LETTER TO HONORABLE EDWARD M. KENNEDY FROM GEORGE BUSH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00895R000100050023-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2002
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: January 1, 1976
• Content Type: LETTER

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C-,ANTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENC
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20505
OLC 76-1646/a
Honorable Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman
Subcommittee on Administrative Practice and
Procedure
Committee on the Judiciary
United States Senate
Washington, D. G. 20510
Dear Mr. Chairman:
This is in response to your letter of 7 June 1976 expressing
concern as to the Agency's plans to destroy Agency material
which has been under a moratorium imposed by the Senate
leadership pending completion of the investigation of the Agency
by the Senate Select Committee.
By letter of 2 June, I informed Senators Hugh Scott and
Mike Mansfield of our plans to destroy Agency documents and
materials and requested their confirmation of our intended action
in view of the moratorium. This was done only as a preliminary
step to destruction to determine if there is further congressional
interest. I wish to make clear that it was never my intention to
destroy any documents still subject to Justice Department
investigation or relevant to litigation.
We have extended the moratorium for six months, to
expire on 10 December 1976, as requested by the Senate leader-
ship. Prior to the destruction of any records, we shall transmit
to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence copies of the
record schedules wh'_ch are submitted to the National Archives
and Record service for their approval prior. to the destruction
of any records. The- same will be done with respect to those
routine administrative records which, although nct involved
under S. Res. 21, were withheld from routine destruction during
the life of that Resolution.
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You may also be assured that we will not destroy any Agency
record holdings of interest to any pending Freedom of Information
Act or Privacy Act requests. In regard to your support of pending
legislation to require the Agency to notify individuals concerning
whom we havd information which is deemed to have been collected
improperly, I must reaffirm my position as stated to the House
Government Operations Subcommittee on Government Information
and Individual Rights. Such notification would be unworkable
as our information is incomplete and considerably outdated.
Further, such an undertaking could be a further violation of the
privacy of the individuals involved if mail is. misdirected. The
principal programs involved, mail intercept and CHAOS, involved
passive collection and did not involve any Agency actions directed
against specific individuals,
I appreciate your personal interest in the matter and trust
that this letter satisfies your concerns.
Sincerely,
George Bush
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