CIA OUTDOING RED COUNTERPART, SENATOR SAYS

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December 15, 1998
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December 17, 1964
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NIIAMI HERALD rviHq.Sq Sanitized - Approved FBE(Mia1$: CIA- CPYRGHT t inspection trip around the world said Wednesday the Cen? credit for. its a far. better organization " Their results are better than those of the Russian Ii GB th S , e oviet cotuiterpart,. tIntelligence Agency (CIA) is tral even though the.Russians have doing a better Intelligence job than A Its more than twice Soviet counterpart,, and with , a many per- less men. sonnel," Young declared. Sen, Milton R. 'Yours The. North Dakota Republi- g, (R., can said some previous criti- N.D.), based his conclusion on cism of ?CIA may have been a top-secret to r f CIA u o posts .- in. 14 countries and American) military installations in 15 for-1 eign nations. He made the trip as a mem-' ber, , of the Special Senate sub- committee authorized to exam In detail the CIA's multi- rriillion dollar budget - the actual amount or which is ' "hid- den" in budgets of other agen- cies. "I was not quite satisfied that I was voting intelligent ly on their appropriation re- quests,' Young, said In ex- , plaining the purpose of his trip. Young 'said he was tremen- dously impressed by operations of CIA agents throughout the world. He added: "Their work _. is far more,effective than' thel now than in the years past." Young praised the adminis- tration of CIA Director John A. McCone. "He Is as good a man as we could ? have," Young said.,"'It would be un- fortunate tit he were re- placed " _ The senator?said he found U.S, military installations over. seas at a high state of prepared- ness,. "ready to fight almost immediately if they have to." A helicopter flight over South Viet Nan persuad;d him, that the propo-el to botr.i, sup-j ply. 1irys oftthe North Via'unam-' hse,n1ight do some good, Youn'z said.' ` "Butt it's not as impora:ant as! many persons think it is," he:. Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP~:5-00149R0008~1;0160017-2 WASF,tINGTON - (U1?I) -1puhlic generally gives them justified, but he added,that It