LETTER TO HONORABLE THOMAS E. MORGAN FROM PHILLIP AREEDA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000800100016-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: February 26, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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Dear Mr. Chairman.
Febr?a4_ry Z6, 1975. ..A S" -,
The P'resic eut has.,a,slced nee to resp nd to y: ur letter .of the
twentieth, and to te11 you how much to appr te s the Oppor-
tunity to comment on H. Res. 207.
A considerable portion of the infornaa.tion x.euested by this
Resolution was previously supplied to' the reign Affairs
Committee and to other committees f the C ogress by the
Executive Branch. To assemble the approp iate information
from the relevant agencies and tdiv duals, zoreoyer, would
require. substaritial time. An ixaapor .ant additional fact that
might be considered is the establish ent by the Rouse of a
Select Committee on.lntelligence Nvhi;ch may. Iclh,oose to consider
some of the matters raised by l:-I. 207.
The Co;r-VIIa.ittee may also wish to co Sider w ether such a
resolution. is an appropriate in.stzum rat for exploring any
.United States activities that 'might have affected. Chile, or any
other c-ountry,, for considering the extent to hich na:xre.s of
Particular persons or companies ought to be disclosed , or f, r
considering the degree .to which advice exchanged within the
Executive Branch should wisely be s read or the 'record.
The president. hopes that H. R.es. 20
Sincer
Ph1l.lip
Counse
Honorable Thcmas E. Mor gan
Chairman
Committee on :Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
Washington,, D. C. 20515
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