DEAR MR. MINSHELL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04718A002300120015-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: October 8, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

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Attention: bass Vivian 1. De ;List
at Mr. Minshal1:
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dated 27 September 1917. 1 have eeraeatrued your nou of 1 Octo r
1937 as a request for information on the basis of ci you c lv
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ly a sCeiT of this Ageercy.
The appropriatti5- requests of this Agency f+sillow
Apgrer PriaNes-s Committers the House and Senate d hoar g s
procedure of being reviewed by the Bureau, of the fl4dowt prior t
inclusion in the Over- AU national budget. upon subadsst. at the
entire budget to the Gongr es s. appropriate mitt** s Of the
budget requt sts. It # s true that for security reasons
srs are held in executive session and the de"Us are not
public.
ed parergra of ?Ar. Ward's letter since the other
awe c,
the sr?e - of the new
has been am"priatod to construct
sits comprising 1 a z es. ' information fu
National Security Act it is oar resposssiaility to eorrsl r *&d a s.i .ete
statutory responsibilities of the envy. Under the provisions
botag e-VRUa1de to caner parttm s this is on. of the pr
ssa I . e ogees can a
s indicate the above info aj
As to the matter of Wermaudes which is sscarr by the Agvi.cl
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ntaslligenc* relating to the a tiaeal security which to 3 s4
Mien of inteUtgeace infOr:nstiOn, is O"r ft"WA with "PrOBOW
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trees of reverts including our Dearth r sszsass ,:,w.
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U~sr the provisions of the NN'artl sel t,curity Fitt $e*ecy
responsible to the NatiOW t:Gturtty C4=4U.
may be inferred from Mr. ard's lotto!
that the Agency performs many functions whirs ere,
deed that the Agency shall have no polices, susepeenasi, w