WASHINGTON, JAN 18 (UPI)-- PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S NOMINATION OF JOHN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200090010-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2000
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 18, 1962
• Content Type: PREL

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BY JOON A, GOLDSMITH
CPYRGHT UNITED PRKS6 INTERNATIONAL
WASHINGTON, JAN. 18 (UPI) -_PRES IDENT aNNEDY? 8 NOMINATION (1 ' ' JQ
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IN ADVANCE OF THE HEARING0 HOWE$RRd MCCARTHY MADE IT CLEAR THATHE
SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE QUALIFICATIONS Of MCCONE TO SERVE AS TEE
-xWf k01415 TOP INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, PCGONF Q, A REPUBLICAN,, SERVED THE
`?L}'.,NHOWER ADMINISTRATION AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,
ANI) THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION AS UNDERSECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE,
WITHOUT ANNOUNCING OPPOSITION TO THE MCCONE NOMINATTOF1, MCCARTnt
RA S SAID THAT ITS APPROVAL BY Tag SENATE WOULD BE EASIER. If THERE
ACRE A CONGRESSIONAL CONkrTTFE ON THE JOB TO PROVIDE CLOSER SURVEILLANCE
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A SIMILAR PLEA FOR CLOSER CONGHES -.tt}NAL. SCRV'I NY OVER THE NATIONS
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PARTISANS OF MCCONE. AND THERE ARE,SOHF
INFLUENTIAL ONES IN THE SENATE,, HAVE USED JUST THOSE TERMS TO DESCRIBE
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