SPEND, SPEND-AND NO ACCOUNTING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R000900090053-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: November 18, 1957
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WA.aHINGTON, Nov. 17?The
Cr.Usadfor Freedom is one. of
thoSe'.superprivileged organiza-
tions..to which givers may. ad-'
dress 'contributions 'care. of
your local postmaster." Radio
announcements in its behalf are
recognized by the Federal Com-
? munications Commission , as
"public service" announcements.
There are other official spon-
' sorships and pressmings into
which appropriate committees
' of Congress should inquire. For
example, the Crusade is ohe of
the causes for which all gov-
ernment employees are solicited
? for contributions, in a circular
addressed to "my fellow work-
, ers in government," and signed
by the President, ? ,
Participation is all but man-
datory. ?
Inasinueh as the net proceeds
of the crusade go to ,support
'the profligate Free :Europe and
? its affiliated operations,' I fall
; off the sled. ?
? One of the early organizers
of Radio Free Europe informs
md'tliat "from `the.'Outset,? it has
been, systematicallY:panned by
'many confirmed Marxists, and
for tharl'eaSbnlie 'finally quit
7: ,in disgust. .
It operates- its own fabulous
empire in Europe, with an
estimated minimum of ? 1,000
people there, not to mention an
....ackiitiOnal 500 in New York.
? In' Munich, it has built 'plush
? modern apartment houses for
its stall, foreign and American,
; 'with 4parquet floors. modern
kitchens, all ;furnished . with
entals below the going rentals
d o ccounti
CAPITAL REPORT
eA?
? .6EN:CRITTENBER.GER.;
. The +Ito ar hea ? ? .
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propaganda operations; aerosi ?
the Iron Curtain, the' heads' of. '.?
that .operation began, scurrying
about for some new ventures to"
.
justify their existence, '.an d1
came up with. what they -call ;
the Asian contacts program; and
anoria?Talled-41V;h6ok-arstribwi.
tion program.'
; ?
These I shall deal with later i
in detail. My point' is that the
basic motivation is to 'spend,-
money, somehow, and to keep'
knee-deep in clover. ?
?
'Purportedly, the Free Mgt:9e
operation is a privately financed ,
enterprise. It does not admit..
any backinebrtlie"CIA7finan-
-eial'or,ostlierwig.e. If ;this is so,
'iti:TecordS'arielfinances shoUld
be subject to public, inspection.
t and Public audit, ? ?.. ? .
for German accommodations, .
which are notoriously. Ow,. That is not the way '
0 . however. Any such suggestidn''
? WORST OF ALL, the overall? is squelched, immediately and I
management in New-Yorkiig- in arbitrarily, because of the CIA
.."the 'hands 'of 'a troop of rich connection inWiShing-toii: Even'
-men's-- sons,. 'drawing fancy:sal."' Congeasion Id -committees arc,1
-aries 'for- playing an adolescent unable "to ? 'break' the- sanctity
-game of amateur foreign_in- wall of CIA.
trigue.. ? oLt'.7.7 4.7.7.4.7.7706b.7.0"' ?-? ?
But they may be able to, this
If this business Is serious, it time: At least three C,ongres- ;
sought 'to be' in the hands- of As it sional inv'estigatini'ealinitteOs
adult, serious men.. - is, the titular head ? is " 'are digging 'into the Free Europe and-When its officials" . ?
a military friend of President appear on the stand,, ; they'll
Eisenhower, a retired Lieuten- either have, to oPen the- books",4
ant General named Willis D.
Crittenberger, who was with and records, or admit being a
a CIA' arm in order to get
-him in Europe in World, Wax' That, at least, vvill
But immediately under him is r'smoke-things out into the open, ?
the Rover Boy cregime, the guid- (e, 1957, by ging Features Synd., Inc.)
? ing ?fliiieliff i
e"Vr"'vTrich is to
- measure accOmplishmentby the . ? _
number of dollars spent. . ?
' With the folding of the balloOn': MON DAYS NOVEMBER 1,8.....1957410
Declassified and Approved For Release @ 50-Yr 2013/10/29: CIA-RDP74-00297R000900090053-9