CABLE TO BRENT SCOWCROFT FROM DICK KENNEDY

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• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-258-2-29-2
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• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: June 26, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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SECRET /SENSITIVE
EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY
June 26, 1974 DELIVER EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY
IN A SEALED ENVELOPE. RETAIN
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FROM: DICK KENNEDY
General Walters sent this down at Mr. Colby's request.
The latter asked that it be sent back to "Kissinger issinger with a note that
the letter has been cleared with Senators Stennis and McClellan:
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(See attached)
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Warm regards.
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EXCLUSIVELY EYES ONLY
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WENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGEi(
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
24 June 1974
Honorable Sam J. Ervin, Jr. , Chairman
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities
United States Senate
Washington, D. C. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This Agency is in receipt of a letter from Mr. Fred Thompson.,
Minority Counsel of the Select Committee, (copy enclosed) indicating
it is the desire of the full Committee that this Agency submit to the
Committee, no later than 27 June 1974, our recommendations with
respect to the sanitization/declassification procedures which we have
been conducting on various materials for the inclusion of part or all
of these materials in the Committee's final report.
In his letter, Mr. Thompson says he assumed we were aware
of the fact that all CIA-related transcripts, in the possession of
Mr. George Murphy, of the Joint Committee on Atmic Energy staff,
were available for inspection by Agency representatives, I regret to
say that we were not aware of such availability in view of'earlier
instructions from Mr. Thompson's staff that the Agency was not to
have access to certain CIA-related transcripts. Mr. Thompson, on
21 June 1974, transmitted to us two such transcripts.
On 3 April 1974, I wrote Senator Baker (copy also enclosed) that
I was, on that date, forwarding to Senator John Stennis and Senator John
McClellan, the Chairmen of the Senate Armed Services and Senate
Appropriations Committees, which have oversight responsibility for this
Agency, my preliminary comments and suggested security deletions in
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We have reviewed the documents and the testimony of the Agency
witnesses and made recommended deletions to sanitize such material if
the Committee determines publication to be necessary. I would submit,
however, that despite the minimal security deletions which we have
recommended, publication of CIA documents and the testimony of CIA
witnesses (which in many respects has no direct relation to the Committee's
investigation) would do a great disservice to this Agency, to the Congress
and to our national interest. If persons dealing with CIA on a confidential
basis, both in this country and abroad, must assume that information they
provide will be subject to later publication, valuable sources and methods
of intelligence will be terminated or seriously impaired. I urgently request
that the Committee give serious consideration to the need for the publication
of those documents and the individual transcripts of those witnesses. If any
part of this material is to be published I believe it should be strictly limited
to that which is absolutely essential to support the findings in the Committee's
report, and we offer to be of assistance to you in this regard.
I assure you of this Agency's continued cooperation with the Committee
but I do point out that neither the Committee's investigation, nor the
investigations of the Agency's four oversight Committees, the Federal Grand
Jury, the Special Prosecutor, and currently the House Judiciary Committee,
have developed the existence of any prior knowledge on the part of this Agency
or its officials of the Watergate breakin or the breakin of Dr. Fielding's
office. More importantly, however, I wish to personally assure you that
my own intensive internal investigation has developed no relevant material
beyond that provided to the above investigative bodies.
Sincerely,
cc:
Senator Howard Baker
Senator John Stennis
Senator John McClellan
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WAS1i+NG i oN, D.C' ? 20505
OLC 74-0589
Honorable Howard H. Baker, Vice Chairrx%ai
Select Committee on Presidential Campaign ActiVit.es-
United States Senate
Washington, D. CO 20510
Dear Senator Baker:
I have your letter of 1 April 1974 concerning the steps you
propose be taken in connection with yo?.ir report.
You suggested Agency action in two areas--a declassification/
sanitization review, and submission of comments on, the report.
Unfortunately, neither can be completed by your deadline since, as
you know, all of the relevant transcripts are not yet available. I
have, however, prepared some preliminary comments which we
may wish to expand upon when the additional material has been made
available and we have had an opportunity to review it. A's requested,
I have also recommended certain security deletions from the report.
I am forwarding. today to Senator John Stennis and Senator John
McClellan, the Chairmen of the Senate Armed Services and Appropriations
Committees, my preliminary comments, and suggested security deletions
in the report for such disposition as they feel appropriate. This
procedure is in keeping with existing policy, guidance and is consistent
with your forwarding your report to them.
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