LETTER TO WILLIAM H. WEBSTER FROM SAN NUNN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00004R000300040001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 24, 1987
• Content Type: LETTER

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LAWTON CHILES. FLORIDA WILLIAM V. ROM, JR., DELAWARE
SAM NONN, GEORGIA- , ? TED STEVENS, ALASKA
CARL LEVIN. MICHIGAN WILLIAM S. COHEN. MAINE
JIM SASSER. TENNESSEE WARREN B. RUDMAN.
DAVID PRYOR. ARKANSAS NEW HAMPSHIRE
GEORGE J. MITCHELL MAINE JOHN HEINZ. PENNSYLVANIA
JEFF IINGAMAN. NEW MEXICO PAUL S. TRIBLL JR., VIRGINIA
LEONARD WEISS. STAFF DIRECTOR
JO ANNE BARNHART, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
SENATE PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE
ON INVESTIGATIONS
November 24, 1987
The Honorable William H. Webster
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
SLIICOMMFrTEE
SAM NUNN, GEORGUL CHAIRMAN
JOHN GLENN. OHIO. VICE CHAIRMAN
LAWTON CHILES. FLORIDA WILLIAM V. ROTH. JR..
CARL LEVIN. MICHIGAN DELAWARE
JIM SASSER. TENNESSEE TED STEVENS. ALASKA
DAVID PRYOR. ARKANSAS WILLIAM S. COHEN. MAINE
GEORGE J. MITCHELL MAINE WARREN I. RUDMAN,
NEW HAMPSHIRE
PAUL S. TRIBLE. JR.. VIRGINIA
ELEANORE J. HILL, CHIEF COUNSEL
DANIEL F. MNZEL CHIEF COUNSEL TO THE MINORITY
On behalf of myself and the Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations, I want to thank you for your helpful contribution
to our recent public hearings concerning the government's
handling of defectors from the Soviet Union and the Eastern
Bloc. Your testimony provided the Subcommittee and the public
with valuable insight as to the -problems which confront the
defector in his efforts to successfully integrate into American
society.
The Subcommittee hearings clearly revealed significant
problems in our nation's handling of these special people who in
many instances risked their lives to escape totalitarianism.
Your candid public comments underscored their difficulties in
resettlement as well as the unique talents that many possess. I
hope that as the result of the Subcommittee's work, needed
reforms of the resettlement process will come about that will
make the life of these freedom seekers that much better.
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United states senate
to discuss possible reforms that the
subcommittee is currently considering. Although such
recommendations would not be directed at the current defector
program of the Intelligence community nevertheless, I believe
that their comments would be most helpful as the Subcommittee
prepares its report on the defector issue.
In closing, I want to again thank you for your cooperation
and worthy comments. I also wish to commend to your attention
the statements of a number of the defectors whose insights may be
worthy of review by your staff
In that regard, I appreciate an opportunity for my staff
meet with the appropriate officials
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