SPY VS. SPIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01601R001200260001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 18, 1971
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2001/03/04: CIA-RDP80-01601 RBU200126.0001-3
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The spook agencies
re!!entlessly compete
with, and often un-,
dercut, one another.
In addition to the CIA,
genceagciicy.The
pu r in e~- i `` tUdable
but, ' for the record,
e v e r y recent presi-
dent has trial it and
has failed.
Hclm's, the head of
t h c Central Intelli-
champion to dispatch on the task of coordi-
nating the g a rr g l i n g U.S. intelligence
a g e n c i c s. Mr. Nixon tapped Richard
President Nixon has chosen a worthy
1-lcims .
there are the
Defer Irate. lid once agency and the Na-
tional Security agency.. The State depart-
ment has a research bureau that is close
cousin to a spy shop. 'The FBI is sup-
posed to be confided to domestic cotnlter
intelli ;ence, but it. poaches. The Atomic
Energy commission has` operated a spe-
cialized intelligence bureau.
The result sometimes has been a ca
i caphony of findings and reports that
overwhelms ar7alysts- and which backlog
into irrelevancy. Further, Americans end
up spending unspecified multimillions
more than necessary for their cloaks and
daggers.
Mr. Helms apparently has managed to
put his own CIA in order, itself a major
accomplishment. Perhaps taking cues
from its director, the CIA has been coo!,
accurate and inconspicuous lately. It
seems to- have overcome the bad case of
butterfingers it s u f f e r e d before 1\1r.
Helms took over.
There's little doubt that the President
{ has defined the problem accurately ai
I has picked the right problem-solver. The
question remaining is whether the var-
ious agencies will let the problem be i.
solved.
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