DOES THE CIA DOMINATE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00965R000400320004-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Content Type: NSPR

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SPIES, BA~.L(70N5, AGENTS, CAMERAS AND SABOTAGE, INC.-III
Does the CIA dominate U.S. foreign policy?
By Fran3c Be!lsiui7
(Cart o) lift: a articttsl
":' Gar to .too ttr~yortant to be do/t to
the IIFnerala, tt chmck+ be clew that is?
:cltiprtce to too r,+~ortsnt to be p/f .1Kn~
.~: mr..is4d." .... . .
-Hannon Saldv:itl, II.Y. 7'ise+.
Jail. 15 1956.
~+ ^YINCi HAS BF:C09[E s rua,tor !n?
r7 dustry of Antericaa 8overaaryent. Ac-.
cot ditty to Harper's maRaa3a's ~ 11156) . "The coot prot>KbIT approaches
;750,000,000 annually."
The most 2u~hiy tlnewced, of oottTSe, I.
ti:r Cc:Ttr:tl Iat~lll,~enoe AfsnCl. T>to
otiv~r et6ht, ;vhlch bars to tRet afoot o0
lesser amtntnta, are the lirtelllteaoo
htanchee of the National 9eaaia'it7? Ateaa~
~S. 5tats Aept., Atomic Enertalr Caanmis-
~ert, UA. Iniormatioa At~t, 1"S'I.
Arm7, Navy sad Air P`arc+e.
Pik CON'1Mws aoeatuoi 1tt E Wash-
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with otrr lnteillgsnce establishcnents."
ll.more alantflnaa: motive for secrecy
thta wnceallnq buntles and fumbles :a
('i/t's desire to Peep its bat of "dirty
tricks'" tram ttte pee of the public. It
eeausee brat mllSow woult dLapprove~
it man? of iW derlous dealings came to
Ilslltt. Prebeb would surely follow ercpo-
sure of the exam to R'hich CIA adren-
tttrlsar has shaped Ci.B. diplomacy and.
!R po3ic~ toward stnne nrtlane, replaced
1t alto ether.
PrDLICY '1lAKEB' Charirs Edmrmdson.
who syxs-t eight yearn w the U.S. Y'orsisn
8ervics before reaigtunq two yearn ago
orer Secy. Dttllea' policies, aoetiaed the
CIA In F"ebru:srY'e lrsaressirs masa~lne
of beini "an acuvlat srouu which sups !a
boldly to dlctata torclgn policy m areas
not covered by cicclrJolu of CaasiMa, the
Stag Drpt." or t'rrr '=Yhrte Iiouae," EQ-
' mundsan xent rua:
'"It e:urautea !ts pro)ect~ ~c~lthout con-
' oetn over the reacctau of + he yublic. The
incidents it provokes are c:cvrr acknow!?
ed[ed, yei can bs decLsive m. 8hapitss--
ar mlrshapina-public optnron and for?
elan policy....
'The rnoai fundamental u: all Clrll llb?
crtlae >r tine rteht od the eltlata to aaaJte
trP ltta mind Del pWf W lsarrse w1tJ7o1tt bar?
ins the tttets concealed ar dlateeged b!
? lr#e soree'nauat. The record chews chat
tJbe CIA, is ooooeration ,ntth the Stain
I]ept.. xretema4ticeJYy cantrarenM thfe
prtnctple. .~ ftw esamt>das of what v
tra~Denlt4y creep abecurell :nto,eorue of
the better nswspApers. uut uowhsre, save
. In ? its liberal publlicauona. ate Aitrderl-
' Citra WlIIIlf, of rile poteaclai C0r1MQUenOe
of the far-tlttnq opentions at rile Ncrecy-
rideen cu.?'
*.saison 'betwten the State ,7apt. sad
i t;IA W close. Sour are #readen by a DWlea.
73oth ernpla7 auouc the san:~' numbtr of
^tople r1d.000 fe: the State t?ept. vq.:in
~9trwated 14.000 :or ... c i : ~ Il tt.e
~.t,A'n ;RSOO,000.UOU budYCt estur..ae is cur-
met. :~ s more ?:.air - . rr~, .:., r>xuch us
~l:e date 1?eut. .,;xilda a '.31 dliiiu-
;natk outpwts a:otula c:.e .~.:~:~.
n and case, t :e secret dretsioru of the
^~rothrra thltlea ntfect cite late aL th?
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