INTERVIEW OF RIDING PAGE CONNECTED WITH ARTICLE IN 11 JUNE 1963 ISSUE OF WASHINGTON POST NEWSPAPER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83B00823R000100010053-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2000
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: June 12, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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l MOR,ANDUM MR: Deputy Director (Support)
SUBJECT: Interview of Riding Pago Connected with
Article in 11 Tune 1963 Issue of
Washington Post Newspaper
This memorandum is for information only.
2. The following facts are submitted in connection with
the subject article:
a. The name of the riding page involved is
R. S. Spitelle, employes of the United States Senate
Post Office.
b. Mr. Spitelle stated that in attempting to
deliver Senator Church's letterv he encountered the
construction barricade in front of North Building and
that it took him forty-five minutes to find his way
through the Naval Hospital grounds to Central Building.
At Central Building he asked the guard where
Mr. lvM.cCone's office was located. The guard directed
him.to Last Building. The guard at East Building
told him that Mr. McCone was at Langley. Mr. Spitelle
then asked the guard if he would accept the letter.
The guard said that he could not., Mr. Spitelle then
asked to use the telephone from which he called his
supervisor in the Post Office. The supervisor said
to return the letter to the Post Office.
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c. Mr. Spitelle stated tbpt he was in the vicinity
of Central - East Building not over"fifteen .minutes, and
that he was treated well by the guards. The only pwblem
he had encountered was the confusion created by the heavy
construction in that area.
d. Mr. Spitelle called Senator Church's secretary
when he returned to the Post Office to apprise her that he
was unable to deliver the letter. She instructed him to
deposit the letter in Senator Church's mail box from which
it was taken by the Senator's secretary and mailed.
e. Mr. Spitelle further stated that he was amazed
at the story that appeared in the Washing ton Post the
following day. He related that it as at least fifty per
cent inaccurate.
f. He did not know who released the story to the
3. In summarizing the incideent, Mr. Spitelle apologized
for any difficulty he may have caused this Agency.
4. As was previously mentta*ed in an early memorandum,
the instructions to the guards have been amended to prevent a
recurrence.
R. L. Bannerman
Deputy Director of Security
Distribution:
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1 - C/BSBr.PhySD (Sec. 7)
1 - Chrono
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