NO SCAPEGOAT, PLEASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00318R000100770025-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2013
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: April 27, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/07 : CIA-RDP67-00318R000100770025-7
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AP R 2 7 151
Date:
japegoat, Please
A question that recurs again and again,
as one contemplates the abortive landings in
Cuba by rebels bent on overthrow of the 4
.Castro regime, is thi?; How did it come
about that the Central fiTtri-e-r7=3,
so rossl e e ? an s n.
taining an answer to the question is of
tremendous importance.
It is good tO,V , therefore, that the
President has orZere ?j. Attorney General /
IKennedy to direct Armrough investigation
, of the CIA's actiVit-iCs4?vAf :also is good to
know that .the .1?;,,qteSident's, concern is not ,?
limited to tills ,,aSpcc.,t of the matter. Not
; 5try,Ftve of out
'intelligence meiliond*the means of mak- !
ifiraTeTs'ions based on what those methods
.produce, ought now to log. examined with
reat care. This, is beinpT.
n t is effort, and particularly in the in-
vestigation of the' CIA. pains must be taken
to avoid two thin. ne?of -Wide is the taint)
'of Rartisangi7?tri:,, e security of this narn, '
'and the part at intelligence procedure have
in preserving Security, is far tclo important
tci warrant plaYing any politics ,in this area.
The other thing that must be avoided is >
the Irrr7V17.17find, a sca .eqo t. Attach-
ing blame for the u an mess to the
CIA or any other agency would not help. (
'Those reviewing intelligence and decision- ,
i.naking procedures should keep their eyes '
on the ball?and the ball, clearly, is such im-
provement that the United 'States will not C
:again be caught off base because of poor in- 7
telligence.
The above editorial also appeared
in the following other newspaper : CUMBERLAND TIMES, MD. - APRIL 28, 1961
WAUSAU RECORD HERALD,
WISK. - APRIL 28, 1961
DOVER FOSTER'S DEMOCRAT,
N.H. APRIL 29, 1961
TACOMA NEWS TRIBUNE,WASH APRIL 28, 1961
Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/07: CIA-RDP67-00318R000100770025-7