LETTER TO MR. GEORGE A. CARVER, JR. FROM ANDREW BRICHANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000500090012-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: May 21, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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1900 AVENUE OF THE STARS, SUITE 360
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90067
(213) 879-0121
ANDREW BRICHANT
VICE PRESIDENT
May 21, 1975
Mr. George A. Carver, Jr.
Deputy for National Intelligence Officers
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
You will perhaps recall that in my letter of April 15th to Mr. William
Colby, to which you replied on April 29th, I expressed my concern over
the increasingly hostile attacks against the institutional framework
within which American foreign policy is conducted, including particularly
your Agency. As those attacks appear to be gathering momentum, I wonder
whether the following idea would appeal to your Agency.
While discussing this problem at some length with a good friend of mine,
Alan Neuman -- who is a well-known television and film producer -- I
asked him whether he thought a one-hour television special showing the
positive contributions of the CIA to America's security could not be put
together. Mr. Neuman's response was emphatically in the affirmative.
This led me, in turn, to ask him to write me a brief note outlining his
thoughts on the subject. The original of that note is enclosed herewith
for your perusal.
As the contents of Mr. Neuman's note are self-explanatory, I will not
repeat them here, but simply pass them on to you for your comments.
Alan Neuman's qualifications are described in the Xerox copy of a fairly
recent NBC newsletter; they too are self-explanatory.
Sincerely yours,
Andrew Brichant
Vice President
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20 May 1975
Dear Andrew,
This letter will briefly describe the reasons I believe
a documentary on the Central Intelligence Agency zs
necessary.
In the past, any suggestions for- such a program would..
have been deemed unwise considering that the very
nature of the Agency would preclude television ex-
ploitation. However, recent events have thrust the CIA;
into the public limelight and. there is a constant
barra Qe of media commentary, much.. of it inadequate or
inaccurate. What is more to the point, public scrutiny
and governmental investigation continue and there will
be little liklihood of any abatement in publicity.
Now is the time for a film to be made that will help
set the record straight and give a balanced true
picture of the Ageny mission and:. performance, This .
would be funded from the private sector and would be
done without utilizing any sensitive material or.com--
promising the Agency in any way.. Public awareness of
the CIA will.continue to grow whatever the-case, so it_`
behooves us to at least make certain that the facts: are
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the on the air presentation; the script, Are-produc-tivn,
photography and the final editing must~be a joint effort
on the part of the pr. oduc ing company and the Agency
.or the film should never be attempted.
It would be the responsibility of our producinLx company
to visually amplify the material presented to us. We
would bring our expertise to bear to extract the most
significant, meaningful and effective story of the Central
Intelligence Agency that could be shown. We would then
be doing a service to the Agency and is more important
to the American people
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