STATE PROBE OF DODD CASE REJECTED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200300040-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: June 3, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

WASHINGTON STAR
JUN 3 1966
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STATINTL
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State Probe of Dodd Case Rejected
a state
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)-A Republican call for
investigation of cTars against Sen. Thomas J. Dodd, D-
Conn., has been rejected by Gov. John N. Dempsey. Dempsey
turned down state GOP Chairman A. Searle Pinney's request
in a letter to Pinney yesterday. Columnists Drew Pearson
and Jack Anderson raised the accusations, and Dodd him-
self requested the current investigation by the Senate Ethics.
Committee. Dodd also filed a libel suit against the columnists.
Pinney had called on the Democratic governor last Saturday
to have appropriate Connecticut authorities conduct a separate
;investigation..
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