FUNDS, WHAT CIA FUND?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200080001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 27, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH
Approved?Fo.r Release .1999/09/17 : CIA-RDP75-0
27 December 1964.
Tie three McNamara proteges who or democratic process;tend to corrupt
pleaded innocent to embezzling 557,000 absolutely. The $57,000 is petty cash
from Defense Department funds had Defense Department ,officials' have
the ,best defense in the world: Hardly; testified. that hundreds of millions of;
aryone knew about the existence of" ? dollars . in the Defense Department
the funds they are charged with.,' every year go for purposes known only. I stealing. Secretar
McNamara m
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a handful of officials.
no fuss about it; he asked them to re Some of the money. undof`btedly
sign-secretly. The General Accounting goes for secret weapons devel ipment
Office couldn't
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s, " and research projects. But .much of.
14 1 for reasons . of national security." the hidden funds go to the Central In-,
,Robert Kennedy, "then Attorney Gen= telligence Agency for its action mis-,l
eral, wouldn't prosecute because Presi ? sions 'overseas, and its illegal surveil
dent Johnson didn't want 'a scandal ' lance activities in the U. S..It would:
;.during, the election campaign.. Only, be pleasant,to report that these funds
columnists Allen and Scott' got: always are used for the best interests
through these defenses and broke the of the U.' S., but the dissension and
story on September 4. ;fear sowed in Cambodia, and Thailand"
The three,officials, who pleaded in- and. elsewhere- suggest 'otherwise. In-
nocent in Alexandria last Tuesday, are' `'deed, Allen and Scott have also
,n.11 ? top ech?lon officials. J. Robert ' charged that, other money was taken
Loftin is administrative assistant . to . ' from the same, secret slush fund to
"'Secretary McNamara. John A. Wylie' pay off certain persons in South Viet,
was head of the Budget and Finance Nam for their role in the ouster-
:;Branch of the h fensa Tlonn,,+mc, .+
---r_- ,???.??.? aaaussrnauon or President Diem.
;,William I-1. Godel was deputy director A
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ough a recent book suggested
the. Advanced' Research Projects th
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g CIA was a secret ,government'
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A iency.. LOftis is accused of padding a
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ng contrary to the wishes of elect
' his expense: accounts, but the'others ed officials, it seems rather "that' the.
".are said to have embezzled from a fund CIA i
s an undercover action arm to-do
reserved for "cdnt3dential enterprises : k
or the bidding' of. ,officials who,, want to,
projects.''
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scape the .blame. How handy.to be'
Now' the moral' 'or.this tale is not able to disavow mistakes, or to dis
that in a big 96v4c rn?:ent, lwhere Lots simulate one's real aims! Who can
of moppe,. is spent, thL.re+a' a bound to
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be , a: fete 'dishonest 'picials
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sc
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sure, `t'will Alw ys Na so' -The r'eally' fuiid
s ,would not come to light, We
sobering Amoral that vast arrioupt; :" :'must assume '`that whoever has ' the
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Approved for Release 1999/09/17