SENATE UNIT LIMITS INQUIRY TO 6 COVERT C.I.A. ACTIONS

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• Publication Date: July 15, 1975
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TESTIMONY OF
DAVID COHEN
PRESIDENT, COMMON CAUSE
on
THE NOMINATION OF STANSFIELD TURNER
TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE
of the
UNITED STATES SENATE
Tuesday, February 22, 1977
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15 JULY 1975
Senate Unit Limits Inquiry-to 6Covert C.,,. , Actons
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By NICHOLAS M. HORROCK each area of its interest fromiing Goverr.ment documents onla. reaort on ,ne assa'sinationl
special to The `ewYorSTimes. officials of the executiv, several occasions. ~riatter.. Ho had earlier ruled]
'WASHINGTON, July. 14-ibranch as a courtesy to thel -:this problem and the goes lout public hearings on the
The Senate Select Committee on White House, 'iVlr. 5' Colby wil t'on of C:.LA. involvement inkquestion.
Intelligence will limit its inves_ ;foreign political assassinations 'The Senate is scheduled to'
continue the briefing tomorrow,,
tigation of covert activities- byg1e said. nave delayed committee planslgo into recess during the first:
.the Central Intelligence Agency to hold public hearings. Theyl?;,eek or August and lrChurcn
to a 'half-dozen or so repre- He said that the committeelare now tentativelyescheduled said that if the assassination'
planned o ask Mr. Colby about
:sentative- cased,' including the afar early fall. inquiry was not completed, he
intervention in Chile, the com- Ithe death in October, 1970, oE i ' Mr. Church said today that., would recommend that t:nel
r.en. FtanC Crnai !or mmmari-,. still hored to meet an Aug. committee meet .through the!
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M LLee l.a rl lict ii vuau ~"~`,. ider in chief of the Chilean;
for 1 g
Senator Frank Church, Demo-1 1 deadline ma;ctno public
Army who was killed shortly,
crat. of Idaho, said, that,. his before the election of President;
committee had neither. the!Salvador` Allende Gossens of
time nor the resources. for an'Chile was confirmed. Chilean
exhaustive review of all' the, press accounts said that the,
covert operations conducted-by general s death had been aimed
the C:I.A. in, the .last three at creating' a military coup in
decades. He said, therefore, that the Latin-American country.
the committee would select six Public Hearings Delayed
operations for its attention.,
E. The'rri6ve appeared to he the Press reports have suggested
first major limiting of the com- that ?th e C.LA.. znay have . had
.mittee's; targets - in its inquiry some ;in-volvement in Genera
into the . United States intelli- Schneider's death: The genera
gence community.. Mr. Church was killed, during an apparent
has complained on several kidnapping attempt when he,
occasions that delays in- receiv- allegedly; :reached - for. a gun;
ing evidence from the executive to protect himself, according.
agencies - involved and -..the to these reports.
White House have slowed the The difficulties for the com-
pace of the investigations. mittee in investigating tre, vas
Colby Briefs Panel $6-billion -a-year intelligence
cor-imuntty - have t ccome in-
Mr. Church said that the
icr easingly al;'paxCr r in recent
committee. received a: bricfing
today from William .E Colby, i Inacid tion to tl vastness
Director of Central Intelligence,~and complexity of the suhlect
on-the agency's Chile apesmatter, blr. C hunch ha publicly
tions as the committee had reported difficulties is inter-
agreed to accept briefings oniviewing }witnesses and obtain-1
COmmo Cause A' ide'
Quits After Getting
C,; ,A. Counsel Posit,
Sip^cini to Th- New Yor'c Ttm.e4
WASHINGTON, July 14 -
Common Cause, the public in-
terest lobbying group, an-
nounced -today the resignation
of Mitchell Rogovin as general
counsel and as chairman-of its
litigation committee. -
Mr. Rogovin, a partner in the
Washington law firm of Arnold
9- Porter, recently agreed to
serve as special counsel to thei
Central Intelligence.. Agency
l
during the douse and S- natel
lintell