SENATE APPROVES TURNER FOR CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100070015-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: February 25, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Approved For Release 2007/03/15: CIA-RDP99-00498R000100070015-1
Senate approves 11
Turner f or CIA
Washington Bureau of The Sun
Washington-Adm. Stansfield Turner
drew praise from both Republicans and
Democrats as the Senate unanimously
confirmed his nomination as director of
central intelligence yesterday. ? .
The 53-year-old Atr. -Turner, a class-
mate of President Carter's at the Naval
Academy in Annapolis, won approval on a
"voice vote. Mr. Carter's first choice for
the CIA post, Theodore C. Sorensen, with-'.
drew from consideration after strong op-
position to his appointment emerged in the
Senate.. .
The only words of doubt yesterday
-came from Senator Howard H. Baker, Jr.
(R., Tenn.), the minority leader, who said
he was disturbed about permitting Admi-
ral Turner to retain his naval rank while
serving in the dual role of director of the
CIA and director of central intelligence.
__ In other action, the Senate also 'ap-
'proved Elliot L. Richardson to become the
United States negotiator to the Law of the
Seas Conference and gave its assent to
Warren Christopher as deputy secretary
of state.
BALTIMORE SUN
25 FEB 1977
anadians expel visitilig Russian
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physicist for sPi~
Ottawa (AP)-The Canadian govern- fied documents from a scientist at the Na-,
ment expelled a visiting Russian physicist tional Resear fh Council and tried to buy
last night on suspicion of espionage after classified documents. .
he allegedly tried to buy classified docu The'scientist had entered Canada No- :
ments from another scientist. vember 17 as part of a 10-month scientific
Royal Canadian Mounted Police agents exchange program.
placed Lev Griforeyvich Khvostantsev, ' The expulsion order, signed bV Bud
39, a specialist in high-pressure physics, Cullen, the immigration minister, read in
aboard a Soviet Aeroflot jetliner that im- part: "You have become a person who ....
mediately left Montreal. there are reasona?le grounds to believe
Don Jamieson, the Canadian foreign is likely to engage in espionage, sabo-
minister;' announced earlier that Mr. tage or any other subversive activity di-
Khvostantsev was taken into custody Wed- . rected against Canada and detrimental to,
nesay night after he bought two unclassi- the security of Canada."
STAT