WHY THE CIA IS CALLED THE ' DEPT. OF DIRTY TRICKS '

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• Publication Date: April 13, 1959
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THE NATIONAL GUARDIAN-FP-IL U APRIL 13 1959
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SPIES, BALLOONS, AGENTS, 'CAMERAS AND SABOTAGE, INC.41. ?
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Why the CIA is called
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'Second a/ three ankles). .
By Frank ItellaMY - ? ? tLD ? 9-
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EN. RICHARD RINERIILL
to. be let hi On some aaPects the little-
known top-secret Central. inielligence
Agency. ono Wet that tir lam* ahIlls
the marrow of is man to bear *hag some
CIA agents are .dotaa.
The Senator, not rine to give emit and
comfort to the critics. of Amaican for- r
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? polici-any more than to 'attics of ;
segregation-was. If Anything. understat-f
Ing the case. .. ? '
The late Alktherly Wier ?, Washington i
correspondent for dip N.T. Those and an.
of the first to dab the CIA the "Delmer y
ment of Dirty Tricks." wrote (June 7.1,-
1954): *711e seastqntellIgenee operatian
. . ? involves more than the awe ool-
lection of information: encenspesess
action against enemy aganti.end_heollla
activities that may nate Meet ealoptairel
to asaaseination.."
In an earlier allele (April. INV Mr'
Nation's Basiseee. lieetera was more 'ape- it.;
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CIA saw to it _that-ea& rebel was equip-
1. pod "wIth a burp- pm a pistol and ? a
machete
i THE ItHQUI/EXENTS: irk addition to .
-eoghter-resalutionary activities. the CIA
midi other peoples mall. Harvard 80-
_ Alai Oisnthar Harry Howe Ransorci said ?
hie Chslatlan Selves* limiter article
(Dec: 1. pan that "the. American
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one of the privileged few in Cpagreana - soverninara el Gaston
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a "Varlet eodi mock-?
? in,. *de breaking. and electronic *Um=
caption of the eatuntaneations of other ?
? governs:lents."
CIA is the only government aegis! to
main erei7. sliPlieent for a Job. even
the loved-paid staiegrapher. to- take
Me &tester test,. Amore* to netrapetoir
-.accounts. may Muddle. maim* Of ev-
? 'ery get *mob Os Tied aseurttiii-
eheete. And seecirdIng Ininialn.
title. CIA *dee itIKI iteisdburo. 011111, ALLEM.DOLUIS ; *Mtn" "tog Qt.' Aga gu into the
'learn to blew nd Widish MONA %rains asevoq..ope. "chill the Irrolet;-i--4 Icloalreand.clagger ? brischi. *Idris their
all types .of weapons: balk MS. and tog- ? t rods ...tilos: niek, mei number cit native
- a .461111 aisgaset * Creel
and 'war Plante. Wadi bre *Nibs to ups -pararsasity !moieties Is *MO *eds.. ?
01314* lalephone by Joadligtamt
sign." '
Nothing in the mood in read" Feasre Aga Rini maddens, _ II tchttitilratlithiPags7
'indiciado that Airiarieli?a secret Wien heal . land Runikha found a . - _woo
grown more gentlemanly. Llirty. &lakes C tin hied duir o?thh.d of a Ingo thy mistier% rknalEllielfer Mid in las.KY? wirid"
it would 'appear, remehtthe steak prtpads. r Botha to too - telephone and?tehterhojelegraraiLlies' (Oct. Mk: 195g) rhar I
surrs-szcarr: The trouble ' is that !' Ames thers. the Russians ebYeed Weet-i"Amesi"...knatursoss' ?Ilf?oitoorittere frPtaiii Lbe Let alt I
'CIA operations are so cloaked in baccreals era reporters how the tunnel led'directlichimPs?, ? ."--.... ? ? -- ? ' ?
that few know who CIA agents Vire ? or .:. lorrartf.-A U$. sentry-gusrdst 13:walls:woo. lowest morels. i_the _Personnel .,it
how they operate. Pew. know how and : Vat 650 yards ow theWestern aide of thir'daillMilt blallinalt Up w the idb:1 . ? ..
where the CIA spends its hundreds . of : ?border. ... . . To illustrate his point. Deindcaier. WM '
millions-of dollars a year--or even hair : ' Deana ef Cm nith_cr, -
in Iran and GUateuiala came r..t hi .,1E.ii.ast Or* rosily ?on a spying mission. He
government -...,-kials have .s.cceas to its .. series of three articles in the &startle; "'`gui,rill hnit.liVf perfectly-"except for ?
reix)rts.
; - Irseatiag Post in 1954. The author- Rich-i ?1:61,1":,,nge; `-'-`ril, his three4"k swing '
Some ides of its size Is given. however. ; tut and' Gladys Her= . had ? t si o, -a- Germany, he had failed to re-
in the fact, that it now occupies 30-odd ? yeez.in Nivashington where they tirtdeuh.- incite ifki Went Point class ring."'
buildings in Washington. maintains 26 1 . ?
testi, Interviewed to CIA officials: Thei7. woo '..rtf CV AIL: To compensate for ?
domestic offices across the country .on a tub, mete it apparent ;Alai:
24-1..,11r basis, i.iid finances ;:iinurnbered . . the shoititte of native specialist), in in-
del,-)ve r ba nnes around tne -globe. -
? Da 1953 the CIA helped en2ineer tna trigi-g? the .IleelleY leans heavily on ex-
ur.l . ?
?'.....,9-?.--.cs fig how many persons work', overthrow of Prime Minister Molinnimed Nath ...i4exilea from Eastevil Europe
for ir:1?. suem... range all the way from i ' Mossadegh's government. The row, and il.e lioviet Union. The CIA supra:Los
!4 ono ? . .',0 qiNt A -onserv:itive auess Is] hatched by ..Allen Dulles and athcrs ail ITIAilY of these refugee' with. Chtinte_ _ uilsit .
, -,...111-t:nie Americans, plus ?-? ? thou-the Swiss Alps, enabled the Aris.lo-,.8.1!--.; intriT'. - lints: amrtitillitlOh. tOried.ocu-
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minas of foreisn.b jorn petsounel. smile an ou Co., a client of- the l)uiles ki:ota.: in5.:1., arid even, lo some cases, explosives.
full-time Ortt most working' on a free- f - ers' former law firm of Sullivan as Clots!. They laeadil WWII Europe as terrorists
lance, "piece work" basis. Estimates on .veil, to collect some $1 billion.in.intif:ni_. hill Ap.1.88. and their identities and dirty
CIA spending range up to and above nity for nationalization. . . tr.ttit remain unheralded unless-as not
/500,000,000 a tear. - ' illetsp.:.7:itti?ne?.77--thiy are ? *gilt .
' ? In 1954 the CIA helped arm an:1 , .? Ono. maim!: ? ? " ? ' '"
The oiseney's 321,000,a-year. pipe- ,. rect a rebel invasion from .HL.:sc.;..a i . jiver a law passed in 4949 (the late
smoking directOr, Allen Welah Dulles. is i._ whigke_o_lospipxy_._ t?Ag. _ ii nuc / v1.9.,4?itreantorkto was the tom objector)
j,-?ponsible only ,o the National SecuritY ? ,-... '? .
even directly. to his older brotiin John r .
Cloak and Dagger. Iree eutceprise.drivision, I
In. ?
co.nneit ancl President Elseithower-nos , . . . .
Fostpr, and especially not to the !Antlers ; T RIC 13.13. GOVERNMENT isn't alone in tiie. gieek-and?dagger laminae. A private
whose money he spends. I spy group with the innocent women.. nsA-s Int*Dational Berrien Of Infer-
? I tuition Foundation brags that It aulintairs rttitaict with *loathe around the world
.NON-TALKATIVE: And ? Allen. Mlles t and With underground groups behind the Iron Ilktisin. 'e
a Polish ?Maw ?te fly
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usually cioes no
..oak -and-dagger operations miens I a Bo 191l4rie fightentrItMlittaltdsartared in 13altimore. its
-.)cialist world-either to brag of its Preettlient le retired Colonel- VIlue L &Pete, Aglow former chief of the Eastern
--(?(:"&ges atiologize be its lathing. 4 European divialon of the Mice at /Street' Pieties. Last February Amon addressed
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lirolip.illhay 11) that Os A. Getaway_ in 913 with plane to blast
la* dial with giallo:table alpinists's
sod poems cd doubtful wreak. with..
boom Conunissists and with 'doable
Wane at uncertain loyalty. U naturanY '
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lib int !tdualu, others who are Nam-
wives attracted by the meingenhenla
imensw aid quite e number who ams aid
tlie ride." -
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oppoomago of those characters is gess-, maw widget aigtoitTAntibr
hard Gatden. A lieutenant general re tbe'r WOO eid eleeminete t of fl.
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