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This Central Intelligence Agency cable, dated 4 March 1957, reports that the Director of Central Intelligence received a letter from Leon Davidson of White Plains, New York. Davidson referred to earlier correspondence about a recording, asked for Agency cooperation in learning what a code message revealed, and said he had recently testified before the House Subcommittee on Government Information. The sender says copies of that testimony are being obtained and asks how the correspondence began and for any background on Davidson.
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FROM SUPPORT THE DCI X DCI HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM LEON DAVIDSON X. LEON DAVIDSON WHITE PLAINS NEW YORK REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RECORDING YOU RECEIVED FROM DAVIDSON REFERS TO SOME CORRESPONDENCE HE HAD WITH YOU AND THEN GOES ON TO ASK FOR AGENCY COOPERATION IN LEARNING WHAT THE CODE MESSAGE REVEALED. HE INDICATES THAT HE HAS RECENTLY TESTIFIED BEFORE THE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVT INFORMATION AND SAYS THAT HIS TESTIMONY WILL DISPLAY HIS INTEREST IN THIS SUBJECT. WE ARE GETTING COPIES OF THIS TESTINONY. MEANWHILE CAN YOU ADVISE US AS TO HOW YOU GOT IN CORRESPONDENCE AND HOW HE LEARNED THAT THE ECI WAS THE PROPER PERSON TO ADDRESS HIS REQUEST TO. ANY DACKGROUND INFO YOU HAVE ON HIM WILL BE WELCOME. ESE T0T1 251939Z
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