C.I.A.'S IMAGE CHANGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80M01009A000701110007-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 8, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 28, 1962
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/05/08 :CIA-RDP80M01009A000701110007-3
The New York Times, Sunday, 28 January 1962
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J.:-Under McCone's Directorship the Military Role of
The Agency Is to Be De-Emphasized
ITe N? York Tlmn
John McCone,
Director of C. I. A:_
)s ee the aura of " iPesident stressed; he specltiedlBoard of National Estimates,
command in the sprawling Each morning a C. I. A.I that "I shall expect you to'wm
super-secret agency. His sub- briefing prepares the Presiden[I posed of twelve senior and
ordinates say: "He commands; and some members of his 1m-I UClega[e to your principal dep-I experienced personnel who In
I you know who is in char e." mediate official famll for the y much oP ~ e }etalle poper- the ~ ast haveg reviewed pod
g y lotion of the a enc ? "to ermit anal zed intelll once and ro-
tor. McCone was sworn Into crises of the day'. The C. I. A. ou to car out our nmar Ivided finished estimates, will
office on Nov. 20 to succeed Is not a policy making agency,!~sks as Director of Centralin the futw?p also review
Alien W. Dulles, the naUOn'n but it does collect data. 'Intelligence." tanned or impendtn o era-
so-called "master spy.?' He has The budget of the C. I. A. p
spent the Intervening weeks 1n is hidden; aside from its execu-'Other Changes dons to provide a jud ~lous
acquainting himself with the Lives, the H?esldent and a few! He added that he expected ment of thelrtl feasib lltyi a d
JBst organization, stud}? Its of his official famfly, only the'Mr. McCone to more or less
desitabt]Ity. Size and scope of
operations and formula[Ing his close-mouthed members of tout formalize a de facto practice the board may be expanfled.
opinions. Mr. McCone, who 1ssubcommittees of the Senate of the Dulles regime; Mr. Mc-
~famlliar with the In-fighting of and House know the figures. Cone will serve as chairman of At fhe same time the organ-
'Washington and who does not Few [he United 9tatea Intellf cote izatlon of Che 'agency Is under j
paopte know the C. I. A,'s g study by a committee tom osed ~.
buckle easily [o either opposi- exact size; from 12,000 to 1u,000~BOard, composed of represen[a- p
:-fort or criticism, has already fulltimc employee ail over the lives of the prin ipal agencies of Lyman Kirkpatrick, the 1
experienced nntl surmounted world might be a good ess. lot the intelligence' communlt agency's Inspector general a-s
"'sarong press attacks upon himl? - ~ y'I chairman; Ccn. Cortlandt van
and his deputy will represent .,, .,_..... .
a
Atomic Ener Commission Cudty Agency and other Intel- also Director of Central Intel?
~ Ilgen:e organizations. Ifs dl- hgence, an office in Which he
and former Under Secretary of supervises and ides the na-
the Alr Force, has already, rector fs charged with coordi-i don's entire foreign Intelligence
after only?a few weeks in o& nat.ing the e[Porta and output oft activltles. It was this role the
fice estabi' h these agencies
By HANSON W. BALDWIN of the Pentagon-Army, Nnvy, {unctions are likely to remain
soma to T^e New Yort Times. I Air Force, Mar(nes and now the virtually Intact
NASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -new Defense Inteltlgenco The President on Jan. 16
-The Senate is expected to con- Agency; the State Department;~gave Mr. McCone a directive
firm on Monday the appoint- the Atomic Energy Commis?~thaC stressed his cootllinatlng
ment of a new "commander-In- slop, the Treasury Department; and review oP ~udiclal func-
chief" of the Central Intellf- the Fedetal Bureau o[ Inves- lions. As head of the Central
Bence Agency. tlgatlon; the communications Intelligence Agency, Mr. Me-
John A. McCone of Califor- sleuths and code-breakers of Cone wears two hats; he Is.
pia former chairm t the highly secret Nation
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