REQUEST FROM HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE FOR INFORMATION ON EATON STUDY GROUP

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• Publication Date: February 12, 1968
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12 February 1968
1IEL.ORAI'L U FOR: irector of Central Intelligence
2 1CT:
Request from House Appropriations Committee
for Information on Eaton Study Group
1. Frank Hand has sent the attached memorandum over by
L DX. Please note that you may be hearing direct from Paul Nitze.
2. This request was made by staff members of the Co: -, ::ittee
to staff embers of LIA, who told the requestors they would have to go
higher up in Lefense. We do not know if the matter has been brought
to the attention of Mahon or any other Committee member. It is possible
we may hear no more of this, but the staff members appeared to be
fairly insistent.
3. There really aren't any "papers" now that could be made
available, except the USii3 document referred to, and attached herewith.
There are good reasons for not giving the Committee or any of its com-po-
nents this paper or any substantive ones that may be fforthconing:
a. This is a Presidentially-directed committee.
Bureaucratically speaking, neither you nor the Secretary of
efense has the authority to give this information to the Congress.
b. There is nothing in what we have available now that
would have a bearing on appropriations. Whenever anything
substantive emerges, its impact on appropriations will almost
certainly be marginal (particularly if Eaton takes the path of
suggesting that most of the problems indicated in his terms of
reference should be examined further by someone else -- as
he has shown signs of doing).
4. On the other hand, s:z:ahon is Mahon.
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5. The following action zright be suggested to Nitze if and
when he gets in touch with you:
a. Since the study is under your cognizance, John
Warner could talk to Mahon's staff director and try to turd
this off, on the grounds mentioned in paragraph 3.
b. If no luck there, 1A arner to do the same with
c. Warner could tell the staff or ?V:ahon that you
would be glad to describe the Eaton study orally at a regular
r,:,eeting with the CornnAttee.
(Signed) Pho'as A. Parrot-i;
Thomas A. Parrott
AD/T:CI/NIPE
cc: CI
OLC
SIGINT Officer
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