WAS BANG-JENSEN MURDERED?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100260028-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 21, 2000
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: January 13, 1960
• Content Type: NSPR

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Was' Bang-Jensen Murdered? By Lyle C. Wilson,
Jersey Ls that PovI Bang-Jensen !...i i
proof that So>?Vnion amts had ir,t,l
tralcd not only i he United Nnttohs ?-
tariat but the U. S. foreign inlelligenco
The U. S. foreign Intelligence I..; the
Dullcs As A CIArE X34 Ain. Povl Bang-
Jensen wss thi44 Official who lost his
job because he refused to surrender to
Dag Iiammarskjold the r-mes of I1un-
garian freedom fighters who had told to
him the story of communist repression of
the Hungarian rebellion. Now, Bang Jensen has beat a!,o
his life.
BangJen.c?n was listed as a suicide. But, was he? Sorne
persons think not. Some nersons suspect that Bang-Jensen
had knowledge of Soviet Union espionage operation, in ;:re
t'ti and t'"1* which made the man a real menace to !!?e
communist cause.
The smartly edited weekly "National Review" has h,?err
agitating tI?e Bang-Jensen rase. Robert Morris of Nc;t
Jersey is interested bemuse tie was.Bang-Jensen's lawyer
Mr. Morris is a candidate against Sen. Clifford P. Case for
New Jersey's Republican senatorial nomination.
itron,tl 1 ,tie reported after Barg-Jensen's dc?.!r!,
that r~~nori tt>ti?` communist escapees had .ought their
Rang Je?;sc?n to info!j-q L1,?- I)ireetor fhullr alxrut' So?.
-,pie age it the UN' cruel trte CIA. In its Dec. 19-edit. ?i'.
`:a;ion:+l Ite\te?' -. 31i?I:
"ifiglr communist e,A,ape?es r;a\e Bang-Jensen sp,vrlu?
-1,4I i n a u )\let agei is to?trlr I in t'+? ! N"
t:niat and in CIA. kill eight occ.rsi,,;- u\ur a pe(jod
month:, Bang-Jensen tried to see Mi Irull,?, vain. But he did repeatedly see, in the effort
a sutxrr,i
,
f
Hate C'I.\ official, who transcribed a report 'for the recoie~
about his dealings with Bang-Jensen'
"What is the real story about this runaround and r'
report? Is it true that the report leaked thru to the
secretariat?"
Those two seem to be fair questions today altho the
were propounded nearly a mohih ago. Perhaps "Nation;,
Review" will ask them again and not merely ask but dins'
both questions firmly to 5r;;Jt;Dodd 1R., Conn
Sen. Dodd is a member of the Senate.Ititpra1 ~ee,u1'~ty su!r
committee, of which Mr. Morris once was rounrht''- =>yr
members- now are iverviewing 40 or all p-1-sons Ieresuri' s
to have some knowledge of the Bang-Jensen affr,ii.
After these have been interviewed, Sen Dodd till derut
t\hether the sub-committee shall inquire into the Bang h-!
sen case. Senate investigations hate been begun and V
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ruled with much vigor on eunsiderably less impo:'.r. t
leads than two responsible statements that Soviet
have planted themselves among our o" ii Ametioart spit-
Robert Morris and William F. Buckley Jr., editor r1
tional Review," are responsible, well Informed met,
.is a sheltered area in the nation's bureaucracy. It make;
reports. Its appropriations are secret It is untouchahl,-
If. as charged, the Soviet Union has planted ik agoi 1.
\tithin the CIA. the Kremlin surely l nut+s more of
,'`A olx'ralIon than do American citizens, uu?ludi-i it
:-
bees of Congress.
Perha ~ ,-,Pn 'CIA
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