LETTER TO ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER FROM ARTHUR CYR

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Admiral Stansfield Turner
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Dear Admiral Turner:
John E. Rielly
President
Arthur Cyr
Program Director
We want to thank you very much for being with us
here in Chicago. We were particularly pleased that
schedule your
permitted you to address the Chicago Committee,
which is our senior invitational group and a forum which
contains very prominent and influential leaders from
business and other professions.
It should be underlined that the turnout this
meeting was especially large, which-was testimony's the
strong interest in the Agency and in you. We tho ht
you handled the session in a most impressive mann and'
hope we can have you back in Chicago before too much time
passes.
Sincerely,
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Dear Mr. Cyr,
Thanks so much for the invitation to meet
with The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.
I accept with pleasure. :
I understand my staff has been in touch
and Monday, 14 November is amenable to all. My
staff will continue to be in touch with you to-,
coordinate the final details.
I'm looking forward to "coming home" again
and to meeting you in November.
STANSFIELD TURNER
Mr. Arthur Cyr
The Chicago Council on
Foreign Relations
116 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60603
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March 14, 1977,
Rear Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Mclean, Virginia
On behalf of The Chicago Committee of The Chicago Council_ on,
Foreign Relations, I would like to extend to you an invitation
to meet with its on a mutually convenient date either in the
late spring or fall of this year.
Composed of Chicago's most influential business, financial,
academic and professional leaders, The Chicago Committee meets
regularly with prominent national and world figures to discuss
subjects of significance in the field of international affairs.
The enclosed materials indicate a sampling of recent speakers
to The Chicago Committee.
Our program period from September through June features luncheon
meetin,g,s. Our speakers normally address the group for twenty to
thirty minutes and then respond to questions from the members.
All sessions are strictly off-the-record, allowing our guests to
speak with absolute candor.
Should your schedule permit a visit to Chicago, we would be
most happy to arrange a date for you. 'lease indicate _y.ojix
preferred dates. At that time, John E. Rielly, Program. Director
of The Chicago Committee and President. of The Chicago Council
on Foreign Relations, will contact you to determine the specific
date and topic to be presented.
It would be an honor and a pleasure to include you in our
program during this coming program year.
Sincerely yours,
JDG:rcp
JOAN E. SWEARINGEN Enclosure
Chairman of the Board
Standtrtrd Oil Company tlndkonal
ROGER T A WOHLSTET T ER
Author & Consultant
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Dear Mr. Cyr,
I accept with pleasure yo invitation
for me to meet with The Chica o council on
Foreign Relations on 14 Nov ber 1977.
My staff will be in ouch with you
shortly to coordinate t final details.
I look forward t meeting you and the
Council in November,
Yours sincerely,
s/ Staxisf i. old Turns X.
STANSFIELD TURNER
Mr. Art ur Cyr
The Chicago Council on
For ign Relations
116 ouch Michigan Avenue
Ch' ago, Illinois 60603
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116 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago 60603
(312) 7263860
Chairman of
The Committee
JOHN D. GRAY
Chairman
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Vice-Chairman
ARTHUR M. WOOD
Chairman of the Board
Sears, Roebuck & Company
Secretary
EDMUND A. STEPHAN
Senior Partner
Mayer, Brown and Platt
A. ROBERT ABBOUD
Chairman of the Board
The First National Bank of Chicago
ROGER E. ANDERSON
Chairman of the Board
Continental Illinois National Bank
and Trust Company of Chicago
WILLIAM O. BEERS
Chairman of the Board
Kraftco Corporation
JAMES F. BERE'
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Borg.Warner Corporation
HUGH-M. CAMPBELL
Partner
Price Waterhouse and Co.
STANTON R. COOK
Chairman & Publisher
Chicago Tribune Company
HARVEY KAPNICK
Chairman
Arthur Andersen & Co.
BROOKS McCORMICK
President & Chief Executive Officer
International Harvester Company
ROBERT H. MALOTT
Chairman & President
FMC Corporation
NEWTON N. MINOW
Partner
Sidley & Austin
E. NORMAN STAUB
Vice Chairman
The Northern Trust Company
CHARLES B. STAUFFACHER
President & Chief Executive Officer
Field Enterprises, Inc.
Rear Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
McLean, Virginia
March 14, 1977
#xecutiv Ic
On behalf of The Chicago Committee of The Chicago Council on
Foreign Relations, I would like to extend to you an invitation
to meet with us on a mutually convenient date either in the
late spring or fall of this year.
Composed of Chicago's most influential business,. financial,
academic and professional leaders, The Chicago Committee meets
regularly with prominent national and world figures to discuss
subjects of significance in the field of international affairs.
The enclosed materials indicate a sampling of recent speakers
to The Chicago Committee.
Our program period from September through June features luncheon
meetings. Our speakers normally address the group for twenty to
thirty minutes and then respond to questions from the members.
All sessions are strictly off-the-record, allowing our guests to
speak with absolute candor.
Should your schedule permit a visit to Chicago, we would be
most happy to arrange a date for you. Please indicate your
preferred dates. At that time, John E. Rielly, Program Director
of The Chicago Committee and President of The Chicago Council
on Foreign Relations, will contact you to determine the specific
date and topic to be presented.
It would be an honor and a pleasure to include you in our
program during this coming program year.
JDG:rep
JOHN E. SWEARINGEN Enclosure
Chairman of the Board
Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
ROBERTA WOHLSTETTER
Author & C sultant
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GEORGY A. ARBATOV, Director, Institute for the
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