LETTER TO MR. FREDERICK P. HITZ FROM JOHN TOWER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81M00980R001200120016-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: July 12, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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JOHN TOWER. CHAIRMAN
CARL T. CURTIS CHARLES H. PERCY
CLIFFORD P. HANSEN ROBERT DOLE
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR. JAMES A. MCCLURE
TED STEVENS DEWEY BARTLETT
BOB PACKWOOO PETE V. DOMENICI
STROM THURMOND JOHN C. DANFORTH
JACUS K. JAVJTS S. 1. HAYAKAWA
ROBERT P. GRIFFIN ORRIN G. HATCH
MAX L. FRIEDERSDORF
SECRETARY AND STAFF DIRECTOR
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REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE
333 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
July 12, 1978
Mr. Frederick P. Hitz
Legislative Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20501
As you know, the matter of the Soviet and Cuban presence in
Africa and the Middle East is of growing concern to the Congress.
It continues to be a matter widely discussed in the U.S. Senate.
Consequently I have directed Dr. Robert K Wolthuis, the Deputy
Director of the Senate Republican Policy Committee staff, to prepare
a reference paper showing the location of Soviet and Cuban personnel
(military and political) as well as military installations in Africa
and the Middle East.
For background purposes, I feel it would be very useful for Dr.
Wolthuis to receive a classified CIA briefing on the subject of the
Soviet and Cuban presence in Africa and the Middle East. He holds
the necessary security clearances.
The paper of course will not contain classified materials since
I plan to distribute it to the Members of the Senate on our side of
the aisle. We would have no objection to your reviewing the paper
before its release provided that it be done expeditiously.
I would also like to point out that the paper will be a reference
work only and will not be an evaluation of current U.S. policy.
I would appreciate having the briefing set up at your earliest
convenience.
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