THE CIA SHOULD GUARD ITS SECRETS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500120019-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 30, 2003
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 12, 1963
• Content Type: OPEN

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looked Itt$p~: U S. "t4ecai t leaks recently j_ I Some contend this was necessary be
and'"found?a tint-to'o bri I picture. Point. cause the State-; Department was caught
ing to langia d"s tight nntrol of its in. with its "cover story on the U-2 affair
telligence affairs, 111.r. Jnlansson notes: sadly lacking in veracity. Butwas:it neces-
sary to :say anything at all? Would not
."In : ifferited States. tt,e procedure silence have been the wiser course?
is quite drtingeirt ; .. Not ".3l.v is Con-
greys Then came the Bay of Pigs fiasco, di.
,exerting its preriraatier of ra?ising _ . _
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be a 'constant rcv:iew.,of our inaE:lti once involved in this sad excuse for an In-
operations,' but' leaks' of numerr : hinds vasion of Cuba apparently was not i very
well kept: secret. And if the CIA is to be
of intelligence in[os'mation are coming
from civilians in Atlanta, in Oklahoma, air overt arni of U.S. foreign policy, then
in New orlC'tt+` unit the "leaks.' in turn; "its,activit.iea indeed are subject to public
are being e plrtt'ed to 'the full by some scrutiny.
cnngressntol eulro nsii' thaf the" r~meri In sum. it is unfortunate that two
can. people,C1Rve a right to ,know.' administrations In succession have he-
Pep Genrge il: Ma_6n' , ., Tcx.i looks conic involved in affairs winch readily
askan! at, site result '~E cessive talk lent themselves to an unv'eilin i of intelii-
about t uit? Wtatek i itellrgenee secrets , Bence secrets. Even more unfortunate,
he said '?'n~al.rni;.us the laughing stock flue CIA, charged with guarding the sec-
of the wo , ' rets of this nation, charged with espion-
age, and counter-espionage, ..has proved
1'e Ah.T an.people. of;course do itselfrather inept at protecting its own
"have a ri'lft to kiierw " But the American seGyrity.
Approved For Release 2004/01/16 : CI4rRDP75-00149R000500120019-7'