MCCCONE REITERATES CIA WILL SHUN POLICY VIEWS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64B00346R000400030018-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: January 22, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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THE WASHINGTON POST Monday, January 22, I962
C",
McCone Reiterats
Will Shun Policy Vies'
United Press Tntei rational
John J. McCune gave= C'on-
gress 'how ass`titrances yester-
day that he dales not plan to
volunteer views on national
policy in his post as director
of Central Intelligence.
He pollte1"""l eclined, tollf
, s~ , .""Methods used
by the Ce' IT Intelligence
Agency super-secret
work. He a ' took issue with
wI as,:'for the most-part, `Ate-
statement of his testlmy be-
fore the Comttiittee last''Thurs-
day. As, in that testimony, he
said he does not view his job
as "a policy making position."
After the failure of the in-
vasion of Cuba,' die CIA was
accused of making If. S.'poticy
instead of only providing: in-
formation. .
eomplairitsft the Agency
has no gi\11 tsion.
McCone's "Views were con-
tained 'in 'i' letter to Sen.
Richard` '$';Russell (D-Ga.),
chairman' of the' S e n a t e
Armed Services Committee.
The Committee is expected to
act favorJbly qty McCone's
nomination today "?
His letter inelltded replies
to questions raised by Sen.
Eugen~''.McCarthy (D-Minn.)
at the, ommittee's hearing on
his a tai"ntment. In addition
to the letter, McCone gave
the Committee ah list of his
financial holdings which, in
keeptrTg with the Committee's
policy, was not made public.
McCone's 1600 word letter
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