HELMS APOLOGIZES FOR LETTER PRAISING FULBRIGHT CRITICISM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200880032-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: August 1, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

xuaiiu. Mans Cieiu siltu a,bu,,,~a,i' UL 4-' ,.~? A
hi.elms made a mistake in before he signed and.I
.,signing the letter, but had mailed it.
"faced up to it (and) H e 1 m s' letter to the-
' mould be given a chance."' newspaper lauded one of '
".We all make mistakes," Its editorials praising the
c; Mansfield added philosop- Senate for shelving a Ful-I
liically. "If we had to re- bright led attempt to?
sign when we make mis- broaden senatorial super-1
ttnkcs the whole Senate vision of the CIA. Fula,
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nend1e. lilajut,.i tcc c- ,
~'ilike illanafield',-(D-Mont.) did not focus as thorough;
flelms po ?g lzes {'dismissed the Morse de: ly as it should have on the,
a? '?'---_-- -e L- Lair.-M
f or Letter Praising
Fulbridht Criticism
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gene VgeLILy Utreewr 1%,iUL1CUu IVA- i . which. raised outcries from
Helms apologized to and was for- liis. senatorial: friends and
given by the Senate Foreign Rela- fofs.alike on the propriety
?tions Committee Friday for praising 1 led the tCIA d rectoraas
a newspaper editorial criticizing i one of the fastest pens in
e,'iWuD at,
Cret session ior snout two Hours. with severai.Qthei,3 %,La. a,uou(. is
ssed' It the home ' and a c t i v it i.e it
:'.' ' Emerging from the meeting, held Helina'ronfc~
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F committee had 'grilled Helms in se- o e- emocra p
gto fn tlse C.iA chief i wanted to, question the
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bright said magnanimously after his Louis newspaper, t,h e"
nd re. bright had indicated he
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ertainly accepted his apology," Ful- led. the, letter. to the St- tions committees-which
CIA activities Ful-
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Ark.). According to Ftilbriglit, members of the Armed'
"He was very forthright and r - one -, f Helms' aides di'sft= Forces and Appropria-
tChairman J. William Fulbright (D4 Washington. - 'i m i t t e e -- composed of
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around a long, oval, green baize-cov- secret- session, Ftilbr fight abroa
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ered, table at *hich some senators;
sipped coffee and others sparkling
alkaline water, Helms, 53, said:
"I realize it was a mistake. I regret
,,it,. and I have apologized."
-~ Helms turned away with a faint,
pained smile when reporters asked
if he had thought of resigning as
J`.head of the CIA, a post he assumed'
tsne - month ago amid high White,,
Iouso (arid' other official praise as a
rofessionalIntel-
`ligence specialist. -
PYRGhATin.accepting Helms'
apology, while tut-tutting
him . for a "mistake" in
signing a letter to, a St
Louis newspaper lauding
1ts criticism of Fulbright
as "crafty," Foreigm. Rela-
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tions Comm'ktxee triembers'i
waved'-aside one of their,
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rt'the (7IA'chieftain resign.
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Ore.),wii b dk1 not attend.
The demand came from
W?the Friday. meeting with
t,,_Helms. - Morse; who also
Vcalls occasionally on Sec-
s .rotary'of State Dean Rusk
f" and Defense. Secre'ta.rv
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bled in 4oeFt c:=~olttir. , ligence Ageric director,, shares a. )eke With Sen.
,and rea'`'l- J William( Fulbright'(D-Ar}kc) after. apologizing for;
i,eign ` w ' ' '{ ; r_Ca '- q :letter, praising edi#ofial criti:tisrrl of the ,senator.;
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si n said Ielrns' $ad d 1i- 9t%hG.1V9N'Richard M. Helms; left, Central Intel-
by writing the letter. I
The Arkansan has been
campaigning for Foreign
.Relations Committee par-;
ticipation in the subcom-
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