EXCELLENT JOB OF EXPLAINING MISTAKE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200890051-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: July 29, 1966
• Content Type: TRANS

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PROGRAM Today in Congress
DATE July 29, 1966 6:50 PM
STATIONWMAL Radio
Washington, DO
EXCELLENT JOB OF EXPLAINING MISTAKE
JOSEPH McCAFFREY: "Senator J. William Fulbright
reported today that CIA Director Richard Helms did an
excellent job of explaining his mistake before a closed
session of the Senator's Foreign Relations Committee.
"The mistake the Arkensas Democrat referred to
was a letter Helms wrote praising a newspaper editorial
which attacked Fulbright as being 'crafty' The letter,
published in the St. Louis Globe Democrat raised the ire
of the Senate, prompted Oregon Democratic Senator Wayne
Morse to call for Helms' resignation. Morse contended
that until Helms resigns the public can't be sure the CIA
is living up to its mandate not to operate within the
United States or influence or participate in affairs within
the United States.
"But Helms' apology and explanation seems to satiety
most of the Committee.
"Fulbright says the closed door exchange opened up
a discussion of espionage areas his Committee had not prev-
iously been able to reach with CIA officials.
PPYRGHT "Minnesota's Senator Eugene McCarthy who has been
trying for years to Congress create a special CIA watchdog
committee with Foreign Relations representation said the
incident opened up new avenues for discussion and possible
oompromise on the surveillanoe jurisdictional dispute."
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