CONVERSATION WITH MR. PHILIP L. COLE, DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER, IN CONNECTION WITH HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE THE MCCARTHY COMMITTEE IN AUGUST, 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A000100170041-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2000
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: October 12, 1953
• Content Type: MFR

%14= 2 Ccavorsaticn with , Philip 7., Colo, Deputy Public Printer,
in oa median with his toatimmW before the LWarUW Can.
saittoo in Augvat, 1953.
1. On 9 October 1953 1 telephoned 1:1r. Philip L. Colo, DepaV
Putalio Px'ztr nd told him he would recall that in his test3masaq be-
fore this ;=6; Committee he had indicated that the Covenaaant Print-
Office could or did do claaeis'tad work in its main pmt for the
Central. Intelligence G=ay. I raadraciad him that as seas as this
statement had cams to our attention I had telephoned him oqmesaine our
concert and that an the touamim daQ- (about 1?. August 195)he had ad-
vised me by te1ephaw that his statimmit, was orromeous in that a shook
of his rewords showed that the Oovorsxaaatt Printing 01fice had dace no
secret or top secret w r'k for Cl, a tact which he would make knosm to
the ad artily Cc dttos,
of all secret and top secret m r!, f-': ~+ dmving 'fiscal. to, e].9! 2 and 1953
and t}ruucb U x bgust for ice Year 1951 makim particular referonoo
to the fact that the muLn (Q plait had net dam any secret or top ao-
crot work "or the Cattral Intollijenoe cXC,,malf!y. Ile believed that those
was not: more be could do to straighten out the record with the Cop..
mittee.
pplained that these would not alter the f ng In axw Std(', inammmii as
A waiver Sorely want that the Govorxaaent Printing Ofs1 se a sproved of
the `tvmy* ; tting certain work dons by a oazarcial conoarn, I havonat
any idea of the nature of the work owtoersaing which waivers were Lxant-ed
or vAV the waivers were reVuoeted.
L. K. '41117Y.
raise Deputy Director
N4nistaatton)
A-.DD/A:I l:l.aq
000 Lmtivo Counsel