MISDIRECTED RECRUITING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400150013-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: May 7, 1976
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315 000i4pQ1 001 -1 1
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GEORGE BUSH, the direc-
tor of the Central Intelligence
Agency, gave a graphic
demonstration recently that it
may be easier to, teach an old
dog new tricks than to change
the attitudes of this nation's
spy organization.
In a speech to the Overseas
Press Club, Bush "invited"
American journalists working
in foreign countries to help out
the CIA.
"We want your cooperation
on a voluntary basis," Bush
said, promising anonymity to
any reporter doubling as a spy.
Bush also said the CIA would
be happy to have the assistance
of any businessman, professor
or tourist traveling abroad.
WHAT BUSH'S invitation
does, in effect, is make every
journalist, professor, business-
man and tourist suspect when
they are visiting-a foreign
s a _ A .
a
country. How will their hustsi
know if they are legitimately
what they say they are or if }
they are snooping into the
foreign nation's affairs for the
CIA?
--'Tie"'result is likely to make it
harder than ever for reporters
to do their job abroad. To
report on life in foreign nations
requires building the same
relationships of confidence and
trust in sources that reporters
in this country use. Vti ho will
want to trust a potential CIA
informant?
Similarly, if the subjects of
professors' research feel they
are being spied upon, they are
not as likely to }ant to
cooperate.
The CIA has a vast budget
and staff. We would just ash
soon it went out of business
but if it is going to continue toi
exist, it should use its own
people to do its spying, not try
to subvert the work of people in
other professions.
Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400150013-1