RUNNING CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100100039-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: November 1, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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the point' where I'm even
beginning to wonder wheth-
er the Polaris can possibly
.missile."
S a r castle
prem.arks
along those ??
lines a r e
heard almost
every clay in
t.lte national
i n t elligcnce
c o m murrity.
ac's rc presen s. n oc- ? enc a a r
casion, apparently, he has nological possibilities. That
broached as if they were _ rs Admiral Raborn's top
fresh matters subjects that priority. And in that matter. '
, ,;;M`~, had been exhaustively dis? ?,~ he is said to be doipg a good,;'
The-
jibes
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missile which
is, of
course, an. excellent ~?
one.
Rather; they are in-
si~ired
by t~~e pcrfoi?mance~~
of Admiral Z'i'illiatn Ilaborn,
the former head of.:thc Po?
laris program, as Director '?
'oL the Central Intcllige~nce::
Agency.
Like almost cver~=thing`;.
else about the CfA, the rc- ~'
marks about Admiral Ra?.;:.
horn cannot be verified, and ;
verge on ?gossip. 13ut',the
gossip is' sufficiently high-'.
level and widespread to ~?
merit reporting. `I'lre Wrote
so as even the Admiral's de? .
fenders do not bother to
deny the charges, '.Ciiey~ ,
merely argue that the at-?
taclts are beside the- point- ?.
-that, in fact, the com?;;
plaints reflect a desirable ?.'
condition that works to keep~? 1.
the influence of the CIA.?
within safe bounds.
TIIL ' BASIC ' complaint?,;
about the Admiral is that`-
hc has neither training nor; i
flair for political analysis '
of developments abroad. The ,,,
absence of grounding appar?;
eirtly shows itself most dra-?;.`~
matically in the highest ;
policy councils of the gov- ;:
In these meetings Admiral
Raborn is supposed to mis-.
pronounce the names of for-
eign countries and personali? ' .'
ties consistently,. His recom? ,
mendations are said to baar
lrttlo relatronshrp to? the
c;u~st;u uiiiy uvc iuiuuu;s Besides, the argUlncnt:
earlier.?Sometimes, it seems; '? concludes, the important'
his point of departure is the thing for the welfare of the
exact apposite of a decision, ., country is to keep the CIA,`
just taken ~ .._.with its, special vested . in? '
A lack of familiarity with ,;? terest in prolonging -the??
policy questions also finds ?~~? cold war-from playing too ?
expression on the working ;large a -role in ?the policy
1 e v e 1 within the, .CIA: 'malting process. By having
Thoubhtful officials com?, ; a director mor.c versed in'
plain that in the final pre?. hardware than in policy, the'.
sentation their most care- ;flow of information is main-;"
ful work is badly mangled..:. tained without the Agency, "
Morale has apparently sunk ; ; becoming a dominant influ- , I
in the research and analysis ?:, once in the. basic 'decisions.
sections of the Agency, par? !.,'
titularly among the group ~ ,Pl';RHAPS .50. But the'
-
preparing long?run e s t i? :.: apologia bears
the earmarks'
mates. "They'd, be quitting,..~?'. of a rationalization'after the!
if they had"anyplace to go," ~ ~"event: When, the search for
one official of another^~ a new director to succeed
.agency asserts.. , ~ `:.John McCone was on last ?
' '~ "winter and spring, no one '
T
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t
H)J Dl;r);NS1; agains'was looking for a man with ~~
these charges depends on`~:, the ability tp muffle the
'discounting their impor- ',voice of the Agency. On the
tance. The starting point. of contrary, ~ the . Administra?
the? argument is that with ~,:? tion hit oti Admiral Raborn.,
such sophisticated veterans ~: because it was looping ? for
of policy-malting about as _ ;a good manager.?with the';
Secretary of Defense Robert ' confidence of the Congress.'
McNamara; Secretary o f It is at that ~point,prtcisc?.~
State Dean Ruslt and White .;, Iy that the shoe ? pinches. .
house aide McGeorge Bun?~ Whatever the special re?..;
dy, the President is hardly ., quirements of the moment,';
dependent upon the special . `.'? the case of Admiral Raborn ??
insights and perception of "''suggests , that, .tin general,'
the Director of .the- CIAO ~ .running CTA demands s'ome,?~
I'urthcrmore, -the case for ?: experience in forci~n ?af- 1
Admiral Raborn continues.'`."fairs, and a' capacity for ;l
the great mass of activities :? sensitive anal~?sis and so-
undertalten by the CIA are ; ~ phisticated articulation, To
rooted in technology. They . ; hunt for managers likely to ;
involve, in particular,:, new ,:; inspire the confidence of
developments rn. photog? `' Congress is to ]lave aform-.
raphy .and in sonics. T~iltc. ; ula 'far more apt to turn up
all other large government . Batibits than men of nice? ,
agencies, the Agency is said,: :judgment and a feel for pen?;
to have experienced ~diffi? ~~ strafing analysis. ~'he fact
culty in digesting the new'- ?" is that the bluff. anc~ Irearty?
technological developments `? -qualities so much esteemed ;
and in using them 'to best ~, in both manager?ial and '
advantage to meet ,the: .Congressional circles are not
changing demands t'or ?in? ~, especially appropriate to the
formation.. ', ',; guiding of a complex: intelli?
Accordingly, the need of ?. gents effort,
the moment is to. bring ?the ~ ~ 19A5.?PUbushere NoweDnpor B.YndlcatC
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