MY DEAR MR. DULLES:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64B00346R000300190035-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2004
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• Publication Date: June 16, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
June 16, 1961
My dear Mr. Dulles:
In continuance of the practice of recent. years, the facilities of
the Council of State Governments are again being made available for
circulating legislative proposals which the Federal agencies wish to
suggest for consideration by the State legislatures in their 1962
sessions.
The coordination of this program is carried on by the Bureau of the
Budget. An proposals for State legislation which your agency may wish
to have circulated among the State legislatures by this procedure should
be forwarded to the Bureau of the Budget. This office will request the
comments of other interested Federal agencies., advise you of the rela-
tionship of your proposal to the program. of the President, and when
appropriate, forward ?the proposal to the Committee of State Officials on
Suggested State Legislation, Council of State Governments, for consider-
ation.. Proposals approved by the Council's Committee will be circulated
among State legislatures at their next sessions.
In order to facilitate and expedite the procedure for bringing
Federal proposals to the attention of State legislative bodies, your
attention is invited to the Index to Suggested State Legislation:
Programs for 1:-41-1 .(Council of State Governments) . Chicago,
December 1956), containing appropriate reference to previous referrals
from Federal agencies. The programs for 1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961,
are contained in separate volumes entitled Suggested State Legislation:
Program for 1958, 1959,. 1960 and 1961. The. 1958, 1 and 1960 volumes
should be. in your files since they were included with our letters of
those years, and a copy of the 1961 volume is enclosed. Unless a
suggestion emanating as a result of this communication is sufficiently
different to necessitate its inclusion, it will not be necessary to
restate items previously given circulation.
We have been advised that the Committee of State Officials on
Suggested State Legislation will meet in Washington some time in the
next several months. In consecguence:,,yourproposals should be submitted
to the Bureau of the Budget by July]:F, 1961, to permit time for coordina-
tion with other Federal agencies and advance consideration by members of
the various panels of the Council's Committee. Each proposal should be
submitted in draft form and we would appreciate receiving four copies of
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the draft and each accompanying statement. (At a later'date) it will be
necessary to furnish copies of'each proposal to the Council Committee
for its consideration, and it would be advisable to retain the duplicating
plates if they have been prepared.)
In the event that there are any questions concerning this procedure,
please communicate with Mr. Thomas J. Graves of the Bureau of the Budget
staff (Code 113, extension 555).
Sincerely yours,
William. D. Carey
Executive Assistant Director
Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Attention: Mr. John S. Warner
2+30 E Street, N. W.
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