manual aw 0%matr WASHINGTON DC 20510 March 6 2019 The Honorable Daniel Coats Director of National Intelligence Washington DC 20511 Dear Director Coats Thank you for your letter of February 8 2019 responding to our inquiries about the President s statements regarding China and U S elections As you noted you had previously provided a classi ed response on October 31 2018 We request that that letter be declassi ed The October 31 2018 letter includes important information about the 2018 elections as well as the 2016 elections which your February 8 2019 letter did not address There may be no intelligence issue in which the public interest is stronger than foreign in uence with regard to U S elections It is critically important that the American people understand which speci c activities each of our adversaries have or have not undertaken and to what degree The public s capacity to recognize foreign in uence efforts and the ability of elected of cials to develop effective policy responses depend on this level of transparency Thank you for your attention to this important matter Sincerely Ron Wyden Martin Heinrich amala D Harris United States Senator United States Senator United States Senator