BILL ON C.I.A. GOES TO SENATE TODAY

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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
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• Publication Date: June 22, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

CPYRGHT NEW YORK TIM
Sanitized - I'Afor Release : CIA-
JUN 2 2 1966
C BILL ON C.I.A. GOES
TO SENATE TODAY
Measure Would Add Three
to Watchdog Committee
ory oar .
Russell's opposition to any In-
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sale of United States, surplus
lluluu
kil" eight of the nine members o
crease In the watchdog com-
property abroad to finance ex-
the board were not Governmen
mittee, Senator Fulbright wrote
changes of students, teachers
officials. He said:
on June 13 to 1 nJ.
m
b
and artists. The Fulbright Act
'' While I do not wish to put
By MINI. 1(ETJ1VORTIIT
r
l
o>, pcxn rya to
fi
d
was passed In 1946, and ek-
changes began in 1948.
up the Importance of Senator
too much
I do believe that -I,
Speci al to The New Tort Timtr
bright ask
Mr. Ra-
After the surplus property
,
elected reprr;er
tatives the
ar
WASHINGTON, June 21-
born whether, he would give
I
was sold,
, the program was fl-
,
y
1s ' much entitle
d to in
Senate. Foreign Relations
recognition
to a subcommittee
nanced by local currency pro
'Committee will report to the
,
of the Foreign Relations Com-
ceeds from the sale of surplus
as a
;, on about this activity as ar
floor tomorrow a bill to add
mittee and supply It with the
inf
rmati
n fu
i
h
d Mr
R
agricultural commodities.
U
de
th
these private citizens who corn
f
o
o
rn
s
e
.
us-
group. ..
r
n
r
e program, 28,998
Americans have studied abroad,
rom the business life of th
nation and also from the r
committee supervising activities
,
Fulbright recalled that
and 53,572 forcigners'have come'
of retired generals or seml-re
of the Central Intelligence
when Mr. Raborn appeared. be-
to the United States. -
tired generals.."
Agency.
With his of a compromise
his committee last 1'ebru-
ary to discuss' the question of
The Fulbright program has
.
It could not be learned leis
Senator Mike Mansfield,
faded,
supervision, hd declined to an-
been a source of pride to'the
whether Mr. Fulbright had tak
a er s'nc ?ay
nl
the
swer some questions.
Senator.. Consequently, he
en up. with President Johnso
'
ill t~_ZlQ. TllatlACd_14_G 1G_eon-
ti
l
f
Ra
nn.his,rep).yc4a~~ pclnesday, spoke with some feeling on May the Itfpds of questions Mr,
had refused to answer
16 when Senator Milt
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or ac
on
troverGin hi
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e
ns e_ l:c t ra from
he
he
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.
on
r. Raborn said
oi
thi n-
ary meeting: Young, Republican of North
on
Fou
rt
a
h"
of
"The ' questions to which I Dakota, who is a ment6er of the
July 11:
d
l
hi
ah tad 7 was unable t respond Russell grou
the
Forei
n R
l w
ch was sponsore
The bi
g
,
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b
y Senator Eugene J. McCarthy,
of Minnesota, was ap-
Democrat
activities_ Cg as tee set up its own atrbcotnmitr
sours ill,~,~ e 1 Q 1' teedhthep.I,A,
~mtt a
f``'
orefgnla
proved by the
.
e
Without 'stating yvhat "qU~s i
than a
to,
lions Cott~mittG qn
infq;yd,
5
It would create a Select Sen-
Mr. Raborn made plain that F.
the C
I
- 4'
A
would continue t
e
ate Committee on Intelligence
.
.
.
o r
fuse to members of the Foreign
y , !
Operations
composed of nine
Relations Committee any infer-
members. The Armed Services
mat
on Rox!,l? .r d 1 .,
Committee, the Appropriations
'?
and the Foreign Re-
Committee
Scholarships Cited
lations Committee would each
supply three.
It was learned that one of
the questions on "sources and
RI T_q_Clmlrr
methods" abor refused,to
Ever since the C.I.A. was
answ~?c ,-ldtas.w ha..C T b. t t l r ,
e
rested bay the National Security
by
ey
,bl~.CLlI}.6,141i~118t?-+s+Gol` c 1 e: i ,
arS
r
lD
f
ct of 1947, Senate supervision
i
f
Q
..~
as a covcrmY
!!
t$ agenU;
a group
nce o
as been the prov
of ranking members
lade u
Raborn, it was learned
'
p
f the Armed Services Commit-
,
also declinedte,lnswer any
cc and the Defense subcom-
iittee of the Appropriations
qU~s ons about the ov up- r
plic C.LA. agents b $-i
:ommittee. Te chairman of the
oarass st~iiT~itr3j~,91~t11
'
ratchdog committee, now num-
is Sena-
seven members
erin
V1 t1't1lIT"
lTh 'was run un 1l c~ rr t
contract t tifl9^G8'O~Mffl-gfr.
,
g
or Richard B. Russell,
MlcfllgEttt 9ttl f6"17niRtR'slm''
Democrat of Georgia.
The decision to take the Mc
MF'Iuieinbersr?'it Was said``