LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT S. INGERSOLL FROM W. E. COLBY

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• Document Release Date: February 2, 2004
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• Publication Date: February 11, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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11 February 1975
The Honorable Robert S. Ingersoll
Deputy Secretary of State
Washington, D. C.` 20520
)ear Bob:
Here is the clipping from the Letters
to the Editor that I mentioned. I hope
it will help out. Good luck to Harry.
Sincerely,
W. E. Colby
Director
WEC:jlp (11 Feb 75)
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
1 - DCI
~- ER
(DCI ltr. to Editor
attached)
of New York Times, 18 Sept 74,
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Chile and the C.I.A.
Your Sept. 16 editorial "The C.I.A.
in Chile" places major emphasis on an
alleged quotation-of my use of ? the
word "destabilization." This word ap-
pears in Representative Harringtoil's
letter Which discussed my testimony
before the House Armed Services Corn-
mittee.
When this story first appeared, I
reexamined the transcript of the testi-
mony and determined that the word
'Ttstabilize," in whatever grammatical
.form, does not appear-
I so informed your. representative
at that time, and I so stated publicly
on Sept. 13 at P. public meeting, at-
tended by Representative Harrington.
which was fully covered by your rep-
rescatative. To insure that no mere
difference in semantics is involved, I
added that "this term especially is
not a fair description of our national
policy from 1971 on of encouraging the
continued existence of democratic forc-
es looking toward future elections."'
'Your editorial views on this matter
are, of course, a matter for you alone
to determine; I do protest, however.
your assertion that I said something
which I had taken pains to deny SV-
ing without giving any indication of
such denial. W. E. CoL.ax
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, Sept. 16, 1974
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