TURNER TO THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100060051-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: February 9, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
9 February 1977
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The perceptiveness of President Carter's
nomination of his old Naval Academy class-
':' mate,. Adm..Stansfield Turner, to be director,.;.:
of the Central Intelligence Agency, remains to,.,:,
be demonstrated. 'Adm.;Turner, commander in
chief of: allied forces in southern Europe,
'combines proven naval achievements with~an
f . ''impressive academic background, including a
stint as as Rhodes scholar at Oxford. But he is
i little known to the public at large as well as
among, the senators who will. have to decide
'.:`:whether to confirm him; so the hearings on his
,...nomination will be an education for everyone_'_
:
-.What is know of Adm. Turner's views relates
,,.Jo his own specialty, sea power. In writing -in t
:.the .current issue of. Foreign Affairs that we
'
are "depending heavily
on. technology and
innovation rather than more ships and aircraft.;.,
to. keep. the balance from shifting. against us")
he seems to be voicing. the conventional *view
of the service pleader;: The services always
want more.. But as director of Central:Irtelli-
:.gence, Adm.- Turner will be required to take a
less parochial view.: There is nothing publicly,
known of. his background=that indicates he.
,would be incapable of doing so. r3-`.T:?=
cloud over its operations -and=:brought,;
..-The real assignment at the CIA, however,:. is
to,bring the agency under control; to prevent a,,' ,
merican foreign.policy into. disrepute in so
many quarters; of the world: and to restore it-
as 4':'subservient:. arm of democratic govern-'
the. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.,'.),
will-..concentrate when Adm ^.Turner:appears:>
for his confirmation .hearing.:: After that, the
`senators and the nationas well will have a~
r ,.,better idea who he is; what he stands .for am
i..>whether he looks as if he: can impose order on
'Van agency that has acted for so long as if, it
_
were above the rule of law.
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