NOT MERELY GOSSIP

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040107-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 107
• Publication Date: October 26, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

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? Columnist Allen and Scott., report that
Assistant Secretary of State l~arlan Cleveland
is "one of the central figures"
maneuvering "to clear the
way for a number of farmer
security risks, utcludiitf; Alger
Hiss, to worm their way back '~
onto the government's pay- '
-roll as either employes or
consultants." lincontirmcd
reports, emanating from re- '~'
liable sources, say Hiss has -nss
been in Europe doing work for the Central
Intelligence Agency. The .Hiss angle, say"
some; is another reason why the State De- '
partment wants to get rid of Otto Otepka,` a
department security officer now threaterxetl
with dismissal
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