FULBRIGHT ASKS BOMBING HALT, ITS CIA'S ROLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200920004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 31, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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SEN. J. W. FULBRIGI"IT (D-Ark), last Sunday warned cgain'st'the Johnson admin..
istration's''dependence on military -power to solve the Vietnam crisis: Fulbright; chairs:
man.of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, declared that only political and social.set-'
Elements in Vietnam ""couli A- ".--_.-- ?. ?
nally bring stability in that ?-tary in foreign-policy-making in the nation about the role of 'thee `
area." advertently was underscored in' .I military ' and',.the CIA. He, de-;
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gotiations. ,'drunkenness and carrying :a den- the role of the Department of!,
He devoted' much' of his TV gerous weapon without a license. Defense and the' role of the CLA
;interview to a denunciation: Of;'::-- The man, Cola, Charles. S. Cum. in the conduct of American for.,
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He was critical of the domin-, the State Department's ? Policy'. ' Fulbright asserted:
once by the befense'Department?' Planning Council, its top for-.... '"I think this'has been 'devel-.
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icy. is decisive in mating long=range Fulbright noted, adding that De-'
'The military, our, tradition is, international policy for the U.S., fense 'Secretary Robert McNa-
should be subject to civilian pot-'.'?. ' Colonel Cummings, who is at- .:,'mara. "is an extremely able man.;
'icy-makers, and the CIA is sup-.-",* tacked to ? the office of the As- - .:with great persuasive powers."
;posed to be an intelligence agency. sistant Secretary of Defense; had ? He said he would remind only and not' an operating been assigned by the Defense -, , -Johnson "of the Defense Dc
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execution of far Department to this State Depart- ' partment's enormous influence
eign policy," he asserted,' . ment body. throughout. the country through
This view :undoubtedly coin .'.the great, enormous contracts and
cides with the views.of some etc-',:INFLUENCE ;,'buslncss they do."
,mcnts in the State; Department': When Fulbright was asked, ii.`'., Some elements In the govern-'
who have become worried by the his TV. Interview, whether- he ' lent " those want a negotiated i
dangers involved' in ahe .'~scal believed the Defense ' Department ?. settlement in Vietnam are
ationof',the'Vietniim;war as-the '..?and the CIA "have a decisive in-., now beginning to worry about
result ;o :ahfs;;. riil ta'rt' doiriina. `;,?nuence" .,In making -US. policy ''.the countrywide Influence of the,
t+on'a.. Y "`' in',Vietnam,,.he replied that he -'military and their friends in big
.''The .dominflnt'role of the'rriili ,~;; thought it "very great."' - ' business and among the ultra
""I would,prefer that the civ Right and racists. They believe,
uian agencies oe me major one : mat in.tne, coming months, pres-,
decisive influence,"' he empha-',sures upon the Johnson admin-'
sized. He insisted that only po-~?~',?dstratioii for further.',. escalation
i litical?.'and social settlements iri 4 . pf the, Vietnam war will sky,-'
Vietnam,"will finally bring about '::.rocket. Their apprehension is re
some stability. in that area," "panted in last Monday's . Wash-
Two. -days 'earlier, Fulbright 't:;ington..Post?'by. Murray, a stafZ
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