HALPERN MEETS WITH CIA HEAD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300380019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2000
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: June 24, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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conference was "very pro.
and emerged saying the ~j
director William Raborn
who 1irr;d a salvo at the ':i
Central in(elllgence Agency', ".
last week for Infiltratin
g i
lly domestic groups, met yes. .;j
terday with retiring CIA,
I;ep. Seymour Halpern,
FROM THE PRESS
WASHINGTON' BUREAU
A, 11 ead
penetrating a U.S.?based
emigree group, the` Legion ~.
of Estonian Liberation, and
for using a leading foreign +i
affairs publication to pro.
mote official U.S. policy In ij
Viet Nam.
After the meeting yestet.
day, Halpern said, "The
overall effectiveness of the
agency, in my. opinion, is
weakened when, because of
undertaking certain ques?
,..- i week, in a speech ,
I. before the House, Halpern
in Raborns office was cor-
dial.,, ,_......>,....,
ductive."
~'. The Jamaica Republican' !
said he was asked by the .
CIA not to reveal details
of the breakfast meeting,
but added, "Only good can
come out of it (the meet.
Asked if he had sought
assurances that the CIA
would not try to' infiltrate'
domestic groups or news
media, Halpern replied:
"They (the CIA).,weren't
' assui g- e-any..inoi?e-than
ance.,"
Halpern said the ineel.ing
all 'Cossan~.~totvjeopard?
He said thSL,agepcy'ssee-
intained. at
T`ecy must be 1p;
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