REMARKS BY GEORGE H. BUSH DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE TO THE CONVENTION OF CBS NETWORK AFFILIATES CONFERENCE CENTER WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1976

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REMARKS BY GEORGE H. BUSH
DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
TO. THE
CONVENTION-OF CBS NETWORK AFFILIATES
CONFERENCE CENTER
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1.4, 1976
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September 14, 1976
S
George Bush, Director of Central Intelligence, said
today that sensationalism in the public media masquerading
as investigative journalism is one reason for the perpetuation
of damaging myths about the United States foreign in-
telligence process.
In an address to the Convention of CBS Radio
Network Affiliates at Williamsburg, Virginia, Mr. Bush
said: "I realize that dirty-tricks artist James Bond
is far more fascinating than a scholarly analyst of,
foreign political or economic trends, but"in eight
months as Director of Central Intelligence, I have never
met anyone remotely like James Bond. Yet, during any
lunchtime visit to our Headquarters cafeteria, I may be
sharing the room with enough scholars and scientists
who hold enough advanced degrees in enough disciplines
to staff a university."
Mr. Bush described modern intelligence as "much
more than the sometimes romanticized and often misunder-
stood clandestine work", and described some of the
.major international issues which claim the attention of
the President and the National Security Council and on
which the intelligence community, and particularly the
Central Intelligence Agency, collects and produces
vital intelligence:
--Monitoring Soviet compliance with strategic
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arms limitation agreements
--Strategic balance in the world
--Nuclear proliferation
--International terrorism
--World traffic in narcotics
--Economic trends
Mr. Bush spoke of the development of Executive
direction (President's Executive Order No. 11905, of
February 18, 1976) and of. Congressional oversight, which
provide the mechanism of effective public accountability
for the national foreign intelligence apparatus while
safeguarding its legitimate needs for secrecy. Calling
for responsible public understanding of the parallel
requirements of accountability and secrecy, Mr. Bush
said: "In a world where unimaginable forces of destruction
can be unleashed in an armed conflict, our national
security increasingly depends on the excellence and
accuracy of our knowledge about our adversaries' cap-
abilities and intentions and about the world in general.
There is no substitute for intelligence as a parameter
of peace, because there is no alternative to knowledge
in policy-making--except ignorance. It is important to
safeguard our sources and methods of intelligence, and it
is important not to mislead ourselves or our adversaries
by bandying about in public incomplete or unreliable
information."
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Mr. Bush noted that he himself has been a user of
the intelligence product as Ambassador to the United Nations
and as U. S. Representative in Peking.
"I have found that product to be excellent," he
said. "And I continue to think that it is entirely
consistent with our nation's desire for peace and security
that we must have and that we do have intelligence second
to none in the world. Public understanding and public
support will ensure that we keep it this way."
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