LETTER TO MR. ALAN S. EMORY FROM VERNON A. WALTERS

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2006
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: April 7, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHLNGTON, D. C. 20503
7 April 1975
Mr. Alan S. Emory
Washington Professional Chapter
Sigma Delta Chi
1273 National Press Building
Washington, D. C. 20045
Dear Mr. Emory:
Thank you for your letter inviting me to address the
Washington Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, at the National Press Club the
evening of May 7. I am happy to be able to accept and look
forward to seeing you then. I believe it was during the
Eisenhower South America trip in 1960 that we met.
You can reach my office by telephone at
I will await further details.
With every good wish.
Faithfully,
Vernon A. Waiters
Lieutenant General, USA
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Washington, D. C. 20045
Lt. Gen. VArnon Walters
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Mar. 28, 1975
Dear Gen. Walters:
The Washington Professional Chapter of the Society
of Professional Journalists, Sigma Delta Chi, would like to
invite you to address its May 7 dinner meeting at the National
Press Club, preferably on the general subject of national
security and the news media.
The general format is a short talk by the speaker,
followed by questions from the audience, with the evening
generally over by shortly after 9.
We would be delighted if you could make it. So that
we can asjure as much advance preparation as possible, I would
appreciate a reply at your earliest conveience.
With all best wishes,
Sincerely,
ALAN S. EMORY
President
Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Times
P.S. I Jelieve we first met either on the 1959 Nixon trip
Russia or the Eisenhower South American trip in 1960.''
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON, D. G. 26505
OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
7 April 1975
You can reach my office by telephone aijI
With every good wish,
Faithfully,
STAT
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Vernon A. Walters
Lieutenant General, USA.
Mr. Alan S. Emory
Washington Professional Chapter
Sigma Delta Chi
1273 National Press Building
Washington, D. C. 20045
Dear Mr. Emory:
Thank you for your letter inviting me to address the
National Press Club the evening of May 7. I am happy to
be able to accept and look forward to seeing you then. I
believe it was the Eisenhower South America trip in 1960.
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General Walters,
On Thursday, 10 April, Alan Emory of Watertown Times called
to say how delighted he was that you had agreed to address the 7 May mtg of
Washington Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional
Journalists at the National Press Club. In addition he wanted to
ask you if you had any objection to sharing the platform with
another speaker. He said it would be either Senator Tower of Texas
or Asst Sec Def (PA) Joe Laitin. He said they wanted to get different
points of view of the same problem: News Media and National Security.
Then he said quite frankly that he had been told by the Pentagon that
if Senator Tower was going to participate, Mr. Laitin would not. I asked
him if this was going to be a debate. He said it was not, that you would
each make your presentation and then take questions. I told him you
were travelling and that I would try to get an answer for him as soon
as possible.
Before I sent you the cable, Emory called again to say that the
invitation to Senator Tower had been withdrawn, so it would be only
Joe Laitin. He stressed that if you had any objection, they would
honor your wishes as they primarily wanted you to speak. I checked
with Thuermer before sending the cable and incorporated his comments.
When I called Emory on Monday morning to tell him that you had no
objection to sharing the platform with Laitin, he said that Laitin had
declined to participate since he was relatively new to DOD. Therefore,
you will be the only speaker. Mr. Emory apologized for the confusion
and thanked us for our great cooperation, etc. He requested biographic
and anecdotal material for use i.,h introducing you. He said you were
welcome to take anyone on the staff here that you wanted to, after he ILLEGIB
invited Mrs. Walters and I told him you were sin le. (Mr. Thuerm ?
He said that normally there is television c Jvfcuage. e networks
usually request to be there. For instance when Nessen spoke, all
three networks covered it. At`_ their January meeting only ABC covered it.
The networks sometimes like to do a short live interview with the guest
speakers before they give their talk. But Mr. Emory said he would
defer to you on their requests.
He said they usually gather around 6:30 for cocktails. He would
like to have you arrive around 6:45. Dinner is at 7:00 p.m. Your
speech would commence at 8:00 and they would like you to speak about
20 minutes. Then the floor is open to questions. They normally are
finished at 9:00 p.m.
Nancy
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