E.O. 12356
The cancellation stamp cites Executive Order 12356 and an Archivist's memorandum of 16 March 1983. Its date entered by hand is 30 May 1985. The earlier printed date names the authority for cancellation, not the day this copy was marked.
Intelligence — Olson, Frank
1975 · 12 source pages
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Publisher annotations
Commentary by The Declassified Collection, separate from the original source.
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Marsh, Hills and Cheney
John O. Marsh, Roderick Hills and Richard Cheney, all of the White House staff. Jerry Jones, copied at the foot, was staff secretary.
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An Opening Statement
Cheney's covering memorandum recommends limiting the President to regret and an offer to meet the family because compensation, litigation and possible disclosure of classified information were unresolved (Intelligence — Olson, Frank — source PDF page 3). This short draft puts that deliberately narrow public response into words.
The recent disclosure
The Rockefeller Commission's report of June 1975. Its finding is reproduced at Rockefeller Commission Report — Cheney Files extract — source PDF page 44.
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The Rockefeller Report states on p. 226
The Justice Department quotes the Commission's account of why the CIA became interested in drugs. Part II also reproduces its public finding (Rockefeller Commission Report — Cheney Files extract — source PDF page 44); supporting document D13 gives the following fuller-account page, printed 227 (Full Rockefeller report — source PDF page 231, printed 227 (CIA source record)). These are different excerpts from the same report.
Justice Department Report
Cheney identifies the authoring office as Justice's Civil Division and says its report is based on information obtained from the CIA (Intelligence — Olson, Frank — source PDF page 3). That provenance matters: this is the government's 1975 account of its legal position, not a new interview with the 1953 witnesses.
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$143,582.22
The total survivor benefits paid by July 1975, not the later congressional settlement. The report says payments to children ended at majority while the widow's continued subject to the stated conditions. The separate $750,000 settlement appears in the 1976 Act (Enrolled S. 3035 — source PDF page 33 (National Archives)).
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5 USC 8116(c)
The Department invokes the Federal Employees' Compensation Act's exclusive-remedy provision: it concludes that a tort claim against the United States would be barred. A tort claim seeks damages for a wrongful injury; the survivor benefits already paid followed a different statutory route (Intelligence — Olson, Frank — source PDF page 8).
would not bar suit against any individuals
The Department distinguishes suits against the government from suits against individuals. The later private Act went further: accepting its settlement required the family to waive death-related claims against past or present employees and agents as well (Enrolled S. 3035 — source PDF page 33 (National Archives)).