• Approved For Release 2005 03 24 CiA-RDP81 M00980R000200020038 -7 16 January 1978 MEMORANDUM FOR Gaorge Cary OLC FROM l-lerhert L Hetu Ass·istant for Pub1 ic Affairs SUBJECT Amendmentsto th e Freedom of Information Act REFERENCE Memoof 30 December 1977 same sul ject 1 In addHion to the concerns raised by the Director in the referenced memorandum I be lieve the Agency's image has suff ere d unnecessary damage and the public has heen mislead because of th e FOIA requ irement to release bits and p'ieces of inform at i on Three good examples are a 25X1 MKULrR and related programs···· It is impossibl e to convince the publ i c that these pr ogrums had th eir origins in the Fiftie s and were terminated in the ear ·1y Seventies b Glomarl c I Israeli firing 25X1 on the Libert y - - Because of the parti al and unevaluated disclosures the public has reached a conclusion that is contrary to the one arrived at if all material is taken into account 2 The Bet·l in Tunnel opera tio n NUMEC and th e Kennedy assassination are ju s t th ree FOIA re quests and appeals that have potential for similar damage Herb ert E Hetu Approved For Release 2005 03 24 CIA-RDP81M00980R000200020038 -7 th e 25X1