PRESIDENTIAL REQUEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-2-1-28-7
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: July 18, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/04/02 : LOC-HAK-2-1-28-7
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SUBJECT: Prreaidr.tial.tteq~st
The Presi ~ naked t~ha! yew r~rvx~t to him co~ice~ra~~ ~e
prm-spects #rar ~, t~Y'C~T ~ct0ary in ~'V'l~d. 'The ~eaide~.t's iast+~rest was
sparked by a St,~ Pout I~i~pai~ch news art~tcl:e by .~iaerd
T,7t~dart~-x~ ?rrhich alleged that, +~ rec~m-t ''al~quiry" b1r mss; gaper sh~a-ed
~e prospects for the "'aati..Communir~tT: aide iu S~P1~S "poet amd
wr~rse~a~. " (Tab B) The articie alleged that Thie~t lead r~r.rxc~~ved
rather theta br~rde~aed his ~rsver~t paver the peat few rx~alths.
The U. ~. Adia~rira~s ir- ~$c-xr d~-es take periodic saxa~aglea of
SVI~T p~xbli+c ?gixei~ma. Tie lat+sat aae fa Jx~ate tesaded ~ b+~az o tae
cox~texatic-a that po~iar c~id~ax~ca in the G'~'N;s ability 'tar tair%ra is
slipping (Tab ~j. Yt is elsrsr, haw'ewe.r, that ~draaata's article
greatly e~eratea th? di~fieuTties is ail reagects. 1~e ha~rc pre-
parcd ~- rr~exrar-ra-raclorxa whiash, ire belie~re, depicts the p~reseat aitraa#,ior,~
mare aaccurately.
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Thai y~ sig~d- tba m~oara~ to th.e Presid~t at Tab A.
NSS review completed.
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No Objection to Declassification in Part 2012/04/02 : LOC-HAK-2-1-28-7