LETTER TO COMMANDER JOHN J. STANG FROM VERNON A. WALTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002400240008-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 3, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

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3 June 1975
Commander John J. Stang
National Commander -in -Chief
Veterans of Foreign Ware of the United Mates
200 Maryland Avenue, N. E.
Washington, D. C. 20002
Dear Commander Stang:
Many thanks for your letter of April 3. I am indeed
looking forward to addressing the 76th National Convention
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars on August 20, 1975, in
Los Angeles.
The subject of my address is "Changing Intelligence in
a Changing World." For your convenience I have enclosed
a biographic profile and photograph. Colonel Phelps Jones
of your Washington office had been in touch with me and I
will await further details from him as the date draws near.
I look forward to seeing you in August. With every
good wish,
Faithfully,
Vernon A. Walters
Lieutenant General, USA
Deputy Director
Copy to:
Colonel Phelps Jones
MORI/CDF
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April 3, 1975
Lt. Gen. Vernon A. Walters, USAR
Deputy Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C.
Dear General Walters:
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I am most pleased to have received your informal word
that you would be amenable to address the 76th National
Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United
States on Wednesday morning, August 20, 1975 in Los Angeles.
You will have, as you know, a sympathetic audience of
thousands and an ideal platform for setting forth your views
on the role of intelligence and the common defense. I would
hope you could speak as frankly as on-going investigations
permit on the impact of public disclosures of intelligence
material, on the. efficiency of intelligence gathering methods
and the morale of the people involved.
In due course, you will be hearing from either
Cooper T. Holt or Phelps Jones of my Washington Office with
details concerning your proposed visit with us.
I am delighted you will be coming our way.
Most sincerely,
atig.hal Commafider-in-Chief