SECURITY-MINDED CIA IS SO SECURE SENATOR CAN'T GET LETTER TO DIRECTOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100810027-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 1998
• Sequence Number: 27
• Publication Date: June 11, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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Sect) ty-Minded CIA Is So Secure
Senator Can't Get Letter to Director
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uttc, 1 to ,CU'rab it when lie;into the hands of CIA security But the page said the se,?u-
trieci to dri.,,cr a personal, polite, who questioned him at,rity, guards refused to accept
letter from Frank Churchlength as to what he was up the letter. Ile finally took it
D-Idaho) t? C(A Director to, He renorlcd back to the back Iv Church's office. The
John A tlr('one. 'Senator's office three and a Senl,or then had it sent via
It sc t'rn that Church ran half hours later that he was regular rt:ail to .McCune. All
+ctOSS ti,-ir~? in hotnlation that completely fru:.?tr'ated. this took pt ue ia,t \Vednesd:y
lie thou(,nt :,7e('one ought to The Senator's secretary Up to yesterday Church had
know about, so he wrote Ric-'quoted Into as saying. "I've not had an acknowletignient
Cone a lettccr That was easy,.ihad all kinds of trouble. What front .Mc?Conu.
hot, g(--tttu_' it to llcCone was, shall I do" Said the oliNtousiy nettled
sornellnin, cit ? again. She said lie was distraught, Senator:
(`h..?ch's ;,, .clarY took the; confused and exasperated. But: "imagine t 1 had gotten
iueeauc ,n )i phoning the that was nothing to the way hold of sonic' inh'rn(ation of
ae,'n?v .c 'f: '.hat a SenateitheSenator felt when lie hcardvery grr:a i':1,.r;RUec to the
rids ,. tiff, '~,uld bring it. to,what had happened. He pain: c(,un?r,. I t?oulnu't _et it past
CIA c(% 1,'c, it ' lfice at 2430 eft out that the letter was in the barricades. I ,ild call the
'Ii rui :t t :an the ago a Senate ent'elope, uith hisl'r,nsicli lit, thio 7?Ii, I :u,;pose."
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