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This 1957 Central Intelligence Agency letter from Deputy Assistant Director Philip G. Strong to Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner concerns an Air Force request to declassify the conclusions of the January 1953 Scientific Advisory Panel on Unidentified Flying Objects so the press could use them. Strong says Robertson and Goudsmit agree to release only paragraphs 2 and 4a. The Agency's link to the Panel would stay undisclosed. He asks whether Berkner agrees and whether his name may be used.
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# 0 [ ] . 0 It would be very much appreciated if you could let me know as soon as possible what your reaction is to the Air Force declassification proposal; whether you agree with Dr. Robertson, Dr. Goudsmit and myself on limiting any declassification; and whether you would approve or disapprove the use of your name, granted that Agency connection with the Panel is withheld. Very best regards. Philip G. Strong Deputy Assistant Director 6 3 ## Enclosure UFO Report (Secret)
FOIA release, from the cia-readingroom collection. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 3 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.