FULBRIGHT CAUTIONS ON MCNAMARA POWER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200920025-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: October 25, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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has great influence with Presi-
dent Johnson., ?
The chairman " of ' the Senate
;.'.Foreign Relations Committee
then cautioned. against'. this
power becoming dominant in
shaping foreign policy.
The Arkansas senator said
also the ? Central ? Intelligence
Agency should not have, a
strong. voice in policy because
the CIA is supposed to be
intelligence, not an operating
agency" in foreign affairs.
For Longer Suspension
Fulbright said he feels the
rf four-day suspension of bombings
.In
North Viet Nam last spring
was too short. He renewed his
L,. recommendation that bombings
be suspended for a more "rea-
sonable length of time" to see if
this could . contribute toward
bringing negotiations for settle-
xnent of the conflict.
Fulbright did 'not say what he
it is believed he is thinking in
'terms of, n few weeks,' rather
revolution and the 'need for U.S.
intervention.,
"The President,had to act" in
this fast-breaking situation,
Fulbright said, "he had to
depend on the facts. as' he knew,
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Press," Fulbright said the
Defense Department has very
strong influence throughout.the
country because of its huge
budget. He noted that even in
his own state, - traditionally
considered rural, this influence
is being felt.
And ' he . termed Secretary of.
IDefenseRobert S. McNamara
I"a man of great persuasive,
Johnson is running this coun-
try's foreign policy, but there Is
no doubt the Defense Depart.
Defends Critics Right
amount of business they (De-1
fense Department) do, this is a
tremendous power they have.
and we have to. be very careful
it isn't a dominant one."
Fulbright defended his right
to criticize . administration
foreign policy, such as the
intervention in the Dominican
where.if you speak out, people