LETTER TO THE HONORABLE SAM RAYBURN FROM R. H. HILLENKOETTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00610R000100170009-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 11, 1949
• Content Type: LETTER

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The. Honorable S Wburn
Speaker of the House of Representatives
gt , D. C.
Dear W. Speaker:
There is suhettted herewith the draft of a prop el
bill "To. provide for the nistraticztt of the Center
Intellifenoe, Agency, established pursuant to Z3ecti=m 10``x,
Nati city Act of 1947, and f or other puns. Is
proposed l isl.ation is substantia-117 the sss
ff? %hidb man introduced in the ~atiat~h. Congress
__ __ , & Y +-^nla lyr reported out by the mouse Armed Services
C o - ttee * fir", due t= lack of time, t bill s not
called u p c a n the floor. It w a s a l s o reported o u t immi --
susly b y the a t e A r m e d Services Cc itt+ a in the
Eightieth Ccress, and passed L 'is on 21. June 1948.
The favorable action of the House Armed Services C-:wit?tee
Ia reported in House Report No. 1553, dated 4 ;~ 13'8.
The ou.>k se of the bill i 'to grant to the Central
tper .~i,aistraticni The bill deals with ?prccurerimt,
.-s'~.hor t s,
travel, all aw es and related eXp es, general
4=r rthcds of e7C d1tu s ' appropriated t)=ds;i, Further,
it )rt) sects ?the c dentlai natu. e of the Ag ncj' f t1ti.as
and mikes p ova. s Ina for the internal aft-Iu sty ati on of the
A .gexrcy. In. alert all instances,,. the powers author i . s
con ey..int dt~.n the bill alr~e;a y existy~jfor~}a uw }rte branch
of the Go err,ut, end the W.fl Sid i - extcrAri sii
.1Ath x ities t o the Contral #i .te + ence A C .
'A'" his T]xwosed bill has boen resubmitted to the Burei u
Set, rind we have been -advised Ulat tt ej nave no ->F?,)t='c;...
n . to p preseritat- o i to K> rc gross in '~ s :resen c. o s erf.
::Lricereiy yutv-,s,
SI90ed
R. H. HILLENKOETTER
l iormheimer:blc REAR ADMIRAL. USN
Sign F DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
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