FULBRIGHT CHARGES BAY OF PIGS CASE WAS 'MADE' BY THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700170005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: July 28, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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ase' Was
From News Dispatches
Chairman J. William Ful-
,} "bright; fighting to give his
4Scnate Foreign Relations Com-
' +mittee a voice in overseeing
x?:a;.. ? Ii,, 1Ccn'tral Intelligence Agency
tihgd In testi
operaons, care-
f fmony made public yesterday
W! 1 + "that th"Li .' i he case"
for..?thd pwor.tlyp,,,Pa,,I? gs
i n ',: wA 1, inyasion of Cuba.
A censored ' ftsion of the
t4`irl~".
fonr?hour-long closed Senate
session on July . 14 consisted
.mainly of arguments on parlia-
mentary procedure and rul-
ings. The Senate voted, after
'the closed session, 81 to 28 to
;ki11 the proposal. for three
'members of the .Foreign Rela-
'tions Committee to sit with
,the congressional w ate h dog
,committee on CIA spending
and operations.
' Fu1brJght.alleet-
.1nr he attended.,ewikh,Allen
IDtiff aaiw~rri s~ueci rr anai?reeeivea mere. auwrnr+toioh y~~ 1
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br. light Charges
ay oi r
"Ma'de"lPy the C1
the late President T{ennedy
and others He i no "WenG2y.
Heard Duties' alk
"I did sit personally' in a
hearing with the President and
Mr. Dulles and about 15 others,
and heard him (Dulles) make
the case for Intervention in
the Bay of Pigs," Fulbright
said. The ill-fated invasion 'oc-
curred in April, 1061.' ?
Fulbright said the ,t il`" opt
crates very deeply anc roadly
in '"t1=i'o"fiel~""6f"fbi''bigii'`"rela?
ff6M_-T1 g6Iq,.;iritC yintrrest of
the' Armeu'S'ervices Committee
wa's'"iii, fiiilitaryY'ifl'nttets; and
tha't'his"'ton! riiitte'e'""'should
} hdVKe filot~opportumt t8'`ob
serve, the .1xS'ttg3tiiillJ,t4I'3
operations....
Studr. mt,~n (D?
Mo.), a member of both the
Armed Services and Foreign
Relations Committees, said
hr i1I I',4,,
III ,
..xri
i?
,4aI Ii d
H
about 1 C.Fn ral e,'.
Agency in the Forel n' ,Bela-
.;,..,.,,, . B ~ ...?..
tons '(romrriit?ee ;than, ln,ti e
Armed Services Committee."
Ready With Answers
Sen. Leverett Saitonstall (R-
ryIas's;T"~ m'~r!lbri" Ot"the CfA
Committee,,. toid~'{hi"'Senate
"I have neve M rcfu?cd' to tell
aflLI embcr,ofthe,Senatee?'en
answer to a question regarding
ttie-CIA and It activities'.;
Se'n Rkh'ard'"H:;ussell,'(D?
Gn.),,i G'liairmaii . 'ot th 'CI'A
Committee who bitterly .. op+
posed-.?expanded..?membcrsfi.
on his watchdog, groups hitcat
what' he ..aid was T?a thcoi
that. ou>;:.,GQinmltte 1istiar
mongers;"
'""BUti r?, Sa1S1--.~ussril,~ I ,gm:
frightened;by.peopie W"~ho want
to dl:;ariiA'At .s,,
scare nio-to death h'at
meatiei"th'~ ~ni'~"1i~vf+I~;"1"ti-'it~
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