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Mr. Lloyd Shearer i
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140 N. Hamilton Drive
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’ Dear Mr. Shearer: : ’ i
Thank you for your letter of February 7, 1972, and its
B kind words about me. As you can imagine, your challenge set to
. me to work to meet it. Ag a result I can say, under cath if
need be, that CIA has never carried out a political assassination,
nor has it induced, employed or suggested one which occurred,
Whether this fully meets your challenge, I cannot say (it takes
. two to tango), but it is a long way from the ‘original statement in
, Mr. Scott's column that GIA "uses political assassination as a
weapon. " Perhaps I am too sensitive, but I would hope you could
| set the record straight for your readexs. | .
’ . ’ J Lo Sincerely,
: i R— W. E. Colby .
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