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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69B00369R000200240011-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: October 16, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Press Clipping Service
For The Vietnam `Doves'
The Center Intelligence g pcy is
running a press-clipping service, parti-
cularly for those members of Con-
gress who speak out against our in-
volvement in Vietnam or some phase
of our conduct of that strife. The
service is free to the recipients.
The CIA monitors broadcasts from
publications printed behind the Iron
Curtain. When a "dove" is mentioned
for one of his speeches, a tran-
scription is obtained. or the news
article duplicated and forward to the
senator or representative mentioned.
The CIA believes the congressmen
are interested in Communist reaction
to what they say. The Communist
communications outlets use the anti-
war statements as proganda. The posi-
tion taken by many of the American
opponents to the strife is interpreted
by some as giving aid and comfort to
the enemy and indirectly encourge
ommunist forces to continue to,
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'those on the CIA's press-cippng
list did not ask to be placed there. It
would prove rather embarrassing to
ask to be removed. So Senators like
Case, Clark, Fulbright, McGovern and
Morse get regular attention. Additions
to the list soon may be Senators
Symington and Brooke, who, by recent
statements, have shown they are feel-
ing the "hawk" category for a "dove"
status.
The Communist press and radio
are also attacking Senator Stennis,
who presses for a tougher position in
Vietnam. He has made the CIA mail-
ing list too.
Since the CIA functions on federal
money, a protest from pacifist sources
can be be expected against this use
of manpower to keep the senators
posted. No members of Congress have
asked to be deleted. Public officials
like to know what is being said about
them, even if it is unfavorable and is
Communist-oriented.
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Clipping penalty Might Eel
AMONG ITS ' many duties,
the U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency runs a clipping serv-
ice.
It monitors foreign radio
broadcasts, translates the text
and sends it to the CIA legis-
lative counsel.
The counsel then sends the
news clip to any congressman
it thinks will be interested, in-
cluding those mentioned in the
text.
The practice seems innocu-
ous until one begins to check
particular cases. Sen. Clifford
P.. Case, for example, shortly
after criticizing the Johnson
administration's conduct of the
war, received a batch of tele-
typecopy from the CIA show-
ing how much hay the Com-
munist press made out of his
remarks.
Despite' claims by CIA of-
ficials that the agency runs
only a "courtesy clipping op-
eration,'.' the service can some-
times be used as a lobbying
A Washington Post reporter
found out that clippings have
also been sent to Sens. Joseph
S. Clark, J. W. Fulbright and
George McGovern, all critics
of the administration's Vietnam
policy.
A supporter of the clipping
service is Sen. John Stennis, a
strong supporter of U.S. poli-
ies. He assailed his col-
leagues, saying the Vietnam
war debate on the Senate floor
"is definitely an aid and en-
couragement to, the enemy."
Mr. Stennis' remarks coin-
cide with attacks on war pol-
icy dissent by President John-
son, Vietnam commander Gen.
William C. Westmoreland and
Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
In the light of all this, it is
not too presumptuous to sus-
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Making Hay With--,CM
Among the Central Intelligence Agen-
cy's previously unrevealed domestic
activities, a Washington Post reporter
has discovered, 19, a' foreign press clip-
ping service for selected congressmen.
Shortly after Senator Clifford P. Case
of New Jersey made a 'series of
speeches criticizing the administra-
tion's handling of the Vietnam war, he
received, said the Post, "a batch of
teletype copy from the CIA showing
how; much hay the Communist press
made out of his remarks." The copy
was accompanied by a printed note
saying that the CIA believed the trans-
lation of the foreign radio broadcast
"might be of interest." It was the first
time Senator Case's office had received
such copy.
A CIA spokesman explained that the
agency was ;running a "corurtesy clip-
ping service, not a lobbying operation"
for lawmakers who either request it or
who are selected by the CIA's legisla-
tive liaison officer. Other senators who
have received clippings from the CIA,
the Post found, included Joseph S.
Clark, J. William Fulbright, a n d
George McGovern, all dovish critics of
the administration war policies, as well
as Stuart Symington (until recently a
Hawk) and John Stennis, who has been
keeping busy lately attacking Senate
dissenters. It shouldn't be too difficult
to surmise which of the five requested
the "service" and which of them were
ye Cie nsoflicer.
It's been a long time since the CIA
was trying to live up to the 1947 Allen
Dulles memorandum that outlined the
formation of the agency ("The Central
Intelligence Agency should have noth-
ing to do with policy. * * *"), but its
deviations at least have been, publicly,
in the areas of foreign policy conducted
outside the borders of the country. Sub-
tle political pressures in the cloak-and-
dagger trade are hardly likely to be
effective in the senatorial chambers.
What would really be interesting to see
now is the CIA clipping file of foreign
press notices about its own little clip-
ping service. That, too, ought to make
of of hay in the Communist ~.
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FBIS CLIPPING SERVICE
The following listed newspapers carried the George Wilson Article which
also appeared in the Washington Post.
1. CIA Sends "Clippings" to Critics of Vietnam ---St. Petersburg, Fla. Times
14 Oct 67
2. Doves Get Press Clippings from CIA ---- Rochester, N. Y. Democrat & Chroniclc
14 Oct. 67
3. Their Eye Is on the Dove "CIA's Friendly Clippings-- St. Paul, Minn.
Pioneer Press 14 Oct. 67
4. Foes of War Get CIA Clips of Red Views---Des Moines, Iowa Resgister
114 Oct. 67
5. The CIA'S'Helpful'Clipping Service---Providence, R.I. Journal
14 Oct. 67
6. War Critics Given CIA'S Red Clippings--Atlantic City, N. J. Press
14 Oct. 67
7. A Slip of the Lip May Bring A Clip---Akron, Ohio Beacon Journal
14 Oct. 67
8. Red Press Echoes What Doves Say----San Joes, Calif. Mercury
14 Oct. 67
9. Solons See Red, Thanks to C.I.A.---Seattle, Wash. Times
15 Oct. 67
10. CIA Sending Reds' Stories to Senators ---Mikwaukee, Wisc. Journal
15 Oct. 67
11. Critics of Viet Policies Receive CIA Copy, Tapes--Portland, Ore. Oregonian
16 Oct. 67
12. CIA Clips Show Senate Doves How Red Press Treats Antiwar Talk--Jersey City,N.J.
18 Oct. 67 Jersey Journal
13. Says Dissenters Do a Service-----Des Moines, Iowa Register
20 Oct. 67
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