VICTORY TO THE BOLD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100250046-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 1999
• Sequence Number: 46
• Content Type: NSPR

:CPYRGHT:
.CPYRGHT any E ET v r',HORNE
Uld Mmes z s week-the good, turb-
-tp hear that a timorous sponsor had withdrawn
,
at the last _:~,oment, from Tuesday evening's bold documen-
- y ;ceiveci first-rat hotices and
it is to be hoped that NBC will under-
responsive to "The Science of Spying."
It marked the return of NBC. to the
production of honest documentaries
,
pertinent to our times anti throwing a;
bold, steady beam on certain "dark
areas"
f
o
contemporary politi
cs.
"The Science of Spying" did not;
it represents Uncle Sam around the
}world, is always right no matter how it blunders--or wh
.
eren
This was a objective study one that left the agency free)
of di
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iti
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ec
cr
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rsm by NBC. The most serious charges against
the.agen y came f? om Sen. 'Eugene McCarth
{D
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nn)
who questioned the value of any -government office. that op-
;
Prates above the law anA '.,.,..
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pnd
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o
pl ud
Perhaps most damning .-.
y the CIA was shown to the;
htf
Bill to a thou
l ......,
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g
u
er
[were th ^N pp~raisals of- the!'
the eve of the show. The rep-.,
chief, Allen :Dulles; and one agency known _ as Batten, i
of his deputies,. Richard Bis~; I Barton, Durstine & Osborn,;
sell: This was in the tradi-J! Inc.
decided that the ho
I
,
ur
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tion of all honest 'documen !,was too controversial for the't
tarter
. B. F. Goodrich Co. (One won- I
Let each 'Ilan speak Iris; tiers If the people who make i
pieIN goes the rationale.?'And the vital decisions at Good-1
L ~.,-- --- -----? ?_,. v.vuau uuvc LI1oUgnt SO,
own breas, ? very well, it's
had they all
attended
ith
I
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h `rs band l' oldingg the dagger. , open in i n d s- a preview, '4
nee ft's right and proper - detrimental . "t In.
in-- to o the in- it
ed
he Uni
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States
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wish that NBC load iolIowod.gc, ;meat: TIBC: aiA tt
ility for the program's eili'
.orial judgments But;.
3BD&O picked ttp,itsr tiers,
lnd? went home r
W
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n
e
e this almost a
y eth
ad agency, an observer i
night react with surprise.!'
3ut BBD&O 'has long been
enter policies: During thej
ays. of blacklisting, .when),
o TV director dared assem-I
le a program without con-'
WARE (later the loser in :i
i53,5500,00.0 libel quit brought;
:v John Henry J 'a u 1 k)
buses. ' ..
At one of the flongression?
1 he:ixings on 7.'v program
lei Incessant meddling In
alnatie shows by BBf)&s&O.
t?ting controverslaI show;
And a night that will live
infamy -- t h e churlish,
arling rebuttal of Sen. Jo-;
ph McCarthy to - the late
aisal of. him-reported-1-y'.1
ency who assisted him in
werful drama for the U.S.?
BBD&O man insisted that;
ved to New England and`
s left but lifeless chat-ac? s
s "mouthing 'platitudes.'
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we may 'take heart
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