LETTER TO HONORABLE WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM BARRY GOLDWATER QUESTIONING CIA USE OF PUBLIC MONEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R000700030002-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 3, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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BARRY COLDWATER. ARR.. CHAIRMAN
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ROBERT C. BYRD. W. VA_. EX OFFICIO
ROBERT R. SIMMONS. STAFF DIRECTOR
GARY J. SCHMITT, MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
December 3, 1982
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
(PURSUANT TO S. RES. 400, 94TH CONGRESS)
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510
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What's the attached letter all about? Why does the Central Intelligence
Agency have to spend public money with an outside group to get views from
my Committee on CIA programs. It seems to me that this is a waste of money.
If CIA wants Committee views on something, why not.do it directly and cut
out the middle man. This would save time as well as tax money. Look over
the attached letter and let me know what you think on this.
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Chairman
The Honorable Barry M. Goldwater
Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510.
As part of the continuing review of CIA programs, the Deputy Director for
Intelligence has convoked an outside working group to review the Agency's
program for estimating Soviet military expenditure. The working group will be
chaired by me and will consist of a number of outside consultants. They will
review the basis of the current estimates; the confidence and inherent
limitations in these; and the uses to which the estimates are put.
As part of its deliberations, the group will solicit the views of a wide
cross-section of observers, both within and without the government. The
purpose of this letter is to extend an invitation to you and members of your
Committee, or to a staff member, to present the group with your views on the
utility of the estimates. I will be in touch with you to learn your response
and, if you are willing, to make suitable arrangements for the meeting.
If you wish, you may submit a written statement to the group, (at any
level of classification you deem appropriate), either in preparation for your
meeting or subsequently. We can discuss arrangements for a statement when we
make arrangements for your appearance.
In the meetings of the working group (which may be conducted at any level
of classification), all questions and answers will be transcribed, except
where the respondent requests to go "off the record". Access to the
transcripts of these proceedings, including any statements submitted, will be
controlled by me (subject to the rules of handling classified materials).
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