LETTER TO MR. THOMAS K. LATIMER FROM FREDERICK P. HITZ

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THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
Legislative Counsel
Mr. Thomas K. Latimer, Staff Director
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
14 SEP 1978
OLC 78-4010/a
This letter is in response to your letter of 16 August in which
you rd summary of the Inspector General (IG) proceedings
on the case. As I am sure that you fully appreciate,
any summary of is nature runs the risk of violating the individual's
right to privacy and, indeed, the confidentiality of IG proceedings.
Accordingly, I request that you treat this letter with appropriate
sensitivity.
A summary of the IG proceedings follows:
contacted the Office of the Inspector
Genera in January 1976. An investigation of the
matter he brought to its attention at that time was
undertaken and he was informed of the results of that
investigation in a letter from then Inspector. General,
Donald F. Chamberlain, on 10 February 1976.
-- In a memorandum dated 3 March 1976,
complained that he had not received the 10 February
letter until'1 March and that it had been placed on his
desk in an envelope which had been previously opened.
He asked that the location of the envelope between
1 February and 1 March 1976 be traced and that the
identity of the person who opened the envelope be
determined. An investigation was conducted, and the
results were inconclusive. It was surmised that the
letter was temporarily lost in routine mail delivery.
A series of interviews failed to reveal how or by whom
the envelo e containing the letter had been opened.
I Iwas so informed in a second letter from
men inspector Chamberlain on 15 March 1976.
MORI/CDF
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Distribution:
Original - Addressee
1 - John Waller (IG Staff)
I. - OLC Subject
1 - OLC Chrono
OLC:MMi-IP:mao (6 Sept 78)
Retyped sf (12 Sept 78)
-- On 2 April 1976, wrote to the Inspector
General alleging inefficient an possibly improper
practices by his employing office. His letter was
unclear. An investigation by an IG inspector revealed
that some of I points were valid but not
very yonificant- Inspector General Chamberlain
wrote on 1 June 1976, explaining certain
points and an king him for his concern.
-- John H. Waller, Inspector General, has stated that
he is satisfied that the grievances and allegations which
I brou ht to the IG were thoroughly investigated
and that as adequately informed of the
results o ose investigations. In June 1978 the IG was
informed by the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
that as pursuing two EEO cases against the
Agency an a a third EEO case might be initiated by him.
Sincerely,
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Frederick P. Hitz
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