FULBRIGHT SERVES NOTICE HE'LL SEEK SHOWDOWN IN SENATE ON CIA JULY 1

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W Ah,i i l 1ON POST
&N D 11 OIi i;S HERALD
.JUN 2 9 1956
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ice He'll Seek
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By Bryce Nelson nuns frirn i,.? annual reviews CIA, the Defense Lite lien
Washington cost Staff Writer of CiA. I i,el 'ets and opera- Agency and the Deportme' r
Sen. J. William Fulbrightlitions. Amon;' the members of State's Bureau of Late
(D-ArkuS.cW
e
bes
v
i
activities o ,17 g as ,l. ee set up its own stLbcornmit-
sout cCsr 3i1 zn liQ tee on the . I. A.
than to`su~55 lice Without', stating What quqa-
Mr. Raborn made plain that
the C.I.A. would continue to re-i
fuse to members of the Frrreini
mason on "SoUVF(~d I
Scholarships Ciird
It was learned that our, of
the questions on "sources and!
methods" ?tbor refus-ro toi
answe-uasa c Tie r i.A.i
ever t~;ed,4116:,, 41$}.ii h,. cchni-,
QrR~~~ as 1 cover fdr~
ac 7~:1?
.>
Mr. Raborn, it was learned,j
also declined to answer any,
questions about the ov . . up-i
plie ,C.I.A. agents b ,SG.f~~ni-1
cal ass st'1i(oti~hi
if's'@t m-tITI was run uni]'r1
cent:raret 'ti o t)t1!*'L`tSy~i?YtrPf h7it~tty
MI1t1 i 9ItlIZt'CRf1RrT. n
?" 8'6 ig'1iieinbers, it was said:
Senator. Consequently, he
spoke with some feeling on May
16 when Senator Milton R.
Young, Republican of North
Dakota, who is a menil6er of the
Russell group, suggested that
en up with 1 -1 sident Johnson
the kinds of r scion
s Iiarn hao refus _d to answer,
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RABORN REBUFFS
FULBRIGHT PANEL
Says Senate Should Decide
Who Gets C.I.A. Data
WASHINGTON, June 17
(AP)-The Director of the Cen-
tral Intelligence has informed
the Senate Foreign Relations
1Committee that he is willing
to give it "substantive Intel-
ligence information"-'but will
not disclose "sources and metn-;
ods," which he reveals to an-
other Senate committee.
And that, Adm. William F.
Raborn said In a letter Wednes-
day to Senator J. W. Fuibright,
Democrat of Arkansas, was the
only kind of question the cmn-
mittee asked that he refused
to answer at a February brief-
ing that helped trigger the cur-
rent Senate clash over who
supervises cloak - and - dagger
activities.
The exchange of letters,
which was learned today, he-
tween Admiral Raborn and Sen-
ator Fulbright was interpreted
as probably killing the east
chance for a compromise that
would avert a Senate floor fight
between the two committees oiti
the touchy Issue.
Up to the Senate
Admiral Raborn put it dip-
Iomatically: "I have previously
stated, once before your com-
mittee, that Senate supervision
of the agency (C.I.A.) seems
to be one which the Senate it-
self would want to resolve
In attempting to keep the
Senate from resolving it with anei,
p
a potentially embarrassing floor
In what apparently was a
fight, the Senate Democratic compromise move, Senator Ful-
leader, Mike Mansfield, has bright wrote Admiral Raborn
tried to work out a number Monday and said "it has been
of compromises. suggested" that he find out
Senator Fulbright's group whether the agency would give
has argued that 'because of its Its recognition to a C.Y.A. sub-
jurisdiction over foreign rela- rnmmittee set up by the For-
tions it should have some rolecign Relations Committee. .
In overseeing activities of the In the response two days
intelligence agency. later Admiral Raborn said of
He and some committee mem- the February meeting:
hers were disturbed when Ad- "The questions to which I
miral Raborn acknowledged in
briefing that he stated I was unable to respond
Februar
th
y
e
did not feel he could give were questions directed to the
them as detailed Information activities of the agency il.S" tat
as he gives the Senate's execu- 'sources and methods,' rathi!r
hive C.I.A. watchdog subcom- than to substantive intelligencd
mittee. ; information."
Russell Opposed He said In declining td tiT,
ver these questions he"W1i18
That committee, headed bkv following past practice and add-
Richard B. Russell, Democrats ed. "the subcommltt4 of. thq
,of Georgia and chairman of Senate Armed Services coiililta
the Armed Services Committee, tee, according to my under-
is
l
ti
.. .Y,
on a~ ........ stanuu.E ,
u
opposes a ^eso
by : Senator Fulbright's groups Senate oversight of C.I. 1
to hdd three of Its members tot was thus the. Senate body k Lilt
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1y, the Associated! Pr-js -?
ee. 'director . of The' Celltl"ai CC 1
ITl), 1,?,u'cc Agency ''is' net tloo.
duckin_; a Senate battle ? over!
supervision of agency..
formed the Senate Foreign!.dipl,>,:1:
intelligence information" but-----
s loe
And :at, he sa d,in. a 1ctt.ri i
yes eiday to. Cliairinan? ?7 W.':Su,.
Fu ught DArk thll'
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qu
on
iiclncdtrigger .,toe clash',ovcr
xv"nn ' : supervises iiitcll.bcncc'~
activities.
Tile' .'exchange of leiLers~ th 4
I;bcbwecn 1 ab'orn:, and Fulbu it1 over -L
i
e
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.ws
ut
ipi ted as ;pl:obrib y
havc
gag. Jae ' and :Jive ca/.: 1;: ' .
members . were disturbed ti~n,
inborn ackllow cc{"ecd i
the . 'intc
put it,Febiua^y uricfiilg' tl]at e
pre- not feel he, could wive ti+ m
'CIA sec,ns'subcomintittce.
., . , aclf
Eniar cmcnt' Onnosc i,
kern tTeat, `committee,' llca,
L5 :n a Cbair ma11'.Riditard E - ,se..
loo ,rD Ga. . of ? the' Armed S : vied.
u. .%IantanJ ip~)1'J1 Cd by.P'ulbi'iln''s OG
2i .lumbo to add ,++cec ?of its nie111i._; e' t
In tin t.,anpdrent;l
l st.ch'IiicC.? compromise
,,it) a CI1s siib oils mt1cc .L a
by tl:e F-orcign?I~ticI:tions Co.,,-
Ilnitte9:
In t;Te aespvilsc',tivo day l~itc:
,
, abca?n. ,~,:d? o, T,.ic' ~~'cl; I:ar''
T,e qu'stions to wh
stated I was unable to rL t:
'Wc!I'.cNCsi:clls?directed tli
activities;' c ' the, agency, 2 ;
`SJUI?cs ,a'P+CI mo;eods'
u1in tito . siiostall ive. ?illt_lii
ti IICc
CIA 'wou d ril e Vi s rcco 'i ic.
8.bc'uii said. in' decline 'g tD
t aline knese questions% he
oilne; .~ past practice.
"The subc,omii]Ittee. c`
Sen:,te Armed'Scrvices Cu,
~ee,i ' ccoi?ding I to. 'ray .1:: : r?
t'121Gi;ig, i5.' 1'.CSp~nSii)IC ,.
onatii'?avei?si ht - of ? CIA c:c
;`+as trios the'Sceate body; v.iic
o ;n crliied ',no added.
.?riaborn suggestcd-tilc,t': is
peacticer TU::i, 1LJ
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BEEP OUT 1: Senator Richard B. Russell of
Georgia, chairman of the C.I.A. watchdog sub-
committee, opposes a move to expand the 'mem-
The New York Times (by George Tameil
bership of the group. He contends the Senate's
Foreign Relations Committee, which voted fcr
the change, Is trying to "muscle In."
How Many Watchdogs for
By E. W. KEN WORTHY had the full support of J. W. Ful- the Armed Services 'Committee.
special to The New York Times bright of Arkansas, the committee Second, he, asserted, enlarge-
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WASHINGTON, May ' 21-Once
again, after, a' lapse of. 10 years,
the United States Senate is going
to have a chance to do something,
if it so desires, about the vexed
question of "legislative oversight"
of the operations of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
Two weeks ago, the Foreign Re-
chairman. ment of the C.I.A. subcommitte'!
Supporters of an expanded com- would put its necessary secrecy
! mittee base their case on the as- ' in jeopardy .and probably endan-
sertion that the C.I.A.,, if it does ger the lives of. C.I.A. agents and
'not make foreign policy, certain- their informants, He is proud to
ly influences it, and therefore say, Mr. Russell ? went on, that,
the Foreign Relations Committee there has never been a "harmfu
should have a role in the legis- leak" from the subcommittee
Iative oversight. But he had read articles bases;
Other reasons that, because of on leaks from the Foreign Re-
.5, a resolution to set up a nine- :senatorial courtesy, cannot be pub- lations Committee, and a "seg
man Select Committee on Intelli- licly avowed, are that the present ment of the press" was now exert
'Services, Appropriations and For. members is neither very aggres-
eign Relations Committees 'each, sive nor inquisitive, that it is
furnishing three members. The satisfied to be told no more than
'resolution Is now scheduled to the director of the agency volun.
reach the Senate floor next teers; that it is inclined to be
ting information now denied it.
The first reason was widely re-
garded as the "real" reason for
Mr. Russell's. alarm, and the see-
Wednesday. content with military justifica- and as merely a "good" reason.
Ever since the C.I.A, was es- tions for an operation without con- In fact; the Senator's appeal to
tablished by the National Security sidering its possibly unfortunate ' security. `aroused some smiles In
Act of 1947, the director of the political consequences; and that the press gallery and some Ire
agency has reported in. tightest the information it receives about . among some of his colleagues.
secrecy to subcommittees of the ;an operation is supplied after the On the one hand, Mr. Russell
event, too late for the exercise seemed to be suggesting, since
Armed Services and Approuses. of Congressional caution or advice. representatives from the Foreign
tions Committees of both houses. The House subcommittees meet' In an obvious effort to influence Relations Committee . would be
chosen, according to custom, from
the committee vote on the day be.
separately; those in the, Senate, fore it was taken, senator Richard: the four ranking members, that
because of duplicating member- D I'usSell of Georgia, chairman ofi Democratic Senators Fulbright
ship, for convenience sake meeti
together. th. the Armed Services Com.t and John Sparkman of Alabama,
.
mittcc and the C.I.A. watchdogs and Republican Senators Bourke
C.I.A. Influence r..tr'occm.mittee,. bitterly assailed; B..Hiekenlooper of Iowa and
The proposal for the enlarged, the McCarthy resolution on two. '.George D. Aiken.of Vermont, could
watchdog committee was srrpp~on-; grounds. not be trusted with secret Infor-
sored by
Democrat i 11~ N n(TrFs 8i' / (4 : ?P7 1 r t~s
Democrat at n#Av ns it ee is trying to P at on was pa n y nsulting.
a."muscle In" on the jurisdiction of ' ;''Continued .
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Question of Leaks 'his resolution came to' a vote, 14`;
On the other hand, Mr. Russell of them reversed themselves, and.
seemed to be saying that House the resolution was defeated, 59-1
members could be more trusted to 27.
than Senators, since there are 15 It is likely that the McCarthy
members on the two house sub- resolution will suffer the same fate.
committees dealing with the C.I.A. as Mr. Mansfield's if it comes to a
Reporters were somewhat amused vote. However, the vote could be
also at the aspersions cast on so close as to embarrass, Mr. Rus- .
the Foreign Relations Commit- sell. Therefore, the expectation
. tee, since the only . leak of any here is that Senator Russell may :i
consequence from that committee' negotiate a face-saving compro-
iri a ong time involved the exec mise with Senator Fulbright; for
litive hearings last summer into; example, one that would permit.)
lac 1?QUlinican_ crisis. No military' three members of the Foreign Re-
security was involved in the testi-I lations Committee to be ex-officio
mony taken from officials. How-I members of the C.I.A. watchdog
ever', the hearings did contain: subcommittee.
highly embarrassing evidence of: There has been a week's delay
conflicts between what happened ,in the original schedule of bringing
in Santo Domingo and what the McCarthy resolution to the
high Administration officials said floor, partly, some observers feel,
had happened. ,because Senator Fulbright noted
The C.I.A. subcommittee is part that a member of the present
of the power complex that is cen- C.I.A. watchdog group was presid-.
tered in the committees on Armed ing at the time he planned to
Services, Appropriations and Aero- make the move.
nautical and Space Sciences. The Since Senator Russell- has indi
members can be counted on to cated he will try, a parliamentary
jfight to preserve their power maneuver to have the resolution
against dilution. Furthermore, they referred "to some other commit-
;can count on help from other mem- tee," the measure's proponents felt
bers of the Senate's power Icier- they would do better to await a'
archy, such as the then freshman .more propitious time.
.Senator Mike Mansfield of Mon In the interval, Senator McCar-!
~tana discovered a decade ago. thy has sent letters to colleagues
whose support he. regards as at:
Toward Compromise I' least possible, urging them to vote.
He introduced a resolution to against any move to refer the res
create a joint committee on the, olution to another committee-and'.
'Central Intelligence Agency in its probable death. Jet's have &,-i'
Iine' with a recommendation of ?' vote on the "substance of the mat=',
,the Hoover Commission. He had ter in 'an orderly. manner" he
34 co -sponsors ;But;by the ,time ,asked
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does not int rudc,\on policy-making.
e~~,+f, : f TM While tire; CIA maintains its sphinx.
~~Wt.J e W rZk. t . v l:l.e silence in public, the Senate estah-
T :, , - ;ishment unquestionably speaks for it.
f 7. 7 ~~ub', / The reason for wanting to keep. the.
number of Senators overseeing',\CIA)
w-s"'z''"z1= - ~' ?="~ ?-' operations to a minimum
Marquis Chi ds goes beyo>ks
By t1 the increased danger of security leaks
GIVEN the order of battle, there inherent in an enlarged commit;.
should be little doubt about the out. although this is the argument chh-hy
come of the Senate hassle over the "std in public. What disturbs the
iythe likelihood that Senators with
Central Intelligence Agency. The Son- `;;--conviction of their expertise In the
ate estabTishinent,"leer uy"its most con- foreign field would want to call the
spicuous member, Sen. Richard Russell shots.
of Georgia, holds the CIA in fond em- The tug of war over the. CIA ns
brace and Is determiicd` to repel all aggravated by a spate of nc~, .stories
invaders, putting the intelligence agency, which
But there are doubts; and, if the F uibright says :;as more employes
14-to-5 vote in the Foreign Relations than the State Department, in a dubious
Committee is a portent, Russell_ light. The climax came with a suit filed
have to use all his skill at parliamentary ; .hy the widow of an applicant for a
maneuver to put down the revolt. It is a CIA job who claimed her husband was
test that will show whether the inter. drugged during the examination for the
locking; directorate-between the Sen. Post and died as a consequence., Drugs
ate establishment, the intelligence ap Plus cloak-and-dagger stuff made an
paratus and the Armed Services-haa. unbeatable sensation,
the muscle to keep out interlopers. cva
Partly, of course, it is a personal feud. THE LAWSUIT that has caused
The challenge comes from members of, genui;;e concern is that in which the
the Senate Foreign Relations Commit. ~C Y,sisted in a Baltimore court that
tee who are convinced they should be the right of secrecy prohibited any re-
represented on the top-secret joint spon e to a claim. by a Latvian emigre
supervisory committee overseeing the; that he is the victim of a calculated
(CIA's .bperal,ion. This pits Chairman J.\CIA; alander which pictured him as a
,(CIA's Fulbright and his critical view *-communist agent." This suggests"one
of?the "Vietnam' conflict against Russell, of the unhappiest aspects of th CIA;)
who, as chairman of the Armed Se1v- operation, which is the role it~play(s
ices Committee, goes down the line for with refugee groups in this country.
the Administration. When Nikita Klu'ushchev came to the
But the controversy is more than a General Assembly of the United Na-
personal vendetta or even a dispute tions in 1960 and wildly shouting
over Vietnam. The issue is the use of refugee groups greeted his everyap?'s
American power with roots deep in the. pearance, it was reporter} that the`CIA,q
American temperament. The isolation had a lot to do with the; organizing o
ism of the first decades of this century these demonstrations. Now York City
grew out of a conviction of America's has ever since been trying to get $3 mil-
special destiny and the imperative need lion out of the Federal Government for
to stand free of the power struggles of the extra cost of police protection for
the corrupt old world. Khrushchev and the other heads of
c419 government who drew such an upi' , t. s
IN THE RECENT Senate exchange Few knowledgeable observers would
those arguing for supervision by meni- 'CIA with the criticism, that the
hers of the Foreign Relations Commit. `CIA grow too fast and luxuriantly in
tee-three to be added to the six from the postwar years. Coming out of the
Defense and "Appropriations-were not Wartime Office of Strategic Services,
saying the :'CIA is inefficient. On the. ,the agency carried into another era
contrary, they =passed out generous many of the freewheeling habits of a
bouquets for'CIA performance.- cloak-and-dagger operation sanctioned
The argument., Was that the . CIA ex: - by the urgency of war.
ercises a direct influence on foreign ? The basic question often lost sight,
policy and, therefore, should come un- of is whether a corollary of American
der the scrutiny of Senators concerned power must be a highly organized in.
with that field. Not so, say Russell and. telligence operation, If the answer is
the members of the supervisory com- "yes," then this must be a secret opera.
mittee, who contend that the agency tion with congressional intervention
has. solely _an operating function and kept to a minimum.
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WASHINGTON - Interwoven in the from Armed Services and Appropriations,..
proposal to include 'members of the For- Senator Russell of Georgia, chairman of
eign Relations Committee in the Senate the Seven made this general point.
group which checks the operations of the.. But Senator Lausche of Ohio added an',
:-Central Intelligence Agency is the native observation which Russell's colleagues
American :distaste for a
network of es- suspect to be the real basis of his
objec- tion. The Foreign Relations Committee,
The responsibility assigned to A he said Lausche (he is a member of it), "harp,
C.I.A. for protecting the national security .also distinguished itself for the frequency
requires matching and frustrating the, of leaks that come out of its hearings" in
covert and often criminal activities of for- executive session. Not one, has ever com a
~:'eign agents to undermine this security. from the Seven.
And these are practices, generated by the Senator Fulbright and his, committee
`. world power struggle between the Com majority want equal representation on th
monist and Democratic systems, that Russel group with Armed Services anti
Alth "evilils" have been taught to associate Appropriations on the ground that th_~,
wit "ev
foreign regimes. C.I.A.- plays an Important role in the
More Surveillance Urged '"making" of foreign,policy, in which the
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g r~ comm
s
tha.~t the subversive designs par
t gns and tactics of tee is its deputy,
world communism compelled a responsi-
able American government to establish the Only in a Sense
' counterforce embodied in the C.I.A.; a
feeling has increasingly developed that This ground is substantial, but only to
'the agency should be exposed to more cri- a degree. If the C.I.A. confines itself to its
! tical and broader surveillance. appointed functions - the gathering and
The immediate product of this feeling weighing of intelligence in the field of in-
is the proposal favored by a majority of ternational activities - then it "makes",
the members of the committee on foreign foreign policy only in the sense that this-
relations. ' is shaped, as necessarily it is, by interna
That presents the Senate with an unu- ' tionai events and the designs of other na-
sually difficult choice. The effectiveness tions.
of the C.I.A., also the lives of its agents in And the Russell group vigorously as
;certain foreign countries, depend on the' serts the C.I.A. strictly limits itself to
complete secrecy of their activities. These these. functions.
~' agents include nationals of the foreign.. This affirmation. supports assurance
countries' as well as 'Americans working given publicity by former directors Dulles
under -a "cover" which disguises what they and McCone several times in recent years.
actually are doing there. Moreover, as has been pointed out in be
Not only in Washington, but paiticular- half of the Russell committee, having giv-
ly here, experience has shown that the en clearance for access, to secret intelU,,!
larger the number entrusted with secrets, gene reports -to senators outside the
the larger the "leaks" of t1 ose secrets into group whose official respons1pilities enti
the public domain. 'tied them to it, the same would be? readily
In.opposing the addition' of three' for- available to ,chadvinan Fulbright ; for the ;;
eign relations committeemen to the seven asking..,
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DAVID LAWRENCE WASH EVENING STAR, 18 May 66
Danger Seep in ProIfwsal 'on -CIA
There 1s more WWI mega iv,cig.. y=..,r ? -" --
the eye in the innocent-looking' with the secrets of the agen- what was ooming, he could
proposal to allow the Senate cy. always ask the commander in
Foreign Relations Committee It is' customary for various chief--namely, 66 President
: senators every now and then of the United
to add three members of its States."'
k' d f caution is ,just
o
h
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;s m
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own to the "legislative ,aver.- to divulge things they eve
sight" committee of the learned, in con ldence about as important in a "cold war"
Senate which, in a confiden- domestic policy. Rut with as in a "hot war." The Presi-
- --- ,-., 4- .,_.., ,..e --- i,~e onnoce to
us-i way, Keeya "I 11vu4u - . .,.,,,-- ? .
the operations of the Central foreign countries, t ere has toy everything the CIA is doing.
Intelligence Agency. be restraint. For if the infer- Senator Frank J. Lausche,
bt ed '-the CIA is''`D-Ohio says that while
a1n
t
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on.o
Just why, for instance, ? " ?ma
dealt with. - casually and Senator Russells subcommit-
should the. Senate Foreign "leaked ? to the press like tee has "distinguished itself"
Relations Committee wish to' domestic . news,- this could by not leaking Information,`
check up on the special. cause serious damage to the Foreign Relations Com-
d th
h
h
f
e s
ei mittee--of whic
a ..American interests aroun
committee now cam red o
small group from the Senate world member-"distinguishes itself
Armed ; Services Committee The risks in changing the by the number of leaks that'
'and the Appropriations. Com- nature. of the membership of have come out of that com-
mittec? The reason giden. by...the .special committee that mittee."
Senator.j. William Fulbright, keeps an touch with the CIA Senator Russell thinks that
D-Ark., chairman ' of the are, considerable. The public overexposure of the CIA
CTA "very greatly, governments to net secret because 9t: would'oause_ many
C
But, m~ Ftutta, Senator ,_ employ go-b(*Wee ^M wh fear of eventual reprisals ~6 if.
-1 f LM
behind the request- for., fine ,e Georgia chairm-an' bd .the special .. who is senator, in his
vises CIA operations, says.. them.. After long experience week, said. that the mere.
,that ,It is. just pure poppy with the technique of keeping discussion.of what appears to
f and th? s reall secret the CIA dictional squabble
is
s
CIA
be
ixe
a lur
, mg .7
cock that the
Emotes, foreigtl policy." ; has concluded that the fewer "has a ? tendency to chill"
On the surface it might the people who now anything some of the CIA Informants
seem that the whole tiling is about the operation, the better even in the national capital.
,nnerely a matter. of procedure in the to ig run, It hakes many years to.
-and that theoreti.cally., some ? After. World . War 1 Was develop contacts in foreign .
representation ..,from . the over, the late Admiral Ernest
u;nn rhiPf of naval opera- countries, wherethe~ CTA
Appropriations C'ommit'tee ? that in two of u,e yminRtauro much of its.-information to
and the Armed Services engagements in the Pacific he members of the Senate who
+.IA fhs ommvtarv
uommuLVee, WVULU uc .vgua..o?, .Behead of time are wiei,,Jeiv u.vv....u
But the truth is that- the 'of the Navy . foreign policy "?. controversies
operations . of the CaltreI - that a certain battle plan was 'could. result in a substantial
Intellagance Agent could be-.-' about to be put into operation
ih% ha, Raid_ waS drop in the efficiency of .the
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Central Intelligence Agency. can people should not have an oppor-
It is watched over by the President tunity to be briefed in executive ses- `'?.
cloak - and - dagger organization that, said? "I do not accept the major premise
is more closely supervised' than the that the elected officials of the Ameri
CIA is doing. Finally, its' activities and '.',While no senator would stand up on
,governmental group headed by Clark found." W i
Clifford closely scrutinizes what the This lets the cat out of the bag..'
and the National Security Council. By sions- of their committees in regard
,designation of the President, a non- to what their checkinIf committee has'-
-its expenditures, though concealed, have , the floor and say so, the obvious fact
to run the. gantlet of two congressional is that the opponents of enlarging the
committees. In the Senate, this com-
1hittee is made up of three representa-
tives each from the Armed Services and
,the Appropriations committees.
There would seem to be no need
for any- additional watchers. Senator
Fulbright's Foreign Relations Commit-
tee, however, wants to add three of
its members to the watcl}ing group.
Senator Russell, who heads the super-
visory, is- strongly opposed.
Because there are already so many
:watchers, it might be wondered what
valid objection there is to adding three
more, especially ~f they come from Mr.
Fulbright's committee; since CIA ac
,tivities undoubtedly. 'influencer foreign
relations.
The reason for the objection was
not quite, spelled out in Monday's de-
bate. But its essence emerged clearly
enough.
Ohio's. Senator Lausche, himself a
f member of Foreign Relations, said that
committee "has, also distinguished it- ' .
self for the frequency of leaks .that
ipome out of their (executive) hearings."
watchdog committee are afraid of leaks,
if representatives of. Foreign Relations
should be added to the watchdog group.
And this would be especially true if
all 19 members of Mr. Fulbright's com-
mittee would be briefed, as Senator
Morse advocates, "on what their check-
ing committee ' has found out."
The "leak" from executive sessions
to favored newsmen is an ancient in-
stitution on Capitol Hill. But there
have been no leaks from Senator Rus-
sell's watchdog committee. The tight-
of its security has been remarkable.
ness
And this is as it sho ld be..
Why? Because secrecy, like it or
not, is essential to the successful. opera
tion of the CIA.' Without it, vital sources'.
of information, carefully cultivated over
a long period of time, would vanish, .
not to mention the.. informants them-
selves. Consequently, in' the absence .of
a substantial showing ? of need, and
there has been no such showing, we
hope the Senate will 'turn down the
bid by Foreign Relations- to "`muscle ?
in" (Senator Ryssell's wotds) . on , the
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FULBRICNT PANEL
VOTES FOR, ROLE
IN POLICING CJA
Russell Expected to Oppose
4 Move for Equal Voice in.
His Watchdog Group
referral of the resolution, to. committee has been largely yesterday that he new about
the Rules Committee, where it content to receive without the training of Cuban refugees
might have 'been bditled a question what the C.I.A. wishes in Guatemala but "did not know
The provisions on staff and fi-~ to tell it; that it is "clued in" on the timing" of the invasion.
p , operations after, not before, the ?I onlywish I had been con-
nancing would have required event and therefore has little suited," Mr. Russell declared,'
such referral. restraining influence on the "because I would have strongly:
Later the Senate Parliamen-!C.I.A., and that it has been too advised against this kind of;
tarian, Floyd M. Riddick, told ] prone to judge C.I.A. opera- operation if I had been. That
tions on the basis of "military may have been one reason why)
reporters that the deletions: arguments" advanced to jus- I was not consulted."
would eliminate the need to! tify them, without considering Earlier Resolutlor Recalled
send the resolution to the Rules' their possible unfortunate po-
Committee. litical consequences.
.Nevertheless, the resolution These critics of the present
will face two other hurdles be- arrangement believe Mr. Rus-
fore It reaches the floor. sell Inadvertently gave support
Richard B. Russell. who is1to their arguments during floor
chairman of the Aimed Services (debate yesterday when Ernest
Democrat of Alaska
Q,ruening
,
,
By E. W. gfENWORTHY Committee and also of the pres-tcited the "ghastly fiasco" of
ant watchdog conunittec, said the Bay of Pigs invasion of
Special to' ht New York Times Cuba in April, 1961, as evidence
-!he would move to have the
.WASHINGTON, May 17 of the influence that the C.I.A.
The Senate Foreign .Relations+ McCarthy resolution referred to could have on policy. Tl_iis epi-
Committee approved today a,'his Armed Services Committee.
resolution that would give it;' It the Senate supports his
an equal role with the Armed' move, the Armed Services Com-
Services and ' Appropriations mittee is expected to bury the
Committees in supervising the resolution or report it out un-
I favnrahly_ Yesterday Mr. Rus-
0
H
snide, Mr. Gruening sal , was
pertinent to the question of
whether the Ford"ign Relations
Committee should be represent-
ed on the watchdog committee.
activities or' Lne t.:enmrai ruteul-! sell mtteriy crtmiciaca Lne re5-{ c ~~??? ?~- ^??-r--w,
gence Agency. The vote was 14 olution as an attempt toj from thr'.beginning it was based
to 5. "muscle In" on the jurisdiction on mistakes." All those involved,
Of the watchdog committee. Air. Russell Continued, made
The resolution would create If the Senate does not support mistakes "except the Senator
a select committee of nineiMr. Russell's move, the timing from Arkansas," who "ad-
members to be known as the of floor action on the resolution vised' against It."
Committee in Intelligence Oper- is up to the Democratic Policy Mr; Russell was alluding to a
ations. The chairmen of the Committee. Although its chair- memorandum that Mr. Fill-
Armed Services, Appropriations mab, Mike Mansfield of Mon- bright gave to President Ken-
and Foreign Relations Commit- tana, the majority leader, sup- nedy on April 1, 1961, ditring
tees would each name' three ports the resolution, at least a flight to Florida in which the
six of the other eight members Senator opposed United States
members, of whom no more on the committee are believed support Sor, or participation in
than two could be from the to be opposed to it. Three of an invasion of Cuba. Mr. Russell
same party. them-Mr. Russell, Carl Hay- was also alluding to Mr.' Ful-
At present, seven members den of Arizona and Stuart Sym- bright's opposition later ex-
(from the Armed Services ington of Missouri-are on th pressed during a State Depart-
1 C,I.A. watchdog committee. ment meeting three days later
resolution also recalled today
what Leverett Saltonstall, Re-,
publican of Massachusetts, said'
during a debate in April, 1956,'
when he opposed tt resolution
by Mr. Mansfield ';o create a
joint Congressional committee'
on the C.I.A. as recommended b
the Hoover Commission . on
Organization of tha Executive,
Branch of the Government.
"The difficulty In asking:
questions (of the C.I.A. directorl
and getting information," Mr.
Saltonstall said, "is that wel
might obtain Information which)
I personally would rather note
have, unless it was essential for';
me as a member of Congress
to have it."
Through pressure- exerted by
Mr. Russell and the late Albert
W. Barkley, Demo' rat of Ken-
tucky, the Mansfield resolution
was defeated by a vote of 50 to
27, although It had originally
had 35 sponsors.
When Mr. Mansfield Intro-
duced his resolution. in 1954, he
said:
"An urgent need exists for
regular and responsible Con-i
gressional scrutiny of the Cen-'
tral Intelligence Agency. Such'
scrutiny is essentia: to the sucol
cess of our foreign policy, to the.
preservation of our democratic':
processes and to the security of;
the .. intellitgence w[ency itself."
Senate s "legislative oversight' The five members of the For- tartly east
ggnd Appropriations Committees 3 From G.O.P.,' 2 Democrats at which the, President's ad-
have jurisdiction over ' the isera ronounced the plan mili-
or t.ne -posing the resolution were
Before the vote was -taken, Bourke B. Hickenlooper of
the sponsor of the resolution, Iowa, Frank Carlson of Kansas)
Eugene J. McCarthy, Democrat and Karl E. Mundt of South
of Minnesota, amended it by Dakota, all Republicans; Mr:;
deleting three provisions. Symington and Frank J.
ILausehe, Democrat of Ohio.
Two Goals In Mind ? ! Mr. Lausche proposed an
'amendment that would have re-
The first of these would have quired the members of the'
brought the counterespionage watchdog committee to be elect-,
activities of the Fedral Bureau ed by the three parent com-i
of Investigation' within the pur- mittees rather than appointed
view of ? the expanded, watch'-by the chairmen. This was re-
garded, informed sources said,,
dog committee. .as a "personal affront" to J. W.
The second and third "woutdFulbright, the committee chair-,
have given the committee pow+iman, and was defeated by a'
er to hire a' staff , and draw. onivote of 7 to of the present
Members
the Senate's contingency funds
r watchdog Committee argue
10. tfor expenses. i that expansion would almost
1 for McCarthy had two ob- certainly increase the likeli-1
fectives In those revisions.hood of leaks that would en-.
First, he hoped to win adds-,danger national- security ands
atonal support for his resolu-tssibly imperil 'the lives of
i ! 'deep cover" C.I.A. agent,. and,
lion in a floor test by meeting informants.
crlttctsms,. raised ye their F.or.RAA@vtb
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The Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee voted 14 to 5
,yesterday to add three of its
-members to a committee head-
ed by Sen. Richard Russell
(D-Ga.) which watches over
the operations of the Central
Intelligence Agency.
..The action set the stage for
a showdown between the Com-
mittee majority and the pow
erful Russell forces, who ini-'
tiated a Senate debate on.
Monday to denounce the For-;
eign Relations Committee's at-{1
tempt to "horn in" on their
operation.
Russell, who has now ptaked
his considerable Senate pres-'
tige on keeping the Foreign.
Relations Committee away.
from his CIA committee, indi-
cated yesterday that he would
attempt to have the proposal..
referred to either the Rules.
Committee or his own Armed
Services Committee. Such ac-
tion would be an attempt to
prevent the proposal from
coming to the floor of the
Senate for a vote.
In an attempt to bypass the
Rules Committee, Sen. Eugene
J. McCarthy (D-Minn.),' the
resolution's sponsor, amended
his proposal by cutting out the
provisions for a committee
staff which would be paid from
the contingent fund of the
Senate. As originally drafted,
the McCarthy resolution would
been have automatically re-
ferred to the Rules Committee.
1. Sen' Joseph S. Clark (D-Pa.),
a member of both the Rules
and Foreign Relation Commit-
tees, predicted yesterday that
the McCarthy resolution would
be defeated if referred to the
I Rules Committee.
The McCarthy 'resolution
nine-member
t u
ld
p a
se
wou
"Committee on Intelligence
Operations" to supervise the
foreign intelligence operations
of the United States Govern-
ment, including those o1; the
Defense Intelligence Agency
and the State Department
Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, as well as the CIA.
McCarthy eliminated yester
day his provision that the
proposed committee supervise
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j Some of the votes were by
Before the final vote, cori-
.. Sen le Comm ittee Votes 11proxy. the
inittee defeated a Lausche pri-
0 0 posal, 7-2, to have members if
For Voce 0 n CIA, 14-5 i the Foreign Relations Commit-
'tee elected rather than ap-
pointed to the oversight subcon-
The Senate Foreign Relations
: Committee today approved a re-
, solution to create a select com-
mittee on intelligence operations
twhich committee, members will
give it a voice, in overseeing ac-
{tivities of the Central Intelli-i
tgence Agency.
The vote was 14 to 5..
Sen. J. William Fulbright, b-
'Ark., the committee. chairman,
said he hoped there would be ac-
,tion on the resolution before th
end of this, legislative session.
But a battle was in 'prospect
'bn the proposal. Sen. Richard B.
Russell, D-0a., said he would do
everything possible to block the
ieommittee's efforts to obtain, any
C:. "Muscling In":
,for them muscling in," Russell
Before the resolution was ap-
;amended it in three respects.
)Ci ther ?oo ' out'a'?provision
em.ov`ed from., the resolution
would-lave provided that ex-
penses' of the `committee would
be' paid from the Senate's con-
tingency funds"`
~Thtlatter two deleations were
a move to avoid having the
resolution sent to the Senate
Rules and Administration Com-
mittee for consideration because
it involved the. expenditure of
Senate funds. Members , of
the Rules Committee appear
weighted in support of Russell's
opposition to the resolution.
Lausche Proposal Defeated
Those voting. against the reso-
lution in the Eommittee were
J.'Lausche,' D-Ohio, and Stuart
member of the CIA. oversight'
subcommittee.
mittee if the resolution should
be approved.
Russell said that if it becomes
necessary he will move on the
Senate floor to have the resolli-
tion referred to the Senate
Armed Services Committee. Ile
said the Armed Services Com-
mittee, which he heads, has ,
jurisdiction over CIA affai-s
under 1547 legislation.
Approval of the resolution was.
expected. Then it is schedul ^d'
to go to the Senate Rules Cofn-
miittee for consideration.
Fulbright said the Senate per
liamentarian would be asked to'
rule on whether the amended
resolution will have to go to to
Rules, Committee.'- , ' , -
In all, 11 members of the 19-)
on:.lh,t`cont[Rv_ersial resolution.'
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can be provided where it has Mr. Russell denounced a New impact on American foreign
done so.' York Times editorial. He said policy, he added.
Mr. Russell said -these "er-iiit stated Ahat' the supervisory "I think in ninny countries it`
roneous charges are calculated. subcommittee members had is more inflt;ential than ourl
to deceive members of Con- Ambassador and I have had
they "af_~ been."screened., ? by the C.I.A. Ambassadors who have told me
grss.i' He added members
he C.I.A. had po more con- this," :dir. Fulbright said.
feet the sources available to nectioll Nvit17 the
se,lection of He called the resolution to
dd
.
a
,.; iP, j .Pro q al to Exi and the C.I.A., which are easily dis- these __E c, u'nint~q embc s three Foreign Ielations mem-
:turbed." I thaii it had with, _the.,selc Uun bers to the 'ovc might panel "not
$, tte Watchdog Panel He is making a public state- of the editorial staff of The a radical proposal at all, butt
York.Times;":1SQ sale" "' " -,t one."
ment, Mr. Russell said, because New rather a mode
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TH.KES POLICY
Senator Richard B. Russell told suHe noted charges that the C.I.A. was
the Senate today it was sheer
`?- set up under the National De-
contend n eo c ' . to that the
?~j?x? .S - fense Act of 1947. The Armed
'.Central Intelligence Agency Services Committee shepherded
makes , or takes over foreign Ithat act through the Senate. he
policy. said, and thus inherited the duty
The Georgia Democrat, who nf nvercnPint* fhp c T e
proof. He noted ?tlle ? C.I.A had under the impmssion that the
"sources" tTiroughou~,the world, present oversight group involy-
But the possibility of ed Informal committees.
increased public discussion and "These are not informal at
leaks through an enlargement all, they are duly constituted
of the Congressional pan?l.subcommittees of the Armed
"might cause them to close up Services and Appropriations;
like clams . . . or worse than ,Committees," Mr. Russell said.%
that, to lose their lives." Senator Ernest Gruening,!
Democrat of Alaska
said th
'
,
e
heads a subcommittee char g Another ranking member of
g 'ties. the C.I.A. panel, Senator Salton-(failure at the Bay of Pigs'
with overseeing the activities ? Senatorial Supervision of the stall. sunnorted Mr. Russell- He showed that the C.I.A. doesi
i
d
licy
d th
I
ence organiza
ion
th
n ke forei
- elli
n
e
o-? i~.,
e Senate
t
e t
n
...._......
g
, ~an is Snared by senior mem rem
rejected vigorously proposals hers of the Armed Services and Wa.s "an important effort for They were able to persuade]
the security of our country." two Presidents to go ahead with;
Shat the Senate Foreign Rela Appropriations Committees, that project," he said. "They
!lions Committee share In his which make funds available for Raborn Silence Noted completely misinformed the!
supervision: Mr. Russell also clandestine operations. Senator Young sunnestedlPresident."
heads the Senate Armed Serv- Members Are Listed LnaL the Foci ,n RCratit-ns:,, what hat Russell replied that
you ara saying is than
ices Committee. is Committee set* 'up its own
" the C.I.A. sold the President
Mr. Russell noted that he. "special subcommit ittee on - the the
There is no justification and Senator Leverett Salton- C.I.A.' a bill of goods."
whatever for any other' com-:stall, Republican of Massachu-1 Senator J. W. Fulbright, "But the C.LA. couldn't have:
mittee to muscle in on the jur?is- setts, Margaret Chase Smith, Democrat of Arkansas, chair- moved one foot without the ap?
diction of the Armed Services 'Republican of Maine, and John':nan of the Foreign Relations proval of the President," hd
Committee so far as the C.I.A. Stennis, Democrat of Mississip-'.Committee, interjected that this added.,
Js 'concerned," he said. -pi, were members of both com-,had been proposed before.
As for charges he said had mittees. Other members of the' But Mr. Fulbright said Adm.
supervisory subcommittee are 'v.-;1T'aui P"-7,~!?i ;::)st1"6 I.ts
been made that the C.I.A. at'Senators Carl Hayden, Demo- director; wTicn appcaritrg efore
times operated Independently ,crat of Arizona, Stuart Syming_ the Foreign. PclaliorL~ ?. glnm.it-
iof the State Department and ton, Democrat of Missouri, and too. "U) iKthe~ositioq he, was
influenced foreign policy ac- ,Milton R. Young, Republican not authoinic or,,. the
law
,tions, Mr. Russell said: ? ' 9f North Dakota. Mr. Syrning-'to respond to our questions.;'
"There simply is not .a scan-,Iton is a. member of the Foreign] Mr. Fulbright added that the
tills of truth in such a charge'Relations Committee as well as, proposal in his committee com-
the Armed Services Committee. 'in- up for a vote tomorrow,
and 'not. a a single concrete case Waving a piece. of newspaper,;to add three members to the
a.a,. :, - ... tea ~? .
C.I.A. oversight group, was "in
no way a reflection" on Mr.
Russell.
But, he said, "the way things
have developed in the world has
brought the C.I.A.'into far more
activities than was contemplate
red when it was created."
And it'is? clear. on .the' record
that the C.I.A. dogs have ;an
Sy The Assoriatcd Prru Lee ll.A.iL. 19, Dy its nature, ?'rv'+"A'. ?? ?"-y,~}' ?"Y ..~`~, ?!- ...- ,.
mittce s.? xecor ,;?s being eak- Mr. Fulbright seemed to be
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the debate yesterday strik-
ingly parall
eled a similar out-I
A n "ry Senate Debate
b burst 10 years ago when Sen.;
Mike Mansfield (D-Mont.) now;
By Bryce Nelson the Majority Leader, and 32,
Washington Poat Staff Wrftcr other Senators sponsored a?
For the first time in a decade the Senate debated yes- resolution to esta'rlish a 12
terda y the question of whether to impose tighter con- man joint committee on the;
I
Central Intelligencr Agency.
gressional supervision over the super-secret operations Russell then argued: "It
of, the Central Intelligence Agency. would be more de=sirable to
Sparks ontrol ~iin
CIA
C
forming forci; n poiicy.
o
e
g
e
a
orn
ns
s of all
CIA review panel. The resolu- group is supported chiefly by: The Mansfield resolution
tion is sponsored by Sen. Eu- Senators who fear that the was defeated is 1956. Yester-~
gene McCarthy (D-Mitin.). agency exercises too much in- day the Montana Democrat)
Sen. Richard B. Russell (D- fluence on American policy. took' no-part in the debate.
It was to these critics that_._
Ga.), a staunch congressional Russell answered yesterday:
patron' of the a g e n c y, de- "It is sheer poppycock to say;
nounced as "sheer poppycock" the CIA makes foreign pot-
claims that the CIA wields icy."
Last Thursday the McCar.
1strong influence over foreign thy resolution won a test vote.
policy. in'the Foreign Relations Com
"There is no justification mittee with the defeat of a
whatever for any other com- tabling motion by an 11-to-6
mittee to 'muscle in on the vote. Final action was deferred;
jurisdiction of the Armed, until today.
Services Committee so far ash During yesterday's debate
the CIA is concerned," Russell Russell. dramatically argued
told the Senate. that public discussion of the'
Russell is chairman of. the CIA might cause its secret
s p e c i a l CIA subcommittee, l sources "to close up like '- a
which is comprised of three clam for fear that something
members each from Armed! might happen that would
Services Committee, which cause a leak, that would ider.
Russell also heads, and the i tify them and cause them to
Senate Appropriations Com-I lose their positions or, worse
mittee. The Georgia Democrat' than that, to lose their lives."
praised his subcommittee as. Russell was supported by
leak proof. . four members of his CIA sub-
In answering Russell, For-' committee - Sens. Leverett
~ eign Relations Committee Saltonstall (R-Mass.), J oh n
Chairman J. William Fulbright Ste n n i s (D-Miss.), Milton
(D-Ark.) asserted: "I think in; Young (R-Neb.) and Stuart
many countries It (the CIA) is Symington (D-Mo.).
more influential than our am." Among those who backed
bassadors, and I have had am- Fulbright in the clash were
bassadors who have told me. Sens. Ernest Gruening (D.
this." A.:ska), Wayne Morse (D-
Fulbright added that "the Ore.) and Albert B. Gore (D.
way things have developed in Tenn.).
the world has brought the CIA Gruening pointed to the
into far more activities than Bay of Pigs as an example of
was contemplated when it was; CIA foreign policy-making.
.created." "They were' able to persuade
Although the CIA was con two Presidents to go ahead
ceived as a top-secret foreign with that project," he said,
intelligence agency, such -cele- i Morse expressed fear of
brated incidents as Francis
Gary Powers' - ill-fated U-21
flight in 1960, the Bay of Pigs
invasion in 1961 and the Do
minican intervention last year
made unfavorable headlines
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e
the Senate Foreign Relations for the agency-and roiled its United elations on Capitol Hill.. Committee on a proposal to 'as that Congress all of the the e Unimembers of the
States
add te' of its members to( McCarthy's proposal to .add, are entitled to know the de-
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The 12-6 test vote in the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee 'upholding Senator Eugene McCarthy's
proposal for a standing committee to oversee
our intelligence agencies is encouraging. Senator,I
Lausche's walkout and the consequent lack of 'a
quorum blocked formal approval of the McCarthy';
resolution. But early final action has been pre-
{t` dicted by Chairman Fulbright, and the-issue appears
MAY 1 6 1966
Overseeing the CIA
rthe Foreign Relations Committee should continue,'-
4is self-evident. Whether or not the Senate accepts -
#,in the present informal surveillance processes..
was deplorable. The intimate relationship between
-_._..~_-- tea-nl-.__..~ -~ai..ul~~ ...A d......l m.....l..a?t.., thour-
110` 11C8 Agency. t.1111'?1Cu' o about 1l c. they 1"'( ~1tu bC as
no effort so far nlb rs of Congress.
tivltics oL CIA. I;t 1,1 ht' ,obt'illbeto sweepil ur u aancca
,ehind di closed - `I ,
t used only b ^ l.e
brief ins also nE, 1 c E It...~ell that sc- as tae o C t Ilropos
doors,,
a1mCi1 at bl'O ell- 1]01 i11eiS.Gc C; t 1 E (i 11. \ is not UC breached
Vai~llt EO. 111 h is rzv:utir
to the COnnmlttaco access CIA ~? t .C p not 1 RC1at10i1.", 1i: ;ly ~ ;,at that
..i . -~~ oil t
to ivilation bout CI ties. side. niven a win- 'the ,dni t. m1 1
~cti\ stiesties. If CIA,s ecrcts an: C l 1 b .
,\v on Cl k Since Ir ul- be 'T1111 to ;'7i de c:c
re)1 la the moves 3 i, \ It-1
t l:l?ollg feeling' of some filly" 1 ere it 17l others on tine
5 vu.cs u
colnmlttce members that All cd CO, 11' t ACC lz\'e been cl'lt1- corn xlllt,e \\ i o:G :.a
IO1rlatiuiis t li' O1 11:0 [~I A, it il]olT be al)OUF r l, . la i.011CeS-
the senior foreig sional clell'as r mb e c sell the cem robe
committee on foreign eels- is : ei t cone e p sion wo,:ld ,h .1 off a pub-
Should 1 lOtI
(} should be kept abreast , h 11C ~
CiJl I~ 11 r w are 4 Ci>lllpl'U1niSe CUUld?, Fulo ' 1~'-.Optt
af CIA activities that are
tali ati \e twrl,cs; nl u.
'..cmii'COllllected with for- 'J111iC. {~ I 1,1-, alt rllatiVe ap tic tv 'cols 1 aGll }: 1S-
Lion, they are .1 c1l could Tali.., . tratl0r -n 1 J any in-
disposed to ar..t Me qui r I ft that his
J1 el ell policy.
foI
a
y
c
Toward this end, tine toe? 1i br;,nd of n op li { rc u {.1 a.tle,
adrni- Cor m:~ ..~ hope for
.CO7tullittee has initiated de- I lay l,y CIA on 1::. for t: ess to in
ed r- mom c r c u lar -
could i10~Otiat1 'Which of flo It3 r' 01:1 LaL ar Y! 1 7U 1. fors la' 1 !11 6f will for
could provide a son solution of to Soul r . ,t .I... '}
sorts with little formal l o e gll ciat G :' It to:;cs the form of a M- pond oil r1.. r. ill d s
chvnbe in present proce- coil Co tlo.l o:fCrcd by Sen 'y''-''l Ras -ell
n,l"iec, oY
dares. et acs of le 0- tL~ J. McCarthy (D-
If the diplomatic an- C\ nSo de;elnl reel co:`- 11 1 ) authorizing $100,-
,proach fails, some mem- io,l.,l c lti t CJ for the Foreign Rela
hers are ready to bring the bees Con11?little to make a
ro\v into the open, even ''-.ill and complete study"
-though a ebllision'With the cal. J?a., iota `the impact of CIA opera
executive branch is the
' zr i.l t.ateil ti - is on U.S. foreign rcia-
likely result
' P. rs o to a Ind c; comllxittee proto
Coul[lromise solution i li la'1 ( ~?
> , tl C McCarthy resolu-'
Snell if he will be of tl cc),, , W
" 'IS forwarded to the
a.' of led if the COllxnlltte0 ' sic t'. ()"-'it; Ml r r.. c_.:xu .ive branch for cem=
c?llairnl;rn, Sen. J. William far C[_. 'cro'?.\ \ai at .ont t\o days after its il.1-
l;'ulLri ,11?. (D r.r mane Ore J -: 1 ` .,`?? t1?; ;action on Jail.
Se.r t-0 })C~ omm the ,' g
The (,i ,c:.r _s z,' ;?r,.r.:l:e':Zt has been rc-
man,CCS C Rioilllitte ee chair' ke\'C~.'. SLI :3i1.1;tC .0r
ratan, SC. chhard & Rus- iuiio. to oint
sell (U-Ga.), of the merits cc_,l:.ti.. CTCL 1 Cit
' of a compromise Solution. at 1:.10
endorsed by the Foreign
); ;;!sou; Committee after
of cloied-door t .
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