COLBY ERA ENDS FOR GREATEST INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: January 1, 1976
• Content Type: NI

Agency analysts believe. contained rev-
olutionary new hot airbag features.
of 1966-69, with Teng Hsiao-ping and
Mao's wife, Chiang Ching, emerging as
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The
National Intelligence
years. And in that moment of blmdmg in
spiration, this publication was born.
Colby Era Ends for Greatest Intelligence Organization
An era comes to an end with the de-
parture of William Egan Colby (Bur-
lington H.S. '36; Princeton, BA, '40;
Columbia, LLB, '47) from the greatest in-
telligence organization in the world.
Mr. Colby, as is his wont, had nothing
to say in the Daily either on the subject of
his career or his departure. His aides,
close mouthed as usual, said naught.
The White House also declined to say
anything, merely insisting again that if it
was anyone's day, it was President Ford's.
Dr. Kissinger and Dr. Schlesinger, two
old cronies, had kind words for their
departing colleague. The former remark-
ed, that "Colby is a good man, but now
that he is gone I hope we can expand the
Daily to eight pages."
Dr. Schlesinger remarked that now
with Colby gone he will be putting in his
subscription request for the Daily via
freedom of information channels.
Published by Named Principals Only for the Director of Central Intelligence
One old-timer, who was once a power at
Langley, expanded a bit on the "eventful
years" under Colby. "However you may
have regarded his predecessors," he
grimaced, "you have to admit that it was
under Colby that the CIA became a houses
hold word." He preferred not to say
what that word was.
A young Agency analyst said that with
the departure he hoped he would be able
to pick up Colby's fine parking space near
the water tower in the West lot.
Congressperson Abzug told reporters
yesterday that she was sorry to see Colby
leave. She noted that the organization
over which he presided had taken an in-
terest in her years before anyone else.
"Any Agency that could recognize me as
a comer cannot be all bad," the
Congressperson said. She went on to la-
ment the fact that she and Colby had
begun to work together only recently. "If
Press Calls Modest Law Oftice
Massive `Deep Cover' Scheme
telligence chief to prepare a psychiatric
assessment of the Agency's old and new
directors. Qadhafi said he finds the
behavior of American leaders baffling,
noting that their actions are often erratic,
mercurial, reckless, and even at times
fanatic. The chief has suggested that they
can be understood if one recognizes they
are in the "mid-life crisis."
Colby's counterparts abroad were, to a
man, bemused by Colby's unique three-
month tenure as the lame duck director of
a major competitor. They were sure that
this unprecedented experiment had im-
plications for them all, but none was sure
what the implications were. Several
agreed to talk on the record to the
Daily's inquiring reporter.
M of MI-6: "You American chaps
never learn. We always thought with our
brains and your money, Britain would
rule the roost. We devoted a lot of time
and a lot of talent to trying to bring
you up to standard, but you simply do not
appreciate that the old ways are the best."
S of SDECE: "You expect me to be-
lieve that Colby is really leaving the old
firm? Pardon, but not on your life. It is all
(See Col y...Page 2)
Director Fulfills Dream Concept
Conceived b y Former hiet, FE
President Ford's announcement that
CIA Director William E. Colby will soon
be leaving the Agency to return to private
law practice has touched off an investiga-
tion by the nation's press.
Our sources have learned that within
the next few days the press will print
charges that Colby's departure is a
massive plot arranged by the Agency as a
smoke screen for Colby's new assignment
as a deep cover agent.
The press apparently tumbled to the
plan, which is described as "vast and
massive," when reporters from the Uaily
Princetonian checked into construction
Gonomor Deplorer
Seeks von Pluckett
The highly-touted research blimp, the
Gonomor Deplorer, is in fact the key-
stone of a CIA effort to locate and
recover a German zeppelin, the K. von
Pluckett, which has been missing since
1904.
The Deplorer was developed by the
Maxima Corporation, a Division of Huge
Airbag Co. The Deplorer's announced
mission was to recover industrial waste
particles from the air for recycling into
solid trash.
Congressional sources have revealed
that the CIA covertly paid for and
developed the $100 Deplorer to aid in an
intensive search for the Pluckett, which
Agency analysts believe. contained rev-
olutionary new hot airbag features.
Approved
progress on Colby's new law offices in
suburban New Jersey.
The press suspects that the facility goes
somewhat beyond the needs of a lawyer
hanging out his shingle.
Colby, in an unusual move, has refused
to return the calls of reporters on the
matter. An official Agency spokesman
says the allegations are "pure poppy-
cock" and "obviously the ravings of
paranoids."
The spokesman said-not for attribu-
tion and on deep background-that as far
as he knew, Colby's only assured client to
date is one S. Hersh, who. was ap-
prehended by police while surveiling a
well-known intelligence analyst, O. Pike.
The charges concerning Colby's depar-
ture are expected to launch 535
Congressional investigations.
methods seems to be staying out of the
(See Furor...Page 2)
it had been sooner, the Agency would not
be in the mess it is."
A. Warhol revealed to a friend the
other day that the Agency had asked him
to come down and paint a portrait in the
modern style of some guy named Colby.
Warhol said he had his doubts, especially
when they wouldn't let him in the
building.
Similarly Laudatory
The reaction from abroad was generally
laudatory, whether of Colby or of his
departure. L'Observatore Romano
quoted Vatican sources as saying the Pope
is always happy to see one of his sheep
come in from out of the cold.
Indira Gandhi told the Indian Parlia-
ment that it was "no coincidence" that
Colby was being replaced by a man who
had spent the past two years in Peking.
"What further proof do you need," she
asked, "that China is behind the sinister
design of external forces to destabilize
India?"
She promised to use all her powers, es-
pecially her emergency powers, to protect
her democratic principles of one-person
rule.
One day in 1965 the Chief, Far East
Division in the Plans Directorate, wrote a
memo to the Director of Current
Intelligence, noting that President John-
son was a great newspaper reader and that
OCI might consider issuing its daily
product as an "intelligence new~aper."
t 12umor~>have it~at the same
cally better c,
Dulles.
There is no record,df the re ion of
Mr. Ales or the, ther DC ,but the
re~onse in, 1963 was a`i?chtypically ~
sensical, but, .utside chance thata
thief, FE-would go far itrthe intelligence
;- it would never do to appear
negative. "- =~1a~ti~n'-.;,tz~r-
~.
Accordingly, an officer of some in-
genuity was assigned to the project.-l-Ie-
,ga~~~it a eood tr}y-in-fact; he became per-
sua~ied of its'?~esirability: By the fall of
1965, he had created amock-up of such a
newspaper.
~h~?=o i~~ff'cer s 'eii[hu3i'asm, ~owever,
Furor over Colby Splits Chinese
In China, controversy over the Colby
departure has split the leadership and
threatens to engulf the country in yet
another ideological struggle. One power-
ful faction accuses unnamed party and
government functionaries of having
"lost" Angola through their failure to
"ride the great green wave" of the effort
to save Angola from Soviet hegemony.
The Colby controversy has rekindled
enmities from the anti-Confucius cam-
paign of 1974 and the cultural revolution
of 1966-69, with Teng Hsiao-ping and
the principal antagonists.
There are those who equate Colby's ex-
perience on the Hill over the last year with
Teng's ordeal during the cultural revolu-
tion. These theorists see the release of the
Soviet helicopter pilots as a sign that
Colby's fortunes will improve. These who
hold to this view point out that the only
other purpose accomplished in the release
was to befuddle Western analysts.
Curiously, the official who repurtedly
is the most astute student of Colby's
methods seems to be staying out of the
Mao's wife, Chian Chin emer ing as (See Furor...Page 2
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Qadhafi of Libya has ordered his in-
W. Colby, after suggesting establish-
ment of National Intelligence Daily in
1945 meeting with OSS head Donovan
yd~at r.~P. wit was eventually
concluded that secu~ ity and technological
barriers were insurmountable. A
memorandum to this effect was dispatch-
ed to the Chief, FE with the mock-up at-
tached as evidence of good faith.
In late spring of 1973, the same onetime
Chief, FE-in a private and closely-held
discussion with m elf -,iws~~
e!^-finally convince a CI tha a
Daily should be established. The DCI
then summoned the Director of Current
Intelligence to his office.
-t~fter-aces -on Iris
~a,ppaint-mgnt;--znoL---~4- hems=oi~,~ DCI
drew from his safe the mock-up of 1965.
"This was a good idea eight years ago,"
he said, "it's a good idea nowr l-rorartt-
~U now-I.can have it:" ,,,~
The D/OCI~ im-
mediately perceived that this was p er cise-
ly what the national security apparatus
needed. Indeed, he realized that an in-
telligence newspaper was about the best
idea to come down the pike in many
years. And in that moment of blinding in-
spiration, this publication was born.
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DIA Publishes DIN Re DIR/CIA;
Notes DIA, NCA Support of NI
Mr. William E. Colby, Director (DIR)
of Central Intelligence (CI) is reported to
be leaving his post.
As DIR/CI, Mr. Colby is Chairman
(Churn) of the United States Intelligence
Board (USIB). USIB is a body consisting
of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)
Furor . .
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controversy. This official is Wei
Yam-Kobe, who heads China's in-
telligence organs. It is said that he walks
faster than anyone else in Peking, and
that he spends the early part of the even-
ing staring at a map and suggesting topics
for his analysts.
Much of Wei's
tributed to his cost-cutting. For example,
he has saved millions of dollars that
otherwise might have been squandered on
intelligence-gathering efforts against the
US. He has settled for subscriptions to
two newspapers, -the Congressional
Record, and Aviation Week.
Wei reportedly has told his associates:
"The only difference betwee~t the way I do
it and the way Colby did it is that Colby
would have created his own newspaper."
Late Item
A reliable but untested source reports
that negotiations are under way to acquire
the services of a retired annuitant to write
a continuing history oil American
Intelligence for Intelligent Americans.
The only obstacle to the signing of a con-
tract is annuitant Colby's insistence on an
exception to the 90-percent limit on com-
pensation.
Sen. Abourezk and Rep. Harrington make another attempt to
convince Director that the CIA should intervene in Gabon
record.
Dr. Proctor said that the analysis of the
May Day photography was now in. He
said that there was a clear shot of
Brezhnev without his hat. Analysts believe
he is balding, and an alert memorandum
will be out shortly.
Mr. Duckett said his people had infor-
mation that Octagon photos of Loch Ness
showed suspicious sheds along one of the
northern reaches of the Loch. His office
wonders whether the Scottish tourist
board is surreptitiously building a
Mark-II monster.
Mr. Blake said he was pleased to report
that most elevators worked yesterday dur-
ing lunch hour.
Gen. Wilson reported that he would
simply like to flag to the Director's atten-
tion that the latest Task Group had found
41 critical issues about which very little
could be done, and papers were being
prepared on them.
Mr. Carver murmured that he had been
to see Jim but it wasn't very fruitful
because he is no longer in office.
The Inspector General announced he
had doubled the size of his staff again
yesterday.
The General Counsel, Mr. Warner,
said that it had been a rather dull day but
he did want to mention in passing that the
Director had been sued for $19 billion.
Mr. Cary reported that members of six
committees wanted to visit Australia. He
asked also if anyone could identify for
him a certain Representative Nedzi, who
had placed a call to him.
The Deputy Director said that he was
glad to be back in the US again. He asked
that the minutes not reflect several
messages from a King, two Prime Min-
isters, and awell-informed Lisbon taxi
driver with whom he had recently met. He
said that he had an interesting story about
a cannibal girl and an American with a
machine gun which he would tell the
members privately later. He got off a
remark in French followed by one in a
language which appeared to be Russian
because Gen. Wilson giggled when the re-
mark was made.
The meeting closed with the suggestion
that tomorrow's 9 a.rn. meeting might
take place at 9 a.m. or at 5:30 p. m. or it
was possible that the 9 a.m. meeting
would take place both at 9 a.m. and at
5:30 p.m.
Daily's Creation Stirs Reaction from Nation's Top Policy Makers
THE PRESIDENT THE DCI THE VICE PRESIDENT THE DCI SECY. KISSINGER
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and a number of other agencies. It meets
weekly at a secret location in Northern
Virginia (NVA), and is assessed to be
generally supportive of the National
Command Authority (NCA).
DIR Colby is also head of the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), one of the
groups on USIB. CIA produces reports
and assessments about world
developments. It is said to dabble in
military intelligence, but it is well known
that this is the responsibility of the
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and
the National Command Authority
(NCA).
From time
to time, DIR/CI Colby
volunteers suggestions on the intelligence
community budget. These are always
given appropriate attention by the
National Command Authority (NCA), as
well as by another agency known as the
Department of Defense (DoD).
Perhaps DIR/CI Colby's strongest
point was his strong support of the con-
cept of National Intelligence (NI). His
devotion to that concept was exceeded
only by that of the National Command
Authority (NCA) and the Defense
Intelligence Agency (DIA).
DCI 1973-76 THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DAILY
Colby Era Ends .. .
Director Colby after receiving KGB annotated copy of the National Intelligence
Daily from General Secretary Brezhnev. To Brezhnev's right is Y. Andropov
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a sham, ashadow-play, a mummery, a,
how do you say it, put-on. On the other
hand, one has to remember that it is
all too easy to get paranoid in this busi-
ness."
B of BND: "We have always done our
best to learn from the agency, but despite
years of study, our people still have no
idea what to make of this change in direc-
tors. Will Colby be your next Ambassador
to Iraq?"
K of KGB: "We are, of course, dis-
heartened by the whole affair. During the
past year, we never had it so good. But
my, what headaches from reading all the
stuff in the Congressional Record. I
would have preferred just the Daily.
S of SAVAK: "I have a report in hand
from our top agent who terms the depar-
ture of Colby a carefully calculated decep-
tion operation. The agent has talked to a
knowledgeable Palestinian and a
reputable Syrian who agree that the
operation is intended to cloak a vital new
assignment, perhaps in charge of the elec-
tronic surveillance station going up in the
Sinai passes."
Blake Praises Elevators During Morning Meeting
The Daily today publishes the minutes
of the Director's morning meeting.?
The meeting opened with a report by
Mr. Parmenter on the situations in the
Middle East, Angola, Portugal, and
Hamtramck.
Mr. Nelson announced that the
two-week-old operation in Upper Volta
had still not surfaced in the press, a new
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