HALPERN RAPS CIA INFLTRATION IN HEINE CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100300013-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: June 14, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2001/07/26 : CIA-RDP75-00001
WASHINGTON S L
JUN 14 1966
In Heine Case
rnaipern Kap-,
CIA InfiItraIidn'
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By ORR KELLY
Star Staff Writer
The infiltration of 'an Estonian
emigre group by the Central
Intelligence Agency was sharply
criticized today by Rep. Sey-
mour Halpern, R-N.Y.
"I do not think the CIA has
the authority to covertly infil-
trate domestic institutions and
groups which may or may riot
maintain contacts behind the
Iron Curtain," he said in a
speech prepared for delivery in
the House.
"The real or potential assist-
ance which these groups pro-
vide in the collection of foreign
intelligence matter is essentially
irrelevant," talpern said.
Sues in U.S. Court
Eerik Heine, a 46-year-61t
resident of Toronto, Canada,
has st ed as fellow Estonian
emigrant in Federal District
Court in Baltimore for $110,000
for falsely calling him a Com-
munist and a Soviet agent. In
affidavits filed with the court,
the CIA has acknowledged that
Juri hai s, 39, of Hyattsville,
cvas instructed to spread the
word among Estonian groups
that Heine was "a dispatched
Soviet intelligence operative, a
agent,
"...The fact is that an.
agent of this :agency penetrated:
,an American organization in a'l
clandestine effort to use its
resources," Halpern said. "I
can't believe that Mr. Raus'
intentions were generally known
to the legion's (Legion of Es-
tonian Liberation) member-
ship ... I strongly object to the
propriety of this procedure.
"What business is it of the
CIA if an alleged KGB agent is
dispatched to spy on the opera-
tions of the Legion of Estonian
Liberation? Is it the proper
province of the CIA to combat
is influence within this Ameri-
can emigre community? Cer-I
tainly not.
"But this can be the unflortu- I
nate result if the agency as-
sumes the power of utilizing
rivate, domestic concerns for
is own clandestine purposes,"
Hialperen said.
The New York Republican
also criticized the CIA in con-
ection with another case in
hich a CIA employe contribu-
ed an article on "The Facejess
net Cong" to the magazine ;
'Foreign Affairs."
However, the author, .George,
Carver Jr. was not identified
a mp oye.
"Thus we have an unidenti-
~ied operative of a secret intelli
ence society utilizing an in-
luential forum to propagandize
he American people. This
eems to be a violation of what
would consider the legitimate
each of a democratic govern-
Vent," Halpern ,said.
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