WHY IS STARNES SCREAMING AT CIA?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200410017-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: March 9, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON
DAILY. NEWS
MAR 9 1964
'Why Is Starnes
Screaming at CIA?
CPYRGHT
THE recent columns of Ilich?
and Starnes seem to have
reached the screaming stage in
his vendetta with, the CIA, He
reminds me of the kid being
chased by a gang of boys, The
kid yells over his shoulders "It
you guys don't quit chasing me,
I'll beat you up." , a.
&v. haci~, clsa tt
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practically nothing about the or.
ganization. 1 do know that a
Mr. Richardson worked with the
Diem leaders in Viet Nam,
With President Kennedy's ar?
proval John Cabot Lodge, Roger
Hilsman, Mr. Harriman et al
encouraged a coup. Mr. Rich-
ardson, the CIA man, was sent
home. ,
What has happened in Viet
Nam since that time? Defeat
after defeat. The Diem regime
seemed to contain an almost
impossible situation. This being
the case, why is Mr. Starnes
screaming so loudly about the
CIA? PEG-LEG O'BRIEN
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Approved For Release 1999/09/07 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000200410017-3