CIA AGENTS FACE PENALTY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700160019-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: February 16, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

THE MANILA TIMES
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February 16, 1966
observed that the CIA is.'
1-l ~Il. S operating beyond the
scope for which it was ori-
ginally founded. He said
that Truman believed that
i - I . p the CIA should not engage
d (((('~~( ~L .I In clandestine operations.
atL~.l~V Blackmail,
Senate sources, mean-
;other countries.
Penalties
Under the bill which he
is planning to file, Sa-
,
longa said, a government ' It' Was not known, Who":, ficials to the CIA 'could :
Official who Works as an ordered Fernando to?'con- not b6. confirmed' or de.,
.agent or spy for another duct the surprise' inspeo? Hied by the NBlI. .' _~ .
.vvuni,ry wouta automa-,
'tically forfeit his public
office while a private ci=?
tizen who does the game,
would automatically for-
feit , his Filipino. citizen-'
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ganizations of other coun- ; . Sumulong said that such ese sources sa a
tries. ;.ea measure would be stmt- :the dossiers kept by the' tion but It Was believed to
The two senators -- Loy jar to , a Philippine law CIA agents on Philippine,. have. been authorized by'
renzo M. Sumulong'. and' which requires lobbyists officials are even more higher authorities.
Jovito R, Salonga -- ob. ;;in Congress to be register., comprehensive and ex-,' Jose de los Reyes, NBI?
served that the present.`-ed. haustive than the NBI dos-,' Interpol. chief, whose con-
laws on espionage, sub-.,. siers. " fidential files were also
hore~rarttitt~
version and treason do'l ~ 111111t. tor*- +ctiassiers .. '. C h e c k e d by Fernando,
ernpent o c a s an em- s a u e w . eq s be used for political black-'
ployes who work secretly the registration of agents mail purposes.
of foreign
for the intelligence or- governments. Th id 41. t
Two senators yesterday',' tempore Sumulong said'. while, expressed fear that
started drafting measures- that he was thinking of dossiers gathered by CIA,.
I
? which would penalize gov-' filing a bill similar to a agents on Philippine gov-
ernment officials might:
fll t 1 d US t t t hick r uire
countries and the United" c xis would know who NBI agents led by NBI ? pers are kept by the NBI-j
States is not an enemy . , the agents' principals are.' Regional Director Poncla-' records division which,
country. , Sumulong, chairman of no Fernando "raided" the.. has strict orders not to
NISI ? , 1 the foreign relations com?; office of the NBI domestic .'release any document ex-
not apply to public offs- Foreign agents ? in the One source said that, ~ told the latter that the In-
cials who work for the 'Philippines should be re, 1
the head of the CIA In the, terpol unit only keeps,
Central Intelligence Agen gistered, he said, so that ..the in a ranking' duplicates of records.
cy (CIA) because these when they approach gov-' member of'
the US em Reyes said the origin- ;
,
.,laws refer. only to enemy ,;eiriment officials, the of- bassy. als of. NBI-Interpol pa-
A.T; ...b 6~?"`"""" " but no - confirmation of
l ciais with the CI The raid reportedly it
-- _ -. . _ ? ~ ciais and private citizens 4UI- -.1.3 L wL4.! _J
a
ed reports that the team was' espionage should be filled , thorized last week by' Jus-. were after dossiers com- j
division allegedly in some- government men .l' Fernando conducted the , Agatnsc of t tctats
raid in his capacity as ' Y
search of dossiers com- are on the CIA payroll. It was intimated b
piled on government offs Salonga said that the custodian of the NBI's ? confidential sources that'
w confidential files, as au-. the assistants of Fernando
ciais. There are uncomfirm. gap in the resent l
tau r'[ mittee,? said that his com-1?intelligence division yes- cept by court order or
Meanwhile, NBI agents mittee will investigate;
upon the re
uest of dlvi-
q
terday allegedly in search
themselves r a i d e d the :the charge of Justice Sec- of dossiers.
, sion chiefs. ?
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who' also heads the do- official.' ,.
mestic intelligence :'divi?., Even suspicions that the
sion. , . "raids" ; were being con
' `
' ' ducted to establish con-
Higher-ups '
' . 'nections of some NBI of- ;