FRUSTRATION COMPELS ME TO WRITE THE NEW YORK TIMES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00845R000200820028-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 5, 1980
• Content Type: LETTER

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PUBLIC A~F,'~1ltS
Phone: (703) 3~1-7676
The Editor
The New York Times
229 !?lest 43 Street
Phew York, Ne~,v York 10036
Dear Sir:
Frustration compels me to write The Ne~.v York Times since there
are no letters to the editors of television networks.
Last week (28 and 29 Nlay), ABC News presented "a special three-
part report on the power of the CIA" which totaled some 24 minutes.
It left the viewer with. the clear impression that CIA opposes a charter
to define its authorities and functions, favors legislation restricting
the press, and is seeking a total exemption from the Freedom of
Information Act. This is not the truth and ABC knoavs it. ABC corres-
pondent Brit Hume interviewed CIA Deputy Director Frank Carlucci for
almost 40 video-taped minutes on these very subjects. Plot a milli-
second of that interv?ew was used.
Today (5 June, ABC`s "Good Morning America" adds insult to injury.
E. Howard Hunt, a convicted !Jatergate plumber who has been gone from
CIA for over ten years, is given prime morning time to appraise the
Agency's effectiveness, judge the performance of our Director and tell
young Americans the quai1ties they must possess to be s~iccessful
intelligence officers. .
Clearly the power of CIA to-set th.e record stralgh.t is no match
for the editorial power of ABC.
Sincerely,
Herbert E. Netu
Director of Public Affairs
Identical letters seat to__the Editors of The Washingtorr:Post and the
Los Angeles Times ~~~
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