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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400180044-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: June 14, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN

CONGRESSIO SAL RECORD
11+ June 1966
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STATINTL
The Bureau of the Budget has special ministrative or organizational activities
TIIE CIA review procedures and the General Ac- of the emigre group per se, but rather In
The S'l:/1FC1?IL pro tempoe (iVir. counting Office audits CIA funds. the data which the group may be in a
EnT) . Under previous order of r. Further control is exercised by the Di-, position to furnish regarding events
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ifou.,c the gentleman from New fork, the- rector and high officials of the CIA. abroad. Hence, the CIA's motivating
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II,%LPC:nN]is recognized for 20 Security Act of 1947 properly recognized telligence.,, .,.,, ??.,
minutes. that the CIA, to be effective, would have -? Howev this may be, the fact is ttyit
Mr, IIALPFItN. Mr. Speaker, there er to be an executive agency responsible to an agent of this Agency penetrated
is a great deal of current discussion con the Chief Executive. By statute, Con-, an American organization in a clandes-
cerning the Central Intelligence Agency. gross gave the President, the National tine effort to use its resources. I cannot
Much of it has taken place in the Senate., Security Council, and the CIA which
The real issue at hand, which has been believe that Mr. Raus' Intentions were
operates under the NSC, broad and; generally known to the legion's member-
th
e subject of six special congressional 'largely undefined discretionary powers
ship.
and
tions, executive forcles, s i o the Ic tentgto With
gross few specifi voluntarily c walled itrestraints. The Con-1 Raus was also ordered to warn hisill
which the CIA is involved in the making self off from detailed information emigre friends about the Canadian citi-
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of our fore is nrpolic fan gt the prope C A r role The question of reconciling the activ- operative;HunquestonabIya ~e AgKdB i surlli the ._ sties of a national spy network with ad?
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collect, correlate, and interpret foreign' V ? - v ... y- v`.- `'' 1J111VwpptuevLy asp +?GWV't 11214.1 ttva1Lucie, ana wnmcn it. was
least, an inevitable conflict between the, using, would be endangered if Heine
intelligence information, in order to pro-.!' ideals of an open society and the wield-' were granted access to this Information,
test the national security, formulate for- ~ ing of great power on the world scene .I I strongly question the propriety of
eign policy, and unify national power, I'have no doubt that intelligence op- thts-prdcedure. I do not think the CIA
purpose, and policy in this age. of per- orations are important in protecting' has the authority to covertly infiltrate
Actual crisis, vital security interests, depending of domestic institutions and groups which
There have been instances, most meta- co;:rse upon how one interprets these ! may or may not maintain contacts be
.bly, the Bay of Pigs disaster, of 1961, in interests. , hind the Iron Curtain. The real or po-,,
which the operations of the Agency had' I do wigh to point out that an essen-' tential assistance which these groups
the tendency of propelling policy, of nar- ; tial ?chment of any'Intelligence organs- Provide in the collection of foreign Intel-
rot?ia the area of choice and decision !? zation is its secrcey. Its day-to-day ac-': ligence matter is essentially irrelevant.
and of closing out options to our political-t'
nnust be kept from the public Nor do I believe the security 'of this
leaders. eye, for revelation will destroy its,ab.ility1 country is Imperiled by any activity un-
With cases such as these In mind, the, to function effectively. dertaken by'these captive nations groups
essential question boils down to this: In America. If such be the case-and I
"Are there sufficient checks upon the I~ -To what extent the Agency should be
controlled, and by whom, is a question am thinking of foreign spies-then I
CIA to assure both efficient CIA opera.-1 that affects its powers intimately and would defer to the r BI,
tion and democratic government?" may have enormous repercussions. In- What business Is It of the CIA if and
More specifically, in regard to the Soil-'
i ate debate, the question could be, dividuals who are concerned with civil alleged KGB agent is dispatched to spy
i liberties, as I [un, and who have occasion ! on the operations of the Legion of Eston-
phrased, "Is more congressional stir-to gently rap the Agency for overstep- ! Ian Liberation? Is it the proper province
veillance of the CIA needed, for example, ping its bounds, must be aware that they of the CIA to Combat his influence with-
a joint congressional committee ors are dealing with no ordinary institution, In this American emigre community?
larger committees In both Houses?" Raving said these things, I do believe, 1 Certainly not. But this can be' the un-
I have no categorical or systematic;' despite the potential'for irresolution on! fortunate result if the Agency assumes'
answer to this question. However, I do many fundamental issues, that there is a !,the power of utilizing private, domestic-
wish to make some observations. ']inc ;which delienates proper conduct Inn concerns for its own clandestine pun
Most importantly, the bIA is an exec-, foreign intelligence from improper con-i. poses:"' --'"
utive agency under the authority of the duct. What I mean here Is that I do +--`TITc'Aecond case deals with a recent ar-
President, The CIA,. is. not an arm-01 not wish this silent interloper to involve I title appearing In the current Issue of
the Congress. The President is con itself In the private lives of American 1 "Foreign Affairs." This is a very in-
stitutionally responsible for the conduct citizens at home. ? fluential and distinguished journal. I
of foreign relations. Availability to then in this connection there are two re- am told that its sway within the Intellec-
President of intelligence is obviously any cent cases which come to mind. I am tual and leadership ranks of the nation
essential element In the formulation of; deeply disturbed about the implications , is substantial. Among other things, it
foreign policy and the conduct of foreign; of the lawsuit of Heine against Raus, indoctrinates its potent readership In the.
affairs. Accordingly, the CIA is the' OT y those aspects of the case which re-`, classic anti-de Gaulle curriculum
President's staff ' organization"-which'!, late to the role of the CIA are in question ' 'George A. Carver, Jr. wrote a piece
evaluates information obtained from do-: here. - entitled "The Faceless Vietcong." It Is
partments and agencies of the Govern The facts are that Juri Raus, an em- an admirable, 'scholarly presentation,
merit and keeps him abreast from day; ployee of the Bureau of Public Roads, 'Mr. Carver is described as a student of
to day of activities abroad affecting theJ, was hired by the Central Intelligence . political: theory and Asian affairs, with
national interest. Agency following his election as com- decrees from Yale and Oxford, former
There Is presently substantial super-! wander of the Legion of Estonian Lib-' i officer ''lif?the; :YJ.S;? aid-'mission in Sal-
vision of the CIA, both congressional oration. Because of his unique position . gent author of Aesthetics and the Prob-
and executive. Ever since the Agency in this emigre community, Raus was TOIY of Meaning." -
was created in 1947 by the National Scc-' hired to develop foreign intelligence in- ? He is obviously well schooled. One
trinity Act, seven Senators from the form
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, on and sources,- can believe that his brief history of the
Armed Services Committee and the sub-i Now, the legion Is composed of Ameri-' Vietnam business in this Journal is repu-
committee of the Appropriations Com-r can citizens. While the association may I table and articulate,
mince handling the defense budget have;'in fact maintain various contacts , What else does Mr. Carver do?
constituted the group to which the' abroad, largely secret, It Is In essence an Well, he is employed by the Central
Agency's Director has reported. On the, American organization functioning on i Intelligenco.,9gency. I presume that his
House sic:c. the Director has reported to AAicrican soil. 'tenure" with the aid mission In Saigon
two subcommittees of the Armed Serv-, This is the kind of operation to which ! was' for''reasons other than rendering
Ices and Appropriations Committees.' I must object. It may bo?-'true that., economic assistance.
In the executive branch, both the Bureau
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Inteicsting thing is that car
the.Budget and the General Account-, sources of foreign intelligence; similarly, ! ver, whom I have not heard of previous
ing.OIIlce regulate CIA expenditures.i'%lit gency.l...'hot.interested in the ad 'to this, gets. top .billing, although he is
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of the Air Force, Mr. Eugene M. Zuckcrt,
arc relegated to less prominent positions
Mr. Nyerere; Mr. David Rockefeller; the
President of Tunisia; and the Secretary
in this roster of international heavy-
weights.
M`y objection to Mr. Carver's appear-
ance is not based on the content of his article, nor the very fact that he, as a
cifically prohibited our foreign propa
ganda Instrument, the USIA, from turn-
ing its pursuasive techniques on the
American people. The reasons are self-,
,
11 second instance, that Congress, has spe-
front.
Let me add
In connection with the
legitimate reach of a democratic govern-
ment. I have cited these two recent develop-
meats because they point, disturbingly,
toward the conclusion that our foreign
intelligence mechanism is attending to
associated interests on the domestic
, a right to the top spot.
.r? .1-h'. Carver, on behalf of the U.S. Gov- ?
i ernmcnt, makes a conscious and deter-
mined effort to justify the official policy
in Vietnam, I would not take exception
to this,proccdurc if 1,1r. Carver were, in.'
fact, identified as an employee of my
Government. But this is not the case;
we are left in doubt about his present'-
business.
Thus we have an unidentified opera-
tive of a secret Intelligence society uti.iz-
ing an influential forum to propagandize
the American people. This seems to be
Of course, Mr. Carver's contribution
concerns the most topical of all current
affairs. , Thus we may presume he has,
I discomfort, we should look back upon tho,'
legislation which established the Agency..'
ncdin,~
'Ili' connection wtih Mr Raus' nresen?
that It desist coinf5letely from public de='
to be identified. In the case of the CIA;",
this may be
umvisc;'so'~ woutci'sUggcsc~:
But I would like for these authorities
Government employee, chose to write
for Foreign Affairs. I think it is a good
practice; the people must know what our,
higher bureaucrats are thinking about,
Tne organization was specil:cally denied
internal security functions. The argu
n1ellt tha the Agency may ignore the
letter and spirit of this prohibition be-
cause the end in mind is to collect for-,',.
elfin intelligcncc is spurious and danor
ous for the ban itself is aimed directly
at the means which the Ag, !'Vey may em- ;
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Because the Agency. is "Llecessaljly
does not excessively or repeatedly test
i the principal tenets of this free and open
society. .
discretion falls heavily Ilpan the Diree-
tor and senior ofilcials. This rcponsibil-'
ity must be exercised in a manfrer which
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