BREAKFAST WITH BEN BRADLEE

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence .
FROM:
Herbert E. Hetu
Assistant to the Director
(Public Affairs)
SUBJECT: Breakfast with Ben Bradlee
1. 1 am sure you will recall that the reason for inviting
Bradlee was for a philosophical discussion about the media's
right to print vis-a-vis the Intelligence Community's responsi-
bility to protect legitimate secrets.
2. Attached are some talking points for that breakfast
and a few representative articles concerning Bradlee's position.
Herbert E. Hetu
A/DCI/PAO/HEH/kgt/8 June 1977
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Newsmen will always be able to play to the interests of such sources
as disgruntled employees and politicians with an obsession for publi-
city. Agency employees will continue to seek, within the guidelines
I have established, to gain information reporters routinely obtain in
their daily activities.
RESPONSIBILITY: This remains the one word which should guide-both
sides. The press seems to feel they have earned the right to decide
unilaterally what should and should not be printed. Probably due to
a lack of trust in government officials and because there is no way
to stop it.
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Ever since the Washington Post broke the story of the
CI1s secret payments to King Hussein, it has been besieged
by angry letters describing its action as "unpatriotic ... in
the vilest taste ... the pinnacle: of irresponsible journalism.-
The Post was apparently disturbed enough last week by the ..+
outcry to call front-page attention to a curious story inside
headlined: POST ATTITUDE "VERY RESPONSIBLE" IN WHITE ~{
HOUSE DEALINGS ON 'CIA STORY. This story quotes Jody Pow- ?t,
though Powell did not deny that the President himself in pri r . s 1.
Post irresponsible. Where does that leave everybody? THE WASHINGTON POSTS BRADLEE & WOOD WARD
The issue of whether the press has a right to print Gov-
ernment-stamped "secrets" keeps bedeviling Government and elected editors to decide national security matters?
journalism. It always will. High-minded, and sometimes high- This frequently asked question troubles editors (if there s.
flown rhetoric about the rights of the Government or of the any skin thinner than a politician's, it's a newspaperman's).
press are heard; there also exists the public's right, and per- but it does not deflect them from exercising their right to
haps its duty, to be skeptical of both sides. print. Actually, they are more cautious and seek more coun-
In private discussions, investigative reporters like Bob sel than they readily admit. The public that knows about a re-
Wpodward of Watergate fame (who also broke the Hussein porter consulting Deep Throat in a dark garage to verify a'
story) describe their role in cat-mouse terms: it's the Gov- point has little idea of what Iengths editorsgo to-if only in
ernment's job to keep secrets, the reporter's job to ferret them self-protection-to consult those in authority and to hear out
out. Editorially defending its story, the Post sanctimoniously objections (but they don't want to be required to do so). Be-
praised President Carter for insisting "that a much better ef- fore publishing the Hussein story, Bradlee and Woodward
fort must be made by the Government to keep its secrets-es- had an off-the-record session at the White House, where Pres-
pecially the CIA's." This really isn't satisfactory: even if the ident Carter objected to the story's timing, but did not try to
CIA were effectively keeping its secret, others who might be in- stop its publication. Bradlee will say only that "I have it on
terested in leaking the story include Palestinian rebels, the Is- the highest possible authority that the national interest was
raelis, a disaffected official in the American or Jordanian not engaged." (A widespread criticism of the Post story was
governments, or the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, that it broke the day' Secretary of State Vance arrived in
whose objection to the subsidy was overruled by Ford. Of Amman to see King Hussein; Bradlee holds that so much ad-
course there are those like Columnist Tom Wicker who think vance consultation with the Administration gave it time
that most secrets are dirty. Or those who think disclosure did enough to alert everyone, including the King, in advance.) -
no real harm, like Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee, who "When a story is obviously sensitive," says James F. Hoge
wonders "how good the Brave Little King's intelligence is, Jr., editor of the Chicago Sun-Tunes, "chances are it wouldn't
anyway. And with that $210 million in aid he gets from us, be accurate without going to the highest authority-which
eed a million dollars in `walking around' mon- can then expand your capacity to understand the situation."
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curity- "Once something leaks.put, it's open season," says Times satisfied itself that the plans were contingent, and wait-
Editor Tom Winship of the Boston Globe. "I always regret it ed until the war was over before mentioning them.
when we ve played games. I got my head clear on the Pen- Editors are most- easily persuaded to withhold informa-
" Over at the New York Times, the Bay of Pigs tion when lives are involved. Wartime censorship piles against
tagon papers.
lesson was well learned. At President Kennedy's personal re- reporting troop movements are scrupulously adhered to. Their
quest the rimes did not print what it knew in. advance of the peacetime equivalents are kidnapings, rapes and hostages, or
invasion, only to be told afterward by a rueful Kennedy that an intelligence agent's life in jeopardy. Though the. notion
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ple who were being bombed knew it, the Godless Commies great disaster befell the American people from the publica-
knew it, only the American people didn't. In almost 20 years tion of the Pentagon papers," says A.M. Rosenthal, exec-
in a decision-making seat, I've heard lots of claims about the utive editor of the New York Times. "You can't put things
serious harm our stories would do, but not one panned out. on a scale, and see whether a story would be great for Israel
People are always trying to get me to be a statesman instead or bad for the Arabs. In almost every story you run, someone'
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Thomas finds so many challenges to gaudy details in the The courts have long upheld the rights of editors to de-
Woodward story "bugging me that if I were convinced this tide for themselves. This privilege is not as cost-free as some
was a legitimate intelligence expenditure, I wouldn't use the editors argue: foreign political leaders often deplore and con-
" The CIA isn't any longer the unchecked "rogue sider harmful the sievelike nature of the American Govern-
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ressional oversight committee; President Car- and disadvantage are not always in neat balance. Where in
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ter just hadn't got around to finding out about it. When the other societies only authority prevails, here what is not au-
CIA s secret activities are properly monitored, a free press thority's domain is left to conscience. The heartening fact, to
and a Government free to conduct covert intelligence ought judge by the record. is that the graver the issue. the more the
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first real till between the press and the
Carter Adt:,inistration-and raised again
the perennial question of the media's
right to divulge "sensitive" information.
The timing of the disclosureon Feb.
10, the very day Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance was en route tomeetwith Hussein
in Jordan-seemed potentially damag-
-ing to President Carter's Mideast peace
tfauJ- Ann.n-hsims
Bradlee (left), Woodward: A private talk in the Oval
Office and a barrage of letters afterthe storywasprinted
initiative. Carter had tried to discourage
the Post from running the story, then, by
one account, called the paper "irrespon-
sible" for not complying. Hussein called
the Post's action "sabotage." The Post
itself ran an editorial in self-defense,
along with a spate of unsympathetic let-
ters. One reader accused the paper of
being"unpatriotic," and anothersaid the
timing was in "the vilest of taste." Still
another suggested that the nation's very
existence was being imperiled by "by-
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circulated in 1Vashington for years, and
occasionally have broken into print. Wa-
tergate reporter Bob Woodward's scoop
was to assay the largesse to the King-
$750,000 last year alone-and to reveal
that Carter was unaware of the arrange-
ment. And, according to Woodward, Ad-
ministration officials themselves were
partly responsible for the timing of the
story. Except for their delaying tac-
tics, he argues, it might have run earlier.
"It was such a hot potato, nobody wanted
to talk or deal with it," he says. .
- Remarkably, Carter himself ended up
fielding it. After trying for several days to
discuss the story with National Security
Council officials, says Woodward, he and
Post executive editor Benjamin Bradlee
phoned White House press secretary
Jody Powell on Tuesday, Feb. 15, to ask
for "any comment, any guidance, any-
thing we should know" It was the first
Powell had heard ofthe whole affair, and
he sputtered: "This is not the sort of
situation I everdealt with in Atlanta. Let
me get back to you." Powell first told
national-securityadviserZbigniewBrie-
line-hungryjerks like you."
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the Oval Office the next morning.
The meeting centered on the timing
and context of the stor;, and Bradlee led
of fwi th the posi tion that i n his 29 years of
experience, national security had neveri
been a good reason to withhold a story.:
Carter didn't plead national security; het
tried carefully to avoid any suggestion of `
editorial intimidation, says Powell, but
left "no doubt what our preference
would be"-that the story not be pub-
lished. When Bradlee and Woodward
seemed resistant, Carter asked for at
least 2i hours' notice before publication.,
so he could alert Vance and Hussein.'
Bradlee agreed. Late that afternoon,
Bradlee called Powell to say the story
would run on Friday. "Sounds Iike a hell
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ran on Friday. !
hopefully. But the story
Timing: Carter himself helped fan the >
ensuing. controversy when he confided
his own account of the Oval Office meet-
ing to members of the Congressional
leadership. That story, which promptly
leaked to the Associated Press, quoted
the President as calling the Post "irre-
sponsible" for-revealing the payments.
To some journalists, it seemed that Car-
ter was overreacting and thus risking a
serious confrontation with the press. It
.irked them even more that he had done
so in the interests of secrecy, despite his:
campaign advocacy of open government. Was the Post wrong to print the Hus-
sein story? New York Times managing
editor A.M. Rosenthal says the timing of
the story might have given him. pause,
but he adds: "Almost any
-_.time you break a sensitive
story there are people ?
who would want to delay
it for one reason or an-
other. I don't think it vas I
the Post's responsibility
to sit down and say, 'How '
will this affect Hussein,
'how will this affect
Vance?'" Clayton Kirk-
- patricK. editor of The Chi-
cago Tribune, disagrees:
"Every time you consider
a story you make some
kind of judgment. I can't
seep that it would have
f made much difference if
they had waited a few days."
The Post did agonize over the timing.
ofthe Hussein story both before and after
the Carter meeting, though there was
never any serious opposition to n inning
it. The Posts position on such stories,
Bradlee says, is to start with the supposi-
tion that they will be itrinted and then
examine the reasons not to print. "I was assured that the national security was in l
no way engaged," he says. "I'm not say-
ing that if they had told me differently. I .
would have done differently."
By last week, in any case, the White
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by peg ,y 5impsou.'? after the White House meeting,-The men's to Hussein. Thatled-to Carters
Describing Jordan's `Bing; Hussein .'t the Hussein story on Friday, Feb. 18. - come to the e JIouse.
as "our most reliable source" of infor, 1 White House press secretary Jody = ?=I no tag' lute firmed or de:ciel the
oration its the Middle Fast, .President Powell declined comment on the epi- accounts;'- Carter t;as quoted as tell-
Carter told congressional leaders he 'I sode i ig the congressional Ieadar "I told
had sotigiit to discourage The Wash- At his news conference Thursday, _. then.. that if anything had been done,
inoon Post from disclosing- CL\ Pay- ' Carter said he would not comment di-- 'it a was not sinister nor did it re!dn
men's to Hussein, ``_ corigressoonal : rectly.on any specificCI-.,activity. He to the ponal enrichzu it of Hus-ent
sources said yesterday-:':R,:. also said he had bearun arev_ew of _} rein:' ? . -
In his account to: the,. congressional. CL k activities, including the more The accoun- continued. -
leaders on Tuesday, Carter confirmed- controversial. revelations that have .
the CIA payrnents_to: Hussein:;.some been publicized in the last few days Carter said he explained the "great
thing he has declined to do publicly. sensitivity"-of the Vance trip, and. told
It remained' unclear tiviieii '.Carter 'I have not found anything illegal of his opti: us:n for a breAthrough in
--the quest for a -Middle East peace set -
`he ordered canceled after Tile' Post , or improper," Carter said then. ' ---tle:nent. He said,- "The 'whole thing*
'began its'inquirr.: ?`= That statement was in response to a could be blown 'up and the trip ren- -
But a Senate'source-said''that for- question about the propriety of Pay- : ctered useless and the chances for
news tripry w, ere
, mer CIA Director George Bush- had ments to Hussein and ether foreign peace APP set bac if any
told the Senate Intelligence Commit- leaders by the CIA. "Tnerer du I plearace's i them on
tee about the. arrangement some time' _ The Post declined comment about the basis or withhold any story---or at'
ago, and. had encountered, rzo opposi- (the account by the member of Con-
24' 1 hours before breaking
Lion there. ', i C b f r. t was noted as tellin! the
? At the meeting with congressional
leaders. of both- parties,' Carter was
quoted as sayiinghe had- looked into
the arrangement with Hussein and
post
found "=nothing tchatever -w ong' tvitit -point out the potential impact of such
A House member present' at the about it, given their attitude," Carter
leadership meeting said Carter had re-
U.S. said to have if toll
lie-
ance landed in Jordan on Feb. 18 as the congressionaal leaders that *if
ported that money covertly channeled Carter also tol
of his Middle East tour. The Post - were the head of a foreign govern-
tire
reported that the CIA had made pay- men'. be--would not cooperate with
men's totaling millions of dollars to the CIA because of the threat of expo-
Hussein over the past 20 years. It said: sure...
Hussein was paid approximately $730, - The President said the Hussein epi-
0-00last year. ' - t sode and other leaks identifying CIA
disrupting"
The congressional source said Car- -sources are " drastically
that, without confirming or denying t - He asked congressional leaders to
the accuracy of their planned story, help him curb leaks by restricting ac-
he had told W oodw rd and Bradlee sews toe).: telligence- data o f Capitol
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'. The Washington MerryGo?Rcu;-id column of
Jack Anderson for Tuesday, June 1 . 1976, car-
,;Tied the suggestive title of "Capitol Hill Bed-
;roosn Survey."
It described congressmen other than Wayne
lays who were "dedicated to life, liberty and
btlie"pursuit of women." It announced discovery
of "several women" (none of them named) who
provided "both secretarial and sexual services."
'It described "Capitol Hill hideaways convenient
for romantic trysts" with "senior salons." And it
-concluded with "probably the most serious of
the sex stories" .. , the seduction of "one volup=
;tuous Virginia constituent" (again, unnamed) by
"staid Senator Harry Byrd."
1 Dynamite, right?
The Post editors responsible for preparing
Anderson's daily column for publication had se-
rlous doubts and brought the column to me. It
did. not begin to meet the standards of rele-
vance and reliability we try to follow at The
Post In reporting on the private lives of public
figures: Public persons' private lives tend to be
.their own business unless their personal con-
duct is alleged to violate the law or interfere
with performance of the public job.
Here there was no suggestion of payroll
abuse, as in the Ray-Hays case. There was no ev-
idence of a crime, even if the allegations were
true. No complaint had been filed with authori-
ties at the time of the incident. And in addition,
the accuser was unidentified, and thus Immune
from the normal journalistic checking process-
es.
So I killed the column, knowing that a story
would probably result, since that had been our
experience whenever we killed or substantially
Mr. Bradlee is executive editor of T"ie Post.
changed an Anderson column. Sure enough, lo-
cal televison stations and the Richmond news-
papers wanted to know why. The press ecre-
tary to Admiral Zumwalt, running as pre-
sumptive underdog against Byrd, saw to it that
reporters covering him received copies of the
Anderson column about the senator. .
And finally, in a remarkably cheap shot, the
Washington Star suggested that the column was.
killed. by The Post as a way of thanking Sen.
Byrd for printing copies of The Post on the
presses of his Winchester (Va.) Star in the early.
days of the five-month pressmen's strike. That
suggestion is ridiculous. Star editor Jim Bellows
apologized for it on June 18-by telephone,
though not In the paper.
Asa result of all this uproar, Washington Post
reporter Donnel Nunes was assigned to find out
everything he could about the "voluptuous Vir-
ginia constituent" who had accused Byrd of se-
ducing her. Columnist Anderson had. written
that people who knew her "attested to her good
character."
Reporter Nunes immediately identified her as
one Marianne B. Hudson, now living in Gaith-
ersburg, on the sunset side of 40 years old, and
remarried. Hudson is well-known to all Post re-
porters covering Fairfax, as she Is well-known
to Fairfax City Chief of Police Leonard P. Kline,
who has investigated many of her complaints.
It was Anderson, effectively, who identified
Hudson to Nunes, by describing how Hudson
had come to him and what she had to say. Its
rang a bell with Nunes. The same woman had
called The Post repeatedly back in 1974 to com-
plain that her busband had been killed or kid-
napped by the Mafia, that people were sneaking
into her back yard and digging random holes at
five o'clock in the morning, that female neigh-
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bars were having homosexual affairs al fresco
on. the back porch'oi a neighboring house ...
but never a complaint about Sen. Byrd.
Nunes tracked Hudson down late last week;
and she confirmed that she was indeed the "vo-
luptuous Virginia constituent" who had com-
plained to Anderson.
She told Nunes she had met Anderson's assis-
tant, Les Whitten, more than a year ago, and
told him of her problems in locating her missing
husband and her charges against Byrd. Whitten
took it all down, then heard her tell her story on
tapes.
"They were going to go see Sen. Byrd and
they were going to confront him and see if he
would then see fit to help me," Hudson told
Nunes last week. "That seemed really nice to
me, don't you think, that they would do this
without any self-aggrandizement?"
Anyway, ? she said she heard nothing from
Whitten for more than a year (and nothing ever
appeared In the Anderson column), until one
week after the Elizabeth Ray-Flayne Hays story
broke. +
In checking her former neighbors,. Nunes
came up with a story that didn't gibe with An.
derson's reports.
According to Dr. John S. Toman, who lived in
the house behind Hudson, he had threatened to
complain about her to the Fairfax police. "She
used to tie her dog to a rope when. it was In heat:
and stand In the doorway with her daughter
and watch the dog breed with every dog in the
neighborhood." She told Toman that: her. hus..
band had been beheaded and thrown into .the
river by the Mafia, Tornan said.
Mrs. Mensif A.- Sarofa, who bought the II_ud-
son home, said Hudson told her the neighbors
were "all very bad." Mrs. Sarofa says her neigh-
bors are "all very nice."
But the question isn't whether Mrs. Hudsci 'Is
a nut or a saint, or whether Sen. Byrd seduced
her. He says he didn't; she says he did. - . '
The question is whether newspapers should
print such charges when the woman refused to
Identify herself, when no complaint was ever
filed, and when no law was broken. -.'.
I think they 'should not.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. 20071
BENJAMIN C. BRADLEE
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
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May 13, 1977
Dear Admiral:
I would be honored to kick it
around with you. I suspept that each of
us has a caricature impression of the .
other, which can only be erased by a.,one-
on-one session such as you propose.
Name your place and you've got
TAT
Admiral Stansfield Turner, U.S.N.
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C.
20505
a partner.
Sincerely,
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Dear Ben,
I enjoyed our lunch but as always in such a.large group
no one subject stayed in the air very long. You and I began
to probe into a few areas of considerable mutual interest
which I would enjoy pursuing - particularly the subject of how
each of us must conduct our business in today's atmosphere of
openness while ensuring the protection of national security.
Perhaps we could get together at the end of a day to take a
closer look at this problem.
Please give me a call if you feel this idea has some
merit.
You Y's ,
/s/ Stansfield Turner
STA?SFIE L:7
Admiral, U.S. Navy
Mr. Ben Bradlee
Executive Editor
Washington Post
1150 15th Street, ';.W.
Washington, D. C. 20071
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18 April 1977
MEMORPNDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
Herbert E. Hetu
Assistant to the Director (Public Affairs)
SUBJECT : Ben Bradlee
REFERENCE . Your memo of 8 April 1977
1.' Ycur idea to get together with Bradlee to discuss the
philosophy of leaks, leakers, and leak printers is an excellent
one. Attached is a note from you to him suggesting such a
meeting.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant for Public Affairs
FROM: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Ben Bradlee
1. You will recall that Ben Bradlee empathized with me at
the end of the luncheon when he stated how hard it must be to do
secret business in the atmosphere we have today. He pointed out
that people who leak are not just ideologues or people after
money but all men are of persons in the government.
2. Would there be any virtue in asking Ben to get together
for a discussion of this topic? Perhaps we could understand the
leak process better. Perhaps we could ask his help and advice
on what we can do about it. I recognize this might be antithetical
to his basic interests, but perhaps he would still be willing to
do it.
Zr~ miral, U.S. Navy
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Adm. Stansfield Turner
Director
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Washington, D.C. 20505
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Dear Adm. Turner:
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major. I am writing to inquire as to the
type of major that I should pursue that
would be beneficial to me in gaining
employment with the Central Intelligence
Agency, after my graduation of course. I
would be pleased if you would send me any
and all of the-information possible about
your organization. Thank you for your time.
Very truly yours,
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June 6, 1977
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
This canes to tell you how delighted we were with your brief
but cogent Commencement address.
Esecut3ve Registry
I do hope you did see this event televised and all the media
features it engendered. Best of all, it was an inspiration for
students and faculty to have you here representing the highest
echelon of United States government in such a friendly and
informative manner. Our audience of 7,000 was obviously
thrilled.
I would be remiss if I did not thank your able and talented aide;.
Mr. Herbert Hetu, Public Relations Director
and for their fine coaperati
appreciation se fine people for their generous and profes-
sional assistance.
You will soon receive a packet of pictures and newsclips.
Meanwhile, warn wishes for continued success in your great
service to our country.
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Vice President for Public Affairs
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-P.S. My very best to your lovely Pat.
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Dear Captain Trigos,
Thanks so much for your letter of May 10th
inviting me to be guest speaker at the ROA gala
in September.
As you may imagine, these first few months
in my new assignment will be quite hectic. Thus,
I must decline your most generous offer since
my schedule for September is already quite full.
wishes for a most successful banquet.
Thanks again for considering me and my best
Captain G. G. Trigos (MC), USNR
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Philadelphia Chapter No. 44
May 10, 1977
Adm. Stansfield Turner .
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, DC 20505
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the community. 5 ion o great patriotic traditions and renown in
You will be speaking before a group not only of armed forces reservists and
their spouses, but also before a group of distinguished civic and business
leaders in the commmunity. I am planning for the largest possible attendance
permitted at the Union League, Lincoln Hall, of approximately 400 to 450
people. It is my intent to invite the members of our ten component chapters
of this council, Navy League, Naval Reserve Association and our own Union
League members. You will-he pleased to know that there are many retired flag
officers in the area as well as some major active-duty flag conanands whom I
also visualize attending. We can offer you the broadest possible news media
coverage if you would so desire. The Union League House lends itself to
tight security arrangements, and admission would only be by invitation and
appropriate entrance tickets.
Our desire to have you as our main speaker during the Fall meetings of the
ROA which, incidentally, is also the meeting of the entire State membership,
stems from our concern and firm belief of the need to counteract the bad
publicity which our Intelligence Services have been subject to in the most
recent past. I believe the platform-offered you and your organization does
carry a great prestige in our area; thus, we are most anxious of obtaining
your acceptance. We understand that your acceptance and appearance before
our group would be predicated on whether or not the national interests of
our Country would demand your presence away from Philadelphia at that time.
Hoping that this may not be the case, you might then favorably consider our
invitation.
On behalf of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Regional Council of the Reserve
Officers Association of the United States, it is my pleasure to extend to
you an invitation to be our honored guest and speaker at the ROA (Pennsylvania)
Annual Gala Banquet and Dance to be held in the City of Philadelphia on
Saturday, 24 September 1977. This affair will take place at the Union League
of Philadelphia an instit
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Mr. Loring E. Hart, President
Norwich University
Northfield, Vermont 05663
Dear President Hart,
Thank you for your letter of May 5 and your kind
invitation to Admiral Turner to attend the annual meeting
of the Remote Sensing Group of Northern New England.
I regret that due to heavy commitments it will not
be possible for Admiral Turner to accept. But he appreciates
your consideration in issuing the invitation.
We also regret that I Iwill not be able to
address this conference. We would, however, make
available to give a briefing to the students at tNtorw c
Universi-ty on aerial photography, maps, charts, and CIA career
opportunities if this is desirable. This would be similar to the
presentation given at the Herbert H. Lehman College at the
City University in New-York, to which you refer. We will
ask the component concerned to contact you in this respect.
Thank you again for your invitation.
Sincerely,
Assistant for Plans Programs
Public Affairs Office
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1. INFORMATION REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT:
a. Source:
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Mrs. Turner is also invited.
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DATE OF EVENT:, 16-17 September 1977
Loring E. Hart, President
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16-17 September 1977 (for all or portion of meeting)
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May 5, 1977
Admiral Stansfield Turner
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D; C. 20505
On 16-17 September 1977, the Remote Sensing Group of
Northern New England will conduct its annual meeting on our
campus. This group is comprised of distinguished scholars,
state government officials and regional industrial represen-
tatives.
We would like to invite you to be the guest of the Uni-
versity for all or a portion of the meeting. We believe you
would find this a congenial forum for delineating the positive
contributions by the CIA toward the goals of mutual concern
to all in attendance. We also understand that an unclassified
briefing is available by the National Photographic Interpreta-
tion Center on satellite photography and remote sensing which
would certainly fit in well with the program.
University Ot New York.
For your background, Norwich University is the nation's
oldest private military college. It was founded in-1819 and
is the birthplace of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Pro-
gram. Our Corps of Cadets numbers 986 men and women at present,
with enrollment on the upswing for next year. Our graduates
have served with distinction in all branches of the Armed Forces
as well as in business, industry and government. Generals Ernest
Harmon, USA and Barksdale Hamlett, USA, have served as Presidents
of Norwich. Recent Commencement speakers have been Bob Hope,
Chesterfield Smith (at that time the President of the American
Bar Association) and General John P. Flynn, USAF. This year,
General Samuel Jaskilka, Assistant Commandant of the Marine
Corps, will be our commissioning speaker and Mr. Jerald ter-Horst
of the Detroit News will be our Commencement speaker. This year
we will commission 37 Army Officers, 31 Air Force Officers and 5
Marine Officers.
While we recognize this may be a little early to give us a
firm acceptance, we would be grateful if you could at least ten-
tatively accept now and firm up by mid-summer. It would also be
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appreciated ifl (could be made available for the
briefing. If you can accept, we would particularly look for-
ward to a few remarks from you following the dinner on Friday
evening, during the Saturday morning meeting, or following
luncheon on Saturday. Additionally, we would be delighted if
Mrs. Turner could accompany you. Our ladies would enjoy s"hbw
ing her the sights in this area.
Thanking you in advance for any consideration you can give
us, I remain,
Respectfully,
ST
Loring E. Hart
LEH:IC President
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