COMMENTS BY REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LINDSAY ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - 26 MARCH 1964

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000500100024-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2006
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: April 23, 1964
• Content Type: MFR

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1964
': Cons eats by Representative John Lindsay
"le of the House of emrresectstiveo - 26 Marc
se eseatativ+e John indssaay"s latest ss sech
F.ly fro,,u his roviaus articles and s,>eVc s.
sd which began with his firatt u+{ic statement** c.e ressentative
Lindsay has made fewer a a.cific allegations against the Cam-. He acrw
confines hi. .self to a jUstificati
be i ,ence and Information based u a the rising ira",rtaace of
'srei, n policy and the inability Congress to execute its function
,again inserted his ?vMarc 1964 ESQUIRE article into the essii is
*by i alyin that he does not retreat from the views
ea'E;'ressed thea-reia.
a. +e sreaeexatative Li say ...reviously charge: that CIA vri
,~Wicy-mmldnj agency. His recent articles bad toned this down by
using such raua as "the charge has been made. ?" This latest
speech claims only that at times CIA has 'aian a#" policy. ;TO gives
two unique reasons for this. The first is that an absence of clear
to )e< rtment icy guidance "?ca s cause other agencies of Zovern.
y the field. " ec dlly, he says that ," at least one
the Bay of igs) operatic sr have snowballed the? -
y.1" While he does n lct .re the Agency as thrusting
-rrsaking as he did , reviously. tie pressse a ve . indsaay
ear e a 9
Representative l .say -->re:ssly accused s
eo with the State t":ee.art eat in Viet -,Narn.
describes Viet Nara as a `` xtshma.h`* and adds that experts have
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des of the
ate directions."'
&T4 to the Bey : t e.. a rea.. *tive U ay
cretaary of tatter would not agree that ok.y trees
ce comet ty. says that the
t the primacy of ottcy organs
awaiting or
Taylor and
Eay Gassy
that the mess stories ebb Haws and is hay
presentative. U"say also *11a.
s to fly
the then Senator Jolm `,. o nedy and ' en.t Mike
d K. stresses revi s Ba rt for the 3
c s on the Agency Of any entia Tart end
notes the bipartisan nature such a areee~
y those to make a ease for greeter spar
:1 iati le- of a congressional double check.
we
s allegations that
spending too little ti -me on CIA, and ad,
improved, but he suggested that the figures
in this regard, quoted the rs; arts at a f
who admittedly did not know b long had set
fie again repeated his err
rded the topervising corn-mittoe in the congress
ved, but rather to the relattvely low
14* said he was not referring to the status a
arks ce ce rrAnS the low stat of the ee*fsttn CIA
cat a; tee ccn r ed by the,
S. In arguing for a Joint C tt.tee, a ~reeale tatatttt +a I., ndsay
6. a .s 'atfve Lindsay rather adroitly stte to d to modify
iaa increased tn- rtaa a to
cy. He did
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are" which be ,eyes m orit *nv*stihati
T 1
that rr o-vious speech** had questioned the h
Sal at*v ?es ... ..,__s__ ,., ,
sing s
cia oa rations
1, y now stature only that thus should he as inquiry into the
reiat ,sbi betwe the two.
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