LETTER TO JOSEPH P. ADDABBO FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

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• Publication Date: July 29, 1985
• Content Type: LETTER

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Central Intelligence Agency
The Honorable Joseph P. Addabbo
Chairman
Subcommittee on Defense
Committee on Appropriations
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C. 20515
2 g JUL 1985
I
I have your letter of`'25 July requesting cooperation in
briefing Messrs. O'Brien, Mineta, Markey, Eckert and Brown on
the current situation and outlook regarding the American
hostages in Lebanon. I appreciate the pressure you and they are
under from the families and share the sense of anger and
frustration that the families and their congressional
representatives feel. I conveyed this, along with my assurances
that the Administration is earnestly and continuously working
toward release of the hostages, to Congressman O'Brien in a
telephone conversation last week.
I am willing to have Clair George meet personally with
Messrs. O'Brien, Mineta. Markey. Eckert and Brown to present the
facts as we know them
I am aware that Congressman O'Brien discussed this subject
at length during breakfast with Acting Secretary of State
Whitehead. I'm not at all sure that Clair George can convey
anything new or different; he cannot speak to the prognosis for
release. But if his knowledge of the facts and his personal
familiarity with the realities of life in that part of the world
can in some way be helpful, I do wish to cooperate, repeating,
as I must, the caveats as to passage of the information to the
families and staff exclusion from the briefing.
Sincerely,
William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
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MAJORITY MEMBERS
JAMIE L VHITTEN, MISSISSIPPI, CHAIRMAN
EDWARD P. )LAND. MASSACHUSETTS
WILLIAM H. WATCHER. KENTUCKY
WEAL SMITH, IOWA
JOSEPH - ADDABF II, NEW YORK
SIDNEY R YATES. ILLINOIS
DAVID R. OBEY. WISCONSIN
EDWARD R ROYSAL. CALIFORNIA
LOUIS STOKES. OHIO
TOM BEVILL. ALABAMA
BILL CHAPPELL. JR., FLORIDA
BILL ALEXANDER. ARKANSAS
JOHN P. MURTHA. PENNSYLVANIA
BOB TRAXLER. MICHIGAN
JOSEPH 0. EARLY. MASSACHUSETTS
CHARLES WILSON. TEXAS
LNDY (MRS. HALE) BOGGS. LOUISIANA
NORMAN 0. DICKS. WASHINGTON
MATTHEW F. MCHUGH, NEW YORK
WILLIAM LEHMAN. FLORIDA
MARTIN OLAV SABO. MINNESOTA
JULIAN C. DIXON. CALIFORNIA
VIC FAZIO. CALIFORNIA
W.G. )BILL) HEFNEIL NORTH CAROLINA
LES AUCOIN. OREGON
DANIEL K. AKAKA. HAWAII
WEE WATKINS, OKLAHOMA
WILLIAM H. GRAY IN. PENNSYLVANIA
BERNARD J. DWYER, NEW JERSEY
SILL BONER. TENNESSEE
STENY H. HOYER. MARYLAND
BOB CARIL MICHIGAN
ROBERT J. MRAZEK. NEW YORK
RICHARD J. DUASIN, ILANOIS
RONALD D. COLEMAN. TEXAS
Congress of the United ~6totez
%ouse of Rgrenentatioti
Committee on Zppropriations
Saohington, DE 20515
July 25, 1985
LEGISLATIVE LIAIS9N
MINORITY MEMBERS
SILVIO 0. CONTI. MASSACHUSETTS
JOSEPH M. MCDADE. PENNSYLVANIA
JOHN T. MYERS. INDIANA
CLARENCE E. MILLER. OHIO
LAWRENCE COUGHLIN, PENNSYLVANIA
C.W. BILL YOUNG. FLORIDA
JACK F. KEMP. NEW YORK
RALPH REGULA. OHIO
GEORGE N. O'BRIEN. ILLINOIS
VIRGINIA SMITH. NEBRASKA
ELDON RUDD. ARIZONA
CARL 0. PURSELL MICHIGAN
MICKEY EDWARDS. OKLAHOMA
SOB LIVINGSTON, LOUISIANA
BILL GREEN. NEW YORK
TOM LOEFFLER, TEXAS
JERRY LEWIS, CALIFORNIA
JOHN EDWARD PORTER. ILLINOIS
HAROLD ROGERS, KENTUCKY
JOE SKEEN. NEW MEXICO
FRANK R. WOLF. VIRGINIA
BILL LOWERY. CALIFORNIA
CLERK AND STAFF DIRECTOR
FREDERICK G. MONRMAN
TELEPHONE
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Honorable William J. Casey
Director of Central Intelligence
Central Intell)ence Agency
Washipg)on, X C. 20505
As you may have been advised by your staff, five Congressmen --
Messrs. O'Brien of Illinois, Mineta of California, Markey of
Massachusetts, Eckert of New York, and Brown of Colorado -- have
constituents who are presently being held hostage in Lebanon. This
group of Congressmen would greatly appreciate a briefing from the
intelligence community, before August 2, outlining the current
situation regarding these hostages, the outlook for their potential
release, and other germane information which you feel is appropriate.
Your cooperation will be greatly appreciated.
oseph,?. Addabbo
hairman
Defense Subcommittee
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2 9 J
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ef: Rep. O'Brien's continuing
efforts re hostages
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o We anticipated an Addabbo
request to help O'Brien, Mineta,
Markey, Eckert and Brown. It
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is attached, with a briefing
request prior to 2 August.
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UL 1985
o As mentioned to John this
a.m., Clair has expressed a
willingness to personally
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brief them if it will help.
o The attached response to
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Addabbo is my own language. I
have not coordinated with anyone.
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o I have missed connections
all day with Will Ball at State
to let him know of Addabbo's
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request and this game plan.
Will do so when we connect.
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Charles A. Briggs
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