CIA CHIEF STUDIES MORE OPENNESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100080044-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: March 9, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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9 March 1977
?.:;? : By Henry S.13radsher -~
.;;? WaaiirgWnSarStaffWritrr.r -
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': The man
taking office today as head of all U.S: I
?intelligence operations, Adm. Stansfield Turner;:
.says he intends to see how many formerly secret'
-U.S.?intelligence arrangements-lire the one with ~
King Hussein in Jordan can be converted intopub-~i
`lic ties. _ - - -_. - - - - -:I
?The tenor of ~~ the ? country'. and .Congress; sand
~+ President Carter's own attitude, are~in favor of
..bringing as many formerly secretU.S. intelligence
-connections into the open as possible,-Turner said..
j But it might rot be possible for all of the. CIA-ties
`in other countries to be handled on a publicly
Yfunded_ hasis;; sometimes because -the countries
;-themselves would find this awkward:.-- -, "; ~ ~;>;-= s: ~~~
=~~=?~ Turner spoketxoi?eporter5 afibrea'?{fast~after four.
:working days in-:his new dual job of.director..of"
%~Central Intelligence; in which he runs all aspects
`'of U:S. government intelligence activities; and as-
?director of ih~ CIA-component ?of the intelligence
;community:- .Carter : etas `to attend . swearing=in
?`-ceremonies foc~Turner~at-the CIA=headquarters
;,this afternoon atLangley.'.=.; : "? - - :==ti -:.~-.`=::~
~={;;TURNER CONTEN17r.D that the-United States i
"'must have some secrecy in its intelligence opera- t
rtions. Relations with.Jordar and much of the rest
Yof.the world were hurt by thz recent revelatioa~.of=
'Na secret CIA connection with Hussein, hesaid:'- . ~- ~=
~~`; But he would not advocate. requiring the press to
follow government' advice-- on publishing intelli-.
?'gence secrets;.Turner said="What I'm interested
'in?~~he indicated, 'is controlling the release of gov-
';ernment secrets rather than trying.to bet into the
;;First-, Amendment-.question,?of,.publishing_them
:'once they have leaked out ":..=::-.._: ~?,:- _- - - -
Turner said_he?met._yes.terday with_~Atty~.Gen..
:~Grifiin~.BelI todiscuss possible changes`in the law; ~
"to try. to:betterprotect U:S.;secrets.:He: is "inter--~
`-"` . . -
ested`im.aoine:effective sanctions that would=.dis-
.~ courage.=-people":':from- ? leaking'_'secrets; =.Turner-
ysaid;: but= howl:this: should: be~'done is, extremely
fcompleX:=:'~''^.=,'?5.:~.,?~s`~~'._: K~^.x.=~.a:~:~j."_;-~~+;.~~f:-;_)
"~~'A5KED WHAT=.his -views ?are~~oi~ Soviet. inten- 1
tioris in the:world; the admiral described the Soviet
~Uriion: as ? behind- the' Un;ted-States 'economical[y_
;and technologically and also_?as possessing an inef-_
fective-and dyinb ideology. _ ~~ `