LETTER TO WILLIAM WEBSTER FROM JESSE HELM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00004R000200030024-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: July 28, 1987
• Content Type: LETTER

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__;;6L S SARSANES` MARYLAND,
11- 111 RICHARD G. LUGAR. INDIANA
EDWARD ZORINSK!. NEKAASKA
ALAN CRANSTON CALIFORNIA
CHRISTOPHE'.I J. 0000. CONNECTICUT
JOHN F. KERRY. MASSACHUSETTS
PAUL SIMON, ILLINOIS
TERRY SANFORD, NORTH CAROLINA
NANCY L. KASSESAUM, KANSAS
RUDY SOSCHWITZ. MINNESOTA
LARRY S. T RI PRESSLER, SOUTH DAKOTA
FRANK H. MURKOWSKI, ALASKA
PAUL S. RISLE..M., VIRGINIA
DANIEL J. EVANS. WASHINGTON
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SROCK ADAMS. WASHINGTON
DANIEL P. MOYNIHAN, NEW YORK
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
GERYLO U. CHRISTIANSON. STAFF DIRECTOR
JAMES P. LUCIER. MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
July 28, 1987
STAT
The Honorable William Webster
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
Dear Judge Webster:
+ , ?. As Ranking Member of the committee on Foreign Relations,
I. urgently request the classified report which the-CIA has
compiled-on the international effects of the AIDS epidemic.'I
understand that the world wide effects of this plague are
reaching catastrophic proportions -in Africa, Latin- America,
the Carribbean, and will, -in the near future, reach similar
levels of infection in the United States and Western Europe.
The implications for our security, military, and financial
assistance, not to mention our defense posture abroad, are
staggering.
I am convinced that the analysis contained in this
report would be of immense benefit to our national security.
clearance, Dave Sullivan, is the point' jA.
My staff member on the Committee with
. . I appreciate your assistance in releasing. this document
which will help begin the process of establishing an
effective policy to combat this disease.
With very best regards, I am,
Sincerely,
87-3046X
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