WILLIAM COLBY'S UNGRATEFUL NATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100050019-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 2, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28 :CIA-RDP91-005618000100050019-6
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N~4d YOP,iC TIi~LF'S
2 4CTOB~ 1981
`~liarn ~fllby's..,..
U~grate~xl ~a~i~n
To the Editor: - ~ .
I do not understand ~vhy an Adminis.
tration ihat.cogstantly extols thevir
' toes of patriotism singles our far ceh.
sure and emDarra9smeat a taan whose--
~_ adult lire has Dees spent . in distin-
guishedpublicsezvice. ,
William Colby eras decorated for'
valor in-Worts Was II, tor~sook a lueta.
five career as a private lawyer to work;
for the C.T.A: and, at l?residesE Ford's=
request, resuased his directorship of it_.
.alter~Deing abruptly dismissed-at:a
time a~bers tht Director's job wes noCa
happy one. One caa ague oz disagret'.,',
with what he did as C.i.A. Directo;.but;.,`
not with his motives fur being there_ ; '
;: 33ae Adminfstr'ation's desirz to Curb'
', Leaks- of classified information is tiiii
derstandable. If, in fact; 14iz: ~ Colby:;;
breaches national security in his book,. ?~
he is certainly rwi the only ormast cul=
paDle public figure tohave doae-so. To
sue him as an example of the Admims-
tration's resolve [Crews story Sept. Zij'
is unbecoming and unfair. ,
JaHN C. KIYO[~AGA.~
-New York, Sept. 7s4,19BI:.`
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28 :CIA-RDP91-005618000100050019-6