CIA ACTIVITIES DRAW SENATORIAL INVESTIGATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500030026-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: January 25, 1966
• Content Type: TRANS

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JAN 2 5 1966
CIA ACTIVITIES DRAW SENATORIAL INVESTIGATION
(Text) Washington, 24 January--Senator Eugene McCarthy, Democrat from Minnesota,
today introduced a resolution in Congress proposing to set up a special subcommittee
of the Senate Foreign'Relations Committee for a complete and detailed investigation
of the impact of CIA on U.S. foreign policy.
The resolution speaks of serious concern over the influence of this agency on, the
drafting and conduct of U.S. policy caused by the CIA role in the Dominican Republic
and Vietnam. The senator notes with alarm that in the almost 20 yearrs of the
existence of CIA, Congress has never officially investigated its activities. The
adventurous activities of CIA have been resented for a long time by Americans and
have worridd:.them. Therefore, Senator McCartay`s resolution,reflects the alarm felt
on Capitol Hill over possible future tragic consequences of uncontrolled CIA
Attemptp by U.S. congressmen to plaa'e CIA aptivities under the control of Congress
so far have been unsuccessful. In t'ftermeCntime CIA has continued to increase its
Influence on U.S, foreign policy and has greatly muscled in on the State Department.
The Washington POST wrote yesterday that "there can be little doubt that the'
institutionalized growth of the intelligence arm of our government during the cold
war years has impinged to a very great extent on what has traditionally been the
exclusive sphere of the State Department."
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