KENNEDY DEMOCRATS BECOME UNEASY ABOUT CIA'S McCONE

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• Publication Date: March 7, 1963
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MAR 7 1963.
iAr~aprt ved For Release 2000109/08 : CIA-RDP75-00
ns,
e ne ocnaccrats Become
Uneasy About C1 11's 1ilcCone
By ROW LAND EVANS JR.
New York Herald Tribune - Poat-Dlnoateh SDectal DlaDatch
WASHINGTON, March 7.
Dww,hliran John A. MCCone,
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director of the Central Intelligence Agency. is spreading among t
Kennedy Democrats.
These Democrats, who include some of the party's leading
administration ti,;ures in Congress, feel that there is a basic
philosophic difference between McCone's vie--v of the Communist
threat, including Russian activity in Cuba, and the view of the
rest of the Administration. a .
they do not question the CIAi arc be^inling to ?out and
thief's basic loyalty to Presi- praise J l':Cone, altltou,:h , they.
dent Kennedy and to adminis- are crit'c'izing ct wr high Ken-
tration policies. But the con- nedy ofticials. i;e:rnedy Demo-
stant questioning that McCone crass me concerned that a pos-.
and other officials and been sjhle expla: on for this is that
undergoing front conhtes:innal tie Republicans have un-nvcred
,committees has exposed what fundamental c;isa ,rcerner:'s he-
appear to be subtle distinctions tt,eerl tha Administration's and
in fundamental beliefs about; McCone's policy toward Cuba,
how to counter the Communists for e:ta:npic, McCona has
threat nb4ut Ibf: 'pi t5r?Prf of 3 made no secret I of his concern
that the S.-Mot t io:n's use of
nuclear test ban and about other Cuba as a s}),' ha`e for
major questions touching on re-', the Vdeste-n }lcrnirphere is ex-
lations between the United trentely d: onc:roU3 for the Unit
States and tae soviet Union. ed States. But Soerelar}' of Do-
WEIL".N :tTcCONE was con- fenso Robert . S. Mc~lamara, i
while aorecin ; that Let n Amer-
-firmed a; c~lA director on Jan. i'ca is a tinder box for the ep'rk
31, 19n2, 12 Senators voted of subversion, don ts thin. ('ha
against h m, including J. Wit- i'self adds much to the d: r^er.
liant t -i In ight (Dem.), Arkan- lip, believes that MOSCew. not
f the Senate Fnr- lfavana. is the real source of
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eign fttlauons Committee. trou
e, LTI:;,R11 Di{N"1CRAIS In
It is : itficult to put their op- would be almost. as great t?: itlt : .
C .ago ress ri~ +} nn accusations
po,iiirr is definite terms. Gen- a free Cuba as with a Cea fit,. r^nccn?
eraliy speaking. it can be Cuba. a,ainst 7\rt one. y ,
summu:'l up in the words of Ful- There are othc-r ex t,i''' 1_11C no r"a''11y d:f{erent t
b. ight, s x)ken on the floor of When he testified bclh.ied c't:?c t ricntcttinr:?' t;,a they fr 1 Mc-
sc l'oici, r Cm'c h;s trward the cold wr,
the i;aate, 'in the confirmation H doors to the 110u,
!fairs Committee, 1cCnne t'.: ".',Tr. McCone is ahstr!i;l::)''
del) .'!.
_ i lo not feel," Fulhrigh( . reliably repo, tcd to' have !;rre?e and honorable," n :e
that 1 am sufficiently in- that the Repulil1O n rt i1 c,< Democrat said, '''rut he is a er,t-
t tr: ;c t: ohout the convictions of the Adr int5'r, it rn'., (.s,)
last fall. bolero th> Y.ard ci.c.t problem, in black and white,
regarding the for-1
j tlci: ta?rnsnne r
. C' + -ult no shadings in between.
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;.? n GO V of o t l e t rv '+ir rt ence (11.1t Cl c Mt
- were hc'.n' i,tt 'b' t th t uc Administration has a differ-
d,,.-n) by alfirmt .vcv ed the Americas s.co,,l2 cat opinion of the Soviet prob-I
v full dimension a{ :he c, "c:, I It rn. When Mr. 11c Cone is urged
v t