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B-133001 1 (1976-05-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaagts0001 and id is 1 raw text is: I-)76q-5 0 . 7 1 Tnz SsrzuRn oF TiE MAvGu~rz--A CAsE STumy or Casis MANAGEMENT (Departments of State and Defense, National Security Council) CoMPTitoLR GENEJUL OF. THE UNImT STATES, [B-1330011 Waaington. D.C. Hon. DANTE B. FASCELL, Ckhai..me_, Subo,mittee on Internationa2 PoZitie and Milita . Affaira, Committee on International Relationw, Hlouwe of Representatives. . Da M. Cru€nmA : Your letter of June 23, 1975, asked us to review all aspects of the seizure of the U.S. vessel M.yagues and the subsequent diplomatic and military efforts to secure its release. You also asked that we focus on the crisis management operations of our Government. We were restricted by the executive branch from analyzing the decisionmaking process involved in the management of this crisis and, consequently, our review was basically limited to an analysis of the implementation of the decisions which were made. As you know, however, we tire now assisting your subcommittee in collecting and analyzing congressional responses to a questionnaire on executive-legislative communications and the role of Congress in international crises. We will submit a separate report on this ques- tionnaire in the near future. * The Departments of 'State and Defense and the National Security Council were provided the opportunity to comment on a draft of this report. All comments were considered in preparing the final report. In addition to these official comments, tve received the personal views of State's Deputy Under Secretary for Management which, are re- printed in appendix III. The report-has been classified Secret by the President's Adviser for National Security Affairs even though the Departments of State and Defense, who provided the information on which the report is based, have no objection to releasing the report as an unclassified document. We believe that all information contained in the report is unclassified but since GAO neither classifies nor declassifies documents, we have abided by the National Security Council's request. As arranged with your subcommittee staff, we will distribute the- report to the Departments of State and Defense, the National Security Council, and other congressional committees. Unless the report be- comes unclassified, we will restrict other congressional distribution to the Senate Foreign Relations Committe and the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. Sincerely yours, EVV:it B. STAATS, 6 omptrolr General of the United States. (58) VAO2.2zg

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