RELEASE OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL TO THE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00357R000200110013-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 2, 1975
• Content Type: BULL

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No. 470
EMPL 0 YEE
BULLETIN
2 October 1975
RELEASE OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL TO THE HOUSE
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
1. On 12 September 1975, the President directed "all
departments and agencies of the Executive Branch respectfully
to decline to provide the House Select Committee with classi-
fied material, including testimony and interviews which would
disclose such materials until the Committee satisfactorily
alters its position." In light of action taken by the House
Select Committee on 1 October 1975, the President has with-
drawn this directive and has authorized departments and agencies
to once again provide the House Select Committee with classified
materials.
2. The vehicle for reaching the agreement with the House
Select Committee was Director Colby's letter to Chairman Pike
of 30 September 1975, a copy of which is attached.
3. The letter contains the following conditions: (1) the
classified materials forwarded to the Committee are on loan
to it; (2) that there will be no public disclosure of this
classified material (nor of testimony, depositions or interviews
concerning it) without a reasonable opportunity for us to
consult with respect to it; (3) in the event of a disagreement,
the matter will be referred to the President, and if the
President then certifies in writing that the disclosure of the
material would be detrimental to the national security of the
United States, the matter will not be disclosed by the Committee;
and, (4) the Committee reserves its right to submit the matter
to judicial determination. In forwarding requested classified
material to the House Select Committee, we will continue to
make deletions of sources and methods.
4. Accordingly, Employee Bulletin No. 467, which suspended
provision of classified materials to the House Select Committee,
is rescinded.
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
WASHINGTON,D.C. 20505
30 September 1975
The Honorable Otis G. Pike, Chairman
Select Committee on Intelligence
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515
Dear Mr. Chairman:
With the approval of the President, I am forwarding herewith the
classified material, additional to the unclassified material forwarded
with my letter of 29 September 1975, which is responsive to your subpoena
of September 12, 1975. This is forwarded on loan with the understanding
that there will be no public disclosure of this classified material (nor
of testimony, depositions or interviews concerning it) without a reason-
able opportunity for us to consult with respect to it. In the event of
disagreement, the matter will be referred to the President. If the
President then certifies in writing that the disclosure of the material
would be detrimental to the national security of the United States, the
matter will not be disclosed by the Committee, except that the Committee
would reserve its right to submit the matter to judicial determination.
In some twelve instances in the enclosed classified material,
excisions have been made of particularly sensitive matters. In ten of
these instances, they would pinpoint the identity of individuals who
would be subject to exposure. In two cases, this would violate an
understanding with a foreign government that its cooperation will not be
disclosed. In each such case, Mr. Chairman, I am prepared to discuss
with you, and the Committee if necessary, the specific basis for this
exclusion due to the exceptionally high risk involved, and I am sure
that we can come to a mutual understanding with respect to its continued
secrecy or a form in which its substance could be made available to the
Committee and still give it the high degree of protection it deserves.
In case of disagreement, the matter will be submitted to the President
under the procedure outlined above, and the Committee would of course
reserve its right to undertake judicial action.
Sincerely,
/s/
W. E. Colby
Director ~00UTlo v
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