WITH APOLOGIES, PROMISES, AND GUARDED VIEWS, THE CIA'S DESIGNATED BOSS FACES SENATE QUIZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-01208R000100190041-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: July 14, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WEEKLY - 524,212
JUL 14 1973 -
W1With Apologies, Promises, and Guarded Views,
The CIA's Designated Boss Fdees Senate Quiz
By James G. Driscoll
FROM WASHINGTON. D.C.
William E. Colby wore a conservative-
ly cut gray suit of muted glen plaid. He
had neatly brushed back his closely cut
hair, now beginning to gray. His glasses
had colorless plastic rims. His 11eirht and
weight, perhaps five feet nine and 150
pounds, is average. There's nothing dis-
tinctive about his face. If you passed him
on the street, you wouldn't glance at him
twice. Maybe not even once.
And that's fine with :;ill Colby, Ameri-
can Spy.
Colby's gray look served him well dur-
ing nearly three decades with the Central
IntelliE cncc Agency (CIA) and its prede-
.cesso:'. it has been a good cover for his
derring-do. And he no reason to
change that look last week when he testi-
fied publicly on his nomination to become
America's chief "spook," the director of
the CIA.
in 90 minutes of polite and guarded
testimony--nlor e like conversation with
than an invcrti_cation by Sen. Stuart Sym-
ington, actin;; chairman of the Senate
Armed Services Committee-Colby pro-
vided a rare feel: at U.S. spy operations.
lie reluc;.::.l:ly mention eft the mysterious
"40 Car:;:nit re." ire admitted the CIA
erred in ac r:ing Wate;, ate conspirator
E. Iin':nuci' t::it. Iie promised the CIA
would :tny Out. of clone tic saying, exce t
when it rc?!n es to foreinn intelligence. i
conceded tt111! CIA invol'enient in Laos
got out of And he supported a inov'e
to tell the public more about the spy
agency.
r 11':(tcr_;:etc tiers
Coll):- ic~t't e i in the Senate Caucus
Room. -tc:: rely vacs 'Pd by the fson-
a c ~i'aici , ~ ::,:n.i.e,.~c -- ~,....r?~;
the only co:n-
Iil1t:C ' Ill:: i.nt CP: ^11t, l?elitly lien` firm-
ly, the Flit Ii'_I' -:'l'ilt 1?rc Ci Ccihv
for his (:t CIA 1:, 0' en nt in \T'a
ter,tate ,...cl ?,:h^ lie \vouid
do if recurred.
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