McCARTHY HAS DOUBTS ON McCONE FOR CIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: October 16, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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cCarthy Has b6ukts
On McCone for CIA
aT Tt,t Axsoulatee r: e"
Senato:? A:cCerthy', Democrat of Minnesota. said today
he is not sure John A. McCone has the qualifications to bead.
the Central Incci;: pence Agency
President Kont.edy rf?cently named Mr. McCone, who served
in 'arious cap=.citlr. in both the Truman and Eisenhower ad
ministrations, to succeed Allen W. Dulles as director of the CIA.
Since Mr. - -------- - ---
ment ' as mad. -ft, r Co'zgre:.s' as chairman of the AEC
adjourned, he : i,'? >:,: ti'cular Senate-House committee to
to recomm rd 'ct'Cene as keep a check on the CIA,
director o: tf.c Ci.,.' scna;or
McCarthy d. T;?,~. ]ay Senator for Supervision
down five or six q~...tllt.cettons, Even though the CIA is a
for director of 't CIA and I;sumr-secret intelligence agen-
do not ktraw If t:r has those cy. Senator McCarthy said
Qualifications." Ithere Is BL need to have its ac-'
Qusltficationa Unspecified tions under congressional su-
Sen. McCarth} did not pervasion.
specilfy What partlc,:;ar quail- bong: ess can be trusted," he
fications he mi;lt+ have in said,
mind. If there had been such a
he'committ 'e, Senaw McCarthy
In any c tsr. he said
would lithe hair variouslsatd? it gould have had knowi-
questions put bht(Cone when fated in adl'anco' of the- i11-
his nominattor, is considered
by a Senate Cuban l ivaaion last
conlm'ttce. a spgrin ing.
Such a Gomtr'i~e he said,
Under Pres;,;rnt Truman, '?a.ouid hues aLi( t a part in
Mr. McCone screed as a mem.
ber of arriving tit such decision as
the Preu c r:t s Air Pol- the Cub
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r1 SCy Comatlsston !Li deputy to .?I'
the Secretary of I3^fen:, andl WIOte was r4 Ft31,101 quea-
as Undersr't e'arg ti fly. lion at. whether a de-
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