LETTER TO LT. COLONEL STEPHEN J. SPINGARN FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R001700010318-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 318
• Publication Date: August 13, 1948
• Content Type: LETTER

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13 August 1940
Lt. Colonel Stephen J. SpingWrn, MI-Reserve
Assistant General Counsel
Treasury Department
Washington, D. C.
Dear Colonel Spingarn:
Thank you very much for your kind letter of August loth,
with its enclosure, the resolution adopted by the GIG Convention,
When the luncheon ended, I could see that you were very
busy, and I did not wart to ticthey you any more. That is vhy I
left without a formal farewell to you. Please let me express
now my appreotation and thanks for allowing sae to appear btfcre
the convention and also for all your kindnesses in arra:igri r:p
lodgings, etc. It was a great pleasure to be able to address
the CIC Convention, and I do hope that this first convention
will only mark the beginning of cagy others. I think that the
CIC organization is something that we very definitely need.
Thank you again for your kindness and beiiave ze,
Sincerely,
R. H. Hillenkoetter
Rear Admiral, USI;
Director of Central
Intelligence
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