MEMORANDUM FOR: DIRECTOR OF TRAINING FROM L. K. WHITE

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CIA-RDP80B01676R000500130008-7
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May 14, 2002
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February 14, 1966
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ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY E>ec+.itive Registry Approved For Release 2002/07/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676R0005001300081 14 February 1966 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of ?raisi 0 With regard to the randu , I have been assured by to the Director, that Mr. o the Agency prior to its publication. It therefore seems appropriate to advise the Midcareer class of this fact. and I request that he do so. L. K. White ctor -Cocrsptr oiler Attachment Memo dtd 14 ,Feb 66 to ExDir:sbo Distribution: 0 & 1 - Adse w/2 cys of att - 3~ ER w / cy of att 1 - ExDir Assistant STAT STAT Approved For Release 2002/07/29 : CIA-RDP80BO1676R000500130008-7 ADMINISTRATIVE-INTERNAL USE ONLY 10 February 1966 " 33RAN UU VCR: Acting Chief, Wootern Area/0-::Y Acting Chief, Latin America Hivioion/0CI 'CT Chic-&, -~Jc:' Ceents, by Columnist I about Un- gsavortblo Fresh Coverage of. CIA and the DCI ~~.. 1. During- the cocond two-week phasic of the A, , ?,, "?r, jidcar- eor Ehocutjve Development courc3 which no'u ntltai'a err w~? e c" as Brookings xnstituto :,Y In the question pario at followed him formal procontation to the class, L? wart asked to comment on the spate of recent u .. able publicity In the nows paperc about the Agency and the89or Director. He answered by obso ?lving that the Agency tended to b4 both too aloof from the pros and too cenitivv to outside cticiarn. He went on to say that covernl months oarlior ho had written a rather critical article about the Agency and tae DCI and had submitted a draft of the article in question th?A ene ut?lic r?X Lion offir'_ covoral daym k;_Q-amore eras to rn2ear in tho Post. He said! he cubmittod the draft L ping for cqr ntm, su_ Zoationgs. or ~t o ruction no one ever came ho paid and he was never contacted by the Agency re- rarding the articles The article thereafter a ho had written it . Fp?ar?d jug an that had been writtenlaboutythe Agency had boen1gleanedifrom Agency personnel themselves. He emphasized this and said he had not talked directly with any Agency people about such material, but had picked it up from non-Agency sources. and not ill-d3a - " - -co co crank, direct, posed toward CIA or any specific officer of Hh`~ Agency, He did say, however, that he doubted that the .LL ency needed to be quite so. ' secretive about ito Work insofar as its relations With the presses were concerned. STAT STAT STAT Approved For Release 2002/07/29 : CIA-RDP80B01676R000500130008-7