LETTER TO HONORABLE ROBERT C. BYRD FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY REGARDING DEVELOPMENTS IN CENTRAL AMERICA

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• Publication Date: March 5, 1982
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Central Intelligence Agency
Honorable Robert C. Byrd
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Byrd:
Thank you for your letter of 26 February 1982 commenting on the briefing
you received on 18 February concerning certain developments in Central America.
As you will recall, that briefing covered a specialized aspect of our interest
in that area as part of our mutual desire to keep you notified about related
developments. I have checked with Mr. Clarridge who gave you that briefing
and have confirmed that there are no new significant developments to report
to you in that specialized area.
The 25 February briefing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
which you'mention in your letter was devoted to questions and subject matter
of a different nature in response to specific queries from that Committee.
Matters concerning the specialized area of Mr. Clarridge's briefing for you
did not arise in the 25 February hearing. The transcript of that hearing
is retained by the SSCI however, so you may wish to obtain a copy from the
Committee to reassure yourself on this point. I appreciate your continuing
interest in intelligence matters of mutual concern and am, of course, prepared
to keep you, as an ex-officio Member of the SSCI, informed on such matters.
Sincerely,
William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
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