LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R004300060020-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2006
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 10, 1956
• Content Type: LETTER

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ER 8-5493
10 August 1956
The President
The White House
Dear Mr. President:
Fear years ago, in August 1952, the then President addressed
to you a telegram in which, inter slia., be stated that be had 'made
arranges witb the Central Istelligeece Agency to furnish you once
a week with the rld situation, as I also have for Governor Stevenson.
In your reply to that telegram, on the particular point mentioned above,
you stated as follows-
espect to the weekly reports from the Central
~ligescs Agency that you kindly Offered to send me, I will
ante tease reports. In line with my view, however. that
ties. save only in these cases where the security
people are entitled to all the facts in the Iater-
I would wont it understood that
dictates.. 69
of these reports will in no weer way limit my
cuss or analyse foreign programs as my judgment
letter to you and your reply were given to
gust 14, 195., by the White House (copy
-tly an August 1$, 1952, General Waiter BeedsU Smith,
r of Central Inteelli~gence, addressed to you and to Governor
Stevenson practically identical letters, copies of which are enclosed.
after the Chicago Convention in case you desire
t appropriate action may be takes, as you may
is matter to your attention at this time to aster -
similar to that taken four years ago.
AWD / ji
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