CAPITOL HUMOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100110002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 8, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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STANDARD-TIMES
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Secrecy for secrecy's sake of..
ten goes to great lengths in the,:
central ' intelligence a g e n c y,,
making 'a mystery of the ob-
vious. The other day The Chi-
cago Tribune's Washington bu-1
reau received a 'call from a CIA.
representative, ? w h o did . not
identify himself by name,- but
asked for three copies of The.
Tribune for Sunday,. June 19.
Mindful that the paper for. that'
day had 18 sections, the bureau
representative asked what item'
the orgknization wanted.
"Oh, the CIA never 'breaks;
cover to tell what it wants to,
clip from any newspaper," said
the inquirer..
A glance at the Sunday issue
evealed the CIA interest in a,
age one story announcing the
etirement of Adm. ? William ];'?
born as head of the organiza.
ion and the. appointment of..
(chard Helms as his successor,:
ince the CIA call came on July.
1, it wonr'that it took the.
IA more than a .month to, catch,
p 'to that particular` of id..'
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