LETTER TO MR. COLBY FROM RICHARD NIXON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82B00871R000100260006-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 18, 1974
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Western White House
San Clemente
July 18, 1974
Dear Mr. Colby:
This week, Roy Ash is sending you my budget guidance
for 1976 for your Agency.
We are fighting inflation on many fronts, and I am
determined to. succeed in this struggle. One thing
we must do is eliminate excess Federal spending, and
I want you to turn your full attention to achieving
the outlay goal in your 1976 budget guidance.
We are aiming for budget balance in 1976. To achieve
balance, we will have to reduce 1976 outlays by well
over $10 billion from the level they could reach without
your special effort. In many areas, this will require
that we propose legislative cuts to the Congress with
our 1976 budget. I urge you to examine every dollar
of your Agency's budget to find where we can restrain
undue growth and even cut back or eliminate programs
that are not worth the taxpayers' dollars.
Nothing is more important right now to the American
people than restraining inflation. We must do our
part by controlling Federal spending; with your help,
we can achieve a balanced budget in 1976.
Sincerely,
The Honorable William Egan Colby
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
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