LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM WILLIAM J. CASEY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R001103890041-8
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 5, 2007
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: October 8, 1981
• Content Type: LETTER

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The Director of Central Intelligence ?
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Washington. D. C. 20505
8 October I981
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. President:
I spent a little time over last weekend drawing together from. my
American Revolution book the events at Saratoga and elsewhere which
crystalized the decision in Paris to intervene. These few pages relate
that and also earlier. French supply efforts and then go on through the
convergence of Rochambeau's army from Newport, Washington's army from
New Jersey, and Admiral de Grasse's fleet from the West Indies with the
forces which Lafayette had brought to Virginia a few months earlier.
I thought this might be interesting and possibly helpful in your
preparation for the Yorktown celebration.
Resp,tPully you,
V
Wlil l iam J. Casey
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Deputy Chief of Staff and
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Assistant to the President for
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