Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1136 09 1136-09-p044

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5. and interested members of the media.+ An unsatisfactory "sanitized" version of the Report was released later by the Air Force at the request of aircraft manufacturer John Lear. But in this partial version, every- thing concerning the CIA's involvement was deleted. It was not until January 1975 that the CIA admitted openly, through declassification, their part in the absurd debunking policy. We can only wonder why the CIA has chosen this time to declassify. The action came about almost by...