LETTER TO MR. EDWIN LYLE FISHER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62-00631R000300040008-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: October 16, 1958
• Content Type: LETTER

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:i a OCT 1958
have ree p retired at the end of a ddaattaaaaa i nt
. n LS appropriate that we express yew our
the 9"" "s- ,ssr"aretaadia , aaad **Dow* Vou save
before tlaaaa Agency was recognised by s meats.
.ae gaaaaacy sareugmte at as growing rears.
serer marked oat With YOU that the, Central l*ftUigeasce
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1a effectively to lay the fo attsn s for t ho fare
It .otablisked, the Ageaaacy was faced with
a reiutesawen$ for the aetl rta .e necessary to carry got its
faaaaac +aaaas. Again your 1+a-rets*ding cif our responsibilities &ad
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srtaking tiaeaoaa in the to" our era was a parr erful
utter granted to this Agency ore .r aae*tLSl to
effectively.
y other abtaaaaeaas you have esnsider*d our prabsms, some
of tbAm perhaps wiaia . is Goveraaa .M, and always we found your
counsel coustract ve. It was thsr tore with great regret that we
w you leave the > r.rnmwa-t. but we eateed our boat wishes for a
in the comparaattvaaely eta ple. life of privarate road str fir.
Sincerely.
0GC:LRH: jeb
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DDCI
ER Allan W. Dull"
DD /S Director
omptroller ORIGINATED BY:
VGGenerasl Counsel 4
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
Mr. Fisher is lunching with us on
Thursday and Colonel White suggested it might
be appropriate for you to give him a letter of
appreciation. A suggested letter is attached.
you may either want to read it to him or just
hand it to him at lunch.
SINE
LAWRENCE R. HOUSTON
General Counsel
14 October 195$
(DATE)
FORM NO
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9 OCT 1958
R A t M- p =_ rent rr of Central Istolligoace
. 1,ylr Fisher
v r i4vlted M#a. I;. ,,,vle Fisher &r t*ncb+ n. ` ..
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a rail trans this last days at f* and all through Me bwgir A*?s and
growth 4 the A$s*cy. liod retlrsd Jut o or after a severe hgr-t
atlEtltatpi. Pt to new epr seai the clefts i.. atrt C y
as> apt is c attCti with them Governorretait cestractas.
Z. Mar. Fisher was a firm frt of the tlr fhr h, t is
tonure with the C-ptrailer t e r 1, and all our major c
that .ca were through him. ~s w t
Vii. support was a str;f i*#lssss*: ie
eii tg our ataet axy a tbariti~ss. if he haAopposed our corttidr t '
fweeds aia ority we might well not hive hem gives it as the At c
__ _ .
i Comiif
msson was reused such antherity on the op ittaa
the Comptroller Cvex* ral. ?iawovor, Ur. _fish." pprat-oiaed ads-
etas role &ad the world sitaratiioe which sitds it *s important sod
r-l d the o Ptrroller Esew,ral's approval Of grating ss cb iotherit
to CIA.
Agency espendittsrras reviewed by the General A.eceaawtiag f)ffive that the sad.t is aAoa cte within oar walls by specified cleared
Auditors. Theo toads r STATINTL
most eta a current
s as va ss , a aid is the aveat of eaeeptioess. Mr. ..a it
and I kept hams briefed art all major fiscal dsval ats of the Agency
and on our phil.s pby in the handling of out teas aothorritlas. Ha
assuring as that so logs as he was there and felt
gig followed, the Comptroller Geearral wwal':
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not ma *k or tiiat+r ssT investigation i4se
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fo Lei rula against -of who* & --- - o,
e t we were not starsae tfte reatr ac'tiv* :uthortt *
Approved f ,thin. of air-cones "Oubw ' tpm.i t for tt-t; te+. , ra.r
bell uga rrit t "chic sutbority is as of a ?$*t*tevsry ?re o tlea.
this bias law was, parry aad c*rWaIy loe& s cosy ersieia
am* t* ies1lr Rs W "k this pxe+bl.e. Timis,, kwomhower. eu ty e:s el
user ai C ease resaaeex *dlfae of Di.. Matters we took wlt him. I
1401 wt eew* biM A imam xa-blee debt for us szeplrort &Ad the etr in
wbtcb it was shoo.
SIGNER
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MEMORANDUM FOR: THE DIRECTOR
1 have invited Lyle Fisher, former
General Counsel to the Comptroller General,,
for lunch on Thursday. 16 October. I hope
you can join us as he was a firm and pawerfal
friend through our growing years. The
attached memorandum indicates his support
more specifically.
SIGNED
LAWRENCE R. HOUSTON
General Counsel
9 OCT 1GcR
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