LETTER TO HONORABLE JOHN H. CHAFEE FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

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Honorable John H. Chafee
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Chaf ee:.
It has been brought to my attention that, during the
Senate's consideration of the Intelligence Identities
Protection Act on 4 March 1982, Senator Specter declared
he had met with me twice, and he knew that I find the
Judiciary. Committee version of S. 391 to be acceptable.
I believe it is important that you have the benefit
of my position. Certainly the Judiciary Committee version
of the Bill would be preferable to no legislation at all;
but it should be clear that the intelligence Community
firmly supports the Attorney General and the President in
their belief that the version of 'subsection 601(c) passed
by the House of Representatives and embodied in the Chafee-
Jackson amendment to S. 391 is, as President Reagan put it
in his letter of 3 February 1982 to the Majority and Minority.
Leaders of the Senate, "far more likely to result in an
effective law." I believe Senator Specter fully understands
that this is my position.
Sincerely,
William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
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