COMMUNIST PARTY OFFICIALS AIDING U.S. AS SPIES, SENATOR DECLARES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800160044-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: April 8, 1965
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'U.S. as Spies., Senator Declares
CPYRGHT
Communist Party Off icia.ls Aiding
WASHINGTON CM--Some
Communist Party officials
are valuable spies for this
country, Sen. Milton R.
Young (R-N.D.) said Wed-
nesday., .
The senator, who serves
on a Senate appropriations
subcommittee handling
funds for the Central Intel-
ligence Agency, put it this
wa Many of our most valua-
ble CIA operatives in various
countries -throughout the
world are actually high-
ranking Communist Party
officials."','
Young was not 'available
for claboration.aud Isis office
reported he would have no
further comment to make on
the statement made in his
newsletter to North Dakota.
He did say in that report
that Communist Party mem-
bers in this country usually
hide out among extreme left
or right wing groups, ad-
ding:
"These operatives are ex-
perts in their line of work
and they find little difficulty
in adapting themselves to
any kind of political environ-
ment."
Youngsaid that' every
Communist is an espionage
agent "to a greater or lesser
dcgLce." He added that they
are fewer in. number. in. this 4rn and art very high levels,"
country now than at any!
time in the past 20 years and;
"most of them are known to,
the FBI." 'I I
"The agents and opera-
tives of the Russian KGB (si-
milar to our CIA) and their
GRU. (military espionage)
are much more difficult to
cope`with," he added.'
"One of their major mis-
sions is to seek out top-secret
military and scientific infor-
mation. The FBI, which has
the assignment of uncover
ing any subversive activities`
within the United States. has'
been able to apprehend most
of these agents but undoub=
tedly` some -are ' still operat-
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