POLITIES ON THE LAUCHING PAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700450064-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 64
• Publication Date: February 6, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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evision reporter was Wkitlin '"at t`itre door
then the senators'finally,'.tilea',put.
His question 'Are You "reeassured by what
tinu have been told?.Or are you disturbed
'I he first man before the mike was Sen.
,tuart Symington, Democrat, candidate for
President. Ile was very, very disturbed."
'Chen came Sen. Lyndon Johnson, Demo-
cra!, candidate for the Presidency. He'was'
jlso very disturbed.
Finally came Sen. Alexander Wiley, Re-
publican. He was relieved, reassured.
The answers were straight - from . the
script of election year politics. They' were
exactly what might have been expected-
no more, no less. The Republican defended
the Ad sera load, `'a ` ~'
ed it have no np
mittee tha if the8e t ~ 1re
subject to fath'om ;even' when it ''ts
partisan pol:tkcs this,year. Wes- 'su`d per-
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sonal ambitits. Ur
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