CONTROL THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68B00432R000500020015-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: May 5, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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Control the CIA
In Ghana leaders of the govern- j
went which overthrew Kwamej
Nkrumah are carefully giving as-!
surances to other African nations
that the American central intelli-
gence agency had nothing to do with
their coup. It was their own ideal
and they carried it out. The assump-
tion by. ma ~y Africans these days is 1
that tie CIA;is active in most coups.
This is ?Uindopap. ns~'but it,
does ilclicate how unayoi,y.,z,_xcpu-'
tatioh tiie CIA has in that and other
parts of the,-'wgr, ,d, That reputation
ha"s`been built in large part by Com-
munist propagandists, who always
seek an American scapegoat. But
the CIA has been involved in enough
scandalous undertakings, many of <
whicqi have come a cropper, so that
it has helped provide a foundation
for the reputation.
Articles written by New York
Times 'reporters and published in
The Journal have summarized the
CIA's activities, its history and its
widespread cloak and dagger proj-?
ects. Some involve espionage games
that border on the silly. Some have
been highly dangerous. Some have
entered the field of policy where the
CIA has no business. Undoubtedly,
good has accrued to the country
through some CIA work, but that
kind is seldom made public. We hear
about the failures.
The articles proved once again
that the CIA Ladiy needs some con-
trols by outsiders - say a commit-
'too of congress that would operate
like the joint committee on atomic
energy, Such a proposal has been
made by a number of congressmen,
including Representative Zablocki
(D-'.-;iis.) ? There are other possible?
methods of control. But some con-
trol should be provided, and quickly.
are letting; an intelligence agen-
cy play roles in security and foreign
policy far beyond wisdom. This is
especially true as wve are a demo-
cratic nation. 1s: is time it be stopped..
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