LETTER TO HONORABLE ALLEN W. DULLES FROM HERBERT BROWNELL, JR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003200180019-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: November 7, 1957
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable Allen W. Dulles
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C.
Dear Allen:
Before taking leave as Attorney General, I wish to
express to you my deep appreciation for the tremendous co-
operation given this :Department by you and members of your
staff in connection with the difficult problems which at-
tended the preparation and trial of the recently concluded
Abel case.
The attorneys of this Department who have had a
close connection with the case unqualifiedly join with
me in commending to you every one of your representatives
who were assigned to the Central Intelligence. Agency re-
Each and every member of your staff who worked on
this matter performed his duties with extraordinary merit,
and I wish to commend them all to you for the outstanding
manner in which they performed their extremely difficult
task.
I also wish to thank you for your personal in-
terest and assistance at every stage of this proceeding.
With warm personal regards,
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The Honorable Herbert Brovne.Il., Jr.
Office of The Attorney General
Department of Justice
Washington 25, D.C.
Thank you, very much for your good letter of
November 7 expressing appreciation for our assist-
ance in the II case.
Your remarks are mot gratifying and I shall
certainly sea that your letter is brought to the
attention of the person concerned as well as
having copies placed in their respective official
files.
I want to take this occasion to tell you bow
genuinely sorry I am that you are leaving your post
in the Cabinet. It certainly has been a pleasure
associating with you and observing the remarkably
fine performance you have rendered as Attorney
General of the United States.
With every best wish for the future.
Faithfully yours,
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