LETTER TO HONORABLE MELVIN PRICE FROM E. H. KNOCHE

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• Publication Date: February 22, 1977
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
OLC: 77-0532/ a
.9 -2 FEB 1977
Honorable Melvin Price, Chairman
Committee on Armed Services
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
The five boxes of Committee material, including Agency
documents which the Agency provided, forwarded for our custody
by your letter of 11 February 1977, have been received and will
be stored in strict accordance with your instructions. Maximum
security protection will be provided and no one will be permitted
access unless authorized in writing by the Committee, action by
the House of Representatives, or the Speaker of the House.
The three additional boxes of Committee material, which
were picked up at the same time as the above material, have been
scheduled for destruction in accordance with your separate instructions.
We are pleased to be of assistance in this matter.
Sincerely,
141 1& P. TKnoct*e
E. H. Knoche
Acting Director
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RICHARD C. WHITE, TEX.
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JACK BRINKLEY, GA.
ROBERT H. (BOB) MO, IOHAN, W. VA.
DAN DANIEL, VA.
G. V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY. MISS.
HAROLD RUNNELS. N. MES.
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RONALD V. DELLUMS, CALIF.
MENDEL J. DAVIS, S.C.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER, COLD.
ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., TEX.
ANTONIO B. WON PAT, GUAM
BOB CARR. MICH.
JIM LLOYD, CALIF.
LARRY MC DONALD. GA.
THOMAS J. DOWNEY, N.Y.
GOOOLOE E. BYRON, MD.
CHARLES WHITLEY, N.C.
RICHARD A. TONRY. LA.
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COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES
asbington, OX. 20515.
NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS
February 11, 1977
Mr. E. K. Knoche
Acting Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Knoche:
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WIWAM L. DICKINSON, ALA.
G. WILLIAM WHITEMURST, VA.
FLOYD D. SPENCE, S.C.
DAVID C. TREEN, LA.
ROBIN L. BEARD, TENN.
DONALD J. MITCHELL. N.Y.
MARJORIE S. HOLT, MD.
ROBERT W. DANIEL. JR., VA.
ELWOOD H. (BUD) HILLIS, IND.
DAVID P. EMERY. MAINE
PAUL S. TRIBLE, JR., VA.
ROBERT E. BADHAM,CALIF.
There is transmitted herewith three boxes of classified waste
material resulting from transcribing the hearing notes of the re-
porters during the Intelligence Subcommittee's Watergate investigation,
and we request that this material be destroyed.
Your cooperation in this matter is most appreciated.
Sincerely,
44.
Melvin Price
Chairman
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acknowledgement in response
to a letter from Chairman
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Price, House Armed Services
Committee, requesting that
the Agency store, unopened
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material concerning its
Watergate investigation.
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of Agency documents which we
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LES ASPIN, WIS.
RONALD V. DELLUMS. CALIF.
MENDEL J. DAVIS, S.C.
PATRICIA SCHROEDER, COLJD.
ABRAHAM KAZEN, JR., TEX.
ANTONIO B. WON PAT, GUAM
BOB CARR. MICH.
JIM LLOYD. CALIF.
LARRY MCDONALD, GA.
THOMAS J. DOWNEY. N.Y.
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RICHARD A. TONRY. LA.
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NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS
February 11, 1977
Mr. E. K. Knoche
Acting Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Knoche:
LLIAM L- DICKINSON, ALA.
WILLIAM WMITEMURST. VA.
FLOYD D. SPENCE. S.C.
DAVID C. TREEN. LA.
ROBIN L. BEARD. TENN.
DONALD J. MITCHELL. N.Y.
MARJORIE S. HOLT. MD.
ROBERT W. DANIEL, JR., VA.
ELW000 N. (BUD) HIW S. IND.
DAVID F. EMERY, MAINZ
PAUL. S. TRISLE, JR.. VA.
ROBERT E. BAOMAM. CALIF.
JOHN J. FORD. STAFF DIRECTOR
There is transmitted herewith certain material, both classified
and nonclassified, concerning the Committee's Watergate investigation.-
This material is the property of the House Armed Services Committee,
and we request that it be kept in appropriate storage facilities.
It is also requested that the material be given maximum security
protection and no one is to be permitted access unless specifically
authorized by the House Armed Services Committee, action by the House
of Representatives, or the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Your cooperation in this matter is most appreciated.
Sincerely,
Melvin Price
Chairman
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Remarks:
I acknowledged receipt eight (8) boxes
of material from HASC on Friday 11 Feb'77.
Five (5) of these boxes will be sent to Agency
Archives and three. ( 3) will be burned-on
Tuesday 15 Feb. I am making arrangements with
Office of Security.
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