SENATOR CHARGES CIA INCITES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000100090005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 28, 1954
• Content Type: NSPR

iy BERNAI) BURTON
CPYRGHT WASHINGTON,
Pr_ the senate last week. ?1?tle warning was issued in""a speech last Tuesday
'(D-Mont) but it. }vas overlooked ,R , O R
by virtually the entire press panded beyond its original put-
The Central Intelligence Agency poses. He noted that when CIA
(CIA) is beaded by Allen W. Dul- was established in 1947 it was
barred from exercising "notice.
Sccretar> y of State, and its opera- cis or internal-security
functions."
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that even economy-minded Con
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ow . much money is actually a
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tvts'T? ids stated concern as
to w'hethex- the fat-flun>r nneta-
LATTIMORE CASE
Yet, he went on, the CIA in
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case. tyivinc+ infnrmatinn to tt,nl
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~k:>,- later proved quite shaky. -Never
tivlve the world in another war. testify in court on this matter.
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oes it mean Mansfeld akd
He cited public repots as theise,
{ that officials of this government
!jlncis for his nnnrarn` m~h,rl;?,o nnl xf _ _
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->- . Ivaa an Guatemala," and `Burmese and ueclitle, that a
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was voiceca -on the floor
y .Sen. Mike Mansfield
I eu111Ylete .uluepenuence to a gov-.
der intq t:hand China on the+ ernment agency as vital and pow- MANSFIELD
vt of the t; :demalion expel-' erful as CIA. In the first 1 ce He said it was virtually irnpos-
r? ALLEN DULLES
ees among pg Kai-shek's de- p ?
the whole concept of teaceti nc~ Bible to find out how much nro?o~/
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eated :, t,.o.: /irsts.",. ? "Subsidization by CIA of a foreign intelligence operations has s-f is appropriated for CIA, or low
Both instances were. Subjects of neo-Nazi organization which had been alien to American traditio r, man eni tlo es it has. Estimates
serious, charges raised it the UN.'marked for liquidation the leaders it was not until 1947, wlren'`CIA' for f nds tun from $500 million, to
The, b;: rnment? of Guatemala had of the Social Democratic Part "
Xll~ic'e t~,e char e that the U: S. ? Y? ' was established, that this nation' $800 million, with the money hid=;
;s nlerv nin in that country "Incarceration for eight began to develop an intelhgence' den in appropriations for many.
g h months of a Japanese citizen un- service ..of any significant' size. other agencies and departments.
i vith? the aim of overthrowing the; der excuse of n, oss a
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Y, b 1'Villougi,by's Army Intelligence ganization belonged in a democ-
tion, to the-. UN had accysed Kuo-and passed on to the CIA." rac in "
y peacetime.
nintang China of attempting to ? Tapping of the telephone of Mansfield,. however, did not
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1leople s China. Burma did not I rvsulerlt, at which a CIA I
man tinning the a but introclnced more direct+xole rn`fottf n::policyl
hisiuse; the U. S. of being iuvohcc1 gency,
1 %%as caught, red-handed.". Mans- a resolution on behalf of 21 Sen-than that of sunply^prci~rcling some
n this case? l?trK_demanded that' field noted that Figures is now ators for a joint Congressional of . the in ?orlnatlonF ei]'' ~%Iiich ourI
the Kourt}rntaw remnant troops be President again. Committee to exercise su ervis onlnolicies arebascM J a ': serves.;
svrtlidrs tvnfruux I3rinncsc territory. 'afansfield questioned whether. over CIA, with a function similar1apparenf I~ as an _ifistr-rment of
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Approved For Release 2000/05/24: CIA-RDP70-00058RO0010009OQ05-6