YOUNG SAYS REDS HIDE IN MANY GROUPS

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000800160049-7
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1
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November 11, 2016
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December 15, 1998
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49
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FOIAb3b Sanitized, - Approved For Release : CIA .CPYRGHT GRAND FORKS, N. D. HERALD ~ r is sIm.10. 01.11~ !Young Says and d the GRU uar or military e e ~x-. J .7 - pionage group. Nothing is. more important- ! e d s -Hide In than being vigilant for commu-'11 nist activities in this country,;{ CPYRGHT Date? Front Edit Other 38,154 Communist agents in the Unit fed States could conceal them selves within any part of so ciety, according to Sen. Milton R. . Young, 'R-N.D. Young; in a newsletter fro Washington, said the Federal Bureau of investigation has caught most red spies. But he added: "Undoubtedly some are still Loperating, and at very high le- vels." Young, member of a special Senate committee which works with the highly secret Central., IntelligenccAgency said dom- munist agents ' c o u l d "quite effectively, hide ' away in almost any strata of our society-in !eluding far-right groups." Said the Senator: r "Many, of our most valuable CIA operatives in various coun- tries .throughout the world are factually high 'ranking Commu-. njst Party officials." He identified the two toughest types of agents to detect as . members of the Russian KGB, said Young. But he warned. "One of the worst' mistakes that can be made is to accuse someone of being a communist, when he may ' be entirely inno- cent." The senator advised that'any' suspected communist be report- i ed to the FBI ? and 'let them f handle it from} there on. Sanitized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP75-00149R000800160049-7