'CIA WATCHDOG' BID TO FULBRIGHT MAY HERALD END OF A LONG FEUD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700130048-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 48
• Publication Date: January 8, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Chairman J. William Ful- At that time, members of ings-at least for this session,
`bright (D-Ark.) and two other the Foreign 'Reldtions Com- of Congress," Russell said
!members of the Senate For- mittee contended that they when asked if the new ar=
cign Relations Committee should have a role in over. rand
were invited to Bement would be perma?
yesterday seeing, intelligence operations nent.
closed sessions of the CIA because they involved foreign As to the role of the three.
\Vatchdog subcommittee, ap- p o 1 i c y. Russell called the ex- Foreign Relations Comrittee
a,arently ending a long squab- pansion proposal an attempt to m e m b e r s, Russell said they'
i71e over supervision of the "muscle in" on jurisdiction will be allowed full participa-
spy agency. of the Appropriations and the tion in the Committee sessions I
? Sen. Richard B. Russell Armed Services Committees. The Monday sesssion withi
(D-Ga.), who heads the in- The six-member CIA group Helms will provide the sub-
formal intelligence group i, is drawn- from the latter two committee with a full briefing;
;aid the three foreign polic committees. on world events Russell sal i
c-xperts are being invited to Invitation to All including the intelligence us
a session Monday with Rich- peas of the war in Vietnam,
?a?d M. Helms, director of the Russell said the represents- the turmoil in Red China and
Central Intelligency Agency. tives of the Foreign Relations Ithe Rhodesia, situation. ?_'...;~.~
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In addition to Fulbright, In.
-viu,tions were extended to attend all watchdog subcom-:
Son. Bourke B. Hickenlooper, mittee sessions-ever; ' t h o s e,
Iowa, senior Republican on which deal, primarily with ap .
.,cratie Leader Mike, Mans?
field, Mont.
? Bnlarbement Rejected
Last July, after considerable
controversy, the Senate voted
clown a proposal which would
have enlarged the present
Watchdog subcommittee so as
to include Foreign Policy
Committee members. The
3l-28 'vote . followed ~ a five.
,hour debate, .most' of it, cozi
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