PIKE COMMITTEE REQUEST FOR CIA POST-MORTEM ON 1973 MID EAST WAR

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LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4
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RIPLIM
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T
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19
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January 11, 2017
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August 5, 2010
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1
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October 8, 1975
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MEMO
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 MORI/CDF CO2417274 Pages 3-15 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 ? -^ ? ? No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 ? ? ,? ? ,? CIII NIA PlAtt L; I/ I t.; lip. VIA IMO. COM:. 1:C11114e MC CLX,IY, "tit Ts If. W1411114'44. C?110 VAInD C. 1St LA. OW. hip V. I'll CA1.11'? JAMI f.P. J4/00.014. COLO. NaMtsAll V.141,11,1?If KOWA r ar; N.14.11-r4. Jfl. WIS. MOM/LAWM.11-1C. % PIIILIP U. 4IAYI IND. W11-1.1.41A 4CPMAN'. 11..? : tic et Committee on Intelligente, Tiouf;e of 3Ats.preMlitatibuS Eir.:14.61)ingtoit, 13:(1,. 20515 August 19, 1975 . ? Central. Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. ? :.- ? A. vrianc imam, sun- aotrcro "Lomat a. tlaNNra, comsrt, ruoacL(2432) 225475 I REVIEW STAFF. 76.... 2,572-o This is to request on behalf of the House Select. COmmittee on INtelligence the following docdmepts: which relate to the intelligence community post-mortenv of the October 1973 Mideast war, the 1974 explosion by India of a nuclear device, the .1974.Cyprus crisis: . ? 1.* Copies of-.all intelligence community staff interviews 4.:ithr the post-mortems. ReSponses to the post-mcrtems by the- agencies involved. ? 1. Copies of any follow-up intelliOnce community studies which have been done . List of all documents.reviewed in .relation to the post,-mortems; and copies of representative samples. fo? r the..committea's files. ??1....-4 ? ???.? 7????? ? ;?!: r, t:s Thank you for your cooperation in. the above Sincerely, ? ? matters. MORI/CDF C03388388 Page 16 ?25X1 25X1 Gregory/b. Rusl(ford Investigator -.. ? . : No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 25X1 ? No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 IIP lur ? THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE TS doik 4761e .WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505 Intelligence Community Staff Mr. James A. Wilderotter .Associate Counsel to the President Room 182, Old Executive Office Building Washington, D. C. 20500 25X1 Copy 1 of 6 27 August 1975 MORI/CDF CO2380923 Pages 17 Dear 3im: On 29 July, you provided us clearance on release to the Senate Select Committee of sanitized versions of the Intelligence Community post mortems on the Middle East War of 1973, the Indian nuclear test and the Cyprus war. On the basis of that clearance we also responded to a request from the House Select Committee for the same documents. The HSC has come back in a letter of 19 August (copy cncla=ed) with a.rcquctst for "copieb of any follow?up Intelligence Community studies which have been done." ? 7ftpr.concurr'ence in making this document available to the HSC Staff is. requested. An early reply would be appre04:iited. Enclosure.: as stated ? et g eputy to the DCI for the Intelligence Community 25X1 TOP cTr":i 25X1 25X1 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05 : LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 - & ,114, 12 MEMORANDUM NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL XGDS 8 October 1975 MEMORANDUM FOR: MICHAEL HORNBLOW FROM: SUBJECT: ROB ROY RATLIFF House Request for Middle East War Post Mortem Report Ers-Pk C5-6141,E5x1 MORI/CDF CO2380926 pages 18-19 Here are my observations on the document you asked me to review today, in response to a House Committee request via the Intelligence Community (IC) Staff of the DCI. 25 Second, the Committee has already received a sanitized version of the IC post mortem of the war, and this document is offered in response to the Committee's request for follow-on IC studies. Under the circumstances, is there any valid basis acceptable to the Committee by which the document could be withheld from the Committee? 25 ,XODS 1 1 25X1 25X1 ? ?c(???7:7;''....?,,,T No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 . 25 No Objection to Declassification in Part 20'10/0'8/05 : LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 111, XGDS 25X1 In any event, it again underscores the position that the Committee should not declassify or publish material from classified material without further consultation with the Executive Branch. Attachment X1 25X1 25X1 79 /74 P.7,?!! rel , --XGDS 25X1 0 jection_to Declassification in Part 2010/08/05: LOC-HAK-539-8-1-4 01"'"Xtillfr