELL RHODE ISLAND. CHAIRMAN
/OSEPH R. BIOEN. Jo., DELAWARE ,
PAUL S. SARBANES. MARYLAND RICHARD G LuGAR INDIANA
ALAN CRANSTON. CALIFORNIA NANCY L. KASSEBAUM, KANSAS
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD. CONNECTICUT JESSE HELMS. NORTH CAROLINA
RUDY BOSCHWITZ. MINNESOTA
JOHN F. KERRY, MASSACHUSETTS LARRY PRESSLER. SOUTH DAKOTA
PAUL SIMON, ILLINOIS FRANK H MURKOWSKI, ALASKA
TERRY SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA PAUL S. TRIBLE. JR.. VIRGINIA
BROCK ADAMS. WASHINGTON ? DANIEL J. EVANS. WASHINGTON
DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN. NEW YORK MITCH McCONNELL, KENTUCKY
GERYLD El. CHRISTIANSON. STAFF DIRECTOR
JAMES P. LUCIER. MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-6225
August 12, 1988
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director
Central Intelligence Agecny
Washington, DC 20505
Dear Judge Webster:
The Committee on Foreign Relations has received a
request from a researcher for access to material deleted from
the transcripts of classified hearings held on October 20,
21, and 22, 1969, regarding U.S. security agreements and
commitments in Laos. The transcripts were sanitized and
printed in 1969.
Please find enclosed the three transcripts, with remarks
deleted from the printed version bracketed in red. The
Department of State has reviewed this material and has
approved its release, subject to deletion of items bracketed
in blue, and has recommended that material which continues to
be withheld be downgraded from Top Secret to Secret, OADR.
The Department of Defense has concurred with both of these
recommendations.
I would appreciate your returning the transcripts and
advising me by September 15 if your Agency has any objection
to the release of the remaining portions of the previously
deleted material. I also request your concurrence with the
recommendation to downgrade the classification of all
passages which are not declassified at this time.
With every good wish.
Ever sincerely,
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Claiborne Pell
Chairman
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THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
WASHINGTON DC 20301
LEGISLATIVE
AFFAIRS
Senator Claiborne Pell
Chairman
Committee on Foreign Relations
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20501
Dear Mr. Chairman:
July 14 ,1988
The transcripts for October 20, 21 and 22, 1969 have been
reviewed.
We concur in the State Department's actions and recommenda?
tions, as stated in your letter of March 24, and in the public
release of the remaining portions of the previously deleted
material.
The transcripts are returned herewith.
Enclosures
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Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Chairman:
I am replying to your letter of February 2, enclosing for
review and declassification three transcripts sanitized in 1969
when they were printed.
We have no objection to the release of the previously
withheld material you have bracketed in red except for the
portions we have bracketed with blue ink. We recommend that
these parts be withheld under the relevant subsections of
Executive Order 12356 which we have noted in the margin.
Release of this material could be expected to have a
detrimental effect on U.S. foreign policy interests in
Southeast Asia, particularly as regards our relations with
Thailand, an important treaty ally, India and Laos, and our
support for improved Thai-Lao relations.
We understand that the Department of Defense will be asked
to review this material. We recommend it also be submitted to
the Central Intelligence Agency. We have noted these agencies
in the margin of those portions we have no objections to
release but believe that they may have an interest.
The Honorable
Claiborne Pell,
Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations,
United States Senate.
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We suggest that the material that continues to be withheld
be downgraded from TOP SECRET to SECRET, OADR.
I understand that officers of the Department are in direct
contact with your staff concerning this review.
With best wishes,
Sincerely,
J. Edward F' x
Assistant Secretary
Legislative Affairs
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Enclosures:
Transcripts dated October 20, 21, & 22, 1969
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