LETTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100580009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 1, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN

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SATURDAY. EVENING FEB 1 1964
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Cloaking the dagger
I regar to Sen. ugene e-
arthy's THE CIA Is GETTING OUT OF
AND [Jan. 4-11], I suggest the senator
d Stewart Alsop's THE FAILURE OF
ad Stewart Alsop's THE FAILURE OF
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NGRESS and your editorial, THE
TERLOGGED CONGRESS, both in your
cc. 7 issue. From all I've been reading
bout Congress lately, I certainly don't
ant the Central Intelligence Agency,
hose work is so vital to the security of
ur country, reporting to a congres-
LOUIS WOLF
Cleveland, Ohio
? If we must have someone looking
over the CIA's shoulder, let's have it be
a statesman, not a group of politicians.
J. C. BUTTERMAN
U.S.S. Jonas Ingram'
F.P.O. New York, N.Y.
? Whereas the senator would set up
another committee to watch over the
CIA, I would have it abolished.
HARRY E. CHRISMAN
Liberal, Kans.
extent and intensity of the Russians'
worldwide subversive activities. It is
my understanding that 500,000 persons
are working for the Russians as under-
cover agents throughout the world.
This challenge cannot be met by an in-
telligence-gathering group that knows
all, sees all and does nothing about it.
Nor can our operation be secret if we
let a congressional committee of 18
people in on everything. We might as
well publish the CIA's findings in the
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