WIDNALL CRITICIZES SCHLESINGER AND OTHERS FOR UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN HIGH ADMINISTRATION OFFICALS WITH 'INSTANT' HISTORY; SUGGESTS THE NEED FOR REFORM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01350R000200640033-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2004
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: July 26, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN

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for what .can best be, termea -unst;anTg
,history, untempered by time."
I always thought the mark of a truly;
liberal mind was supposed to be fairness.,
'to the individual, respect for office, dis-,.
;like for kicking a man when he is un-,
able to answer because of his office, and;
distaste for commercial profit at the ex-
pense of others..
Even if one totally,ignores the damage,'
already done to the position of our Sec
councils of the administration., At a;
Cabinet meeting, 'can anyone speak his
piece without fearing that another in the',,
-, same ? Fooln may be shooting for next;
[ year's cover of Life or the Saturday Eve
ning Post? y
Theodore Sorensen's forthcoming book,;
"Kennedy," raises several of the same,
questions, plus the possibility of a sera"I `??
,the CIA's decisionmaking process sur-1,
r'rounding the Bay of Pigs disaster,'
' r. Other books by former Kennedy White.[
[House aids are soon to be published, in-.'
[eluding some by individuals currently
serving on the White House staff. :
If Congress pays their salary, Congress';,
has the responsibility to guard against%
this commercialization of the byproducts)
of having had the privilege to serve in a. ?
.sensve position..
minute and to revise and extend his Rusk would sit calmly by, with that'
remarks.) face. and his half-smile, often.''
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"INSTANT" IIISTORY ; SUGGES ness of 1110-he seet g THE NEED FOR REFORM ?'tionary violence, ferocity and hate, shad-,
owed by nuclear holocaust-ever penetrated,
AND O h He [Rusk] was unembarrassed by bane y.
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN HIGH AD
MINISTRATION OFFICIALS WITH At times one wondered whether the harsh-'
S hin of revolu-.
IDNALL CRITICIZES SCHLESINGERN, are being carried in front pages of news-:
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THERE FOR UNDERMINING. ['papers throughout the world this week:
sions. triggered by the self. Moreover, for obvious reasons, the,
sup estion was Prrcirlnnt. himself can do little more than.
Either the Congress or the President
should hereafter place sound limitations He [Rusk] rejoiced In the role of tedium In`
on former White House and executive,, diplomacy.
department personnel concerning revela- ;? What is most disturbing to me is the
tions to the public of privileged conversa- I fact that Secretary Rusk is caught in a
tions and the background of key. deer- position where he cannot defend him-_
..'Kennedy administration that are aam- He (J Yr'.K.J ':would say to Jacqueline,
acing the reputdtions and effectiveness "Rammit, Bundy and I.get r ore done In 1,
of those still holding high office within qdy at the. White House than they do In 8_
Arthur Schlesinger 'account current ay reassert his faith' in his Secretary of .
?,appearing in serialized form in Life mag- State=doing so only at the risk of ere
agine, "A Thousand Days: John F. Ken- . acing still more worthless as well as dam-.
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;, in an incredibly insulting fashion. ere Democratic Party will hesitate before,
r are just a few exampies;of.reaetiou',that,.criticizing Mr. Schlesinger and others.
rotaW_ of State Dean Risk was pilloried
H I for political reasons, members of the
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