WHY THE BIG FUSS OVER CIA'S WORK?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000200120169-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 2001
• Sequence Number: 169
• Publication Date: August 30, 1961
• Content Type: NSPR

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AS E" PEI+I S' $E ~c1NCY ~{ `1-''Q )
Over C1A1s1'Wd&?
BY DAVID LAWRENCE ~ a
EN ROUTE FROM EUROPE.- fl*y knows dot tl" in
Western Europe about intelligence work than we do In Atnefkz.
This is because they -have been at h logger. . , ,
Hence, it was rather disquiet.. r.
ing to have some of the Eu- executives told, this,.wtiett die
ropean officials other day that every'iniogenee
who are most... organisation can be i oved,
experienced in but that, In tryfms'bo a this
intelligence ac type of setup conforut So other-
tivities say pri government upits, thaw Is dan-
vately that they, ger of impairlag ? hr ulifub Cis.
are worried
HE. A$iCED, Mile Cattvespgnd-
Agency, which La"IMC tniormsuon toctten Up. M m}
up to now has been a bulwark mind of Allen Dine wbee be
of strength in its co-operatioi "retires*" at the,pjsd;pt, 7W.
with European governments. Rightly or wp , In c!
Oddly enougff, they wonder t4 49 sit ati'bt tog
how so Rtuch into., riot ' everything dowee4 s.pa ,
tin- valves too ma!y risks.
about the CIA,*d Why Amer. ,.~:..
!can officials haven't karnei. Hssee,,Olly 7!
that judgment of inteUigetw ttEtece s-~ ' lB
work'cannot be faMy based od~? . sized $ Mttf s1k Illy Is
one episode like Cuba. aMe lttps~ol*.
They suspect Nast isern About 30 ysara a o when
perleesie and pow s dt* 66 writer fires began b. talk to
ful of the European ;.,g/ ge
f~
Perhaps one of the :kit
Veny ever the to
Noniag of tsar CIA.
alts by other yeacks 1
wssltington to ddh
bhme ltd to t k t c.g.
l
tnteUlgence tfiab in .Europe,
he found predicting that
the Vtittpd s9r. coeds.! of. 23 o achieve
an effective tioo.
? ? ?
1bDAY tutee of the hipber
`eveJ maea 'In forei * rvefn-
ills progress that bars been tnadp
by the United State In the last
20 years. In fact, they speak in
terms of. admiration for the.
achievements of ` 4 Du lei
Some of there specialists is
reforms are long overdue in 4l
intelligence Ktivky-?spseially
in relstioo to the public's under'.
andiog of the work. .
Most of tilt 12
folk wilt wbm toils W ON
talked is Eurrpe iii' ettrl?
sus abort Mart' S ad
is CowatwatMCIA
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. But, shove AD, , this corre-
apoodant is impressed ,'with ft
observation made #o him re.
peatedly that It wbuld be a msis-
take for the Ametiean Som.
went to go off hail cocked and
reorganize drastkally Its intelU.
once setup and tali! Use risk of
turning back the dock ? )d rk
apect a Ame }1* ,sntdli
aehlevaaentw d , the last
decade or acre. _ .
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