FRUSTRATION COMPELS ME TO WRITE THE NEW YORK TIMES

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CIA-RDP90-00845R000200820028-6
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December 22, 2016
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June 10, 2010
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28
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June 5, 1980
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LETTER
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11 :CIA-RDP90-008458000200820028-6 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 ~~~ C~:.NTRr,L II~iT~LI.._IGE~1C.~ AGc ~VCY Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/11 :CIA-RDP90-008458000200820028-6