LETTER TO THE HONORABLE JOHN E. MOSS, CHAIRMAN FROM JOHN M. MAURY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP72-00337R000200060001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 22, 1970
• Content Type: LETTER

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2 2 DEC 1970
Honorable John E. Moss, Chairman
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations and
Government Information
Committee on Government Operations
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
Dear Mr. Moss:
Reference is made to your letter of December 10, 1970
concerning the November 6, 1970 Presidential letter to heads of
Executive departments and agencies relating to fiscal 1971 plans
and funds for certain described public relations activities. This
will confirm the information given to Mr. Jack Matteson by
Mr. Jr. of this office.
STATOTHR
The Central Intelligence Agency was not included in the
distribution of the November 6, 1970 Presidential letter regarding
public relations activity. The Agency is not considered to be
included among those agencies having public relations functions.
Since rely,
John M. Maury
Legislative Counsel
Distribution:
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STATOTHR
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT : John Moss' Inquiry re President Nixon's
Memo of 6 Nov 70
1. Reference is made to your call this morning regarding
John Moss' inquiry on the Agency's response to President Nixon's
memo of 6 November 1970 re public relations activity.
2. This memo was issued out of the Office of Management and
Budget and I am advised b the Agency's budget
STATOTHR examiner, that the Agency was not included on the distribution.
Mr. II elaborates that the OMB focus on this problem was
Director of Planning,
essentially to those agencies having public relations functions, and
since the CIA is not included in that listing, OMB is not looking to
the Agency for a report.
3. In brief, we did not receive the request from OMB and we
have been advised that it is not applicable in our case.
Programming, and Budgeting
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14 December 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Legislative Counsel
SUBJECT John Moss' Inquiry re President Nixon's
Memo of 6 Nov 70
1. Reference is made to your call this morning regarding
John Moss' inquiry on the Agency's response to President Nixon's
memo of 6 November 1970 re public relations activity.
STATOTHR
2. This memo was issued out of the Office of Management and
Budget and I am advised by , the Agency's budget
examiner, that the Agency was not included on the distribution.
elaborates that the OMB focus on this problem was
essentially to those agencies having public relations functions, and
since the CIA is not included in that listing, OMB is not looking to
the Agency for a report.
3. In brief, we did not receive the request from OMB and we
have been advised that it is not applicable in our case.
(-sgned): John M.. Clarke
John M. Clarke
Director of Planning,
Programming, and Budgeting
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