LETTER TO(SANITIZED)FROM THOMAS K. LATIMER

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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BILL D. HUFL.ISON,
ROOM 1-1-405, U.S. CAPITOL
(Z02) 225-4121
MORGAN F. MURPHY, ILL.
LEA A;I'IN.lVIS.
CFSAFtI_.E:S i405c N.C. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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ROMANO L. MASZOLt, KY.
PERMANENT SELECT COMMITTEE
ON INTELLIGENCE OL.Clg.~,'r
FROFN WILSON. CALIF.
JOHN M. MPH--ROOK. OHIO
F;043f;r3T MCCLORY, II-L.
J. I-CU EM ROBINSON, VA.
THOMAS K. LATIMER, STAFF DIRECTOR
MICHAEL J. O'NEIL. CHIEF COUNSEL.
September 27, 1978
ssisuan Legislative Counsel
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Per Mr. Boland's request, we would like a
written comment from the Agency on the charges
made in the attachment. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Thomas K. Latimer
Staff Director
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Honorable Edward P. Boland
Chairman
Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Chairman Boland,
I am enclosing a copy of the nationally syndicated news-
paper column of respected journalist, Paul Scott, which
was sent on September 13 to prominent newspapers through-
out the country.
This column makes the most serious charge that covert
assistance from elements of the U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency has been given to the Communist: insurgency of the
Sandanista Liberation Front, which is leading efforts to
overthrow the duly constituted government of Nicaragua.
In addition to this alleged covert assistance to the
Communist revolutionaries by elements of our Government,
U.S. Ambassador, Gale McGee, yesterday made the shocking
statement that "generosity and sympathetic understanding"
would be required from the U.S. and other OAS members when
"the peaceful democratic solution" becomes a reality in
Nicaragua.
Implicit in the ambassador's statement is an acceptance of
the Marxist line that the Sandanista guerrillas are a part
of the "democratic solution," which is an outrage coming
from a member of our own Government's diplomatic corps.
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Also implicit in the ambassador's statement was a veiled bribe
to the supporters and those who are not yet supporting the
Sandanista insurgency that the United States stands ready
to generously shell out foreign aid to help rebuild Nicaragua,
once the Communist-led overthrow of the Nicaraguan government
has taken place and the revolutionaries have wrecked the
country.
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Honorable Edward P. Boland
September 19, 1978
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I respectfully request and urge in the strongest possible
terms your Committee's investigation of allegations of U.S.
behind-the-scenes assistance and dealings with the Sandanista
Revolutionaries in Nicaragua. I am sure you share my belief
that Congress cannot stand by without investigating in official
hearings the alleged role of U.S. Government Officials'in
Marxist efforts to overthrow the Government of an anti-Communist
U.S. ally.
Sincerely,
Eldon Rudd
Member of Congress
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cc: Honorable Bob Wilson
Ranking Minority Member
Honorable John Ashbrook
Ranking Minority Member
Subcommittee on Evaluation
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