INDIA PLANS INQUIRY ON CIA ACTIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100740003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 24, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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1 Approved For Release. 2000/05/05: CIA-RDP7
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INQUIRY ONE
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"Agents" Named 1.
Ramnath Umanath, the Ieftl
Communist member who. initial-
ed the debate, named Leonard
Weiss, minister - counselor in
charge of political and econom-
ic affairs at the United States
Embassy, as the CIA "station
chief" here.
Asia -since he joined, the
Foreign Service in 1955.
Weiss and Schaffer have long'
been targets of the Pro-Commu;
nist press here. ;,;
Umanath's Demand, ? ' ,
Umanath and other leftist
members -.demanded that the
Z"' ato the '.
?~' ciSS and two u:i;lass Seconcii t:an Jf 0od ild agrceii ent.s
invostigetlon ?roliliSCC,?~secretaries he described as CIA with the United States which
agents, Howard B. Schaffer and permits the embassy to spend a
Hobert F. .Rayle, be declared portion of the, rupee proceeds
On Leftist CiiavgCS ~ipersona non grata. Weiss and for its own expenses,
Of Subversion ? t
. BY J AIMS S. KEAT
[New Delhi Bureau of The Sun]
New Delhi, ]-larch 23-Mo
hamed All C. Chagla, Foreign,
Minister, today pledged a "thor-,
ough inquiry" into charges that
the Central Intelligence Agency
was subverting Indian political
institutions.
Facing a barrage of hostile
questions; in Parliament for the
third time in four days, Chagla .
refused, for the time being at
least, to promise that a special
commission would be created
for the investigation.
Demands for the formal in-
quiry came not only, from leftist
Schaffer' are completing their They repeated charges that
tours here and have long been much of this money has been
scheduled for transfer back to unaccounted for and has been
Washington within a few used to influence elections and
months. for other forms of subversion.:'.
Rayle is the embassy official Support for this argument
who accompanied Miss Svetlana cane from Mrs. Tarkeshwari
Staling in her sudden flight Sinha,. a, conservative Congress
from here to refuge in Western member" and political follower
Europe. Ambassador Chester of Morarji Desai, Deputy Priljie
Bowles has denied to the Indian Minister. She also agreed with
Government that he is a CIA the demand for appointment-ofgent
. a com[i]ission. Desai is' a trus
While an embassy spokesman : ,. , i.
i^a,uLa,ueu its poucy of rcrosing tee of a group here which may
to. comment on charges involy-
[ndii?ectly have.?received CIAO
ing the CIA, he made available money.
the official biographies ' of. Weiss . Congress parky.members got
and Schaffer which;showed?both in 'a few jabs at the opposition
have had orthodox Government during the ? debate.: Mrs. - Sinha
'said the Institute of Internation-
opposition members but also' Economics.Specialist
from two conservative mem Weiss is an economics.
tiers of the ruling Congress par- ,
ty who wanted to clear the' trade specialist who: has'. consis-
names of "innocent" persons' tently held a series of responsi-
associated ? with groups which ble posts in the State ? Depart-
indirectly received CIA funds. ~ ment for the. last 21 years.. Isis
Security Police only overseas tour before as-
Chagla implied that the inves? signment here. in 1963 was as
tigation he had in mind would economic counselor and acting
be conducted by the Govern. director of the AID mission. in
ment's own internal security po P~clgrade.
lice and would study covert poli Schaffer., who has been herei,
i
t
ca activities by all . foreig; for six years, is;-.the principal
governments. ! junior officer responsible for;
However, he reserved deci. keeping abreast of political'de-
ue "au au yyV, euuuy w evuauI
,i,~ Cahinnt Nn nfhnr 11,i;i- . 'diplomatic '~ assienmentS 'in
House of the People during the,
hour-long debate on alleged CIA'
activities here.
"Give us some time to think
about the best way of making-
the inquiry," Chagla asked amid.'
demands that he promise ap?
point[t]ent of a formal investiga-
tory commission.
Most of the charges leveled
today were repetitions of allega,
tions made earlier this week and
the bulk of the "evidence" cited
was from. American publications
like the'.New York Times .'and!
Newsw,'eelc'.magazine.',- i
al' Law, among whose leaders is
V. K: Krishna Menbn, "a well
known anti=American;',' received'
$10,000 from the Asia Founda-
tion, one of-..the organizations -
said to have hbd.ClA support:
Trip ToFormosa- . ? ..
Shashi Bhusan, another Con=
gross member; asked who' had
financed a trip to Formosa. by.
Balraj . Madhok, leader of ? the
right-wing Peoples. Assembly,
party. Madhok, who arrived a
few minutes later, did potspeak.
While conceding "that, "into
lli~
gence work" all, over,'?
ChagIa... said thee-government
would 'not tolerate ? "espionage.
or subversion. . ; or political
' 3'actwities" by;,any forei n:powerr
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