THE $350-MILLION-A-YEAR CIA WRITES ITS OWN TIGHT-MOUTHED TICKET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-01773R000100080006-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2012
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: June 29, 1958
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDPO1-01773R000100080006-0
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r',in>=t ess ';.bestowlt an e.ti-
1yi,,ted $:350 million a year on
,ii aaeau?y so secret that 'n1>?
a han'lfui of ;he highe..t;,)'fi-
t.ai:? know how.the. money is
,Pnt '
I .tt hush hush exit^i,lt-
t;:,,?s?are charged oT to 'tie
Ii'. i cost of spying. And the
sup"rsecret outfit is the t'en-
f he ('iA operates 'a s as
espionage network in an
aurnre-spare age when the
me-ea scrap of intornialmn
r,e+ld mean the di.ft rent. toe.
tnren survival and annibila
tin!".
ric;id i, the rota v ilia! n hi tt'khats fly, whc-( ut
grc?.s grumbles oscr failure,,
real or imaginary. the _CIA
II rc(for .'Alien ",'t?lsh
i)U'f'?, li.. brother u( tiel'1? "
tarj it State ,main Foster
I)c iv,, is a heavyset man
N%Ith a bu,hy, white, walrus=
i)i,c mustache, fir tel 14
th;it his sole ambition
In r. ern!nGlt is to , stay tin
,i, intt'lhgenee chief until .he;
dir. Iles headed the CIA for:
t,ie irt,rtlre, rr;arts windc up ;The CIA reported signs of
tie `i;pots? Surz war-Good. The 'CYA'
!y t1'he report goes to the predicted that British .and
ti(nltuary,"written in short. Egypt a few *days _bcf1or_e-A;h_e_j_~r
Suez Canal seizure--Tot'
good. The CIA faHed to es?
timate fully . Nasser's rest;-
lion ,1o the withdrawal of a
proposed United Staten loan
Dam, :.
THE 'TOUGHEST ens loy
ment hurdles in the Govern-
ment are those set up before'
applicants for jobs with the
? .dige>ted by A -busy President
Allen tulles' job is unique inabout?-two minutes.
in .t least one respect Ile
can write a check for a mil "':" Witte' streamlined more
)ion dollars without telling ,"spilghtly written report has
i' en the Government Ac replaced a lengthier summary
cn,inting Office exactly why ?pt'evilusly given the 1'resi?
he i, spending the money. dent. The change was made
}; " s I Congressmen, who shortly after Russia beat the
t trh financial "tatters like United Stales to the satellite
a ,It-tectne eyeing a pick- pouch,
lu,rkrt, ha\e only a Samle 'that's only a coincidence,
of haw much the CI:\ a"s ;Allen 1)ul'r:. whoa" the
-pt i,d, and what it -en(tc it II i ',suns call ".America's mas-
for. Vet each )car the ter spy.".Rut Administration
, ' budget is apps--
tskoc it to silence. It says .parri n tttcy eds p.:foes say it's more than that.
.
hart': ''We never alibi We The exact f1gure Is known Th(-y say the Administration
nt'ver explain. to six Senators and Repre- t"I" riot heed' previous CIA
ro alibi or explain might ,vlatives who form the spe- warnings so the agency now
reseal a source and en,tanger c tat subcommittee ` w h t eh "'ts resorting to simple ABC
the undercover legion of men handles CIA finances.- They, ,tdllguage in its reports.
and w^men who gather its in-
of Congress see the
WHY SPEND so much on 't'asting Bold war events? 'There's even a lie deteter
THE CIA IS unique among ? espionage? ' Like everything .. '~1 nr.sman going to the ?_ and-It's used as I7rutter
million is little, better urgently necessary. ? s). ,from; other sources, in- risks, who miy'range t ` `'
s iu oore
S1,
tb ln,at , rtm 5.,,.,,, years.
a .. , :._ of it, Washington:berve,~,r o ,board. en employes. The agency did
ales that It. sacs b tit around"the t*orld ter, housed