RUSSELL DENIES CIA MAKES FOREIGN POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700140032-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 2004
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: May 17, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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ft1e, I ells' Senate; cause the CIA is, by its .nature,
eign policy actions, Senator Rus
sell said:
"there simply is not a scin-
tilla of truth in such a charge f
and not a single concrete case
can be provided where it has
done so."
Senator Russell said these
"erroneous charges are calculat-
ed to deceive members of Con-1
gress." He added that they "af-
fect'the sources available to the
CIA, which are easily disturbed."'
'MUST SATND MUTE'
'Sheer Pop'pycock,' I He was making a public state-
Jurisdiction Issue !such charges are made.V
ee s are a s supervis on. Sen- (Rep.). Maine,
eet Chase Smith
ator'Russell also heads the Son-' and John Stennis (Dem.), Missis+
late rme$ Services Committee.;sippi, are members of both comp
'NO JUSTIFICATION' mit',es: ;other members of thb'
"There is.no justification what-?$itrervisory subcomthittee arg
,:.s?,uu?y JJAVpVa un. L?aL :uG aV?-' Senators Leverett Saltonstall,
C; to Foreign Relaitofis Commit
R h i hd 1 (Rep.), Massachusetts, Marga-
subcommittee charged with over- "All ' < area
which make funds 'available
heeliig 'thp activities of the in- '
itelligenoe organization, rejected) for clandestine operations.
p
ppy Overseeing the CIA's activities.
the~Cehtr+ai +Intelliggence Agency}, Senatorial supervision of the
acrd B. Russell, (Dem.), Georgia, through the Senate, he argued'
,
"sheer ock" td contend .. and thus inherited the duty of $
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i nrArvi~rrnwTn c __~__ n: Act of 1947, The Armed Services
ever for any other committee to Senators 'Carl Hayden (Den.),
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er.I es for, ,c barge Vii. saidbtad of th'b Foreign .Relationtt Cort?r
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:A.rnzona, Stuart . Symington1
the Armed Services Committee (Dem.), Missouri, _anc~ Milton R.''
Iso far as the-CIA Is concerned," Youn
l; ' (Rep.). North ; , Dakota
the said.' Senator Symington- is a theinb
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