MCCARTHY CALLS FOR PROBE OF ARMY'S PROJECT CAMELOT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500040028-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 30, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

JUN 3 0 1965
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Cam
cCarthy Calls for Probe
Of Army's Proi
ect Camelot:
By WALTER PINCUS (which'Camelot is iust nnn 'rhw~l~lla... ,. :_ ..__.___..? t `.
Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 0- Tense Department planned to that neither would' even provide,'
inn., today asked for a Senate spend $22.9 million on such hl-_ a description of what SORO Is:
F' inn., Relations Committee quires Ina the coming fiscal year, and what other work R h..;
study of "Project Camelot" million. ...~? ?.6~. o vacn w ~bq OOne. ,'
T it has been learned, hmvever t
"'`~""- ? {the Army-sponsored multi-mil=
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r? ?` qua reas of study g
aimed at analyzing potential being im toetake part in academician
of:
pursue
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insur
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or
g
groups
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nsurgent potential in that coon.
n developirg scieces"
ommi tee re
rt
nations. "appear ~ l~ try as part of the general Came:
_ , stated, not to offer any lot
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o
ned
u
In that
p
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wa a i -- .? "a ? trivial zuela in the project, an Army
private flareu In the State matters on which intelligent officer associated with Camelot
p People should not require stud- would only confirm that ea, with:
Department. The U.S. ambas- les in order to be Informed."
sador to Chile,' Ralph Dungan, McCarthy, in his letter to For, regard r foreign In ui "we
lating 9 the State
eign Relations Committee Chair- are rt
protested the Army-
financed ir, De
art
"
men
p
ment now.
quiry that was be gun In the man J. W. ?Fulbright, D-Ark.,
g said he was "concerned with the
the The State Army s rtment a a Inform
country without his knowledge. extent and consequences of the Chile arch wa bout the
Elsewhere on Capitol Hill , the
research was on
f
e
acet of
report In The Sud St th
nayarat the diplomats'
House Appropriations Commit. there is a growing onflict be- over the Pentagon's growing d entry
,tee plans it full-scale ? inquiry tween the State Department and ova the rapid entry
Into the Defense D
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ld
t
'~e
f
e
epar
ment
s the pentagon' " stemming from studies, of foreign policy,
spending on behavioral science the Chile
C
l
-
ame
ot episode
, and social etudieerojects '? of A State Department spokes-'
social .,?,,.~.,4,. ,; ;,, ~L F.~ Citing testimony by the Arm
m
fi
y
an con
rmed this n
"ew cooper-1
before a House Appropriations ation in a statement that said,;
subcommittee. McCarthy said "It .,,.,.? 6_ .
tht
a
-- -- v^ ua- ^ wrui t uune aoroad would be
nation or even familiarity bey undertaken with the knowledge,
State Department nffhials wit and
h
t
!s
a
alas indicates the Army 1n a cable last Wednesday
Y"has Intruded Itself into the field Ambassador Dungan reported
of foregin policy without author- that the Chilean Government
ity." was undertaking an lnvestiga.
'Beyond that," McCarthy said, Lion of Camelot and he, Dungan,
"(the Army) appeats to have still desired to know who the'
Mailed to maint
i
a
n any advisory SORO rhe hd
esearcr.a contacted
.'relationshin with the annwl.....