PROPOSED TREATY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800170110-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Sequence Number: 110
• Publication Date: August 30, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. STATINTL
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AUG 3 0.1965
'rohosed Treaty
Ohio's, peppery Steve Young, at 76,
surely one of the nation's oldest junior
senators, continues to battle the militant
'ight with en energy common to younger
amen. Current issue in the ideological
joust is the proposed U.S.-Russian treaty
for the exchange of consulates.
In announcing for the treaty, Sen.
Young reported he has received a "tre-
mendous volume of pressure mail" front
Ohioans objecting' to the treaty. "These
citizens have unfortunately been
misin-formed," he said. "Right-wing extrem-
,Ists have circulated pamphlets distorting
the facts."
} Main popular objection has been the,
y
claim that the pact will foster Soviet es-
pionage. With a candor rare when sen
ators address the subject, Sen. Young
went to the facts: "All of our embassies
l overseas have CIA operatives, or spies,
'Who are on the embassy staffs..... I've
personally talked with some of our CIA
operatives. in our embassies in foreign
countries and know the facts. . . . The
dan ger of a few more Russian agents
!posing a:; diplomats is infinitesimal.com-?
pared to the benefits."
The senat:gr, of course, is right. The
treaty would provide legal protection for
U. S. citizens in Russia, where some 12,-
000 traveled last year. It would drive a
slim wedge into Russia's closed society...
It would advance trade between the na-
tions. It would, Help, in a small way, to
ease international tensions.
,The treaty has been hanging fire for
more than a year. Its ratification now
would stand as evidence of U. S. willing.
Mess for coexistence despite the polio
ollision created 6y the Vietnam war,
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