SENATORIAL IRRESPONSIBILITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800170060-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: October 28, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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SenarnrlalirresponslDIIIty
Sen. Stephen M. Young did his coun- thing. The damage comes from Young's
try a grave disservice when he said he. charge that the CIA hired them to com-
had been told the Central Intelligence' mit atrocities, or his careless words
Agency hired South Vietnamese to which permitted him to be quoted as ."
pose as Viet Cong and kill men and saying that, whichever it was.
rape women with the objective of dis- In his subsequent elaboration of his
crediting the Communists. remarks, described as "meandering,"
,Following a flat denial by the CIA Young repeated that "It was alleged to
an:'uproar in both CIA and State &e--o me that several of these executed two i
partment, and sharp .words by fellow'' village leaders and raped,somo:::wo,n-
solohs, the Ohio senator changed his,. en." He indicated at one poinfhe be-
story
considerably. lieved this report, then added, "I don't
However, change it as much as. he believe such an incident occurred."
will, the damage has been done. The Young's partial repudiation of his
Communists will have a field day with first remarks will never catch up with
this charge. They would even if Young the original atrocity story. He has seri
completely repudiated his own remarks ously damaged his country in the prop._ or established that he was misquoted. aganda cold,war and 'compromised his
The entire affair sounds like a prime,.own reputation for responsibility.
example of irresponsibility. The Reds are still repeating, it will
-,-Young first said he got his informa- ' be recalled, the lie that the United
tion from a CIA man. Later he said it States employed germ warfare in Ko-
was. an American military officer. rea. A senator: s h o u 1 d have enough
IT the CIA employed some South Viet- judgment not to sound off on such a
n niese agents to pose as Viet Cong, subject until he is sure he knows what
there is n o thin g unusual ? in that. All . he is talking i about--which Soqng ob-
intelligence -agencies do t h a t sort of , viously wasn't,
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