LETTER TO THE HONORABLE ROBERT F. ELLSWORTH FROM GEORGE BUSH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M00165A002600030035-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: January 17, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

.The Honorable Robert F. Ellsworth
Deputy Secretary of Defense
Washington, D..C. 20301
Dear Bob:
One of the highlights of my tenure as Director of
Central Intelligence was setting the Committee on. Foreign:
Intelligence on its feet and making sure that ft stayed, on
-the right track. I could not have done this wifl)out, 'the
cooperation of you, Dan Murphy, and Bill Hyland..
As we all know, the imposition of a new structure
on existing mechanisms can be stressful, and the. establish-
ment of the CFI was no exception. However, despite some .
dire predictions by seasoned bureaucrats, we did produce
the first National Foreign Intelligence Program. Budget in
history. As Chairman of the CFI, I am grateful for your
help and support.
. May I also take this opportunity to wish you well in,
the nays