FORD TO BRIEF FIVE ON C.I.A. ACTIVITIES

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NEW YORK TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPT
FORD TO BRIEF FIVE
ON
C1A. ACTIVITIES
He and Kissinger Schef!ule
Session With Leaders
of Congress Today
By SEYMOUR M. HERSH
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18-
Secretary of State Kissinger an-
nounced today that he and
President Ford would person-
ally brief five House and Sen-
ate leaders tomorrow on the
scope of the Central Intelligence
Agency's covert operations.
" We will put it before them
in detail and ask them, 'What
do you want"' Mr. Kissinger
said aboard Air Force One as
it returned here from New
York, where President Ford ad-
dressed the United Nations.
Administration officials said
that the President had decided
to brief the Congressional lead-
ers after his strong defense of
all C.I.A. covert activities in
his news conference Monday
night. The President publicly
confirmed then that the agency
had been involved in clandestine
efforts. in Chile, but he de-
picted them as-- having been
aTmerl only at aiding newspaper
and-"politicians opposing Presi-
dent Salvador Allende Gossens,
who, Mc. Ford said, was at
tempting to. suppress criticism.
Senate Study Planned
The White House's anounce-
ment followed the Senate For-
eign Relations Committee's an-
nouncement yesterday that it
had authorized a full-scale
study into what has been called
misleading testimony in the
Senate about the C.I.AL'S -role. in
Chile. Targets of that inquiry
are known to include, Richard
Helms, former Director of Cen-
tral Intelligence; John M. Hen-
nessey' a former Treasury De-
partment official, two former
high-level State Department of-
ficials, and Mr. Kissinger him-
self, who testified about United
Slates involvement in Chile
during his Senate confirmation
hearings last fall.
Those invited to the briefing
tomorrow, Mr. Kissinger said
were the Senate Democratic!
leader, Mike Mansfield of Mon-i
tana; the Senate Republican;
leader, Hugh Scott of Pennsyl-I
vania; Speaker of the House!
Carl Albert of Oklahoma; thei
House Democratic leader,
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massa-I
cluisetts, and the House Re-
publik.an leader john J. Rhodes;
Administration officials said!
that Mr. Kissinger and Presi-i
dent Ford were confident than
covert operations - such asi
those in Chile - could be de-1
fendedl or national security!
ground;, If these operations
could be made that peril to the
security of the United States
would be increased.
A Philosophical Question
One high-level official, asked
whether such beliefs on the part
of Mr. Kissinger and President
Ford amounted to an endorse-
ment of C'rtited States interven-
tion is foreign countries, replied
that the quesfioA' was a philo-
sophieal one worth deba ;n .
Concern ocer lack of effec
tive Congressional oversight,
by ranking Senate and House
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Carl Alherr of Oklahoma;'
House Democratic leader,
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr. of Massa-1
chusetts, and the House Re-i
publican leader John J. Rhodes
of Arizona.
Adn;inistratign officials said)
that Mr. Kissinger and Presi; l
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dent ro-' --
id nt t
er
covert operations - such as'
those in Chile - could be de-I
fended:" on national security
^,rou~r~ls. If these operations)
were dropped, these officials in-1
listed, an "overwhelming case"'
could be made that peril to the l
security of the United States
A Philosophical Question
One high-level official, asked
whether such beliefs on the part
of Mr. Kissinger and President
Ford amounted to an endorse-
ment of United States interven-
tion is foreign countries, replied
that the question was a philo-
sophical one worth debating.
Concern over lack of effec-
tive Congressional oversight
has been repeatedly expressed
by ranking Senate and House
members since newspaper dis-
closures last week that the
C.I.A., despite prior disclaimers,
had been authorized by Mr.
Kissinger and President Nixon
to spend more than $8-million
between 1970 and 1973 in an
effort to make it more difficult
for Mr. Allende, a Marxist, to
govern.
- The Chilean President was
overthrown last year in a mili-
tary coup d'etat in which he
died.
Representative Dante B. Fas-
cell, Democrat of Florida, re-
pewed his call today for more
effective control over the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency after a
series of hearings that ended to-
day before his inter-American
affairs subcommittee of the
House Foreign Affairs Commit-
tee. Mr. Fascell said he was
"deeply distressed" that he and
his collea'ues had not been
fully informed of the agency's
activities in testimonv given
earlier this year by William E.
Colby. the Director of Central
Intelligence.
MAN FIGHTS AGAINST
USE OF PAY. TOILETS
KENT. Ohio (AP)-Michael
Gessel, 19 years old, is a cru-
sader. He is crusading against
the pay toilet.
Mr. Gessel, president of the
Committee to End Pay Toilets
in America, announced before a
crowd of 15 at the Kent State
University Student Union re-
cently what he called a nation-
wide effort to do away with
pay toilets.
"You can have a S50 bill, but;
if you don't have a dime, that!
small metal box stands between
you and relief," he said.
Mr. G?ssel, a sophomore at
the Uni%ersity of Pennsylvania,
id Con-rrn
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in
year, has 1,600 members in 104".
chanters across the country.
CEPTIA's biggest success to;
elate, dir. Gessel said, was Chi-i
cagrs City Council's 37-8 vote to!
hen pay tuil is there, making g it!
the fir-;t major free toilet city..
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y toilets were big)
n;;in-,s in America, with 50,-
000 ni' tL:,m grossing about'
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