MEMO TO THE DIRECTOR FROM STANLEY J. GROGAN RE COMMENT ON THE MIDDLE EAST SITUATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP01-01773R000300110098-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: July 28, 1958
• Content Type: MEMO

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1. This meao m Is i informtjM ax
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2. As a mumary of Con csrt1cs 1 count on the It'dd
during the two ek period since the Iraqi revolt of July Th, it is i ter-
s.sting to note the general c rags cliwAU *f Caoi a icn7. *pinion in
which CIA haz once more been publicly im-olved. At least 31i 'c-.r. toro <
33 },apx sentti :4vc s, cut of the entire Co , resaio a]. t i rThip of 531 rxcreb. rs,
?_cvo t:r,?b crated p?iublicly abcnit L intfe ;.s in lm q, Lebanon, t;--:
Fast generally. ALI 67 of those men epoke, either on or o 'f the. flcx)-rz of
(onees^, on one i.8mie or another e.f ecti.nC U.S. policy to iar raq r i t
, i&C le Y..est. Their cc menu have rarg,ed in srt e` ix a tone fr n pv`c-
1c .nistration to anti-Adniniatratt ns with varying dames of up. ,
criticism, skeptici.sz, and hostility.
3. Of tic 67 critics, it is int*r*sti.g to note, in ba ke, tat
less than half of thew (2C) have si ;lad out t iragi "surprise" I sane for
ccrv art. only 16 .5e tors s 12 Ropreseni ativets h& c publ cl. co:: n rat :d
on CIA or II. . fntel1igewa, or on the 1zspiication that a question of i.nthlli-
ge a performance was involved. Most of t base comments have boon wSav'omblo,
in greater or less degree, to U.S., InteUige e, althougb eo:*e of then have
boon mores balanced if not neutral (e.g., Senators Spez?k n, Liken), while
a few were positively ec mandatory of CIA Or U.S. intelligence gerer ally
(Senator Clark, E epresantative Zelehko).
S. i he sttteen Senators who have ca rated on U.". '" eiurprisF:r S r:
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az as follo . (I,Ixry am listed in cbrowlo S c:~ ]. a- c?or, In o.-6 --r to
t'-A) sequence in t> . develo, nt of Gaigrvnsit . opini n. `_;ctae refer tf t'
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thcicated to zil (z a &j:ccch aff the f ?oor of the &ennaW, or to incl.ic~te
later nave r Co.aat on the on 1 r rks. )
Ja :3? f 'ulbtight (I)., [?rk,), uly .W
July 16
July 17
July 21
July 22 (Con ittee resolutto to ^uevtior CIA)
VP1 and 1P 4~13~'at hes, J ly 22
duly 2i
WASIT-:?.D1 0 POST, Jul 2!1
nl~ah '1anc;erg { ., VI... ), July 1.t
TYubert F ot)17a;; (1)., `inn.), July lip
Ju?y 16 (tw:ice)
J my 15
UICA00 -11 F XT, July 15
WW' Z interview, July 16-
July 25
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wA : ! i t; k'C,GTJ July 16
T odoro r. fir$en ( ., h. I.)O Wj:&i:Ti C o1ww?.,tr (-, ., i.rir:. )
C arl ':i sC:an l , ? ' r = .
L'm sO)uu; m (i.)., ie;.)
aSty ICefaiwer (r., item.)
Johns r. :;er-V1ec (.., MAss .)
kic a.-d Iluase1l (f).,
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ev re" 'P. Sal ton Vr,'jj (:' ?, hac w..?
aJ4uar Y #iy i t.-on. (u., riot)
F c :'mvu--a3 C tiler (f ., k .Y . )
Rc p. siat let of . ?'1ozsd (i.'., tam:.
hep. ?tor tre1trnhuyson (R., t. J.)
L.ap. C ry h. H hon (b., Tax.)
r=Ep. Euzena J. hrCartny (u., !'i.'nn.)
rep. tanry S. R s (D.3 Wis. )
SIGNED
&?k\IWIT J . GAA . c
Assistant to the T=~rr:ctor
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