LETTER TO THE EDITOR FROM W. E. COLBY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000300380036-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: November 19, 1975
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved NTRALeINTELLIGENCE AGENCY 148000300381
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19 November 1975
The Editor
The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, N. W.
Washington, D. C.
The Washington Post, as well as other media,
recently speculate as to the identity of the former
Central Intellig
ence Agency officer who sought to have
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the Senate Select Committee delete his name from the
Committee's assassination report. The President,.
Judge Gerhard A. Gesell and I all found that there is
a real possibility of physical harm to this man or to
his family if his name were revealed. Indeed, the
Senate Select Committee finally agreed to delete his
name from the report.
I have great difficulty in understanding what
legitimate purpose was served by the published
speculation concerning the identity, right or wrong,
of an individual whose physical safety is thus
endangered.
Sincerely,
W. E. Colby
Director
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