WASHINGTON STAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01022R000100180001-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 28, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON STAR - 28 January 1961
's~sS6 i ~k:iic..9ilk'E
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fense SecrQtary 3Robert S.
am,~x~ ~~.bl~s ,,.ordered _ fie;
~` "ser'y3ces to stop, taking,
polic and strat~egy_argu-.
s to t~e public.
e new. Pentagon boss is
tech disturbed , tp find
r ~a~er "stories giving service
.gli~ ~polic~ matters that
~ ~e decided-or presumably
been ,decided-bY the
Chiefs ,of Ste?# ,and their
,p superiors.
~,h~~ .told the oi~iefs that.
' disputes .must,. be han-
only through proper, in-
L Pentagon channels.
view Policy Explained
was. reported to have beef ~=
written to conform with the
new policy. '
- The crackdown also has~ei
felt on the lower echeloxfs_Q
the three services. Officerg who
had been willing in the .;Mast`
to explain policy problems~OW
say they have been, directs to
stop talking.
Traded to Kennedy
Official information ofLis
also are giving considerab~Y es
information than. under=_
Eisenhower admiriistration,_
more time is spent c1Yi;
answers to questions wifii a
variety of other agencies""
The crackdown is being t#~&ed
to President Kennedy and bus
press secretary, Pierre Sal~ger.'
halt security leaks, particly
of intelligence matters, ..;
public display of iners~rvi~e
rivalries.
Spokesman for the new;~~~, ~-
tagon officials say they realise
the crackdown will not sur~"o~
completely, but they believe
small measure of succesg'~wi'fi
be -worth .the effort.
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