LETTER TO THE HONORABLE RICHARD HELMS FROM J.W. FULBRIGHT

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• Publication Date: October 3, 1972
• Content Type: LETTER

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MIKE SPARKMAN, ALA. GEORGE D. AIKEN, VT. r.~r
(MIKE MANSFIELD, MONT. CLIFFORD P. CASE, N.J. F.7teClltIVO Registry
FRANK CHURCH, IDAHO JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, KY.
STUART SYMINGTON, MO. JACOB K. JAVITS, N.Y.
CLAIBORNE PELL, R.I. HUGH SCOTT, PA.
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W. MC GEE, WYO. JAMES B. PEARSON, KANS.
GALE EDMUND S. MUSKIE, MAINE CHARLES H. PERCY, ILL.
WILLIAM B. SPONO, JR., VA. 10 OOF
CARL MARCY, CHIEF OF STAFF
ARTHUR M. KUHL, CHIEF CLERK
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
October 3, 1972
The Honorable
Richard Helms
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Helms:
On September 18 I wrote you that I would appreciate
it if you could arrange to have a Central Intelligence
Agency report, which Mr. Tad Szulc of the New York Times
reported had been made available to him, also made avail-
able to me. You replied on September 22 that after a
thorough review of your files you were unable to identify
any Agency report which fit the description given by
Mr. Szulc.
I would assume that there are reports, studies,
analyses, notes, memoranda or documents characterized
in some other way prepared in August by your Agency
which assessed the effects of the bombing on North
Vietnamese military capabilities. I gather from your
letter that you do not know which intelligence officials
made available which particular document to Mr. Szulc.
Since you are not able to identify any particular Agency
document, I would appreciate it if you could arrange to
make available to me whatever documents were prepared by
the Central Intelligence Agency on this subject in August.
Sincerely yours,
W. Fu br ght
Chairman
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