LETTER TO ROGER FERGER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00269R000100130140-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 140
• Publication Date: January 17, 1955
• Content Type: LETTER

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17 January 1955
Roger p'erger, Esquire
Editor, The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Chia
Dear Mr. Ferger:
The Cincinnati Enquirer in an editorial of 25 December 1954
ed, "Clark and CIA, " carried this statement:
The Associated Press tells us that persons in the CIA
and others in the government resent General Clark's
top-to-bottom approach, holding that the workings of
this institution are to secret that even so eminent a
soldier as General Clark should not penetrate the maze.
We are at a loss to understand this attitude.
The article followed with some pleasant references to my past work.
I wish to emphasize that I am not thin-skinned about criticism, and
while I endeavor to do my work with a minimum of publicity -- not
always with complete success -- I welcome constructive criticism
and receive my share of it. I believe, however, that your editorial
misinterpreted the Associated Press story and possibly inadvert-
ently my own attitude. Certainly I wish to make it clear that there
is no resentment felt here with regard to the work of General Clark.
As the AP story indicated,. I welcomed the survey at the beginning;
I have cooperated with it 100% since it began; and If there are, as
indicated by the sAP, some "nervous" intelligence executives. I do
not believe they are in this Agency. I can assure you this is no
place for nervous people.
As you will undoubtedly appreciate, an intelligence organization
must operate with a high degree of secrecy and security, and these
requirements must and can, I believe, be rec' nciled to a procedure
which will insure that there is proper control of funds contributed by
the people and appropriated by the Congress.
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is not written for public ion but merely to insure
and the other senior officials of The wirer should know
of the subject matter of y r interesting editorial.
' thfully Your a,
Allen W. 'Dulles
Director
AWD;meo
Distribution:
Orig - Addressee
1 cc - Col. Grogan
lcc - ER
1 cc - Reading
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