10 July 1995

President Clinton
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Mr. John Deutch
Director of Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505

Dear Sirs:

     My name is Ralph McGehee and I am a 25-year decorated 
veteran of the CIA. I was a severe critic of the Agency during 
my last years of employment and I remain one today.

     On 24 April 1995, I sent a letter to the Acting Director of 
the CIA and to the Director of the FBI concerning what I consider 
to be an illegal operation targeting me. The operation involved 
rather overt harassment including strong indications that my phone 
was tapped, my house bugged, obvious vehicular surveillance, implicit 
phone threats, staged confrontations in local establishments and 
possibly in other ways that I have not identified. A recent article 
in "The New Yorker," mentioning me, may or may not be part of 
this operation.

     John E. Collingwood, Inspector in Charge, Office of Public 
and Congressional Affairs of the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
responded to my 24 April letter saying "I can assure you the FBI 
is not responsible for the alleged problems you are experiencing. 
If you believe you are under investigation or surveillance by an 
agency other than the FBI, you may wish to correspond directly with 
that agency."

     If the FBI and the Joint FBI/CIA Counterintelligence Center 
are not responsible, then it has to be the CIA's Office of Security 
as this is the only other element with that sort of investigatory 
responsibility and ability. If you make queries re this matter may 
I suggest that the response from that office would be that I was 
under investigation for involvement with some foreign government and 
that the investigation has been concluded (with negative results). 
This I believe is the typical way Agency personnel try to hide their 
illegal actions from Presidents and Directors. 

     I request that you make these enquiries for me and please 
advise me of the result.  Needless to say this harassment has 
caused me considerable distress and I want it to stop.

Sincerely,

Ralph McGehee