THOSE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A CIA DEPUTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000706870026-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: March 14, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
14 March 1986
Those Allegations Against a CIA De ut
There are only thr arrura l~tts seminate information on forei h
of The Posts ~iarrh 5 ,tore entitled developments to those w o o ma e c I could go on, but enough said.
"CIA Deputy Chief tiicltilahon Re policy-the president and his National ageIt is ncy officer ficePity that r and public servam who
istinguished
si>zns. These ar Security Council-and
de to assist them
^ John McMahon resigned as in the decision- malun rocess. Mr. has given 34 years of his life in out.
puty director of n ral ins ijj standing service to his country should
ence; Casey is an a viser to t e ut is be so maligned when he regretfully re-
.n mem r.
e a so is charged with con tires for truly personal reasons.
McMahon; ductin countennteu ence overseas GEORGE V. LAUDER
Deputy Director for [ntellilence an un erta suc o er activities DI"ctar.Public Affairs
Dr. Robert Gates has been nomina e central Intelligence Agency
by the president to succeed as t e press ent may crest ~rh ~a~ Washington
Mr. sion by the n.~. ie_.._
reterr to
Numerous allegations against Mr. "covert -action ss reoorted ttoo credo ors
McMahon contained in the rest of The sight committees in ongress within 48
Post's story are false. Notably:
^ The Post implies that Mr.
McMahon retired because an "inter-
agency group in charge of covert
operations decided on a significant es-
calation of four paramilitary opera.
tions." That is incorrect. As Mr.
McMahon said, and as the White
House's announcement of Mr.
McMahon's resignation stated, he re-
tired for purely personal reasons. The
Post leads its readers to believe that
its "anonymous" sources know Mr.
McMahon's mind better than he does.
^ The Post asserts that "the depar-
ture of McMahon ... clears the wa
Casey, has been
,vu,uc-
iig.' As he ost should be aware
natever administration is in ower-
E're;ident Reagan's in this makes oreig,i oulicv,
not the lt,rral
Inrelligen(e A)zrncv. 111r CIA', func-
nuns are a ___,(!(t, ina yze and dis-
Post suss&esis, have its own foreism poli_
i. Mr. McMahon s prese or ~+e6.
ture from the a n will not in itself
deci e e course o
f US oreion po '
? According to he ost,
"McMahon opposed increased U.S. in-
volvement in Third World conflicts."
Nothing could be further from the
truth. As Mr. McMahon has stated, "I
support the president's policies in Af-
ghanistan, Nicaragua and the Third
World at large and execute his direc-
tives to the fullest extent." Congres.
sional testimony makes clear that Mr.
McMahon is not discontent with the
president's policies in these areas as
The Post and others have alleged; he
has, in fact, been a strong supporter of
these policies.
^ The Post reports that a lobby has
taken credit for Mr. itilctMahon's resig-
nation. Such a claim by a misinformed
and misguided group is absurd and de.
serves no further comment.
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