LETTER TO GENERAL WILTON B. PERSONS FROM ROBERT MURPHY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000800130002-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: May 7, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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May 7, 1958
r Jerry:
I -=.honed you on April 2-- regarding the State Department's
interest in Congressional action at this session on amendments
to the Federal Communications Act. You said that you had this
matter under active consideration but that prospects did not
aunear too encouraging.
I thought you would want to know that this matter is becoming
o;;:owhat acute In our relations with the new United Arab Republic,
Our Ambassador in Cairo has been approached by a senior Egyptian
official who indicated that the Arab Republic wishes to establish
a two-way radio station between New York and Carlo and who
mulled strongly that if their request was not granted they would
have to ask us to close dowm the transmitter we are operating in
Cairo. We are deeply concerned that this might happen in Carlo
and that other countries in the area might also ask us to close
down our transmitters. A crack-down like this would probably
curtail seriously the flow of our communications to and from the
field., si.nce we would then have to rely on inadequate and undependable
coanercial services with the resultant delays, inaccuracies and
greatly increased costs.
Isreal and Sudan have also requested permission to establish
radio trana,:iitting facilities in this country. The Turkish Govern-
mment is also concerned with this problem.
.s you can see, amendment o f the Communications Act is of
urgent importance to us. I know that the problems you are facing
uo on the Hill are tremendous, but I hope that something helpful
can be done on this one, if at all possible.
With wa rri regards,
Sincerely yours,
Robert Murphy
General ,'7ilton B. I'ersons,
De.uuuty Assistant to the President,
The 711hite House.
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