LETTER TO HONORABLE JULIA BUTLER HANSEN FROM (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R002800300116-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 116
• Publication Date: September 10, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

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onorable 1ulia Batlc.r
Beua a of akpxe rifati^ ,
W nMnzton, D- C
Th4hk you for -your letter of 5 Sc ber regarding
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We are enclosing a broe mre which gives general
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of. our applicat formfl vbiob au may wish to forward
to Mr I We shall. -oe glad to receive an vp-
plication f'rcet asst and to give Ida every considez :-
tion.
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study is at their own is tiativs . h ocpt as appropri>
ate under the Federal ployeee Tralniwj Act, do
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ing employees vho wish to attend law school.
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Sincerely
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d B. _ lkuss.U
United States Senatae
*dashingles, D. C.
Dear Later Ruae.U:
You will no doubt have noted this mo nrs WASINCTON
POST editorial entitled "'Ile CAA Again. #t I presume that this
* *ttor will be discussed, perhaps on the floor of the U. S. Congresa.
editorial is entirely orr us. I refer y)ou to a statement
in an interview wish the Merits. Hintley and Brinkley
on 9 September in which he aid:
"Q: Do** the CIA tend to make its
seems to be the debate here.
cy? That
At No. that is the frequent the r e, but that isn1t_Oea.
Mr. (Jew Cone, head of the CIA, sits in the National
Security ncii. We have had a number of meetings
the past few days about events in South Viet?Atarr. .r. c
Gene participated In every one, and the CIA coordinate
its efforts with the State Department and the Defense . Ds-
partinent. "
Sincerely.
C UPI
John A. Mc Cone
Director
Identical letters sent to Congressman Carl Vinson and Congressman
Clarence Cannon
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The CIA Again
The United States has been understandably
embarrassed by the disclosure that the CIA has
been secretly aiding the South Viet-Nam Special
Forces that conducted the raids on Buddhist
pagodas. Yet this is, unfortunately, not the first
time the Government has been made to look
foolish by the misnamed Central Intelligence
Agency. And the trouble is precisely that the
CIA does not confine itself to gathering intelli-
gence but has been given operational responsi-
bility for tasks for which it has debatable
competence.
One might have supposed that the Bay of Pigs
debacle would have alerted the White House to
the risks of allowing an intelligence agency to
sit in judgment on its own operational missions.
The temptation is strong to tailor intelligence to
support preconceived opinion. ' Moreover, when
the CIA invests its prestige in supporting a given
course, there is an all-too-human tendency to seek
vindication for a commitment of money and
judgment.
This seems to lie behind the present muddle
over CIA misadventures in Saigon. The agency's
mission chief in that country had established close
and cordial relations with Ngo Dinh Nhu, Presi-
dent Diem's brother and sponsor of the Special
Forces. Some $3 million a year was earmarked
.for helping the Special Forces. But reportedly
the CIA had no advance warning that the Forces
would invade the pagodas and the initial intelli-
gence reaction was confused-contributing to the
confusion in Washington over what transpired
that fateful day.
Nevertheless, the payments evidently continued
in the face of Government policy to the contrary,
and the Administration has been reduced to a
stutter in trying to explain what has happened.
Ironically, notwithstanding the CIA subsidy, the
pro-Diem press in Saigon has been bitterly attack-
ing the American agency for allegedly taking
part in an attempted coup against the regime.
Let it be said that the CIA contains men of
undoubted skill and patriotism. Let it also be
said that much of the American problem in Saigon
springs out of circumstances that not even the
wisest of men could easily meet. But some self-
inflicted wounds form part of the heartbreaking
calamity. In the past, there has been a distress-
ing tendency to subordinate political to military
considerations and to avert the eyes from un-
pleasant realities. The CIA, while not alone in
this failing, was unable to provide a detached
intelligence corrective because its own agents
were enmeshed in the operations of the regime.
There are many rueful lessons in the South
Vietnamese tragedy, and not the least of them
is that it makes sense in every respect to divorce
intelligence from operations that belong in the
military sphere. It would be heartening if the
present embarrassment were turned to useful.
purpose by effecting a real reorganization of the
CIA. The opportunity }slh~ should have been grasped
r Rtlge2?dtfrf4'`acto'ti~f ~~~f one now
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lessly humiliated again.