SUPERVISION OVER CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600220014-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: September 13, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 13 Septcni er..1965
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SUPERVISION OVER CENTRAL IN-' 1 ECORD or CIA IN SOUTSitAST ASIA PLACES supporting the Chinese Nationalists on their '
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INGE NIOUS PLAN 15 FAILURE mission over Indonesia.
The first of these earnest efforts, back in TURNING POINT FOR 6IIICARNO?
e
o was
focused
the
tangled
s of f
Undercover united States help to the Indo-
Burma. a.
Jungles
northwest
Defeated d
the e Communists so nesian rebels was never extensve, it seems.
Nationalist troops s had d r, retreated bands of this it was enough, however, to reinforce Su-
area, owhe tro they became brisk opium into o this kar?no's distrust of the United States. Some
was s considered, oa however, t analysts believe it was a turning point, after
porforrri a nobler bler purpose.' that pi that they might which Indonesian-,American ielationa have
steadily slid downhill.
As it does now, Burma in those days By contrast, CIA operatives fanned out
adhered to a neutralist line. But neutral- . through primitive Laos with the authority
Ism, insisted the then Secretary of State of game wardens In a national ark. The
John Foster Dulles, was not only Immoral,. P y
but shortsighted, Thus a clever scheme selected and subsidized local political leaders
was elaborated to help the Burmese see the and actuated uprisings. They so rigged the
light, April 1060, elections that all the contested
seats were won by right wingers
Th
. ,
o remnant Chinese Nationalists would
be nspi ed to provoke Communist China In ono constituency their chosen candidato
into attacking Burma, thereby forcing the received 18,000 votes, while his pro-Commis-
nisi opponent polled only 4.
Burmese to seek salvation in the Western
Later In. 1060, while a State Department
camp. Ingenious as it was, the plan worked. ??,,,,?s?, __-_-
- n -- -? American advisers engineered General
supply the Nationalists with weapons and Plioumi Nosavan's drive against Vientiane,
'gold enlisted the aid of Gen. Phao Sriyanod, the seat of the neutralist government headed
the police chief of neighboring Thailand, by Prince Souvanna Phouma. Ono effect of
But Chief Phao
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cs dealer, the turmoil was to open the way for Soviet
cared little about international politics. Ho ' intervention i
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Ists opium. imply wanted to latch on to the National- After tho.Bay of Pigs disaster, President
" And under his aegis, an operation origi- '""""'AY 101-sIllea a watchdog committee to
rally dedicated to saving Burmese souls soon ' supervise CIA activities, and the day of
? 11C.- Aircraft mobilized to supply the -Na- the, CIA under some kind ofWashin firm surveillance
tionalists were employed mostly to transport
opium, and several American nnnnta .,nnht And as Prime Minister Leo Kuan Yew so-
i to resist temptation, eagerly joined 111 the Ilected In his Singapore charge, the notion
smuggling. Finally, in 1063, Gen, "Wild still persists that U.S. policy in southeast
Bill" Donovan wont out to Bangkok, oat-on- Asia -s planned and activated by characters
sibly as U.S. Ambassador, offootively to clean out of Ian Fleming novels only not so good,
up the messa. In the popular Imago, these e characters topple
CIA REMAINS IIxarti-rE1iRRD governments, subvert leaders and seduce
dragon ladies.
i The whole maneuver, dubiously conceived But whether the image is always true'or
and artlessly executed, had inevitable roper.' sometimes.ozaggorated. U.8. polloy i often a '
ou
i
Bl
ss
ons.
aming the United states' for victim of its IDaage.
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I believe that the reading of it will em-; ranged from stuffing ballot boxes to bulwark- As rebellions spread through Sumatra,
phasize the need for tighter eontrol$. lag a full-scale military offensive by insur- Bast Java, and other outlying arena, Secretary
gouts against the country cauital.cceeded - - of State Dulles intruded with the opinion
I ask unanimous consent that the anti; os succeeded in any that the United States wished for Indonesia
cle by Mr. Sarnow be printed in thce' None of significant the long-range operatisense. Some served to a regime that "reflects.the real Interests and
'desires of the people." Against the oppose-
RECORD. justify local leaders' doubts or hostility to..
There being no objection, the article ward the United States and nearly eery- tion of American diplomats in Jakarta, covert
e RECORD' . where in southeast Asia thnumh U.S. support for the rebels started to flow
was ordered to be minted In th- avnnnenAly .
to my colleagues. It outlines various government
; army commanders scattered across the far-
abortive projects of the CIA in the Far; In' Indonesia, U.S. secret agents backed a flung archipelago were rumbling against.
East, apparently often the result of the!, deauitory rebellion aimed at undermining President Sukarno's government. Some ob.
!,. nonseparation of - intelligence analysis' President Sukarno. others ?jocted to had growing Coance t strength,
r fr'om the execution of operations. And In Laos, U.S. secret agents' operations regional griovnce
.
I well recall during the flay of Pigs the' ' '? ?a team Of South Vietnamese operatives
acceptance of the generally held belief i only not so good." .Joined Cambodian rebels in attempting to
A house subcommittee on foreign affairs . overthrow Prince Sihanouk and replace him
that those Individuals and activities coif-' led by CLm-tris-r ZAnLocia, Wisconsin Demo- with Dap Chuoa, then the Cambodian 2:in-
tlCCtCd with intelligence estimates should crat is scheduled to be .n a ceased inquiry.
f is.'er Of Serl The Ot fell a -t whca
D S:.garvr '.a: avar? ty. ?% .?..
' zc. ;r:ic`d ~ t ilea` who p :an and in.a vv.`.a:: spy a4v n
But. W,-a- happen ed tr. -apO:e, though loyal Canibodi rZ tiuoTS invaded the rebel
CC 'c t-e ope'a?:0.L5 This won d mean
"that intelligence estimates will not be rather embarrassing, was re;atlvc;y headquarters. killed Dap Chuon, and dis-
cut among the Insurgents a V,S. Infer.
cut to the cloth of those who would like our compared to a clumsier assortment of
other covert American efforts in southeast mation Agency employee.
to engage in operations. To the best of: Only a month before, Prince Sihanouk had example: my knowledge this has not been done. In Burma, the more, For a decade publicly praised U.S. aid and denied any
. In Burma, more than a ago, U.S. While I recognize that the Central In- secret agents striving to influence Burmese . intention of flirting with communism.
ked After the plot against him, he promptly
telligence Agency. cannot announce its political leanings were somehow sidetracked
l triuntps, I do believe that from the nega Into the more rewarding p recognized Red China and rejected a new
j pursuit offer of American assistance, terming
- Karnow in the Providence Journal of:' In Cambodia, U.S.'secret agents were in- About the same time, U.S, operatives began
..iieptcruber 7, 1965, might be of interest directly involved In an abortive coup d'etat ? o cast an eye toward Indonesia, where local
contrived to overthrow Prince Sihanouk's
illltl
sn [l C+~ingrosslonul 'wate?1'ldo bungled Amerlcali espionage attempt. The was atcd against another uncooperative
rrtccc.7?? COm- lcadfr, Calnbec i3':?-, rlttco Norodom. 1hauat C..
fl it LC'ei. .. .;.,1br :,;;f1.: :1:1'tti rrCi: ?~,rll::, `LC..~-+'{':, :>ba
Pinanccii'bY-U.S.-funds and rquipmeui,.
- "Liko James Bond
Prink P:inLsccr Lcc pu` Ii
err
ory, t
e
urmese renounced American
TELLIGENCE AGENCY - ? ?
(By Stanley IEarnow) aid and came close to quitting the United
Mr. PELL. Mr. President, I have al- Wnsxxxctox
I -In a petulant mood one Nations. For other motives as well, Burma
ways ys been of the belief that some sort' day last week, Prime Minister Lee Bunn Yew has since found an accommodation to Corn-
-,.'of closer supervision should be exercised; of Singapore, unfolded an intriguing glimpse muniat China more advantageous.
o~ over the Central Intelligence Agency, of history. Late in 1060, he disclosed, a Con- The abortive Burmese experience did not
than is presently the case. For this rea-; tral Inteliigoncy Agency operative had of- deter further convert efforts, however. In
son I have cosponsored bills calling for ferect him a $3 million bribe to conceal a 1058, a somewhat different sort of tactic