LETTER TO WILLIAM J. CASEY FROM WILLIAM V. ROTH, JR.

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 2010
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• Publication Date: August 12, 1983
• Content Type: LETTER

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WILLIAM L ARMSTRONG. COLA COMMITTEE ON
JOAN M. MCENTEE, STAFF DIRECTOR AND CHIEF COUNSEL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
IRA S. SHAPIRO, MINOR TY STAFF DIRECTOR AND CHIEF COUNSEL WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510
August 12, 1983 16 AUc 1983
The Honorable William J. Casey
Director
The Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Mr. Casey:
The Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs will hold a
hearing on September 13, 1983 on National Security Decision
Directive 84, issued by the President last March. At my request,
Senator Mathias will preside at this hearing.
As you know, one of the issues addressed by the President's
directive is a requirement for pre-publication review of certain
writings by former government officials. While we are not asking
your agency to testify, we would be most appreciative if you
could provide the Committee with the following background
information, to assist in our preparation for this hearing:
1. Are there any instances within the past five years in
which former officials of the C.I.A. published classified
materials without securing the permission of the department?
2. If so, please provide a description of the episode
including any communications with the former official and any
damage assessment of the unauthorized disclosure. (If a full
response to this question cannot be made public, please provide
as detailed a response as possible, and indicate whether a more
complete answer will be provided in a classified annex.)
3. Please describe the current procedures for dealing with
publications by former officials. For example, have such
officials voluntarily submitted manuscripts which contain
information which they believe may be classified? Does the
C.I.A. monitor the publications or speaking engagements for
former officials for compliance with pre-publication review
procedures? How are disputes about deletions of material
resolved? What is the volume and nature of materials which the
department reviews?
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4. In your view, are there flaws in the current system which
prevent it from operating in a satisfactory manner to protect the
national Interest? If so, what are those flaws?
5. As a result of the President's directive, have any
changes in the pre-publication review system been put into
effect? In this connection, I would appreciate receiving drafts
of any proposed contract which officials will be asked to sign
and which provide for pre-publication review, as well as copies
of any documents explaining the meaning of any such draft
contracts and any documents describing the views of the C.I.A. on
what should be incorporated in such a contract.
If you have any questions concerning these requests, please
have your staff call Link Hoewing of my staff, on 224-4751 or
Steve Metalitz of Senator Mathias' staff at 224-5617.
I would appreciate receiving your response before the end of
this month.
Sincerely,
William V. Roth, Jr.
Chairman
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