A BILLION FOR CIA HIDDEN AMONG GUNS AND BUTTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100120075-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 75
• Publication Date: January 30, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

BRIDGEPORT, CONN.
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cage P.q. Pete
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Date J AN 3 () . tint
field, now the majority leader.,
In 1956 lie was successful In
etting the bill to the floor for
vote, where it was rejected
7-29. The opposition of Chair-
min Carl' Iinyc,r.n, V-Ariz? of
he. Al'pruprist(luns Commlttea,;nl-,,M ld by the late AIaj. yen.
'Irairmsn Richard B.' Russell, William J. (Wild Bill) Donu-'
Ga., of the Armed Serviccsvan.
om?mittce, and Sen. Leverett; Saltonstall says CIA is.V"a
aitonstall, R-Moss? now the fact-finding agency with nn
anking minority uieniher of policy-making powers. The'.
.
hot ii units, weir responsible for
nnsfield's dcfcnl.
In thr Mm-.r thr chief spon-
?or i in ailtrinistration stal-
t .uvi rankim, Foreign Af-
fairs Cnnmiittce i)emoerat,
kee. Zablocki? has long felt
there should be a check on the
competence of CIA agents
as-
signed to strategic overseas
service, and on the ckre Atitln
which tinge, unvouchored sutras
are scent,. covert operations, because of
In the. post, rear,'the ilouse cornditions In the world today.!
forces favorln; .the watchdog He' cites British Intelligence,
unit hirve Increased as liberal which goes. back to the Wars
lof the Roses. Ire. the 15th Democratic ? young Turks have tury The funds used by' this
offered companion bills. They or0nization,? oldest of? Its kind
would go further than tougher in the world, are. known to. very
surveillance, however..'typical few - government r leade{e., 'The
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essional eillance are tak-INew York, who would strip!
VASIINGTON Hidden n ILIA of all operations and limit'
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B , flu%ttI J 1t11Ci11'I' ON subject A o closer con-'I.; Rep, William Fitts Ryan of
th J o h n s o n administration
b gel for next' year is rat least
$1 billion to be spent by the
C ntral llilcifigence Agency.
'lie f:Pi;l that the sum, about
more seriously, than In past' its role to research and analy- P
The major bill, which would isis?
t up a joint congressional)
watchdog" committee for cen-, S11,N, 5?AIJIfONST,9L1, made
al intclligrnce, has b e e n, it clear he' will stand firm in
ushcd'in the Senate for many
ears by Montan_i's Mike Mans-
1: per cent of all Federal ex-
p nditures for fiscal 1967, Is
i c nccaled In the budgdt esti-
??n tes Is no secret.
But the way in which it Is
r nccaled is known only to a
I rndtut of veteran legislators,
s onai investigators. - Although
1 e main work of the mot
l an 15,000 employes headquar
A red in a huge building i
ear?by Langley, Va., has to de
e r e I y with research , .nn.
nalysis, the agency also get.
I volved in cloak - and - dagge
Mork.
It is the rumored blunders ir
ie. cloak-rind-daggor depart
4'ienl--c pion1i;r and govern
Pcnl-toppling in the Middi
.'tst, Cut,a, the Dominican' Re
ublic, Viet Nam{ Singapur
rid elsewhere-that has what
d the curiosity : of long irat
I The v,-Awo,v"ls the largest of
several comprising the "intelli-
g nee connnunity." For nearly
,211 years, it has never been sub-
jected to review by congres
ngressmen.
4 .`. q
AS A REST, pending bill
this, his final year in public
life, against any change in
CIA's s t a t u s.? He was chichi
sponsor of legislation in the Re-
publican-controlled 'Roth Con-'
gress setting utr CIA as a de-
scenclant of tlta wartime Office
of a~,trplrgic Sc r v I r r s, vulll-
agency provides Information to',
the military,' services and l.he
National Security Council Fir B
decision-making. The 'gucrrtila'
warfare' activities are under-
taken by CIA on orders from
higher authority. CIA ? is as-
signed them because no other
governmental agency Is set up
for such tasks."
Sr"n. Sultonstatl says a` great:
power, must have such secret
hut elligenee services, including