LETTER TO WILLIAM CASEY (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83M00914R002700210030-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 9, 2007
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: August 11, 1982
• Content Type: LETTER

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NATIONAL CONSERVATIVE FOUNDATION
SUITE 502 ? 1500 WILSON BOULEVARD
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA 22209
Mr. William Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
August 11, 1982
The National Conservative Foundation is beginning the second season of
its nationally syndicated television series entitled American Forum.
Network affiliates and major independent stations in such cities as
New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle are broadcasting the
program. In fact, American Forum reaches more than 30% of the homes
in the United States and our marketing efforts indicate that we will
be expanding even further.
We would be delighted to have you appear on American Forum as a featured
guest.
Each American Forum program has a number of segments: a debate between
well-known proponents of conservative and liberal points-of-view, an
opportunity for the viewers to call in their opinions, and commentary
on current affairs.
The centerpiece of each show is a ten-to-fifteen minute discussion with
a special guest. We would like you to appear in this interview segment.
We've designed the discussion to be informal so that your ideas can be
discussed candidly, and so that our large viewing audience can easily
understand your views on topics unfiltered by network commentators.
Americans normally lack an opportunity to hear vital issues discussed
without questionable analysis being performed by media pundits. It is
high time that citizens have the chance to hear their leaders without
the all to frequent antagonism projected by a hostile press. American
Forum counters most of the misinformation of this sort by providing its
audience with a "clear channel".
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Mr. William Casey
August 11, 1982
Your appearance on American Forum will help Americans gain new insight
and perspective on important problems, as well as opportunities,
facing our country today. It will also help restore a balance to the
information being telecast to those who must ultimately bear the cost
of decisions made on important policy: The American People.
Some of our other featured guests have included James A. Baker, White
House Chief of Staff, Secretary of the Interior James G. Watt, Republican
National Committee Chairman Richard Richards and Congressman Jack Kemp.
I know that your schedule is quite busy and hope that one of the following
dates will be acceptable: September 13, 20, 22, and 27; October 4, 11, 18
and 25; November 3, 8, 15, 22 and 29. From our point-of-view the earlier
dates are better, but I have included all available times in the hope that
our two schedules will mesh.
The taping schedule allows for some degree of flexibility: any time
between 9:30am and 11:30am.
The studios are located at Tele-Color Productions in Alexandria, Virginia,
and are approximately fifteen minutes from downtown Washington. We will
provide directions to the facility when an actual date is set. Our
experience indicates that you will not have to spend much more than
forty-five minutes at Telecolor.
We look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Sincerely,
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