WHAT IS TRUTH?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700410023-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: January 6, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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CORVALLIS
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6 1966
"What Is Truth?"
To the Editor:
Poni.ius Pilalle" theR.ornan
governor of ,hirlen, once flskcd:
Whtii Its `I'mili? The, ill(eilinn
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hood in world affairs.
Our leaders constantly point
to the lies of the Communists,
and rightly so, if it is true
that Communism still operates
on Lenin's level of: Anything
goes if it advances Communism.
But why should our attention
be constantly turned to distant
places for evidences of man's
deceit? Are we so much su-
perior morally to the Commu-
nists? Are we dedicated to truth
when it is common for manu-
facturers and merchants to ad-
vertise products in such a way
as to deceive the customer?
On a national level, what are
the morals of, for
instance, the
Central Intelligence Agency?
ItItEr ?'war`k' 'is doff 6 in "'sec`ret,
what check has the general pub-
lie on lt:5 ethical standards? To
whom is thk CI r9sponsible?
Has the CIA 'ever been investi-
gated by the FPI 6e by-fhe
Congress? ;; What' was the role
of ?`the CIA in the attempted
By of Pigsiil.Kasion of Cuba?
Does the fact that"President
Kennedy' backed away from a
commitrr!ent to give air support
to the invasion have anything
to do with his death? Why was
the assassin so quickly silenced?
Was the attribution of the as-
sassination to Communists just
another red herring?
Indeed what is truth? I sub-
mit that until we commit our-
' selves to a standard of abso-
lute honesty, we shall never
understand truth or the peace
it can bring.
F. H. Sumner
1325 North 14th
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Slim Chinese. Beauty,. 29,
. A ictis. Fight Against Reds
t glamorous Chinese woman
chatted with Allen. W. Dulles,
director of the highly secretive
Central Intelligence Agency,
last night as-onlookers, includ-
ing several gcnerails, wondered
at het ider.tity
"the discussion during a cock-
'ail party for Vetlt