LETTER TO BARBARA COLBY FROM DAVE MCCURDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP10-00750R000100020005-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 9, 1991
• Content Type: LETTER

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CHARLES WILSON. TEXAS
BARBARA B. KENNELLY, CONNECTICUT
DAN GLICKMAN, KANSAS
NICHOLAS MAVROULES, MASSACHUSETTS
BILL RICHARDSON. NEW MEXICO
STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, NEW YORK
NORMAN 0. DICKS. WASHINGTON
RONALD V. DELLUMS, CALIFORNIA
DAVID E BONIOR. MICHIGAN
MARTIN OLAV SABO. MINNESOTA
WAYNE OWENS, UTAH
BUD SHUSTER. PENNSYLVANIA
LARRY COMBEST, TEXAS
DOUG BEREUTER, NEBRASKA
ROBERT K. DORNAN, CALIFORNIA
C.W. BILL YOUNG, FLORIDA
DAVID O'S. MARTIN. NEW YORK
GEORGE W. GEKAS, PENNSYLVANIA
RICHARD A. GEPHARDT, MISSOURI. EX OFFICIO
ROBERT H. MICHEL. ILLINOIS, EX OFFICIO
Mrs. Barbara Colby
Dear Mrs. Colby:
On Wednesday, May 22 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on
Legislation will conduct a hearing on CIA former spouse
legislation. The hearing will be held in Room H-405 of the Capitol.
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the operation of the
four statutes enacted since 1982 to provide benefits to certain
former spouses of Agency employees, review administrative changes
made by the Agency to implement the statutes, and to explore areas
in which additional legislation may be necessary. As you have been
a particularly effective advocate on the former spouse issue, I
would like to invite you to participate in the hearing.
The intelligence community's legislative requests for fiscal
year 1992 have recently been received by the Committee. Your
thoughts on those requests which would affect former spouses would
be appreciated. I have enclosed a copy of the provisions dealing
with CIARDS, and would especially invite your comments on sections
305, 306, 307, 309, 310, and 313. Those comments may be provided at
the hearing or in a less formal setting if you so choose.
A copy of any prepared statement you might wish to present at
the hearing on the 22nd should be received no later than the close
of business on Monday, May 20. I look forward to your participation
in the hearing.
Dave McCurdy
Chairman
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE
May 9, 1991
ROOM H-105, U.S. CAPITOL
[phone]
JOHN G. KEUHER. STAFF DIRECTOR
MICHAEL W. SHEEHY, CHIEF COUNSEL
THOMAS R SMEETON, MINORITY COUNSEL
STAT
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Statement of Barbara Colby - 1,2 Sgutember 1984
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee,
I am Barbara Colby, soon to be divorced wife of William E. Colby,
former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (1973 - 76).
Thank-you for giving me this opportunity to appear before
your committee in support of H.R. 5805. Two and a half years ago,
my husband, our colleagues, and I appeared before this committee
in support of Title VI. of the FY 1983 Intelligence Authorization
Act. What was then an academic question has now become a real
necessity.
I bring my case to you as an example of what is happening
repeatedly in this country to women of my age and my experience.
I have been married to a career executive employee of the
United States Government for nearly 39 years.
Esteemed Members of This Committee, I believe that I now
speak with more credibility than I could have two and a half
years ago. I am not an isolated case. I am one of the 65 women
who need and will benefit from the legislation now before you.
I am here to speak for all of us.
My years as a CIA wife spanned my husband's entire career in
the Agency--from being the wife of a career officer assigned
overseas for more than 12 years to being the wife of the Director,
Central Intelligence. During that time,_ came to- know well
hundreds of our wives overseas, wives of all ranks in dozens of
our stations. I never ceased to admire the extraordinary devotion
shown by these remarkable women in meeting the challenges presented
daily to them--ii raising their families and in contributing valiant
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support to their husbands' assipnments in the overseas missions
of our government.
In the co.uni ssion appointing ray husband, a. r'oreign service
Reserve officer, to be a Secretr=ry in the Diplomatic Service of
the United States of Ablerica, snd signed by Prei.dent Eisenhower
on 28 rdiay 1c%59, are the words
"Reposing special trust and confidence in
your integrity, prudence and ability..."
I believe that this trust was also imposed in CIA spouses.
We believe that we have fulfilled this trust.
Gentlemen, I. call upon your sense of honor and fairness in
considering the urf er_t need for this legislation presently before
you.
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