ARENDS DEFENDS C.I.A. AGAINST CRITICS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300150011-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: March 27, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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Arend's De end
Spe Ial to .lr New York inei
WZ.SITYNGTOI`, March ch 26-
cf Illinois, the assistant Re
pubican floor leader- 4:a ;?
louse, dcierded the Centraa
(n elligence Agency tod
:st its detractors.
described as true e j,-,
aa ,od on half-truths or dIhs
tortions" published alieg icon
that the agency had been ene
t?ated by Soviet intelligence .
He also assa d the nub rsn
proposal of Rep ese .t the 3ohs
V. Lindsay, Rep i lican of Mar:
- ttan, for the establishment o
a new Congr ssiona oversee
e t`s2,.
;adr. Arend a n emlrx.v of th'
souse Ar pied Services Co ninit
tee, is a member of one of tthc
subcommittees for the intelli
Bence ageLcy.
it is - "qu e understandable,'
fr. rendsL said, that sor. ?
e nber of Congress ";-nigh
feel we are not well acquaint
d with the operations of the
ILA. as the ss ou!d be." one, except members 0
tl e subcor.matter itself, ha.
y lcncw! .ge of 'ust h OW ea
er sively and 9a tens"vel ~- vj
vidre into ?t:~ie actlv'tieesMn
his Inte+llige"ce penr44 went an,
. .LA
ainst Critics
"Elie hold no pz `, Yea' ISonate subcommittee were at~
We I sue no r pc a Wt < the request of the man hin--
not do other-via , d ?lCt:3 1''G { 5t.if," aE?tY'. ArendS s3d.
the e eot.v' e s c:. 4hh ( "I m gllt add that the CT. A.,
d scrat s e4 - g=:a . glscb..orniVittce, of which I am a
?cicy . o.: a. ~erra'.,~Pimember,went Into every aspect
L`f u~ this, case," Mr. (..rends con-
i e ds sar at Etirued, "'b am peso rally satis-
c re c t cis, c 'e to `!pied that the publicized state-
e;.a..E'n *. not e~.?erreded rti to- to. w:wo: nvents purported to come from
he describzd he as s ~e irraspo s`- .at'Michal Goleniewskt are not cor-
he described
.
bla C.LA thau rt n; been c., nee rec ccs. - rect
Mr. Amends said ha had been
New very distressed" to read a
l~ publis Cublished in The New Yor'.
article in
,,ourriai-Atnericen.'" 2-squire magazine by
#iepresentative Lindsay. .Mr.
yin the `u Pol. lls c , jech&T Ga c- long advocated a
pie:vski, a Po ecto wi,,,) Lindsay has g
{join Congressional committee
the ranks antis ,to of h the ave :Q'ovi" v1eu hu.seh icret .ltc supervise the Central Irstelli-
the
rervtce, was quoted as 3 avixt~lgence Agency or the ground
said that Soviet a; eats had in- that existing suee ommIttees CIO
filtrated i e Central Intelli- not have sufficient authority to
nenea Agency. do the job.
Among the "wile Represe?itative Arends said:
~.;cus:~tiors
In the articles, Mr. Amends said, "Let -me assure you,t Mr.,
a., we hi we aalways
was thi ` the in te.ligl nce age &;ieaker, th t,
received the information rteed-
cy had tried to prove=..f Mr.
Gole, lewski f om appearing ire ed. Also we ere been ,rivi-~
foe the Sena a L:cemaal Secur-,leged to learn Of many events I
;
Ity subeommItteee, In the secrecy of out, meetings
That simply is not $a.:x," ::ebefore the events happened."
"C;ontraay tow spit : as b n ''Z; a rl ea Cora mn
reported in the press, the~posta In W ~1erk, Tim Joura?sl-
nernents o3 ?~ichal Cola- Amer?ican said it would. i&va W
a' W"I L'us a?)pe t::'ee befuL'S s GO.nrctezuei
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