LETTER TO DAVID L. BOREN FROM ROBERT M. GATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90M00005R001000020022-0
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: October 7, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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STAT
The Deputy Director of tral Intelligence
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October 7, 1988
The Honorable David L. Boren
Chairman
Select Committee on Intelligence
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Dave:
Enclosed is a copy of the letter I sent to the
Council on Foreign Relations.
(I very much appreciated the calls from both you
and Bill Cohen. Friendship, trust and respect have
a way of minimizing misunderstandings. Even so,
your calls were generous.)
Robert M. Gates
Enclosure:
As Stated
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The Deputy Director ot Central Intelligence
STAT
Wasturston. C 20505
October 7, 1988
Mr. Kempton Dunn
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc.
58 East 68th Street
New York, N.Y. 10021
Dear Mr. Dunn:
I am writing to second the nomination of Senator David
Boren of Oklahoma for membership in the Council. I have known
Senator Boren for several years and believe he would be an
extraordinarily valuable addition to the Council on Foreign
Relations. As Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on
Intelligence, Senator Boren has great influence over the full
range of foreign policy and intelligence activities of the U.S.
government. He brings to the deliberations of the Committee
and the Senate wide knowledge and understanding of
international security issues, as well as common sense and
insight.
What is particularly admirable about Senator Boren is his
outspoken support for constancy and bipartisanship in American
foreign policy. He has frequently spoken out and written on
this issue. During a period in which there has been
considerable acrimony between the Executive Branch and the
Congress on foreign policy, Senator Boren's voice has been an
important -- and all too lonely -- one calling upon the leaders
of both branches of government to put aside political and
partisan differences to advance the national interest.
Senator Boren is a man of unique integrity, intellectual
quality and accomplishment. He is a thoughtful, decisive
legislator. I am confident he will be an influential figure in
national affairs for many years to come. He brings great
credit to public service and the United States Senate; he also
would bring great credit to the Council on Foreign Relations.
I strongly recommend that he be invited to join the Council.
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