NOTE TO MY ASSOCIATES AND FRIENDS OF THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY FROM GEORGE BUSH

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06702746
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2022
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2018
• Case Number: F-2014-00929
• Publication Date: January 13, 1977

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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TO MY ASSOCIATES AND. FRIENDS OF. THE INTELLIGENCE *COMMUNITY:.
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As my all too brief tenure as Director of Central Intelligence 1.
draws to a close, I want to thank each of you for the cooperation and
support you have given me.
During the course of the past:year I have come to realize that
indeed the United States is blessed with the finest intelligence in
the world. The dedication inherent in an assignment in the .
Intelligence Community is without equal. I have served in many
fascinating assignments in public as well as private life, but no-
where have I encountered the degree of commitment which the
Intelligence Community enjoys. - ] ,
I wish I could have accomplished more in obtaining legtslatigik
to protect intelligence sources and methods. I worry about leaks -
from employees of the Community, past and present, and this nation ,
needs a reawakening to honor the spirit as well as the code of our '
secrecy agreements. No foreign intelligence institution can be run .
without the strictest adherence to security. 'y:: -
I am pleased with the response the Community has given in 7 _
implementing faithfully the President's Executive Order. All corn--..-
ponents have cooperated fully and I was particularly gratified to
see for the first time a single consolidated budget prepared and
submitted to the President on our National Foreign Intelligence Program.
Moreover, the faithful observance of the guidelines of the Executive
Order has gone a long way in restoring the confidence of the American. -
people in our Intelligence Community. I congratulate all for making
it work.
-As I now leave the position of the DCI, I wish to express my
gratitude for the support you have given me in carrying on our foreign
intelligence mission... I have great faith in you; American intelligence
is in good hands.
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George Bush
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