RISE AND FALL OF THE CIA FULL TEXT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00780R006700070002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 33
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 21, 1975
• Content Type: TRANS

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At -the request of the DCI,
Chann 31 26 is giving the DCI a chance to comzaent on"The rise And F 1l
of Thi: C.I.A." Taping time for this commentary -- with Ind
a collea~:,ue will probably be Friday or Saturday if X1 can ar?~ it in tc
his schedule. It will. be a 15 minute piece which must be aired Sunday as
tart of the time available for Ch. 26 mpcnber recruitment drive.
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Can you run dour eye over tiffs script (from the N.X. sho.qing earlier
this year but, I believe, basically the same) and find untruths, misleading
statements, tendentious remarks, etc: Can you _ t~!rn .them a3TF.xz~. -xt _; ' day
The D/I ha.s asked for an "annotated copy" of the"Rise & Fall"transcript,
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Rise and Fall of the
CIA
Septet-bar 21, 1975 9:00 P
ANNOUNCER: The Central
In el'_; 7t~:fce ^ envy was es-
tablished in the l95O?s. Off and on, ever since that ti E?, 1;+ere
has been some debate about the role o the conduct and organization
in a democratic society such as ours. End that debate roc'ketedz
into o:? o-minence and into all Amer icai3' 9 a':9arene :s du"r:? n the
Watergate revelations, when it was ` 've 1 `d that _'C?e CIA h :E
provided the White House "plumbers ' with equipman_ used to p :s rorivl
illegal acts. And it was also revealed that acme White yk _.s.e
emninyces had actually been CIA J.~'ent.r
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produced three hai_f-hour reports on _he :n-e _ 3 if' errca t? eC2i y ,
focusing on the facts that came i_o toe su face?. Grenarda .l. the
records, i't.teAvi4e Yid former aj:~ s Y . o _i ?ee
reports were broadcast over the Br t i.sh coa`b?o".1ex'c a e %f :. i o i
rye t work.
Tonight we have all three raports, edited into one
program. Because of the xfa=jture of _ e ?ntel i -'enc Co-ark, . etro-
media carrot document the conte pt o these ..op_ o t._ I?o~~ .~ac:(I. .'%e
control over tee .r p r oeluct .on.
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