LETTER TO CHARLES W. THAYER FROM L. K. WHITE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-03097A000200040059-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2008
• Sequence Number: 59
• Publication Date: December 17, 1948
• Content Type: LETTER

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17 jece-ber 1944
Ar. ChLrlee J. Thayer
CLiof, Intern tional Breed .sting Olvision
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I :vac's I sw.,ve written you About aL. of Us attore which
neoesaltLted som otion on ay ,i2:,.rt GO result of
vilAt oloej your ironies of b r4i ur reatrio
cuseicn of thts riaiuost LI UScen Use hnd I regret very acen
L he 4:uncy does not feel justified tn cnging this 'Restricted
Lilak;t 'Ow/right", The problem involved is a such greLter one than
ooi.Jyrights (3 have 444 some very long discussions on Uric ouoject ,Ath
our Leel people 4.11d in conjunction it tho WC. The problem hos aany
rfic4tione including oopyrtE;ht, hetsilations sionders libel, un14.ir
co.3dctition, etc. th in ell it ia pretty tie4lish propoLition.
.;ecianse of L. ohjocticzss from copyright standpeilA,rc.isod
o. ior ress associationo, oA4pped using their mA.crictl
A.together. It 4as in order to avoid calling attention to foreign press
soo1.. tion th,1 we oere using their wAtorial and booming inv.vo ith
ia.rproteuta by then th-t we at,xted clzIsegying WIS a tcriA.
"Restricted?. It to classified "Restricted' because of telle
proOleas and not because of tOs content of Lo
ia classified Phectrieted" for c.iniiArtive
r.A.Lier t?ian noreal security renensip it our .ency ve t reuirod
to -zeop or store taia eatorixl in plz,coe ahero it 4.11 oe .)tit 01' view.
Ang 40 required to torr or .uUrek; 4.44:1 Ourn it /y. it ie
iic of as trosu in contrnet to o.t.:r cic,saified .J.tteriU. I hn,...er-
?,,n,..,1 i40,,evert that you do not tol..ve physici;1 aeccrity in
j,fur auCti caii sociaVe CIA.
I L TO sisouesed this prollisma ILL our security uI am
,,uta:Aorized to ,t.viae jou ttrt Were /a DO ?Wootton on tne p-rt of CIA to
your n.o.i.1.1nt,tia,torLI in siwli r sucalner, providos you e0,t
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colste responailty ir ?rLz tiatteril is confined
1.L itiioverniaont uces is n,.A. aAy dissiraiziLted? does
not f#A.1 into the iAnds of unzuLcriiA!d pereods?
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