CABLE TO HENRY A. KISSINGER FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-506-7-82-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 20, 2010
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: January 11, 1974
• Content Type: CABLE

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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/20: LOC-HAK-506-7-82-2
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JANUARY 111 197
To: HENRY A. K'ISSINGER
FROM: BRENT' SCONCROFT
FOLLOWING IS T#tE Z1EGLEA STATEMENT' ON THE JCS: "SPY"I STDRy.
IT WAS RELEASED AT 5 o'o P.M. IN ORDER THAT THE: EVENING NEWS'..
SHOWS WOULD AT LEAST HAVE SOME COMMENT FROM THE ADMINISTRATQN,
THE STATEMENT WAS DRAFTED 'BETWEEN AL HAIG AND FRED BUZHARDT'1 IT
WAS AREAL SHELLS-GAME OPERATI?NTRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING
TO BE' IN IT. MY CHIEF CONCERN WITH THE STATEMENT " I$'THAT IT
STIMULATES CURIOSITY AND THAT WE. WILL NOT BE ABLE TO'REST.ON IT: FOR
LONG, I CERTAINLY HOPE: THAT ,WE WILL NOT FIND OURSELVES IN THE
POSITION OF RETRACTING OR. REINTERPRETING IT AS THE STORY DEVELOPS,
THE RUMOR IS-THAT THE ;, POS T VERSION' WILL COME OUT ,TOMORIROW AND THAT
IT WILL INCLUDE A STATEMENT THAT WELLENOER+S PHONE WAS`TAPPED.AND
HE WAS HEARD PASSING CONVERSATIONS OF SENSITIVE MEETINGS TO THE
PENTAGON. WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.
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TODAY'S NEWS ACCOUNTS RELATING., TO THE JOINT CHIEFS OF.ST,AFF'
AND NATIONAL SECURITY' COUN IL TOUCH ON A MATTER PERPHERAL Tnr A
NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUE WH'ICH WAS FOUND TO . INVOLVE DELIBERATE'
LEAKS TO .THE '1 i DIA ?F ?EXTREMELY SENSITIVE INFORMATION OF' INTEREST
To OTHER NATI'UNS. THIS' INCI?DENT HAS BEEN REFERRED TO.ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS IN -RECENT MONTHS' AND, THE ADMINISTRATION STILL CONSI-DERS
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WITHOUT DETRIMENT > TO THE NATIONAL INTEREST. FOR THE. PRESENT, HOW-.
THE NETWORK NEWS SHOWS TONIGHT GAVE ONLY BRIEF, STRAIGHT-.
FORWARD ACCOUNTS OF THE TRIBUNE .STORY AND THE WHITE HOUSE
STATEMENT. THE ONLY ELABORATION WAS TO NOTE THAT THE LOW-LEVEL
EMPLOYE WAS A .NAVY YEOMAN WORKING ON THE NSC STAFF WHb LEAKED
DOCUMENTS TO JACK ANDERSON.
WARM REGARDS..
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EVER, THE MOST THAT PROPERLY CAN RE STATED IS THAT TODAY'S.:. NEWS'
ACCOUNTS CONVEY, AN INC`DRRECT IMPRESSION OF THE'KNOW.LEDGE ANg
ACTIONS OF THEICHA:IRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF;. THAT THE
MATTER WAS. INVESTIGATE'O AT THE 'TIME,: THAT THE SOURCE OF THESE
LEAKS WAS A LOW LEVEL EMPLOYEE WHOSE CLERICAL TASKS GAVE. HIM
ACCOUNTS OFTTHE NC NTdo
ACCESS STORIES TO AREI BASEDC ON INFORMATION
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AT THE PRESIDENT'S DIRECT'I:ON.9 THE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS
CASE HAS BEEN' PROVIDED ON A. CONFIDENTIAL BASIS TO THE CHAIRMEN OF:'
THE ARMED S R (ICES COM tITTEES: OF THE HOUSE AND ' SENATES. THE' SPECIAL
PROSECUTOR AND THE CHAIRMAN AND V'ICE CHAIRMAN OF THE. SENATE
SELECT COMMITTEE. END QUOTE+
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