SENATORS DIG INTO THE OTEPKA CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040129-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 129
• Publication Date: October 3, 1963
• Content Type: NSPR

; OCT' 31963
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CPYRGHT
itors~ig Into the Otepka Cass
BY ROBERT. $. ALLEN and PAUL ;SCOTT
to i}s-supertars, inc a ing
on@J that was rnute.d
'through channels to Mc-
George Bundy, the Pres-
ident's chief? White House
adviser on,fp cign policy.
One of t ,,se- report.;
included a ct.ailed. "boa:
score" of persons with
questionable sec u ri t y
background that Cleve-
su npoenj, about security
risks in the department.
Charges of "miscon-
duct," involving the al-
leged turning over of
documents to the Senate:
subcommittee, were filed
against,Otep -a on Sepia.
by John Ordway, chief of
the personnet operations
divisn~Yr ,.Otepka was given
until toetay to answer,,' ut
his attorney, Robert Robb,
secures'.` a 10-day extan-
Sion. According to the 'State
Department's own con-
fidential, report, most of
the evidence upon which
the "charges" are based
are from Reilly's surrep-
titioua examination cf
Otepka's classified "trash
bag," In, which he placed
security material and oth-
er papers for destruction.
pitied ope}} a" can or
of the ,Sta Aaztinent';
iherctgfixle#office of
ka,rc th e ? pro-
her>> a' z Bred
haclar1 ' . ivitli
at '.
rizia,>i2 ttIt AIg'e,r
ment'S ~ payrdll as either .
employees of *etsnt t.ants.
L .'
mittrse, one of the central
assistant secretary of state
for international affLlirs.
the litter' c i~ y r,ow
lvit viii the rlrnar meet. 1)
appointing a ntUu Ihei- of
persons with qab?. iQnahi e
at:5zil TOe taff'i'ng`"of
.-,*I organizations.
made inquiries 4
victed berfa- to con-
coal espionage, :"back. into
p;u 1 rnen q' ou Land'
shocked?`' over .CIS
land had eifler hrni?^ht according to the report,
evid~,iige w a found that,
iiil.n the departi For; n, Ote}~ka -had.
[uerlish, d "a
-~s in the 'prnrc.-,, of rnl~ of a. cl
trying assified me
fn'obtain ink ,clear- nmorandunl conc-ct}1ipg the
arice f o r " . p 1? n c S , 4 ; of appoint
When t:tevvetanr1 was..ments of ,the athti561y
being watched, lie r etaligj-
eel swiftly .y having John
F. Reilly, deputy assistant
Secretary for s e G u i+iL;t +,
veutance. ?znig Was uetty
arranged. through t. e of-
fife of Atty. Gen.- l obert
K e'n n e ddy, ,, a personal
,,With quiet but ruthless
efficiency, Otepka was
tlurp rc'moved from securi-
t~ .nli,-r: iorts. His phone
',v is, hug' ed and he was
pl--i rd a itJPr t?In.P ohsr'r-
ljaa, chat:? invPst1g,aInr&,
,committee on lnterna.ttoit--
a.l organizations staffing in
7Ti-. .1. G. Sburwierie,, staff
director of the Senate
,subcommittee for internat
tieca.ir t . This memorans
dum." concerns the loyalty
of employees or prospec-
tive ~ eMployee-; of the
department within the
meaning` M the Presiden-
tial di>;e>rtive of March 13,
1948."
The report a.iso-charoed-
that Otepka was responsi-
hie "for the de;claisifica-
tion of a document criri
ing classified itnfcrrrtta-
n about strnrity- riatti,x
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