SENATOR DODD AND THE CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200290021-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 1999
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: July 30, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN

RADIO TV REPORTS, INC. Q~ ~
Approved For Release 1999/09/17 : CIA-RDP75-0
3333 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W., WASHI
PROGRAM Drew Pearson
STATION WTOP Radio and various
stations throughout the
country
DATE July 30, 1966 6:40 PM CITY Washington, DC
SENATOR DODD AND THE CIA
PEARSON: "The Central Intelligence Agency.
"Senator Dodd did some smart political juggling to
wangle a letter out of the CIA partly supporting his claim
that he went to Germany, not for General Julius Klein, but
to investigate Soviet terror tactics.
"CIA Director Helms, without commenting on the
reason for Dodd's trip,-now has confirmed that the Senator
did make some inquiries from CIA before and after going to
Germany.
"Helms did not tell, however, about the smart in-
direct pressure Dodd used to get the letter. He asked for
it just at the moment CIA was up for a Senate vote as to
whether it should be investigated. Ordinarily Dodd would
have voted vigorously for CIA, which he has always championed,
but this time he gave his Foreign Relations Committee Proxy
vote to Senator Gene McCarthy, the chief CIA critic. This
helped Dodd with McCarthy, who's a member of the Ethics Comm-
ittee, and it also kept CIA guessing.
"When the final Senate vote came up on creating the
watchdog committee to investigate CIA, Dodd ducked out, he
didn't vote. Even though he's made a big show of interrupting
our deposition to attend a mere quorum call. It was on the day
of that vote, July 14, that Central Intelligence finally wrote
the letter partially alibying for Dodd's trip to Germany."
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