WILSON NEWS CURBS DEFEAT THEMSELVES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70-00058R000100130051-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 3, 2000
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: September 12, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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Wilson News
Curbs
1CPYRGHT
Defeat
emselvep
eporter? Develop
,wn Channels
titl'ide#Defense
Bottleneck.
By BRIG.4ENeTHOMAS
cilns fig
4LnaIyst of the

ACOMMITTEE An ? diets
I Means to halt "leak:17'0f in-

orm at
f i n th
on e Pentagon
was established by the aci.e,. formatien, he ' also. tolti the
. tary of Defense Chutes.. .l''.,st-Dispatchc "There is no
Wilson. Aug. 12;- - y :? . ' deeid we are horribly over-
In a letter ?,to Olti* es E. t classified." ? ' -
Coolidge. of Holten. a, 1 - HA had some etatistics show-
assistant seeretaryyor% efenset4ng that the armed services else--
whom he had appointed:10 heal sify 3,000,000 linear feet a year
the conninittee. Wilehrt said "herf documents for security pur-
was seriously ,conee ed ?covet Pose%, and that each foot con- ?
-Ctimmittee, in a. report on Ztity
2.7. said: "The study of the
De-
fense Department 611 far ,shows ;t.
that thiormational policies and.
p.rac"( -s of the Department are
the most restrictive---and at the
saMe lime the most confused?
of an. major branch of tie fed- ?
eral ;?,)Nertiment."
The. comini,ttee added: "Urn.
to: onately, there has' existed
inn sti4 does exist in high Gay-
rnment and militai circles a
.i-ange psychosis that the Gov-
? ernibent's business Is not the
I neople's business. ?
Horribly Over-Classified.?
Coolidge is well aware of
other
/kith/melt so
LI. 'I,"
he has been working Into
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12. ,
rrsli
described him-
'?-'E as a "blotter" receiving In-
.1
the unauthorized;
military infortnati
."this must : atop: anchla
Coolidge to prepare' art irtic
"rePort. affeitriff?;
eliminate Ate threat to nail
;security."
? It appt;ars that !Wilton want
extenti.the hepvy barriers
'ready serrtiundiht ,Ltnfiirmatioi
.In. the ,f,'Defenses,
Althtruiti Ii5t has ,itelt
? by Fe, Fit,"loakr.,-,Pf
fled" ?:" laper7, ? the., 10fQ
that Vi4s leaked ?IrieVer
have n
Th ks concerned'
''
defeUte 01(Clee,...b14
of' a rtalIlrc tO inItur
it"1
. defense. t fta" her. 1 ere
n
? cocerned with .. that
? should labve had: ha and
? bitting been t
ed it
Congret blertal'N .dIsctla8 1.1n-
steacf o
? and adtpied.--:'-in *gee
Executive DePartni
Le.aks Ealle
Many take f.f'
view from '
; lieve that the
? information et
.gon, tos.ether with
In the office of
ot Defense to' I
affecting the r?
dreds of. tblitte?.4
(Jut an adreelefe.
'leaks' itiosiee
It tet,';.1belrr
what is teener ?
itrietie(c inf
rather- than e
in/U. 3 I1,??,?*,
r);1' tr'? :h? ? r
6,11412 2000 eheets of Open
""'"r(41 (Aber words, six billion sheets
-of-paper have a-security stamp
Placed op them by the armed
services each year. r.; 1 ?
Part of the difficulty etems
, directly from President Eisce.
Flower. Ile was reported
in his administration as beteg
.Very much Concerned over hit'
'release of some Photographs of
the Nike 'anti-aircraft guided.
intssile. As the story goes, Mr."
(Charles Erwin -Wilson, and
Eisenhoster called up Erwirip
Viewed' Mei ;but eood-tii-ST:
sergeant style. The Secretary of
. Defense, to prevent further such.
leaks, concentrated thC* I n f orma.
tk,ri release problem in the of-
, fice of ?the Secretary of De-
feuse. ? ?
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-te-" p ixappzO'-e ? iioS8ROOG.1.001IOO51
,
Whtt the President did not
ow?.he had been in Europe
the time and no one told
.-was that the offending
ti)graplu of the Nike had
re/tie
tn....released two years prey!-
They Iler 1. as ty ? ? ? ?
restrictive ?At sboutthe tame time,, there
the Penta- ?
tendene:'; 'wag fOrflc.iccit.lpetitIrc.:speech.',
ecretar1,. in?ikl.ig between the service see-
k A1,4;- ttr r ct attention by the reier,f? ?
..;:ec.7s friaries, in which they tried to
of fr4. f of infor'mation about new weap-
learinek ITat .ons 'Ile President did ilot like;
otentlo ' ',hat .??-t. A 145111t, tilt three NCI 1. ii.,
OVA
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rt., ? ?
seer( s, each one 'evading
,TICtort. ? ?ion of 7pn? n than
I!' ? t!...1 I . tr.or ,N I' r.
FOIAb3b
self the 141, helhif ?The
spokesmen for the Army.
and Air Voice, he also teord"
ized the Information ser 6
that only the Defense
ment Office of ?Publle
otir insrosrinathetioeuhanorne,1011%ceglLette
through whichi to Iteleglix
niate appointments._ ..,
The Defense Deprtment
Spends about two-thirds
United States 'annual Midget an
has approxlinafely 400;000 P
sena in it, civilian and. mill
with -
compared 1.214,250. Per
sons In all the other, agimelei
of the Government cenild ed
has No Policy.
Olivieusly WilsonzelopS
have an information policy:4
stead, he has erected 'i dim
hold hack all Information
ei and improper. `The a,
neck he has gelded:
possibly ?releffse 'Ent of
the legitimate information that
should be available-7 tov!the
Necessarilt, re pp r te s. are
forced- su ? ch itineTlIttiribt; to de
velop thele Awn channels. out4 :
side Wilson's bottleneck. At the'
same dine the services. denied -
a chance to present their stories '
or %Jews, est3blish "officibi
Vaks" tot trustu'orthy reporters. ,
Thr restrictions of Wilson's
s s.lren thus defeat themselves,
is not award to imply that ?
centime cu runty Information is
? iir'em; he leaked No ro-oon?
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