COLBY DEFENDS RECORD OF CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400070073-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: October 12, 1975
• Content Type: NSPR

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Although admitting -the Ceiztral
Int~~iligence ?agency has failed io
predict severslrecentinternation-
al .crises, CIA
n . ?t, ~tii'~.
Iiam Colby_ de-
fended the or-
ganization a s
the "best.intelli-
gence agency in
the world" dur=
ing a weekend
visit to the Twin.
Cities.
He cited ~ the
.,gal and Chile- ~' Colby.
and the1973 ;tiliddie East war as
cases where .the CIA failed to ac-
curateIy~ p.eedicf those happenings.
B~~t, he noted that"intelligence is
not a?crystal,ball.';' . _ .
TIIE CIa ti{CiST maifztain the
capability Far covert operations
because "there are some thiras
that can't be handled by a diplo-
rizatic protest, and yet ?you don't
want to send the Marines," Colb_v,
said. ... f_,`
Colby also said he approved of
cr.iEicisni of the CIA. ~ayin~: "