DEAR ADMIRAL TURNER:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP87B01034R000100100036-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 36
• Publication Date: January 8, 1978
• Content Type: LETTER

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Honorable Stansfield Turner
Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D. C. 20505
Dear Admiral Turner:
It is with pleasure that I forward for your
review a proposed Memorandum of Understanding between
the CIA and the Department of Justice. This memorandum,
is intended to implement the provisions of Title 28,
United States Code, Section 535, and sets forth more
detailed reporting procedures than those contained in
the Attorney General's "Memorandum to the Heads of All
Departments and Agencies in the Executive Branch of
Government" dated May 4, 1976. The Memorandum of
Understanding is the product of extensive discussion
and exhaustive preparation between the major operating
components and the office of General Counsel of your
Agency as well as attorneys of the Criminal Division
of this Department.
It is my view that the Memorandum of Understanding,
as drafted, preserves the role of this Department to
fairly and effectively enforce the Federal criminal laws
of this country while at the same time recognizes your
responsibility as the Director of Central Intelligence
to protect intelligence sources and methods from
unauthorized disclosure.
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I believe that you will find the Memorandum of
Understanding to be an excellent vehicle by which each
of us can discharge our respective responsibilities.
I look forward to receiving any comments you. may have
and trust that your review of this matter will result
in its adoption by the Central Intelligence Agency.
Sincerely,
Griffin B. Bell
Attorney General
Enclosure
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