FORD UPSET BY LEAKS ON CIA, NESSEN SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100090104-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: June 18, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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q Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/24: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100090104-7
STAT
set by
Leaks on CU
1\1 i n C.
li s
.Sensitivity of Material
and Possible Damage
to Reputations Cited
Til : T ,OS 'Ti
1i': JUTE 197
V. h?n as' e(1 'I :.. da? it ti:?' V-
idcni. was upset \v h Fig''=tellli^r.
\e:. en replied.
about that ~c;terclav Bu' hi: (~.lr.
F orci'61 feeling aboui. leak ... he
fee's really !Strongly that this i not
ready the orderly and proi:er v. to
ham-lie this."
\'e son refused also to comer an
Rep.:Iici:ael J. Ilarruigton (D -!ia s.).
who was bar:'eel -Monday by his foe-
r.:e: pall ag :. ; on the House Armed
Ser', .:a Coni-nittce from access io
class :: ~d information beca'. se he had
leaked clas.ifi-_! information about
CIA operations in Chile.
"I don't think I ought to comment
on the workings of Congress," said
WASHL\GTO\---Presi:.ient Ford i lessen. who has frequently done just
"displeased" by continuing leaks of that. As laughter welled up. he
added: In that particular area."
"alleged partial information" about
i?Ieantime, presidential cot;-"el
the purported role of the Central In- Roderick M. Fills told the \~'a"shing-
telligence Agency in plots to assas- ton Star that the -'hits F?oa; v;as
sinate foreign learners, tine White combing records of the National Sc-
House said Tuesday. curitv Council for clues to U.S. Policy
Press secretary Ron Nessen said hck'.een 1959 and 1963.
that Mr. Ford was concerned because Published allegations have linked
classified data dealing with the al the CIA with the assassination in
leged plots. now under renew ii? 1961 of Rafael L. Trujillo, dictator of
Congress and within the Administra the Dominican Republic, and with
tion. were difficult to appraise. and
plots to kill Cuban Premier Fidel Cas-
were of "great sensitivity." tro.
''People's reputation= are at stake. Hills said he could not say whether
and the President feels it's not in the the councils minutes contained any
naticnal interest to spew out inconm- reference to assassination plots. But
plete, unclear portion and bits and he said the search could determine
pieces day after day.' Hessen said "who is reponsible for what" in the
during a long exchur.go with repor-
area of Caribbean policy during the
Last Sunday. Rockefeller said dur=ing a television interview that former
President John F. Kennedy and his
brother. former Atty. Gen. Robert F.
Kennedy, might have played roles in
alleged assa sination plots by thc.
CI?.
On - _Mocd i . '.% ii,;,; \it sa_sinations.
Ness r a fe :. - ~~ ~C ccrrespon
dent and United Press international
reporter, denied that he was issuing
"a warning or a caution or a criti-
cism" to the ncxs media.
;m justo;;e_:.;yr.:t. Pres-
ident's views or, he.v h chinks this
ought' to r,, sal handled in,
the into es's of _. d t e inter
ests of ;vatic tai _ _.: in the .i -
tional
`oreig.^:
p^op!c's rep.