CIA ON THE JOB

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800160042-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: April 9, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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NEWS AMERICAN
E. 219 , 257
8. 313,454
APR 9 1965
CPYRGHT CIA on' the Job
SEN. MILTON R. ,YOUNG (R., N. D.), one of
the few outside the Central Intelligence Agency who'
are well informed on its necessarily secretive opera-"
tions, reveals that our spy system abroad includes
Communist Party officials.
Since Red leaders are not laggard in this fur-'
tive field, it may be 'presumed their activities have
f. not overlooked free world political echelons as pos-
sible channels of information.
Espionage is not a nice profession, 'but a vital
dice. The double-cross and triple-cross are stock in
trade among some of its practitioners. I'h.us, it can
be suspected that some of the Communist officials
;'assumed to be our undercover agents may- be, in,
fact, ~lants. On the other hand, it may:.be that they,
really give tongue-in-chee'lt loyalty to Communism
J 'and do provide us the assistance we seek.
It. is a confusing guessing.game. The CIA has,
shown that it. is alert and-tou{.hes all bases. has,
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