UPI WIRE
Document Type:
CREST [1]
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP65B00383R000400340017-4
Release Decision:
RIFPUB
Original Classification:
K
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 20, 2016
Document Release Date:
February 24, 2004
Sequence Number:
17
Case Number:
Publication Date:
May 3, 1961
Content Type:
OPEN
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t)1ITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL MAY 3. 1961
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HUMPHREY SAID IT WAS "IMPERATIVE" TO RE-EXAMINE CIA ACTIVITIES IN
SECRET SESSION SO THE AGENCY "DOES NOT BEGIN TO THINK IT IS
A GOVERNMENT INTO ITSELF."
THE DANGER IN FOREIGN .POLICY IS THAT INTELLIGENCE' GATHERERS
MAY "PREEMPT" THE FUNCTION OF THE POLICY-MAKERS, HE SAID.
(HUMPHREY)
WASHINGTON--SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP HUBERT H? HUMPHREY, MINN.,
TODAY SUPPORTED ROVES TO IMPOSE CONGRESSIONAL CONTROLS OVER THE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
NARROW THE CHOICE OF THE POLICY-MAKERS.
"I WANT MY POSITION TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR." HE SAID'
IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING IN LAOS AND CUBA. HE SAID. IT IS THAT
MILITARY MEN AND INTELLIGENCE AGENTS SHOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO
SERVICES OF THE'NATION ARE SERVANTS OF THE !9LICYY1tAKBR3 AND THEY
ARE NOT TO BECOME.POLICY+MAKEBS THEMSELVES.;
"THBY ARE THE EXPERTS WHO. SHOULD BE KEPT--OK TAP. NOT ON,{TOP
HUMPHRLf SAID, HEMEANT NO'CRItICISM Or THE CIA? BUT
,AGENCY .OFFICIALS TO STOP SPEBCH-MAKING APiD ARTICLE CITING
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