LETTER TO E. R. ZUMWALT, JR. FROM STANSFIELD TURNER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000300090007-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 14, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For Release 2007/03/01 :CIA-RDP99-0
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14 November 1978
Dear Bud,
One real iy should never argue with the press !---bud: I wi 11 with
respect to your column in the November 13th Navy. Times.
My real point is not to. take issue with your evaluation of CIA
being soft with respect to SALT (of course, I do take exception to
that but. you are entitled to your own opinion), but to let you know
that I think you have been taken in by a bad .source of information.
I had a check done of six different assertions, as to what the CIA
had said, that were contained in your article. In no instance had
we said this publicly and in only one instance was the actual situation
correctly described.. Ali the others were totally false.
I think you are on to someone whose information is either hampered
by a bad memory or an inclination to seize on part of the fact and
then distort it to his advantage.
Ai i the best.
STANSFIELD TURNER
Admiral E. R. Zu;rrval t, Jr. , USN (Ret. )
American tdedical Building
57 5 6Jest tlel l s Street
Mihvaukee, t~lisconsin 53203
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