A BETTER CHOICE FOR CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100060042-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: February 9, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE AUTOMATIC response, to the caused him to change the curriculum drasti-
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noiiiination of Admiral. Stansfield :Turner.,` .cally to teach naval officers how to cope with..-
might, well be based. on an assumption that ?.' the Soviet. Navy in an era of limited re
President Carter; having erred first 15y.'nomi- sources-public .criticism and.what was per- =~ l
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out with a conservativi-military man. 4 ?Both his record at the War. College and the
automatic response wouldbe wrong and that-,, NForeig 'Affairs":suggest, a: healthy skepti-
Admtrai. Turner coutd w6lI"turn out, to be a= ,':cism about ;the easy . claims: the ? Pentagon
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Obviously, Congress has an'important role;
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,admiral to -make a final judgment?But:there;.
good bit of evidence. to suggest that Mr. '
`Carter?.has made a, good choice for the CIA
directorship;. far better-than his-unfortunate;
initial,nomipation.of Theodore Sorensen..`:,
'Admiral Turner appears to be a combing
lion of a man-with sufficient knowledge ana;f
sufficient skepticism to take on the -job of1
reforming the CIA while nonetheless ena-
bling ii to perform its essential mission. We;,
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