FOIA
LARGE NUMBERS OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY OPERATIVES ARE BEING WITHDRAWN QUIETLY FROM AMERICAN EMBASSIES OVERSEAS, THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE SAID TONIGHT.
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Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP74-00297R001600010101-5
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 27, 2016
Document Release Date:
April 28, 2014
Sequence Number:
101
Case Number:
Publication Date:
July 1, 1961
Content Type:
OPEN SOURCE
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STAT
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ASSOCIATED PRESS JULY 1, 1961 ?
A13.4 (NC OUT) (180)
NEW YORK, JULY 1 (AP). LARGE NUMBERS; OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OPERATIVES ARE BEING WITHDRAWN QUIETLY FROM AMERICAN EMBASSIES OVERSEAS,
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THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE SAID TONIGHT.
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A DISPATCH FROM HYANNIS PORT, MASS., WHERE PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND HIS
FAMILY ARE SPENDING THE JULY 4 HOLIDAY WEEKEND, DESCRIBED THE ACTION AS
PART OF THE PRESIDENT'S OVERHAUL OF THE CIA TO ESTABLISH CLEAR LINES OF
AUTHORITY.
CIA AGENTS ABROAD HAVE ENJOYED "DIPLOMATIC COVER," THE CLOAK?AND?
DAGGER PHRASE FOR AGENTS OPERATING UNDER THE GUISE OF EMBASSY PERSONNEL.
THE HERALD TRIBUNE STORY BY Ellmjp 1,15E SAID AMERICAN AMBASSADORS
OVERSEAS HAVE NO CONTROL OVER SUCH CIA AGENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY NOMINALLY
ARE ATTACHED TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT. THIS, THE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT ADDED,
"HAS LED TO CONFLICTS AND EMBARRASSMENTS IN THE EMBASSIES IN THE PAST."
THE STORY CONTINUED:
"THE MOVE DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE OVERSEAS CIA PERSONNEL WILL STOP
OPERATING. BUT THOSE BEING WITHDRAWN FROM 'DIPLOMATIC COVER WILL HAVE
TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO CLOAK THEIR ACTIVITIES, ACCORDING TO SOURCES IN
WASHINGTON.
"PRESUMABLY MORE WILL NOW BE POSING AS AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN, IN
THE 'DIRTY TRICKS' TRADE THIS IS KNOWN AS 'COMMERCIAL COVER.'"
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2014/04/28: CIA-RDP74-00297R001600010101-5
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