LETTER TO (SANITIZED) FROM GEORGE V. LAUDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B00443R001500040006-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 23, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 6, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
[phone]
George V. Lauder
Director, Public Affairs
7 February 1984
STAT
The Washington Post
1150 15th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C..20071
Dear
This one supersedes all the others.
I hope we've done it this time. Thanks
for your patience.
Sincerely,
George V. Lauder
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6 February 1984
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Washington, D. C. 20071
The WASHINGTON POST's January 30 reportage on my rebuttal of remarks
by Senator Hart omitted some salient points. In response to Senator
Hart's citing as improper my not placing my securities in a blind trust,
I pointed out in a brief statement that Senator Hart had sat in the
Senate when the mandatory blind trust was rejected and disclosure
established instead as the appropriate method to protect the public
interest when officials sell or buy property. The purpose of my
statement was to call attention to the fact that Hart was there when the
rules were established and now cries foul at transactions which were
contemplated at the time and which were handled in every respect in
conformity with those rules. The story in your issue managed to entirely
omit this central point, while reiterating Hart's politically motivated
charges.
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