SLAIN AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN - EL SALVADOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R001800010013-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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Date 27 July 1982
OEXA' No
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HILL CONTACT Ginny Blase Kinzler
225-2301
CCytr1I7TEE;MEMSER Congressman William J. Coyne
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SUBJECT Slain American Churchwomen - E1. Salvador
ACTION OFFICER
Approved For Release 2007/05110: CIA-RDP83M00914R00180001
OEXA JOURilr1L NO t E
SUDIMARY: Letter dated 22 July 1982 from Congressman Coyne on behalf of
Mr. William P. Ford, brother of one of the four slain Churchwomen.
It appears Mr:.Ford has written to a number of Congressmen and
Congresswomen stating the difficulties he is encountering obtaining information
from Federal agencies concerning subject above.
ACTION ITE1~~S:
I called Ginny and asked the date of Mr. Ford's letter to Congressman Coyne
and she stated 30 June 1982. I then explained that the CIA never received
a direct request from Mr. Ford but that we had in fact responded to a request
for information in our files from Mr. Michael Posner, Ex. Dir., Lawyers Comm.
for Inernational and Human Rights who stated he was acting on behalf of the
four families of the slain women. In addition, I mentioned that we had requested
an "expedited" search of our files and forwarded all materials located (with
appropriate sanitizations protecting sources aF~d~~'me~thods) to Mr. Posner on 15 July
.Ginny suggested that perhaps the letters had crossed and I~specif`acally asked
whe?Ct~er she wai~ld like-.a written response and she said: not to bother. I then
said if she decided otherwise, to please let me know.
FOLLO!J-UP ITEt7S:
Ne~~ 1e~?ter response necessary.
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July 22, 1982
Honorable William J. Casey
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
~7NTERNATIONAL TRADE. INVESTMENT
AND MONETARY POLICY
HOUSING AND COMMLNITY
DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC STAHILIZJITION
NOUSE ADMINISTRATION
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POLICY GROUP ON INFORMATION AND
coMPUrERs
JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE
LIBRARY
I am writing on behalf of William P. Ford, whose sister, Ita Ford,
was one of the four American churchwomen murdered in E1 Salvador on
December 2, 1980.
Mr. Ford has requested my assistance in enabling the families of
these four women to obtain documents relating to the murders and sub-
sequent investigation.
The families are greatly distressed at the lack of information
which they have been able to obtain concerning the deaths of their
loved ones.
I would greatly appreciate any assistance which you are-able
to give to Mr. Ford and the other families involved in this matter.
William J. Coyne
Member of Congress
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