ADVICE FROM THE OLD BOYS

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A CIZ APPEARED TIME
'ON PAGE I !Z 21 February 1977
Advice from the Old Boys
Judging from the initial reaction,
Jimmy Carter should score with his sec-
ond choice for director of the Central In-
telligence Agency. Heavy opposition
forced the President's first nominee,
Theodore Sorensen, to withdraw. But
Carter's second choice, Annapolis class-
mate ('46) Admiral Stansfield Turner,
has aroused no opposition and seems
certain of confirmation.
Turner would be inheriting an em-
battled agency, one that must learn to
cope with greater congressional scrutiny
constructive. Members of Congress are
totally informed on the budget, and
that's the way it should be."
McCone feels that the director must
"establish precisely how the President
wants to be informed and how he wants
to exercise sanctions over CIA opera-
tions. Once that is established, the direc-
tor must not deviate from the rules that
are laid down. He must do exactly the
same with the appropriate groups in the
Senate and House. He has to establish a
rapport so that they will have confidence
they are being told the whole story
and with increased demands from press
should he deal with these problems?
TIME asked five former CIA directors
what advice they might have for the new
75, William Colby, 53, and George Bush,
inadvisable to speak for'the record.
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no longer be necessary for other
committees to be informed, and
they would respect the fact that
matters of a confidential nature
must be kept confidential." If CIA
secrets are shared by too many peo-
ple on the Hill, says McCone, "you
might as well clear them with the
New York Times, the Washington
Post and Tlhi E magazine."
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Bush must have "direct access to the ics. You want to involve a
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President. Turner apparently already lot of people, not just pro-
have a regular appointment with Car- get a whole mix of opinions,
lot. I made 51 formal appearances in of different panels-experts
less Than a year- Congressional oversight of every political coloration."
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critics, done away with altogether
-leaving the agency to handle only
normal intelligence gathering and as-
sessment. McCone dislikes the idea. "I
would be afraid that in order to make
its mission more totally rewarding, an
independent operations side would cre-
ate undertakings quite beyond necessity.
It wouldn't have. a hell of a lot to do,
so it would think up a whole lot of
dirty tricks. The Bay of Pigs was very
highly compartmentalized, so much so
that CIA analysts had no access to
it before it was undertaken. If the an-
alysts had been brought in, they would
have immediately seen the flaws in
the undertaking and advised against
Bush thinks that the problem of co-
vert operations is somewhat exagger-.
adopted procedurally and reported in
timely fashion- That is the way it's work-
ing now. They are not going to be a
major dilemma for Turner in any
GOING PUBLIC. "The idea of -in-
- telligence in the sunshine, that people
should know everything about intel-
ligence is nutty," says Bush. But he ac
knowledges that a certain price has to,
be paid for living in a free society.
The Soviet KGB has a much easier time
operating in the U.S. than the CIA does
in Russia. "But I don't think you can
do anything about it. To inhibit the
dissemination of information -would.
stir up a fire storm-and deservedly
is very different from the past. It's less free of influence from the mil-
.