ANTI-BUSH DRIVE PRESSED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100010118-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 118
• Publication Date: November 12, 1975
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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T E -UlASHL!GTO-N POST
12 November 1975
By George Lardner.Jr.
lEtShingtcn POSt Staff
Senate intelligence com-
mittee Chairman Frank!
Church (D-Idaho)-charged:
yesterday thatappointment of
former. Republican.National
Chairman George Bush as
director,-of. the Central
Intelligence Agency.,woul
seriously undercut all the
'efforts to reform
Sounding the-,,start of a
determined Senate campaign
.to defeat the nomination,
Church. denounced President
Ford's-. choice Hof Bush` as
"astonishing," - especially in
light of attempts .that ' have
come to light as a result of the
Watergate scandal to.:use the
CIA for political purposes_
"The Senate and the people
we represent have'the right to
insist, ' upon':. a`:=.Centrall t
Intelligence 'Agency-which- is-j
politically neutral and totally
professional," Church(
declared in a floor speed!. He
said he could not-envision "so
partisan a man--4s Bush.-l
standing up to the President in-
an- election year.and coun-1
seling against some politically
opportune but: i ll-advised=(
action -:,
"How would it have looked if:
a. Democratic President-had
nominated (former!
Democr?tie national chair-
man) Larry O'Brien?" as CIA
director, ,.-Church ._asked.
"There would,have'been an]
Uproar." :. _.
Church told reporters before
delivering. the speech that he
didn'tknow whether there was
much chance of blocking-
Senate confirmation of Bush's
appointment, but he said,
"1'm going to do my best." I `
The nomination will be
considered by the Senate
Armed Services Committee.
where Sen. Henry M. Jackson
(D-Wash.). has indicated he
also may oppose Bush.
Sen. John Tower (R-Tex.):,
who is Senate Republican
policy chairman and the
vicechairman of the Church
Committee. said the op-
position to Bush was "fairly
vocal" but not widespread as
far as he could see, at least
now. He told reporters he saw
nothing wrong withv Bush's
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