HIGH LEVEL PROBLEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00418R000100310020-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: June 29, 1988
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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KAREN'S
COLUMN
High Ie"el problem
When asked about the procure-
ment scandal at a reception for
House Majority Leader lbm Foley
the other evening, former CIA di-
rector and former defense secre-
tary James made it
clear that former defense secretary
Caspar Weinberger didn't set the
appropriate tone. He said that the
problem is a consequence of lead-
ership. "With that amount of
money involved, there will always
be some people who will do illegal
things;' Mr. Schlesinger said. "But
if the [defense] secretary makes it
clear that this type of conduct is
unacceptable, you drive the prob
lem down to the lower levels of bu-
reaucracy. If the secretary doesn't,
then the problem rises to the
higher levels."
The Washington Post
The New York Times
The Washington Times
The Wall Street Journal
The Christian Science Monitor
New York Daily News
USA Today
The Chicago Tribune
Date 2'7--3 u t'
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