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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100890010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 17, 1960
• Content Type: LETTER

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? +. rtho,'.ists, t' e byte:.a.,,:. F,plsto of thus using the facilities of other
p.tiians. Qatnkern and probably Man countries for our espionage .agtivt-
ntilcr tienoininatiotis. thief a quay- tics, what shall we say of'a policy
!I f+cci Jew bee), nominaled ne e+(,uic..lwhich?mM' forfeit out bsaes abroad,
I am certain, have received his pre 1a i? which may even endanger the
portion of Catholic votes }v ty existence of the NATO rlgiance?
iI But Catholics definitely an6.1 HE,m? STWLT COMM AX9.
strongly resist being. classified art Amherst, Masse )lay }4r 1980. ., r
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.oulomatlcallN gain in Catholic areasi Whatever the rights or wrong* of
bfiraune he i8 a l attint: elms our own espionage activities, surely
? ~ ?eems?'to call for an almost Bak-fly .wc have no right to involve our
1,?h.cek-turning MY Catholics- It:alsu'lms:ociaties in activities for which
Ignores a just. Catholic grirv.nce.. ''th,oy have no rlsponsibiiity,
in my opinion the averagt Amer He. Aistnrieans forgotten that
Iran Catholic hat no ?,-c1 ow ern when . Britain permitted. Conted-
to the reliProur, afii iSZian of th er9.tes to outfit rams in her hq,V&l
1''r sident? t'aai.fx+lii s have voted uve:' ;yards our :Kinistei'. to ? Britain
h? - past 1'i5 'scars fo- meet el, ut staled flatly that "this nitanZWat't~
r?.erv important PrptesT.u it se.:t And quite aside from the mot*lity,
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reasonable to follow this statnent "to editorial'' gnOrel --as .nio/t Of $
With the opinion that "it would be t2k public disc+isslon of the pladei
sourvc. of cyua,l sati:ifecyon ,lf incident ignore--Uie wider implies
could also be proved that a Catholic tions oll the use of forefsn bases
sidential caciciid a would nOt?for actMtlee th..t mfty dattiita ylar.
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though, a lasts tIn+ of anti-OodiM n,
I appears
,doomed in Protestant areas beoattlle tnthe.1s a Catholic. This !t true, to tbs
great credit of the vota:'M of West lot*
\'r this tc . &WAg Wit~-, j$f1,1Mix
candidate to not atitnlratle '! a 1'
;J.va alai tba went. V#jlal& JXR
the fears often voiced by otfMlftsi "1 dtheate pODUUEai. 4~.}i ? .
fair-minded F.nd reasonable Prote ;A *kb the o(rposition aiftea_ ~c~ant.ountryi
toles. I .aae?" a.1.
untrustworthy tQ fill the higlt IA em editorial of M: y1 edtftfed.
office. We feels that Uile syi a I
must bb removed and the "The.Impasse of Mi?ctruit,!' Russia's,
It can be removed is to elect; an throat to our stiles beta we used
Catholic to. the Presidency. their bases for recortt~tus esce. Par'
and only then will it D+e A poiei was iecoeltilsed All Ope .1ng up'
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tants are -grounyteeo.r+? el J-2.
6- _..?,_C..hMll higcl 't'here I. no (filiation ? -
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President would somehow be 401s-?11
nrlil once and for all the l*se anyt'
baseless slander that a Csth>ckt
I think, therefore. iC ty un, ss Rm tuvav- - - jiW&viet'bor_'~
-able nRt to expect Cath?itrs tv ~ sane plait Itc;oss 4
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There Is a ahsrp difference, in my
op1i1 on, between prejudice against
a candidate's religion and prejudice
-for a candidate who, besides being
qualified in every other way, also