ABZUG CONCERN WITH CIA RECORD DESTRUCTION PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP77M00144R000800070015-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 23, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: June 4, 1976
• Content Type: MFR

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OGC 76-3014
4 June 1976
SUBJECT: Abzug Concern With CIA Record Destruction Plans
1. Jim O'Neill, Deputy Archivist, called me this morning to report
that late last night Tim Ingram of Congresswoman Abzug's staff called him to
discuss the letter Mr. Bush had sent to Senators Scott and Mansfield
concerning the destruction of records. Ingrim was concerned and thought
NARS should be concerned that CIA apparently intends to destroy records
contrary to law. Ingram read portions of the letter to O'Neill, who also was
not certain that it indicated CIA intentions would be entirely satisfactory to
NARS, in particular the matter of CIA compliance with the Federal Records
Act. I assured him that of course we are fully aware of that Act and as Mr.
Bush's letter indicated our intention is to dispose of records entirely in
keeping with all applicable law. Dr. O'Neill indicated he was sure that was
our intention. He further suggested that when he receives a copy of Bush's
letter, which Ingrim had promised to send him, he might want to send to us
the draft of a letter from the Archivist to Mr. Bush which would record once
again, in an exchange between our two agencies, our assurance to the Archivist
that our records destruction program will continue to be in accordance with law.
(An exchange of this nature between Archivist Rhoads and Mr. Colby took
place some months ago.) I promised to send Dr. O'Neill a copy of the Bush
letter also, thinking that it might reach him earlier than the copy from
Mr. Ingram.
2. O'Neill has the impression from Ingram that Abzug is quite upset by
the Bush letter. Ingram also complained that he had a call in to
and as yet not had a reply. (Sue and Lu have no knowledge of a call from
Ingram.) O'Neill said that his own judgment of Ingram is that Ingram
probably believes that CIA has engaged in misdeeds and is not above action
to destroy the evidence.
STATINTL
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3. Ingram told O'Neill that at a recent session at American University
a CIAer told him that CIA had two destruction schedules---one that it furnishes
to NARS, and a secret one which it really uses.
STATINTL
Chief, General Law Division
cc: OLC
DDA
C/Records Administration Branch/ISAS
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