WILL CIA CHANGE UNDER NEW BOSS?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000200120007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 30, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

NI[: CIA Change
T ,f-j" tr r`NNew Boss?
}Cr rer, drat' ;;election of Joj4 A. Me-
. recto : af- the Central intelligence Agency,
concerning the efficient future operation of
this vital government information lixlid es-
pionage agency. Mr, McCone, one time un-
dersec?i cta'ry of the Air Force and later'
chairman or the Atomic i`.nergy Commis-
sion, is known as a driving. precise admin-
istratc.r who never leaves doubt as to who
is. in charge. The questions that naturally,
pecL in the role and functions of the CIA.
Under the widely experienced and knowl-
edgeahlc Mr Dulles. %k 1,-, i? retiring at 88,
effectevc n, I okember, the CIA has devel-
oped I-rii a rc:ati~ei.N rnu,or cloak-and-
dagger r;,ztflt into onto of the largest and
most ui:luc;r!~2l r,,:, r ics the federal
guvi r ;.cnt flit !h', k IA Ii s conic tinder
sharp ''.ritacisrn durirv the past two years,
largely because of the t;-2 ircident and
the abortive invasion of Cuba in which this
+tgeitCy i` _ aid to';t ive played a large hand.
.In both these affairs, Mr. Dulles offered
to re ~i~n flit neither President latsenhower
do this ,i1,1 i now retiring apparently of
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tThe rdiirini; chief of the CIA has a long
,record of..dedicatt.A service to his country.
lie has served tinder eight Presidents, and
)te~rrc! to be the tration'% greatest au-
thority %on the use of intelligence In rela-
th n to national security. But his'methods
tioneri, and. State Department.sourcas have
charged in private that under Mr. Dulles
and trieY i5 mnke foreign policy. President
?,.' ,
~~:ztenho+, e~ ~ ~ilw'isory committee on intel-
igencr~ ltitiwitie'c recommended certain
change= 'lt th' operation of the CIA, but
Mr, Dulics refussed to 'accept them and
they were not .pushed. Efforts of Senator
luiansfrei,i'to have a Congressional commit-
tiE$ we e also r tymied, apparently by the
polrtical gkilt of the agency's chief.
Vl'ttiI 'vi r Dretires with deserved
bnuqutts of praise for his long, distin-
gui.sherl s?crviee, his going doubtless marks
the beginnt ng. of sr7.ne changes in the on-?
C role, a ni "nantic business e1Oa" U M)1l
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