LETTER TO MR. JOHN PAYNE FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R000300050003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 25, 1959
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. John Payne/ President
Dear Mr. Payne:
Thank you for your letter of August 4 with which
you returned the Saturday $ vening Post article along with
two other copies of the same article. It was certainly thought-
ful of you to obtain these extra copies for me, since the one I
loaned you was the only one still in my possession.
I enjoyed our talk and your very effective presen-
tation of the nature of your interest in possibly doing a series
based on the work of the Agency or its predecessor, the 0. S. S.
?o far I have not found a way to overcome the very serious
difficulties I see in such a series, particularly as related to
our work in the C. I. n' .. As I explained to you, I am of course
quite cognizant of the public relations angle of this matter
and I shall continue to study it.
AWD/ji
1 - DCI-
1 - Col. Grogan
1 - FMC
1 - ER w/basic
Sincerely,
Allen W. Dulles
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