RABORN WEAKNESS AS CIA HEAD BECOME APPARENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100160080-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 23, 2000
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: December 3, 1965
• Content Type: TRANS

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December 3, 1965
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RABORN WEAKNESSES AS CIA HEAD BECOME APPARENT
Moscow PRAVDA 3 December 1965--A
!T-ASS report from New York: "CIA Does Not Like Publicity")
ex c a circles continue to hide from the American people and the world
what really, went on behind-the-scenes during U.S. intervention in the Dominican
Republic. This is emphasized in an article published in the St. Louis POST-
DISPATCH by its Washington correspondent, Richard Dudman. He pointed out that
officials are trying to prevent publication of the minutes of the closed sessions
which took place in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The main reason for
this is that these records would show the falsity of the "official" government
version regarding the reasons for sending several thousand American troops to the
Dominican Republic.
According to Dudman, there is yet another reason for keeping these sessions secret.
This concerns the personality of the CIA director himself, who played an important
role in de ';?;?;i;?,g American policy with regard to the Dominican Republic. As is
Irnown, one of thQ persons who gave the orders was CIA Director Raborn, who proved
ito be not a particularly well-qualified expert although he was a key figure
in the Dominican intervention.
Some people who worked with Raborn during the crisis have confirmed that he is
unable to correctly pronounce the names of foreign countries and outstanding state
figures, that he is distinguished by a very weak memory, and that he behaves as if
he had never before heard what as discussed in his presence five minutes earlier.
Officials do not refute these facts. However, one CIA official said that he
regretted that they had become public, "since this means that Raborn will stay at
his post for at least another year."
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