THE C.I.A. ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400020031-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: July 2, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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guerrillas located in norther
1953; overthrow
verthrow in [ran
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of the Arhenz government. Guatemala, 1954; how
the neutralist government in Laos was overthrown,
1058 and 1961), and the iri idc story of the Cuban
invasion.
The Cook story disclosed the activities of a
U. S. Agency which apparently has operated, and
still is operating independently of the Congress,
counting Office. ........ ... .
Department foreign theoPreesdeand with little,
by
civilian heads were'not --worryP' ?~~~. ...-
course events have taken, but it even more
ate these
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surprising that they did not ari
dangerous results. The military L4 sin authori-
tarian ort;nu,ra,~u??? --
leaders on active duty are not subject to 111 to nq.,~
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by their subordinates. This is prope
sary, but political and social questions questioned, roust be debated. It, was for st this
reason that our leaders until quite recently have,
limited active duty military per-
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and wise
,onnel to the handling of matters pertaining to
their chosen profession.
The pollcy.making'.and' Mafia-like activities of 1
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the C.I.A. ties of the military -'e-inconsistent and incom-
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Chapel Hill, N. C.' Brig. Gen., U.S.A. (Ret.).
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