U.S. TELLS RUSSIA TOO MUCH, DIRECTOR OF CIA BELIEVES

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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
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• Publication Date: March 15, 1954
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47,,r ector of CIA Believes
America's top, intelligence
executive said today, We tell
Russia too much."
Director Allen W. Dulles of the
Central Intelligence Agency de-
clared in a copyrighted interview
in the weekly magazine, United
States News and World Report:
"We Americans publish a great
deal in our scientific and tech-
nical journals and in congres-
sional hearings....
"I would give a good deal if
I could know as much about the
Soviet Union as the Soviet Union
can learn about us by merely
reading the press.
"Sometimes I think we go too
far in what our Government gives
out officially and in what is pub-
lished in the scientific and tech-
nical field. We tell Russia too
much."
Mr. Dulles, a brother of Secre-
tary of State Dulles said the
toughest job, intelligence ever
faced is "getting good informa-
on from behind the Iron Cur-
in," But, while declining for
curity reasons to go into de-
ils, he said he- is proud of the
eople who work for him.
"I consider CIA an efficient or-
anization," he said Mr. Dulles
id United States propaganda
i the satellite countries has had
' areal effect." He said question-
g of persons who fled the Iron
urtain showed many came out
ecause of "an innate sense of
eedom" as, well as "ideological.
otives,"
Russian propaganda, he said,
i losing its effect in Europe but
' is having substantial effect in.
outheast Asia," where the
rench have been battling Indo
hinese Communist guerillas for
early eight years.
Mr. Dulles said United States
telligence evaluation is now set
p so as to prevent any military.
urprises, such as the Japanese
ttack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
r the Red Chinese intervention
Korea in 1950.
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How West Fights Back,:.
We know, or think we know,.about
6viet 'spies in the United States and in
ther Western nations.
We know nothing, or very little,
about our own spies operating behind
the Iron Curtain.
But they are there and in vast num-
ers, if we can believe Kurt Singer, who
as made a study of treason and espion-
ge during the last 20 years.
Mr.. Singer, of Austrian birth but now
naturalized U. S. citizen, has lost 60
elatives to the terror of two dictators-.
itler and Stalin. His recent book, "The
en In The T r o j a n Horse" (Beacon
ress, Boston), gives us more than an
kling of our own espionage activities.
le is a member of the United Nations
peakers' Research Committee.
Espionage is a two-way street, says
L inger., who tells how the West is fighting
aek in this dangerous but important
}le of international spying.
Alen Welsh Dulles, chief of our Cen-
rA -.intelligence S e r v i c e, heads "the
M's,.largest machine of reporters, re-
archers, agents, informers, spies a n d
oopers" says Singer.
"There are on his payroll between
{ 15,000 and 20,000 people and the size
of his budget is kept secret."
Without revealing state secrets; Sing-
r, says that some of the new CjA tivi-
ies are a study of China's bra#n-washing
e t h o d s; the organization of under-
round organizations in Korea and Man-
huria, China and Poland, Romania and
Karelia, Baigaria and Albania-wherever
he satellites rule for the Communist em-
ire.
,The McCarthys, Veldes and Dirkserls
would have us believe that Uncle Sam is
doddering old gentleman whose eye-
eeth are being stolen by Red agents
while he snores away.
Mr. Singer doesn't have, a very high
pinion of the investigating committees.
He writes:
While the most Important t a s k of our
time is to, destroy Communism, 'the s t 111
greater task is to preserve and advance de-
mocracy. It Is here that Senator McCarthy and
his followers have let us down in America
and in the world. We all are against. Commu-
nism but we are believers in constructive
Ideas as well. . , . We need more than the
destructive ideas of the McCarthy and like-
minded investigators to help us achieve them.
Overzealous men are spreading fear in
America instead of confidence. Aver all, we
are the most powerful Industrial at+d military
nation In the would. There Is no need for as
to throw away our great democratic heritage
In panic and fear.
Espionage is serious business. Com-
munist spies-real ones-are dangerous
people.
But panic and fear accomplish 'tle
against them., Combatting them ie4 ob
for experts.
Let's not forget we do have experts-
our FBI in this country, and our own
highly-trained secret agents abroad---
AJ,LEN W. DUL S watching for real s As.
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