(CIA) WASHINGTON--SEN. WAYNE NORSE, D-ORE., CALLED TODAY FOR THE RESIGNA-

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200890066-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 66
• Publication Date: July 29, 1966
• Content Type: PREL

UNITED PRESS
IN-ER N A'r I O N A(
Approved For Release 2/24d IA CIA-RDP75-001
.?~ 0(0, CIA`S NEW DIRECTOi RICHARD - HELMS, FOR. LAUDING A NEWSPAPER
EDITORIAL ATTACKING' SEN.,. J. WILLIAM -FULBRIGHT, D-ARK.
i ORSE, A NEf'jBER OF ?FULERIGHT .S SENATE'FOREIGN RELATIONS. GOES}~}IT i~ ,'
::>UED A STATEMENT AS THE APOLOGETIC HELMS -- ALREADY HAVING TELEPHONED
REGRETS TO f ULBRXGHT -- CAME BEFORE THE COMMITTEE, PROBABLY TO MAKE 'A
PERSONAL APOLOGY WHILE REPORTING ON CIA ACTIVITY.
THE 53-YEAR-OLD HELMS, -PROMOTED TO CIA CHIEF ONLY A. MONTH AGO, WA
THE TARGET OF SENATE OUTRAGE.YESTER.DAY FOR' A LETTER HE WROTE TO THE
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT ENDORSING,'AN EDITORIAL WHICH CRITICIZED.
11 ULDRIGHT AS "CRAFTY.,:"
MORSE SAID HELMS "CAN BEST' SERVE HI
1Ni~ V:~LC1)' AS .TO
MAIL SEGMENT OF.. WHAT,:i5,;:CO rrG''tG.~;` TIMT, IS LINSIGNED '011
HE SAID I T 'MUST) 6F' I~SaUG," ~). L'RON HEi.M S LETTER.j,.HAT,:'IT' WAS "ONLY A
INFLUENCING OF OPINIt)f1:~'LIf~OU'GI;.,PLANTI~.D PR SS STORIES' AND,:, ARTICLES."-
UNDERTAKING INCREASING ,ACTT'VITY : WITHIN,: AMERICAN..EDUCAT ION AND `THE.
(' ORSE INSISTED THAT: THE,'PUt3LIC BE MADE`. "AWARE WHAT 'THE CIA.-IS ..,i
WE ALL MAKE f'IISTAi(ES. "IF TO ' RESIGN.' WHEN :WE MAKE MISTAXES?: .'~
,.THE HE ',WHOLE SENATE ;WOULD HAVE ,To, RESIGN."
QUALIFICATIONS FOR;'THF JOB AND OUGHT TO BE GIVEN A CHANCE.
MANSFIELD SAID. "I' THINK IT WILL ~r. A GOOD"LESSON. l!E CAME IN WITH,;
"HE (HELMS) MADE A NISTAKE9 .ADMITTL"D IT-AND' HAS FACED -UP TO''IT,",...
FULBRIGHT CALLED .IT PREMATURE,
A COMMITTEE -MENDER, WOULD GO ALONG. WITH MORSE'S DEMAND, HOWEVER.,
NEITHER I~ IJLORIGHT NOR SL""HATE, DEMOCRATIC LEADER MIKE MANSFIELD,.'
OPERATE' WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR INFLUENCE OR PARTICIPATE IN'.:
Y' .
COUNTRY TODAY: BY RESIGNING!-AiL.S .. I'
"UNTIL HE 'DOES, ' THE AMERICAN PEOPLE CANNOT REST SECURE IN THE
BELIEF THAT THE AGENCY IS LIVING UP:-. TO ITS' LEGAL MANDATE NOT TO
POSITION."
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