C.I.A. - WITH DULLES ON WAY OUT, OVERHAUL SPEEDED UP

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R001600010106-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2014
• Sequence Number: 106
• Publication Date: April 29, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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STAT
C. I. A.?With Duties on Way Out, Overhaul
By David Wise
WASHINGTON Apr. 2a.
? President Kennedy had
- - planned an overhaul of the
Central Intelligence Agency
atter iLs d:rector, Allen W.
Dunes. retired at the end of
this year or early next year.
It was learned today.
The time table for the re-
v:rw of the C I. A. was
moved lits ai a result of last
teik a ill-fatA !max on m
Cuts, by rebel forces. The
Pre.adent last Saturday
named Oen. Maxwell D Tay-
ler, retired. to Investigate
United States intelligence
peonies, Including the
C 1. A
.0verhani Moved Up ,
The general expectation
? r ithin the Kennedy admmi.,-
trlition has been flint Mi.
Dune*. director of the C 1. A.
since 1953. would step down
in 1961 en 1962. It was wade--
stood. At that time. the Ad-
ministration planned to take
hr -d look at the controvee-
ugeneY?
The timing of the planned
(-tertian' has been advanced
breause the C. I A Is the
ar,cncy that organized and
rxrcuted the unsuccessful
rebel invanion according tu
Informed sources here.
When Mr Kenneds. re-
aPiacinted M. Dull sr' IA
rilector as one of, h.s Pict
at after elect.on, he did so
with he underrtandlnit that
? Mr Dunes would .not be ex-
pected to remain on for fc.?ur
years
Professor Riche d E Neu-
stadt of Collimria
Ept?Ctal ad'.14 r to the
S teeded Ui,
STAT
Herald Tribune?trn
HIS RESIGNATION FORECAST?C. I. A. Director Dulles.
President. had recommended
tile!. Mr. K.ez,Itet.i retain the
e.-ecter to in.Aire continuity
of unitiel States Intelligence
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The expectation In the Ad-
m.aistiation at the lime was,
_Let Mr. Dulles would re-
0,4115 it,rig enough to prOvide
-.at continuity and to groom
s.,iccessor. There was spec-
u.s Lon that at !east for a
LT.? should Mr. Dulles step
ecwo. Air Force Gen. C P.
(-Abell, doputy director of the
C I A . would serve as interim
en *ear.
Mr. Kennedy was briefed
several times by the C. I. A.
?st American intelligence data
L.ning the campaign. Presi-
dent Eisenhower had offered
to make this Inforination
available to Mr. Kennedy,
who accepted. ' After the
Demooratic national coriven-
Jtc,n, Mr. Dunes new to Hy-
annis Port Mass . In July W
-brief Mr. Kennedy
Again, after cuction. Mr.
Dulles and a top deputy,
Richard M. Bissell Jr flew to
Palm Beach Nov. 18 to brief
the Preeldent-elect.
Mr. Dunes is known to feel
lhat the failure of the Cuban
invasion was a military and
not an intelligence failure.
His positical Is that the C I
A. correctly estimated the
strength of the Fidel Castro
governinent forces. HoweVer,
other high officials have
blamed the C. I. A. for an
intelligence failure in Cuba.
Dual tele 001th:hied
The C. 1.-A. was estabLshed
In 1947 to co-ordinate: and
gather Intelligence informs-
thin. Since that time It has
been criticized as too free of
any real control by Congress
for alleged failure to predict
major upheaials on the world
stege and for combining two
functions under one hat-,-the
gathering of Information and
the carrying out of intelli-
gence in.lastons.
Gera. C. P. Cabell
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