LETTER TO DENNY SMITH FROM DAVID D. GRIES

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 12, 1987
• Content Type: LETTER

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Central Intelligence Agency
The Honorable Denny Smith
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
12 January 1987
OCA 87-0013
The Acting Director has asked me to respond to your letter
dated 2 January 1987 concerning the performance of various
U.S. weapons in the Afghan/Soviet conflict. We request that
you contact the Department of Defense for any information on
the performance of the U.S. Stinger missile against Soviet
threat aircraft.
Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of
further assistance.
Sincerely,
V, David D. Gries
David D. Gries
Director of Congressional Affairs
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87-0054
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WASHINGTON, D. C. 20515
DENNY SMITH
OREGON
January 2, 1987
Mr. Robert Gates
Acting Director
Central Intelligence Agency
R-7B24
Washington, DC 20505
Recent press accounts have made claims about the
performance of various U.S. weapons in the Afghan/Soviet
conflict. I would like a briefing on any information the
CIA possesses about the performance of the U.S. Stinger missile
against Soviet threat aircraft.
I look forward to hearing frop^Xou soon on this matter.
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