RABORN CONTENDS CRITICISM OF CIA IS UNJUSTIFIED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100110044-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: July 18, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON STAR FO IAb3b 1
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?Raborn Contends
Criticism of CIA:'
Is Unjustified
%mcirican people have not had
he CIA properly explained to"
hem,' Raborn said.
Despite the criticism of ? the'
i,A, Raborn said,, the agency'
, had no difficulty recruiting,
en and women to join , jts staff.L-
m, i iam a orn, w no
reentl.y resigned as head of the
Central.. Intelligence Agency,
says many of the criticisms of,
the agency have been largely,
ba;ied on inaccuracies and
haven't been justified at
Raborn termed a complete
fallacy charges that the CIA Is''
an "invisible government," '
answerable only to itself, or'
that it has a small army of
agents in Viet Nam. i
lie was interviewed yesterday.
on NBC's "Meet the Press. ' '.
Raborn resigned as head of tho'
CIA last month. He was re-.
placed by Richard' Helms, who
ad been deputy director. .
One of the' problems facing
he CIA insofar as criticism 'at
ome is concerned is that "the
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