CABLE RE: IT HAS NOT BEEN AGENCY POLICY TO OPPOSE HSCA ACCESS TO TESTIMONY.
Originator: CIA
From: DIRECTOR
To: WITHHELD
Document date: 06/20/1978
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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•IT HAS NOT BEEN AGENCY POLICY TO OPPOSE ISCA ACCESS TO

G TESTIMONY OF EMPLOYEES BEFORE CHURCH COMMITTEE IF EMPLOYEES

DO NOT OBJECT.

THE SSCI STAFF DIRECTOR STATES THAT WHERE AN

EMPLOYEE OBJECTS TO HIS TESTIMONY BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO

C OTHER INVESTIGATING BODIES THE OBJECTION WILL BE HONORED AND

THE TESTIMONY WILL NOT BE MADE AVAILABLE.

WE ARE ENTIRELY SENSITIVE TO AND APPRECIATIVE OF YOUR

COnCERNS,

HOWEVER, CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRIES DO RECEIVE HIGH

DEGREE OF COOPERATION FROM EXECUTIVE BRANCH INCLUDING THIS

C AGENCY.

THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE INVESTIGATION IS OF PUBLIC

IMPORTA

ALBEIT IN A DIFFERENT REALM THAN THE REQUIREMENTS OF

OUR PROFESSION, AND THE DILEMMA IS CLASSIC. AT THIS POINT, WE

C' MUST AWAIT DEVELOPMENTS.

E2 IMPDET,>

PC/OLC/HSCA (BRECKINRIDGE)S COORD: C/LA (WARREN), C/E/IB

(BERGER) & DC/EINH.

ORIG: PCS/LOC (SHEPANEK) &

RLSG: AC/EUR. (ESTES).

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