AT TIMES, IT HAS HAD ITS OWN SECRET AIR FORCE, AIRLINE, ARMY AND NAVY RANGING AROUND THE GLOBE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000302390006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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BY DANIEL F. GILMORE
WASHINGTON (UPI) -- AT TIMES, IT HAS HAD ITS OWN SECRET AIR FORCE,
AIRLINE, ARMY AND NAVY RANGING AROUND THE,GLOBE.
ITS HEADQUARTERS ARE SHIELDED BY GREEN FORESTS IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
ILLEGIB,ANGLEY, VA.
CRITICS WHO WANT ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONTROLS OVER THE CENTRAL
INTELLIGENCE AGENCY CALLED THE ASSEMBLY OF A NONOFFICIAL PANEL TODAY
IN A ROOM OF A SENATE OFFICE BUILDING.
SENS. EDWARD W. BROOKE, R-MASS., AND PHILIP HART, D-MICH, ARE
HOSTING THE CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
STUDIES, A PRIVATELY FINANCED ARM OF THE FUND FOR PEACE.
IT COMES AS A FIRESTORM IS RAGING ABOUT ALLEGED CIA INTERFERENCE
IN CHILE, INVOLVING $8 TO $11 MILLION IN BRIBERY AND OTHER MEASURES
TO FRUSTRATE THE MARXIST REGIME OF PRESIDENT SALVADOR ALLENDE, HE WAS
OVERTHROWN BY A MILITARY JUNTA ONE YEAR AGO AND DIED IN THE COUP9 A
VICTIM OR A SUICIDE.
CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM E. COLBY, ADRESSING. WHAT ONE CIA OFFICIAL
SAID WOS "CERTAINTLY NOT A FRIENDLY OR SYMPATHETIC GROUP," WILL
APPEAR FRIDAY.
IN A CLOSED SESSION OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE ON
INTELLIGENCE, COLBY ADMITTED A CIA MULTIMILLION DOLLAR CAMPAI!6N,
SANCTIONED BY THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION, TO "DESTABILIZE" THE ALLENDE
REGIME. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE AGENCY SPONSORED OR TOOK PART
IN THE ACTUAL COUP.
SECRETARY OF STATE HENRY A. KISSINGER TOLD THE SENATE FOREIGN
RELATIONS COMMITTEE LAST YEAR THAT;. THE CIA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
COUP "TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, AND I ONLY PUT IN THAT
QUALIFICATION IN CASE SOME MADMAN APPEARS DOWN THERE WHO WITHOUT
INSTRUCTIONS TALKED TO SOMEBODY. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO
SUPPOSE IT ."
REP. MICHAEL J. HARRINGTON, D.-MASS., WHO SAID HE READ THE
TRANSCRIPT OF COLBY'S TESTIMONY, SAID THE CIA DIRECTOR GAVE EXPLICIT
DETAILS OF THE OPERATION.
THE TWO-DAY CONFERENCE WAS PLANNED BEFORE THE EXTENT OF THE CIA
CHILEAN OPERATION CAME TO LIGHT AND WAS CALLED TO EXPLORE ALL FACETS
O F CIA COVERT OPERATIONS.
PANELISTS INVITED INCLUDED VICTOR MARCHETTI AND JOHN MARKS,
COAUTHORS OF A BOOK ON THE CIA WHICH THE AGENCY CENSORED. MARCHETTI
IS A FORMER CIA EMPLOYE. MARKS IS FORMER STAFF ASSISTANT OF THE STATE
DEPARTMENT'S BUREAU OF INTELLIGENCE AND RESEARCH.
A NUMBER OF OTHER FORMER CIA STATE AND DEFENSE DEPARTMENT
OFFICIALS AND LAWYERS; AUTHORS, RESEARCHERS AND JOURNALISTS ARE
ADDRESSING THE CONFERENCE OR SUBMITTING PAPERS FOR CONSIDERATION.
IJPI Z9-12 05:00 AED
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