WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R001100670047-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2013
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: April 25, 1957
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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? By DREW. PEARSON
? (The author of this column Is given the,'
" Widest latitude, views de not ne(.4..':
.-garily reflect those of THE ?1\1.1.HROlt.
WASHINGTON, April 241
?Uncle Sam's security system;
is now so strict 'that everi`
doodling by high - officials is.
checked to make sure their,
subconscious scribbling doesn't,
reveal ariy secrets.
The doodles usually are burned;
if they are drawn during a secret)
conference. _ -- ? . .. ? ?..
Washington's champion ciao&
ler, Secretary of State..-Dulles;
draws complex geometti6 designs,
isn't likely 'these abstract
patterns._ would, give' ? away any
.secrets, but on the chance a psy-
chologist might ,get a -One ; to!
-Dulles' secret thinking froth them,
aides scrupulotisly . gather theme
:up and stuff, them into. a..1?rie..&
Case after each, meeting: ?
. .
SeeretarY of Defense ,
also- .doerdleS at .his.desk.. He may
jot down _a word or,- figure orv,
.curlicue, but his staff -does,n't{
liother to pick up after 'him. They'
'are'convinced his doodling would.
confuse enerny "agents.
cy Sensitive agencies, such as,.;the-
:Atomic Energy Commission and,,
Central Intelligence Agency. auto- ?
,matic.ally -destroy all: doodling. or
:.Scribbling that has anything to do
:with secret work'?
Atomic Energy Chairman .LewiSi:
StransS- does not doodle:but he',
+7.' A. Dulles . L. Strauss
I". 1:9'p secret do- 8 d/irig-- --
I. .... .. .
I 'saawls notes .on tiny white pacts
?and stuffs, them in bis pocket s.,!
He eved. keeps' a pad .by- his bed-.
,side in case he. should get an,'
',idea in the middle.? of, the night.
'. -But he always. empties his
'pockets in his Office and is. care-,
Jul to destroy notes that contain?
security information. - ? .
Central Intelligence chief Alien.
Dulles scribbles notes en sheets',
of long,. lined , ? His ?
security-minded staff takes '-'116.?
,chances and simply. incinerates ?
?all his wastepaper.
,
The same-is true in other secret
.offices around Washington. EVelq
doodlinE, is often
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