UNJUSTIFIED CRITICISM OF CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000100430011-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2004
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 6, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

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Unjustified Criticism of CIA
T HE existence .ot Central In- curate economic, political and
telligence Agency offices in social statistics. But its agents.
various U.S. communities, in- are able to provide the added
eluding some university . towns. data to confirm or contradict
where the agency recruits new- such information.
employees, periodically prompts,.... Information comes to theCIA-
-an adverse, surprised reaction.- from satellites, from listening"'-'-
from some politicians. , .;;'; post antennae around the world,
Neither the surprise ? nor the and from, technical specialists.
criticism is justified. But since After the revolution in Iran, the
the tenor of some reporting has. role of the. radio relay stations
created the impression the CIA there" received wide, and
is some sort of American, KGB, unwanted, -publicity. Some CIA
the general public has-a false, electronic devices; can decode,
potentially dangerous, miscon- then translate, foreign language.
ception of the agency: and its
mission. secret transmissions:
The CIA is charged. by.-,law Americans returning from
with the collection, evaluation abroad provide valued informa
and analysis of: intelligence on tion on a voluntary basis. They
foreign nations. It employs both are interviewed where they live
the oldest and most futuristic and work more often than in
means. Its operations in.-this Washington. That -is one reason
country are primarily the pro for CIA's field offices in this
cessing and analysis of a vast country. To understand develop
flow of information from abroad., ments abroad, it is often neces-
Involume, most of that informa-- sary to keep abreast of parallel
tion comes from open sources, or related developments here at
especially foreign publications., home. That;.. too, is often' done
The CIA began life in 1946 as through field agents.
the Central Intelligence Group If American- policy is to be
by executive order of President sound, it must be based on com-
Truman. Its, original, staff. was plete, 'accurate information.
.largely borrowed from the State " :Much -of that, information, often
Department and the armed set ->'the key part, is provided by the
vices. It became a statutory CrA .Effortsto portray the agen
agency in 2947 The:.FBI::-is ,. cy, as a threat to individual free-
charged. with. security intelli doni in this country create: ob-
gence within this country;: _ the stacles to its accomplishment of -
our borders. It is unfortunate that i
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CIA offices abroacrofterrwork 'come "politic,ally fruitful. to;; be'
closely, with the local govern- paranoidrabout the CIA: It is-not:'
,:.cents, who provide, usually a cfi . looking-over your shoulder
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THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN
OKLAHOMAN CITY TIMES
(e-mon to fri)
OKLAHOMAN & TIMES
(re--sat)
THE SUNDAY OKLAHOMAN
(S)
Oklahoma Publishing Co., 500 N Broadway, PO
Box 25125, Oklahoma City, OK 73125; tel
[phone].
CircWetion, 179,760 (m-mon to fri); 93,107 (e.
Mori to fri); 217,395 (m-sat); 283,364 IS);
ABC Sept 30,1978.
Price: 101(dl; 101(sat); 501(S); 50gfwk (m),
351/wk(e), 501/wk(S).
Advertising; Open line rate $2.32(m); $2.22(e);
$2.50(S); $2.50(m&e); (m, e&S is 3.90).
Representative: Sawyer-Ferguson-Walker
Co.
News services, AP; Field; UPI; CT-NYN; CNS.
Politics: Independent. Established: Okla.
homan 1894, Times 1889.
Advertising Not Accept" Liquor.
Sunday Magazine- The Oklahomans. Local,
Comics Network, Parade.
Broadcast Affiliates, Radio WKY.
CORPORATE OFFICERS
President Edward L. Gavlotd.
Vice Pros & Gen Mgr icks
Vice Pres
F. Uafiord
Secretary Edith Gaylord Harper
Treasurer GlennStinchcomb -
Asst Secretary Tenal S. Cooley, Jr.
GEN'L MGMT. & BUSINESS
Publisher Edward L. Gad rd
General Mgr
Comptroller nn tmc c c e
Credit Mgr Kenneth Brand
Personnel Mgr John Harrington
Prom Mgr Ron Clarke Agent Bill Bowman
Educ Serrv Mgr Hal Young
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
Adv Director Gates Oliver
D aIr Mgr Jack Hovorka
lass Mgr Edgar L. Stanley
Prom Clarke
Market Research RPhil Stout
Co-op Coordinator Chuck Bresnehen
CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT
Circ Director Helge Hoipr.
NEWS EXECUTIVES
Editor Edward L. Gaylord
Asst Man Editor Robert Farguhar
Asst Man Editor Deacon Ne
w
Asst Man Editor Robert E, Lee
City Editor(Oklalronan) Mike Shannon
City EditorTimes) Kay Dyer
Action Line
Auto Baook
Business
Cartoonist
Columnist(Times)
Editorial(Writers)
Farm
Fashion
Financial
Food
Home Furnishings
Librarian
Motion Plx-Theatrical
Musk
Staff
Jim Reid
Ivy Coffey
Don Shockey
James J.Lange
Wayne Mackey
Leonard Jackson
Jerry Poole, Robert E. Lee
News Editor (Oklahoman)
News Editor (Times)
Oil
Photo Dept Mgr
Radio-Television
Real Estate
Religion
Society
Sports (Oklahoman)
Sports (Times)
State Editor
Sunday
Travel
Women"s
Ed Kelly
Joan Gilmore
Glen Bayless
Sharon Dowell
Joan Gilmore
Monterey Nelson
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
George Outhier
Al Jenkins
Greg Clock
Al McLaughlin
Lyn Osburne
Glen Bayless
Gail Driskill
Joan Gilmore
Jerry McConnell
Bob Colon
Tom McCarthy
Al Jenkins
Kent Ruth
Joan Gilmore
Prod Mgr Herschel L. Jordan
Arm sst Harold Hawkins
Pressroom Foreman Ken Hansen
Composing Foreman Olen Bell
Platemaking Foreman Thomas L.Maloy
Mad Room Foreman Arden Crum
Market information Zoned editions; split run;
total market coverage: ADS-The Daily Okla-
homan "C", The Sunday Oklahoman "C",
Oklahoma City Times "C".
Mechanical available, Letterpress (direct); black
and 3 ROP colors; inserts accepted-preprinted,
hi-fi, spectacolor.
Mechanical specificatlons, Type page 14 1/8" x
21 1/2"; E-9 cols, 8.6 picas, 6 points between;
A-9 cols, 9 picas, 6 points between; C-10 cols.
8.6 picas, 6 points between.
Commodity consumption (1978)s Newsprint
39,000 tons (59", 44 1/4", 29 1/2"); black ink
1,500,000 pounds; color ink 250,000 pounds;
single pages printed 37,780; single plates used
175,000.
Equipmenh EDITORIAL: All-electronic cps-1?
DE/PDP 11/70 (64 VOTs). CLASSIFIED: All-
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PRODUCTION: Electronic production syystes-
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makers/processors-3-Tas/Satellite; plate ex-
V sers-3?Na/Newsprinter 11; cameras-1-C/
wspager II, 2-CPSpartan; automatic film
processors-3-LE/LD24; film transporters-3-C;
color separators- I-Berkey/8x 10.
PRESSROOM: 12 G/Mark 1 (2. folders); 8-G/
Mark 5 (1 folders); 8-H/Colormatic (1 folders,;
reels/stands-12 W, 8-G, 8-H. MAILROOM:
Counter/stackers-4-Ch/Mark 3, 4-Id/440; stuf-
fers-1 Sr72P, I?S/624, 3-S/524: bundle
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