INTELLIGENCE- OUR NATION'S SAFETY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300380063-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: July 19, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

JUL 1 9 1960
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ROYAL OAK (Mich.)
TRIBUNE
Circ.: i~. 44,421
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Date:
JUL 19l
. - by Philip F Mlller\
'
s Safety
lnteIIigenceQur. Nation
The Lions club International
motto "trlte)lncour Nation's
Safpty.'LAn added meaning was given to
this motto at a recent -cub meting when
a former n,_. i f .o A
Inge a United States
spoke to members o th oyal )?ak Lions
Mme Iw. discussed
the importance of the operations of our
intelligence systenf, to the safety of our
country.
We need to know what other countries,
especially un$riepfily countries, are doing
in order, to prQY e, adequately for our de-
fense, he pointed out. We need to know
whether 'they are concentrating on planes,
submarines, missiles,, _,or other types of
Nveapons so that we may, in turn, concen-
trate on specific-defenses against the weap-
ons. If we do not have the correct informa-
tion, we are liable to spend billions and
billions of, dollars in misdirected efforts.
if unfriendly nations ,r alize that we
know what is going on ii `their military
operations, they will be much more reluc-
i.mi tp aunch any such Operations'against
wi,-.he Ntatcd. "They would never dare
ir,ioiate'`an attack because -?"fly know we
would take the necessary counter measures
and mount an effective retaliatory attack,"
,,;, a retired Air Force colonel,
p; ofess c? ional it rof ,political science at
t- ei discusse"c the
cti:ect of intelligence on a nations foreign
i clations.
Our Centr
ad. is in effect performing the
f,,,k?tptl artmcnt, over and
_hove those of a purely intelligence and
State department, as a diplomatic agency,
can not do many of the required jobs.
i
f
'
ons
unct
most important
One of the
of the intelligence service is furnishing the
State department with information on
which it can;base its.policies in. regard to
foreign relations. The State department,
Congress, and the President must be kept
fully informed of developments as they.
occur so that tine' proper, actions may be
taken.
Failure to supply such intelligence has
FOIAb3b
at times resulted in'.disastrous 'situations.
"Our intelligence system" he sta ec , "did
no provide proper information concern-
amew
ing the Korean innvasion, the C Ines Com-
munist entry in the. ;Korean conflict, the.,
,i,4 gisis,- and has continually under- 1
Kellis, -who served 'in the''OSS during
the last %fir andm"s le i RI ' eaters
and behind enemy lines, feels
of t
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that our intelligence service could he
greatly improved. 116 "suggested that we
should do with the.CJA as was done with
the FBI., some 30 years ago. Then, J. Edgar
Hoover took over a faltering and inept
FBI. By careful selection of, personnel and
very careful training, he has made the FBI
into one of the best- agencies in the world
today. "it's even -:'better -than Scotland
Yard," Kellis sail
Proper intelligence is indeed essential
to our nation's safety, he stressed. What-
ever we can do to improve our intelligence
operation will add immeasurably to thr
Security of our country.
CPYRGHT
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