LETTER TO HONORABLE BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY REGARDING CLASSIFIED INFORMATION IN THE DOCUMENTS TO PERSONS LACKING THE REQUISITE SECURITY CLEARANCES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002100160075-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: September 23, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

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'STAT:
..Honorable 13enj amin S _ Rosenthal
.Cna.i r-Man
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Subcommittee
on Commerce, Consumer,
.and Monetary Affairs Committee on Government Operations
House of Representatives
Dear xr Vr`n,~?:
OGC 81-08512
Your letter of. 8 September 1981 notifies us that you
may find it nece*ssary?to utilize portions of seventeen
classified documents previously furnished to the Subcomrn'
in connection with its investigation of OPEC country suz iuee
s
and foreign investment. ? You ? indicated'.that the subject ..
matter of these documents is central to the Subcommittee's
?investigation and forthcoming report." To the extent that
*the Subcommittee's use of the" documents will be consists
with their classification, I can see no problem- nt
I could
not agree, however, to any disclosure of classified
infor.mati
co ned in a documents to. perso lackn # ~ equ s e_ on
writ cl
In an effort to accommodate the Subcommittee's in e
in making some of the information- contained ties
in the
Public, senior officials
f
o
the three agencie
s' involved in
:...producing the documents will- review them to determine whe _
and to what extent the documents may be declassified T tsen
this
review can proceed more expeditiously- if your
those portions oe ? the documents which the Subcommi staff can iseetjf t to use Associate General Counsel isee wishes
to assist your staff with any details.. _ r . available
1 - Stanley Sporkin (GC)
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1 - DCI
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(D/E4S/OPP)
Sincerely,,
~7illiam T.
Case
Director of Central IntelliganCe
23 September 1981
STAT
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