CIA MAN'S VIETNAM ROLE EXPOSED

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000200410022-7
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1
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November 11, 2016
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February 9, 1999
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22
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Publication Date: 
November 13, 1963
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NSPR
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LOS ANGELES TIMES NOV 1 3 1963 Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA- CPYRGHT CPYRGHT WASHINGTON MERRY-GOB-ROUND CIA Man'sVietnam Role Exposed , Drew. ?er~rsan's column Is written today by his as- sociate, Jack Anderson. BY JACK ANDERSON e a .reas n ;oT.jVVk, ,chief John Richard "I red c~utl~ tnam was the .shacking discov e- 1?y that he had been reporting to President Diems brother, No Dinh Nhu., : y h t op onenk were eying about the government. Richaron developed a r 1 o s.' .,.,, lationship with vhv, d.lt i. r g Operation Montagnard, pa.igrl tQ. u:%n over savage mountain tribesmen and turn them` against the Communist guerrillas. \hu cut. red tape and removed ob,;t icle, to help the CIA r llil ,this aiid other iilissiona. In turn. Ricllarcison,. p)O;se,d oil to Nhu info nlat}Qf,, agents picked up, from political opponents of file of this,"and arnged for direct' orders , fr-1 Wash- ington stoppin,the prac- tice. 7 I all Lodge "` rtichardson still could11't- agree, vp oil " policy toward the ruling family, o d g e conte>;ded that Diem and Nhu" i'er?e so unpopular it was hurting the war effort. Richardson insisted there was no lternative. but ;,to work with the family. In the end, ,edge de- manded and got Richard- on's recall. Oklahoma football coach 3ud Wilkinson has told riends he may tos, ill the w1-el as director of the residents (HurlriI on I,~. it aI i itne; s ;,rcru;e if a disagreerr riii, nver .tolling ex - President orsenhower. . The quietly s i n c e r.e Vilkinson wanted t h e ouncil to publicize Gen. isenhower as an example f a man in his T 0's who ps fit by exercising. up with White 11bu-se aid Timohy "Ted" Reardon who opposed any publicity campaign that would build up Gen. Eisenhower. Wilkinson felt this vio- lated a promise that poli- tics would he kept out of the physical fitness pro- gram. This is one reason, Wilkinson told friond;a, that he may quit. the Democratic?Part.y and 1?1111 for the Senate as a Repu b- lican. Atty. Gen. Robert ? en- nedy plan%d a : nb9hy-,n. Bobby ph one Valt recer to ousted Berm( aide Robert Baker is ris;i rumors that, he. 11 , t.i14, cane of Baker's tr'o1_ hl. The rihis,pers had it Ihat: Kennedy ,vas making 8;4- ker the seal.-,r1 oat in i, ploi, to t'i6?at'ra r; his mentor. Vice Pre:>iuent Lj niinn Johnson. It wasn't true, said Kennedy, that he wanted to force Johnson off the ticket next year. 25X1A9a Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200410022-7