DEAR ADMIRAL REBORN:

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• Publication Date: March 31, 1966
• Content Type: LETTER

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JOHN SPARKMAN. ALA.
MIKS MAHRFIELO. MONT.
WAYNE MORSE, OREG.
RV3SCL4. E, LONG. LA.
ALREIIT GORE, TENN.
FRANK J. LAURCHE. OHIO
FRANK CHURCH. IDAHO
STUART RYMINOTON. MO.
THOMAS J. GOOD, CONN.
JOSEPH S. CLARK. PA.
CLAIBORNE PELL. R.I.
EUGENE J. MCCARTHY. MINN.
SOVRKE R. HICKENLOOPER. IOWA
GEORGE O. AIKEN. VT.
FRANK CARLSON, KANS.
JOHN J. WILLIAMS, DEL.
KARL E. MONO?, S. OAK,
CLIFFORD P. CASE, N.J.
CARL MARCY. CHIEF OF STAFF
ARTHUR M. KUHL. CHIEF CLERK
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
March 31, 1966
`s' he Honorable illiam F. Raborn
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington 25, D. C.
Dear Admiral Reborn:
I have seen press reports to the effect that
George A. Carver, Jr., the author of a recent arti-
cle in Foreign Affairs on the Vietcong, is an em-
ployee of~ i e Central. Intelligence Agency. There was
no indication of that fact in the ma azine and it
would be logical for the reader to assume, therefore,
that Mr. Carver was writing for himself and not for
the Administration.
This raises questions in my mind, as to the role
of Agency employees in engaging in activities designed
to influence foreign policy attitudes in the United
States. For example, was.Mr. Carver encouraged by
the Agency to write this article? Did MMr. Carver use
information available to him only by reason of his em-
ployTaent? Did the Agency approve the article? Would
the Agency have approved the article if it had been
critical of Administration policy? Would Mr. Carver
have been free to write a critical article for publi-
cation? Why was Mr. Carver's official connection with
the Government not made public?
How many other Agency employees have written arti-
cles in their field of interest for publication in the
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United States'without,attribution? How is this kind
of activity related to the role of the Agency as an
information gathering institution?
I would appreciate very much having your com-
ments on these questions and a statement of Agency;
Sincerely yours,
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