C.I.A.'S ROLE TO BE DISCUSSED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404440109-7
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• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 109
• Publication Date: October 26, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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C.I.A.'s Role to Be Discussed
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27- William J.
Casey, Director of Central Intelli-
gence, agreed today to meet with sena-
tors Friday to discuss questions about
whether there was a Central Intelli-
gence Agency presence on Grenada
prior to Tuesdays invasion.
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan,
vice chairman of the intelligence com-
mittee, said be issued an invitation to
Mr. Casey to meet with senators be-
cause a C.I.A. role on Grenada "has
been widely reported and discussed on
the Senate floor" in private conversa-
tions.
The New York Democrat added that
be was precluded by Senate rules from
discussing the substance of the reports.
He said all senators had been invited to
the briefing with Mr. Casey, which
would be held in the secure intelligence
committee room on the fourth floor of
the Capitol.
Senator Gary Hart, Democrat of
Colorado, asked if he had heard about
reports of C.I.A. involvement on the is-
land, replied, "Nothing I can talk
about.,,
Another Democratic senator said he
had received information that C.I.A.
agents were among the passengers on a
planeload of 70 American medical stu.
dents flown out of Grenada Wednesday.
His information came indirectly
from the Central Intelligence Agency,
the State Department and the Defense
Department, he said.
Some Capitol Hill aides said they
hoped that, with Cubans and Russians
on the island, the United States had a
signficiant intelligence operatior
there.
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