FEIGHAN ACCUSED OF HELPING REDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67-00134R000200070006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 21, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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.Sweeney yesterday charged later, Feignan, spea
'.U. S. Rep. Michael A. Feighan~ the floor of the IIouse, brought
with inadvertently helping the up the Goleniewski case. His
Communist party. remarks were recorded in the ow York papers on Feb. G
Sweeney is. opposing Feig- Congressional. Record of 1966, states that 1reighan met
han in. the May primary elec- March 26, 1964. l ith the Goleniewskis lwthcir,
-?.tion for the Democratic Feighan asked: Is ? it notk.
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.nomination as . candidate fora true that Goleniewski .. i had apartment and discussed their'
congressman from the 20th1 revealed' d e e p penetration, problems in this country. Thel'
by M.. s.l
;.'District. into the CIA by Russian KG13 Irmg letter and was iVf signed argareta' Roman,
"One of the main objectives (secret police) agents?" , whom Sweeney said is',
of communism in this coup- Feighan r a i s e d several off , ewski',s wife.
try'is to discredit the Ameri- other questions concerning.the Sweeney said Feighan later l.
can form of government and alleged penetration of the U.S. , s e d information obtained
. to undermine the faith of the government by Communists. u the formations "as obtained
.American people in their gov- , "By cleverly posing ques- from
tions, F g basis fora speech on the floor'. thc
`.' ernment," Sweeney said. ei han gave comfort which you
HIE CHARGED Feighan has to the enemy by bringing up. of Feighan Congress in implied w whi secret;
made "unfounded implica? the Goleniewski case and from Russia had icrct
tions that Russians have their (the Goleniewskis) nam- agents
placed agents,iiiside the U.S. ing of Russian spies. ill the. trated boththe U.S. ~ State De-
CIA and State Department," partment and tieCIA asked ~.
State Departmgency d Central . Sweeney yesterday
Intelligence Agency." Sweeney said. that Feighan deny ever ytlung
F e i g l a n coud hot be "THE FAMILY IS now run- the Goleniewskis say and set
reahed for comment. mug ads in Washington and the record straight or reveal;
Sweeney said d he has infar New York papers calling upon the names of the Russian j
oration that Feighan spon-) Feighan to help them stay agents.
cored and aided in. bringing a' here," Sweeney said, "And.he "If he stands mute, he isi
Polish defector and his wife'. has ignored them." serving the very people he has,
o'to this country in 1961. ?? , ,, An open. letter, .which Swee- always tended to oppose, tie"I1
Sweeney identified .the day ney said was ' publishe- Russians," Sweeney said.
fector as Micliael Golenie I ?~ -
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Americans of l eing.agents foili
the Russians;-a~cbrdinl; to alp
Associated Press report
March .4, .1964. It quoted a
copyrighted article published
in The (New Yprk). Journal-.,
American:
Twe]ye .Of_tlie:.egents were
allegedly in the state, De-
partment anddfOur others in
the ? ?C e ' Intelligence
Agency1 ccording to
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the Journal- eri } article. !
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