LETTER TO HONORABLE CHET HOLIFIELD FROM WILFRED H. ROMMEL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76M00527R000700210006-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: November 5, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503
Novi 1974
Honorable Chet Holifield
Chairman, Committee on Government
Operations
House of Representatives
2157 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, D. C. 20515
This is in reply to your request for the views of the Office
of Management and Budget on H.R. 15577, a bill "To amend
section 552 of title 5 of the United States Code to clarify
certain exemptions from its disclosure requirements, to
provide guidelines and limitations for the classification of
information, and for other purposes."
For the reasons given by the Departments of State and Defense,
the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Atomic Energy Commission
in their reports to the Committee on the bill, we oppose enact-
ment of H.R. 15577.
Sincerely,
Wilfred H. Rommel
Assistant Director for
Legislative Reference
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