WILLIAM COLBY'S UNGRATEFUL NATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100050018-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2012
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 2, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28 :CIA-RDP91-005618000100050018-7
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N~4F YORK TIP-~'S
2 ocTO~~ 1982
'~..~''~dr~'S
'?r~Iilliam ~+o1~y'~ . _ .
Ungratefizl ~a~i~n
To the Editor:.. ...
I do not understand why an Adminis.
tration that.cx~stantly extols the-,-ir1
toes of patriotism singles out tar cen~.
sureand embartas~srnent a roan whose-
adult life has been spent . is distin.
' guishedpubliCSer?ce.
Witliam~ Colby Bras ?decorated.~ior'
valor in-World War II, forsook a lucra.
five career as a private lawyer to work;
for the C.IA and, at President Ford's-'
request, resumed his directorship of lt:.
after being abruptly dismissed-at~a
time whets the DirectoYs job wits not a
happy one. One can agree or disagrae'y
withwhat he did as C.IA Director. but;..
rwt yrith his motives for being thex~ : ~_-;
TLe Administration's desire to cttr
', leaf of classified information is tits: `.
derstaadable. If. in fact; Mr.-Colby:~
breaches national security in his book, `.
he is certainly not the oNy ormosc col:
paDle public figurer to have daoe~so. To
suehim as anexample otthe Admitria-
iratioo's rtsolve [news story Septa ZIj?-
is unbecomingand tmiair.. ' =:
JOHN C. KIYOPlAGA_
:. New York, Sept. 2!,1961.;'
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/28 :CIA-RDP91-005618000100050018-7