LETTER TO PROFESSOR RALPH M. GOLDMAN FROM GEORGE BUSH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01495R000300080001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 29, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

Washington, D. C. 20505
29 December 1975
Professor Ralph M. Goldm
an
San Francisco State Univer
sity
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, California
94132
Dear Professor Goldman:
Thank you for passing to me your thoughtful letter to Thomas
recommending that the Central Intelli
ence A
g
gency mak
e
public all of its reporting. As I am sure you will recognize, I an
not yet in a position to make a considered evaluation of your proposal,
but I shall bear it in mind in my overall examination of the way in
which our intelligence system works.
I share your desire to prevent abuses of the government secrecy
.system. My previous government experience, however, convinces
me of the need for some confidentiality in foreign policy support and
formulation. You can be assured that, should I. be confirmed as
Director of Central Intelligence, I will work to attain a responsible.
secrecy system that serves only to protect legitimate national secu-
rity- interests.
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Dear Professor Goldman:
Thank you for passing to me your thoughtful letter to Thomas
lecommending that the Central Intelligence Agency make
public all of its reporting. As I am sure you will recognize,
I am not yet in a position to make a considered evaluation of
your proposal, but I-w+I-+ bear it in mind in my overall examina-
tion of the way in which our intelligence system works.
I share your desire to prevent abuses of the government
secrecy system. M,y previous government experience, however,
convinces me of the need for some confidentiality in foreign
policy support and formulation. You can be*assured that, should
I be confirmed as Director of Central Intelligence, I will work
to attain a responsible secrecy system that serves only to pRJtect
legitimate national security interests.
Sincerely,
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