1975-10-29 · 1 source pages
CIA Director William Colby asked the President to seek legislation compensating Frank Olson's family after the Attorney General declined to certify a negotiated settlement.
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Commentary by The Declassified Collection, separate from the original source.
Legislation granting relief to named people rather than establishing a general programme. Colby proposes it because the Attorney General will not approve the negotiated settlement under existing law. Congress's eventual Act names the four recipients and requires a waiver of claims (Enrolled S. 3035 — source PDF page 33 (National Archives)).
William E. Colby held the post from 1973 to January 1976.
Both sums are withheld: what the family had agreed to take, and what the Director proposed for a private bill. The codes b(1) and b(3) are printed at the foot.