SENATE LOOK AT CIA SURE TO IRRITATE LBJ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100120081-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: January 23, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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'Sure To Irritate LBJ
By DAVID KRASLOW
TM Los Mpeles Times
WASHINGTON - A hi-
~therto unpublicized ' move
ywlthln .the. Senate Foreign
'Relations Committee to in
~'vestlgate the Central Intelli-
ience Agency .promises to
~precipltate an explosive dis-
pute with .,.President , John-
soll.
Such an investigation' " of
~iin nge$cy 'that lives in the
never-never land of spies
11nd mysterious coups d'etat
!ttnnlrl ha one of the most
by Congress.. '`. u` ~ "' ~~ ++;iil. Mansfield said wheal 'because the President was ;;A;f
l;cenes, f1 `+tr ~A'r'; a ligation was discussed by~ The committee Split i'o-i
Committed, Chairman ' J b ;rr 'i' _ he committee, Mansfield " sharply on this question -= 4 !~
tWilliam Fulbright (D?Ark,), ., ` '~ "said that he has' tried tol and not along party lines. J ' 1! }
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It? ule CIA'S Impact on ro ? :be quite explosive~~.it the is- presidents have been able e, p p
ersonal relationshi be.
reign policy, it was learne site Is pressed, Aiken said. tween him ? and the. Fresh
i nis was discussed at Aiken believes the CIA : liwart- those` who .feel Con
dosed door meetin oft /, ress has done a dangerous- dent. , y
fommittee. g doesn t get much supervi-,, y inadequate job of auditing Now Fulbright may. be
Sion from Congress now }1e CIA -- more so' with re- ' ready to square off ' agair r'
~' CIA Director Wiiliam . and thinks the vast intellt against Mr. Johnsod' on :an
pest. to policy than the aged-
tftaborn has been advised i -' ease apparatus should be . ' Issue ,r whit:h. : hatli,l' )'broad
y's finances.
;formally of what'Id afoot watched more closely from trieAtiing no4: t1t11y;.'?cs~: Qh~
Sen. Eugene J: McCart .Capitol Hill. But' hd says he ' Only once, In >fac!t, have 'CIA) "but' for rs :r Fbrelghi
D-Minn ), a c6mmitt "doesn't know how he. will he prol~oneuts succeeded in;Re~tlods.Ctytit441ittd 'ttsdift
tlnember and for years vote on authorizine the ives- arcing a vote. That'Was irl t
prime advocate of cios
congressional supervision
the agency's activities.
n ? Congress -are informe
inbout the CIA in anv detai
~rWashington and around th
k~millions it' spends. annual]
}for .other government, d
partments. , '; ,
r;IRcinge 'Wide ~,;.
the gamut from the routin
monitoring of 'foreign prop
Clandestine efforts to ove
throw governments.
_Sen. George D. Aiken o
istancle" tb its piropbsed Ill
ry? , horn the : swh
b1fi&* I lrt' thd.' 12*&Utm
~? 1'i?'` 1 i.17k{:, I''r?I:~F'~ t'i ~r i'!'Ii
a floor lest. ..~ overseeing~such~a vital part F tA
fins' rid went . on record . , of the government,
''nr; a;;" in favor of closer Moreover, they feel that ;;
ongressional supervision of with'the CIA's obvious ino
he CIA and he is the No. 3 volvement in foreign policy,
e also Is majority leader, perform the watchdog fun t' ?;(;'r'
nd as such is expected to .. tion. ;?. N . '' :, ,,!ti. I7
rotect the administration's: a The Fulbright . Commit- ; :E:; :; i'.! ,i
. wwu.vu In me Dominican in~~ir ,?.+r.? y
Republic revolution last "R,t; r. Je
:; in the committee to take 'a
good took at the CIA.
Fulbright and some other--
'members became convince
'? hot only that American poH~
.cy failed in th?e Dominican
'Ky'; leader 1u years ago when'
?tigation.. 956, on the Mansfield resolu?x ;~i, ~ .i ~, ,;
McCarthy soon v)i11 make ~;~n ,,a?r c~eaUng wA~~joint r~"~ '+'! ~;j~;;
R iu Iu ,,, J.7. W LIS-
platies before the Senate a `._.__,.,.
McCarthy already appears . >taer. Voting ':for the . joint'
h mmittee : was.-.'the : latet
to nave t e strong support, dhn . 7?, Kennedy, ,then fhe'
tee. Some informed sources had C~Zarnr'e
4taliava 71te4 a rt~alnri~v ~n.,tA
withstand White House pres.. ~ Mr, Kennedy; fiowever,t.,
"That Is ,not yet clear, but ell satisfied with the,
It does seem that advocates resent arrangements,'' ; hey
f of a more' formal method of aid in 1963. i~
congressional supervision tOf - President j,,' jealous of4
AA f TA are' h% a 'eh,?nnnnr nrw ..nma.' ni.n.. F1.n /'YA
1~ r~ lav~ . y- ;,' i '#ave felt'thit? those subcom-~
iktl PVlahsfiefd of 1Vltintana ?..`, .~. ~. "~' `""'""`
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