LETTER TO THE HONORABLE OTIS PIKE FROM GEORGE BUSH RE SENSITIVE CLASSIFIED DOC

Created: 2/25/1976

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central intelligence agency

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ebruary

The Honorable Otis Pike, Chairman

Select Coroaittee on

House of Representatives

Washington, D. C.

Dear Chairman Pike:

ereby acknowledge and accept the terms set forth inof Februaryor safekeeping of the three categoriesclassified documents furnished to or generated bySelect Ccsmittee on'

As to the first category, pursuant to your letter, the "cm loan" material which -was loaned to the Select Committee by the Executive branch has been received by the CIA and such .material bas been returned to the originating departments and agencies.

With regard to the second category of jxaterials, theof testi-fcony taken frcra current and foner Federal officials in executive sessions of the Select Ccfixuttee, it is my understanding that these dooments will be placed in the National Archives building for safekeeping in the custody of the Archivist of the United States, and that no one is to be given access to these materials pending further instructions from the House of Representatives or Speaker of the House. As you indicated in your letter of Februaryo the Archivist, highly sensitive classified information is contained in these transcripts, and they should be treated accordingly by the Archivist. m eIso concerned about any future plans for theof these transcripts. This material includes information involving sensitive sources and methodsn charged by lav to protect from unauthorized disclosure. ould, therefore, appreciate it if you would bring this concern to the attention of the Speaker of the House and requeste involved in any decision regarding the future disposition of this material. .

Finally, with respect to the third category of materialsby the CIA from the Select Ccrraittee for storage at CIA Headquarters, we have attested to reconcile our records of docirssnts

delivered to The Select Committee with the -irv received for storage at CLA Headquarters, and of CIA documents 'are missing. Theeadquarters-for storage were initiallyartons by'Executive branch representatives en Select Committee in the presence ofhe period of. nacccunted for, it was agreed with your staif certain'cartons should be inventoried again to the missing documents might be in those car ten.-second inventory of certain sealed cartons was Februaryith your concurrence and iness of the Select Committee staff. ocumentsfound in the second inventory, are still missing. 1

of documents

findiraber

>ferred to CIA

nd sealed iri premises of the Tf membersocuments were jresentative that :emine whether

horough rducted at CIA onof Ms."Jacqueline ii the" .missing zrbsT of documents

soonomplete list of the missing pared, ray representatives will seek an earlydetermine what measures can be taken to accoun missing documents. Other Federal agencies .are records and inventories to determine whether i. are missing.

isg with you toor locate thehecking theirheir "documents

foregoing pertains only to the raissin have no-way of accounting for the multiple ccp documents reproduced by the Select Committee s* made available by the CIA aand other Executiveo the extent that the multiple ccp included in the materials to be stored at CIArust that those doc-ments have te cordance with procedures appropriate for class

The follavingummary of theow held in sealed.xartons at CIA Headquarters structions from the House ofouse:

as we ofrom originalsand have not been .he National !estroyed inaterials.

;ory of materialfurther an-ie Speaker of the

Rockefeller Commission Files :

CIA Files :.

Dept. of Defense Files

arton of DoD filespending"resolution of on loan material")

Cartonsartons

Files -

as partial materials from: Treasury, Civil Service; OB, and Post Office)

DEA Files

f State

Dept. of Justice/Atty. General:

iles

'as partial files frcn State, DEA, Civil, Treasury/IRS and IC) ,

KSC Trans:aittal:

Cartons

2 Cartons1artons

1 Carton

Cartons '.

Unless advised cy you to the contrary, we will assine that this breakdown of cartons accords with your records and that the Speaker

. of the House has been so advised. The contents of each cartonindividually inventoried and Ms. Hess has receipted forof each carton. Copies of these inventories have beento Ms. Kess for transmittal to the office_of the SpeakerHouse.. .

I wish to express my personal appreciation for your cooperation in reading possible, in the short time available, the transfer of the materials to be held for safekeeping at the CIA Headquarters.

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George Bush Director

, Sincerely, _.

cc: Honorable Carl Albert, Speaker of the House of Representatives

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