ADD 1 MCCONE, WASHINGTON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP64B00346R000400030107-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 107
• Publication Date: January 31, 1962
• Content Type: PREL

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BUSINESS HOLDINGS.
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HE ALSO QUESTIONED MCCONH' S'
BE INFLUENCED BY HIS BUSINESS HOLD
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REPLYING TO MCCONE' S CRITICS`
RICHARD B. RUSSELL, D-GA.. OF Ti
REGRETTED THAT REPORTS OF CIA
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ON THE SENATE FLOOR.
"1' AM DISAPPOINTED AT THE
RUSSELL ADDED. HE EVIDENTLY 4
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CALIFORNIA REPUBLICAN MIGHT IS
THROUGH HIS HOLDINGS IN SHIPPIN
MCCONE'S OPPONENTS SEEMSD
DIRECTOR IS A SUPER STATE DEPAR'
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WAR AND TOPPLING GOVERNMENTS.,
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BE MERELY AN AGENT OF THE PIRES
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RUSBELL SAID.
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"ALL. OF THIS TALK ABOUT MR. MCCONE*S VIEWS ON FOREIGN POLICY ANO
WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE POLICIES BEIGN APPLIED IN IRAN,, IRAQ, TIE.
CONGO OR SOME OTHER POINT"ARE ESSENTIALLY BESIDE THE POINT" RUSSELL
DECLARED.
HE PRAISED THE NOMINEE AS FULLY QUALIFIED FOR THE CIA POST IN EVER'
RESPECT. MCCONE IS AN ABLE,, PATRIOTIC, I4ONEST, FORTHRIGHT AMERICAN
WHO DESIRES ONLY TO SERVE HIS COUNTRY,, RUSSELL SAID*
RUSSELL TOLD THE SENATE THAT IF MCCONE DID NOT PROVE TO BE
EVERYTHING EXPECTED AS CIA DIRECTOR. "THE PRESIDENT CAN GET RID OF HIM
AT THE STROKE OF A PEN."
HE ARGUED THAT THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST STAUTE RELATES TO THE ISSUE
OF POWER OF PROCURMENT AND IS "DESIGNED TO PREVENT ANY MAN WITH CONTROL
OF TIEI MONEY FROM DOING BUSINESS WITH HIMSELY." HE SAID HE COULD
NOT SEE HDW THIS AFFECTS MCCONE AS CIA DIRECTOR.
RUSSELL NOTED THAT "SENATORS THEMSELVES ROLD STOCK" AND SAID THAT
TFlERF IS '*N Cft MORE:'LIEEEIFOOD OF CONFLICT or INTEREST WITH A SENATOR
THAN WITH THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE."
SEN. FRANK J. LAUSCHEQ D-OHIO RAISED THE QUESTION OF MCCONES
HOLDINGS IN STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA$ WHICH IN TURN HAS OIL HOLDINGS
IN THE MIDDLE EAST. HE SUGGESTED THE POSSIBILITY THAT MCCONE
MIGHT LEAN IN ADVANCE OF A POSSIBLE OIL EXPROPRIATION ACTION BY SOME
MID-LAST COUNTRY,, AND THUS"BE IN,'-POSITION TO EBENEF IT HIS OWN INTEREST.
RUSSELL REPLIED THIS COULD ONLY BE ASSUMED IF YOU WANT TO THINK
THE WORST" OF MCCONE. HE SAID THE SAME KIND OF ASSUMPTION MIGHT BE N.A;?I:
AGAINST A PERSON OF THE JEWISH FAITH,, BECAUSE OF ISRAEL, OR OF THE
CATHOLIC FAITH, E,K;AUSE HE "MIGHT BE INFLUENCED BY THE POPE: AT ROME."
SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS CHAIRMAN J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT,, DARK.,
ANNOUNCED HE COULD NOT VOTE FOR MCCONE BECAUSE HE HAD NOT BEEN
INFORMED WHAT FOREIGN POLICY VIEWS ARE HELD BY THE NOMINEE.
FULHRIGHT SAID NEITIHER HE NOR ITS COMMITTEE WAS CONSULTED ABOUT
THE APPOINTMENT AND THE COMMITTEE HAS "NOT SEEN GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY
TO BE INFORMED" ON HIS FOREIGN POLICY VIEWS.
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THE SENATE CONFIRMED MCCONE AS DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE.'
AGENCY,?
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THE ROLL CALL VOTE IWAS 71 TO.
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