LETTER TO MARTIN I. ELZY (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-00569R000100020062-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Sequence Number: 62
• Publication Date: January 9, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20505
Martin I. Elzy
Lyndon .B aines Johnson Library
2313 Red River Street
Austin;. TX 78075
9 January 1981
Dear Mr. Elzy:
Attached is a copy of a letter the CIA History Staff
received from Robert J. Watson, Chief, Historical Division,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, requesting Dr. Walter S. Poole,
an historian in his office, special access to CIA originated
documents contained in the National Security files and
White House Central Files held by your library in Austin.
Dr. Poole is preparing an official history of JCS activities
relative to defense and foreign policy issues during Lyndon B.
Johnson's Presidency--he is interested in covering the 1965-68
period.
This agency has verified Dr. Poole's TOP SECRET clearances
and this letter authorizes his access to such CIA documents
as required. As indicated in Paragraphs 3 and 4 of CIA
Access Policy Concerning Presidential Libraries (revised 12
July 1977), Dr. Poole is free to take notes and make
copies of any CIA materials reviewed. Such notes and
copies of documents must be collected at the Johnson Library,
and should be returned directly to the CIA History Staff
for review prior to final release (or denial) to Dr. Poole.
The Johnson Library will be notified of this agency's
decisions with reference to all documents and notes requested
by Dr. Poole. Copies of this authorization are being forwarded
to Robert J. Watson, Chief, Historical Division, Joint
Secretariat, JCS and to Mr. Richard Jacobs, Deputy Assistant
Archivist for Presidential Libraries, NARS.
STAT Distribution:
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1-R. A. Jacobs, (MARS)
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Sincerely yours,
CIA History Staff
203 Key Bldg.
Washington, DC 20505
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