WHO KNOWS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400300031-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: November 1, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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of _th# 's rch anti $ "'
and that the President would be
in abetter position to. know what
is;he cisstry than a relatfvel!y
uninformed congressman.
The President has access to
ligence services, from the C.I.A.
and from the National Security
Council. Thus he is in a position
to know at any time the strengthl11
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of the Communist forces any-
where at anytime; our relative
strength in different areas of the
Communist purpose behind ap-1.
parent moves.
No congressman knows this;
and it Is a good thing they don't
since, judging from the way some
of them talk, the Soviets would
also know these facts in a hurry.
For example, just before the
Cuban crises, we were pulling
troops out of Vietnam and Laos;
we put the Berlin troops on man-
euvers in West Germany, and we.
shifted our plane and troop con-
centration. to the South. It may
have been that we were prepar-
ing an action on Cuba, but were
waiting for the proper moment.
It may have ben that when Red
China invaded India, thus tend-
ing to tie down Russia near home,
this was considered to be the
proper time.
What, I ask you, would Con-
gressman MacGregor know about :.<
these things? ill& demand for
action, if followed by public opin-
ion, could have forced the Presi-
4ent's hand before 'tlie proper
time, and be a fatal step for this
icouqty'ji~l the cause of freedom. '.
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