CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700170014-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2006
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: May 16, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN

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May 16, 1966
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
$U~SFLiGcnrgiq. Mr. Presi-
dent, recently there has been a spate of
erg and editorials
re la ve to the relationship of the Senate
Committee on Armed Services to the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency. Ordinarily, I
do not like to discuss in the Senate the
operations of the Central Intelligence
Agency or its relationship with the
Armed Services Committee. Discussion
of the operations of the Central Intelli-
gence Agency affects sources of informa-
tion that are available to the CIA. In
the very nature of things, these sources
of information are very sensitive and
easily disturbed. For that reason, I have
not discussed this subject, despite the
fact that some of our most eminent news;
papers have made completely erroneous
charges that were meant to mislead and
deceive Members of Congress who are not
familiar with the operations of the com-
mittees with regard to the Central Intel-'
ligence Agency.
There is a general rule, Mr. President,
that the legislative oversight of any
agency of Government is vested in the
committee that reports the legislation
that creates that Agency. Let me. point
out here and now'that the National Se-
curity Council and the Central Intelli-
gence Agency were created by the Ns-
C'onti'nued
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