CIA AT WORK TO PROTECT OUR NATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200550003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 30, 1961
• Content Type: OPEN

JUNIOR REVIEW OCTOBER 30. 1961
WASHINGTON. D C.
Approved : For Release 2000/04/14 :'lTRP-7:s
tackle one of our non'' Wrest 'ton realized the value of , espionage;
difcult'rand' I lobs. H. and that be spent several thousand;
will become - the n w, Metd of the dollars on spying activities during
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CIA supplies the President and the United States was slow to set
about what is going on in' foreign For years we depended heavily
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counties. on information collected by our: dip
T HE CIA has not only a new di- foreign lands. Most of this infor-
rector, but also a new place in mation did not involve spying. The
which to work. CIA employees have officers simply reported facts which
been moving into a huge new they collected through observation
building in Langley, Virginia-just and study.
across the Potomac River from The Japanese attack on Pearl
the nation's capital. The building, Harbor in 1941 was a shock to all
which ranks second in size to the Americans. Although there had
Pentagon, will take the place of been reports of possible trouble,
smaller buildings which housed CIA the United States did not, at - that
workers in the past. time, have a central agency. for
In the News. Mr. McCone, who getting the facts and putting them
has held other Important govern- to use.
ment jobs, takes over at a time when After Pearl Harbor a new office
the CIA is in the spotlight. As our was set up in our government-the
nation's top espionage (spying) Office of Strategic Services (OSS).
agency, the CIA carries out secret This was a special agency organized
operations and collects secret in- to carry on espionage. During
formation. World War II, the OSS performed
This information, called intelli- many feats behind enemy lines.
fence, helps the President and other OSS was disbanded after the war,
officials to act on troublesome prob- but it supplied well-trained intelli-
ler>ti. If the Intelligence is correct, gence officers for the future.
our nation ber,#flts. If it proves to A New Plan. In 1947, the Na-
be 1prong, difficulties may arise. Be- tional Security Council was set
cau0e the CIA works in secret, it up to advise the President on de-
is iplmost imjR bible for outsiders fense problems-especially on mat-
to ,;fudge its re ord. ters concerning Rus: