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Speech to
C.B. S. Radio Network
Affiliates
Tuesday, September 14, 1976
Reception - 7:15 p.m
North Gallery -- Conference
Center
Dinner -- - - 8:00 p.m
Virginia Room -- Conference
Center
Dress: Business suit
hong dress
Contact: Wm Codius
632-1676
Williamsburg contact George Arkedis - Exec. V.P. CBS Radio
Network, do Williams burg Inn.
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Speak to CBS Radio
Network affiliates
There are Station 26.7 affiliated
Expecting attend 500 people to
They will be Gen Managers &
Owners -- Many of the owners also
own the local T.V. Outlet +
newspaper
Topic -- Mr. Bush's pleasure
Time Speak for 15 minutes
20 minute QtA
Mr. Bush will be introduced by
CB S or Thad Sandstrom
ather Arthur Taylor, President of
Chairman of the affiliates
I
Williamsburg, Virginia
CONGRESS out NOW
CUNEMPLOYED SENATOR
September 14th
200
Convention of CBS Radio Network Affiliates
N
Good intellywer from
this space ship
INTELLIGENCE - MYTH VS. REALITY
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SORRY ABOUT KISSINGER ABSENCE.
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WHEN SOME IN THE INTELLIGENCE BUSINESS THINK ABOUT CBS,
THEY THINK ABOUT DANIEL P SCHORR I THINK OF FATHER'S
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ASSOCIATION WITH THE PARENT CORPORATION.
MYTH
THERE ARE MANY FICTIONAL NOTIONS OF WHAT INTELLIGENCE IS
ALL ABOUT.
"I REALIZE THAT DIRTY-TRICKS ARTIST JAMES
BOND IS FAR MORE FASCINATING THAN A SCHOLARLY ANALYST
OF FOREIGN POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC TRENDS, BUT IN SEVEN
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MONTHS AS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, I HAVE
NEVER MET ANYONE REMOTELY LIKE JAMES BOND. YET,
DURING ANY LUNCHTIME VISIT TO OUR HEADQUARTERS
CAFETERIA, I MAY BE SHARING THE ROOM WITH ENOUGH
SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS WHO HOLD ENOUGH ADVANCED
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DEGREES IN ENOUGH DISCIPLINES TO STAFF A UNIVERSITY
PEOPLE THINK OF HIT SQUADS
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PHONE TAPS
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THE REASONS FOR THE MYTHS ARE 3-FOLD:
I EXCESSES OF INVESTIGATIONS - -- NOT THE HONEST
INQUIRY BUT THE CHARGE AND COUNTER CHARGE - THE KLIEG LIGHTS
AND THE WORLDWIDE PRESS ATTENTION DIDN'T HELP. NOT FREE TO FOCUS
ON THE CLASSIFIED PARTS OF THE INQUIRY, SO DEALING WITH LEAKS AND
HEARSAY
I SAY THIS WITHOUT VENDETTA, MOST OF THE
INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO THE COMMITTEES WAS PROTECTED. THE LEAKS,
HOWEVER, HOME BUT TO DID THE ENORMOUS TRUST ABROAD DAMAGE, THAT NOT ONLY IS ESSENTIAL. TO THE OVERALL [REFER CIA IMAGE TO AT SOV Book]
2
THERE HAS BEEN SOME IRRESPONDIBLE REPORTING. A STORY
WILL BE PRINTED IN A MAGAZINE, THEN IT IS PICKED UP IN THE NEWSPAPERS
AND REPEATED:
PLAYBOY AND HUGHES CONNECTION
Cardy Jones
TOM DEWEY AND $1 MILLION (MAYBE I HAVE WHAT Noalis Anh
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THE BASEBALLERS CALL "RABBIT EARS"
The Debate
LOCKHEED IN JAPAN
Hoffa
Roall
THESE KINDS OF STORIES PERPETUATE THE MYTH. THEY ARE
SENSATIONAL. I DO FEEL THE DAY IS GOING PAST WHERE SOMEONE CAN PUT
CIA NEXT TO A STORY AND GET AUTOMATIC ATTENTION.
2
3.
SOME LITERALLY WANT TO DESTROY CIA, OR AT A MINIMUM
DISMANTLE IT:
FORMER EMPLOYEES PRINTING NAMES
THE FAR LEFT WHO ARE UNWILLING TO ASSESS THE
REAL THREAT THAT THIS TROUBLED WORLD PUTS UP TO FREEDOM
AND SOME--MOST HONEST--WHO WANT TO DISMANTLE, ETC.
"I DO NOT TAKE ISSUE WITH THE NEED FOR INVESTIGATING
BATTLE
AND CORRECTING PAST ERRORS, BUT I WILL OPPOSE OREVER THOSE
WHO SEEK TO DESTROY US OUTRIGHT AND THOSE WHO; IN THE NAME
OF INFORMING AND PROTECTING THE PUBLIC, HUNT FOR YET
ANOTHER HEADLINE, EVEN IF IT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF
AMERICAN LIVES AND OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY."
LET US NOW LOOK AT THE REALITY
FIRST, OUR MISSION--
"Technology.,is
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PRIME - THE SOVIET THREAT
MONITOR SALT
amazing
ADVISE PRESIDENT ON WHAT THEY CAN REALLY DO--NOT
ONLY THAT BUT WHAT IS THEIR INTEREST.
HOW FAR - HOW FAST CAN THEIR BOMBERS GO?
WHAT IS THEIR MISSILE STRENGTH?
CAN THEIR NEW TANKS OUTFIGHT OURS?
AND S0 MUCH MORE.
COUNTER. INTELLIGENCE-
FBI wanty but large CIA
rok
ONE THING THAT WORRIES ME AND YOU--
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
- TERRORISM
-
CONTROL OF NARCOTICS
1
CUBANS IN ANGOLE--IN AFRICA, IN REST OF WORLD
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE
--IF OPEC RAISES ITS PRICES WHAT WILL BE THE
EFFECT ON THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD--OR CLOSE
TO HOME IN NEW ENGLAND.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LATEST SOVIET
SPACE SHOT?
-- IN KOREA NOT SO MANY DAYS AGO 2 AMERICANS
WERE BRUTALLY SLAIN BY AXE HANDLERS. IT WAS
CIA THAT HAD TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT ON WHAT ALL
THIS MEANT.
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EVERY US PRESIDENT MUST MAKE AWESOME DECISIONS AFFECTING OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY. THESE DECISIONS MUST BE INFORMED DECISIONS.
IT'S NOT EASY. BUT IT IS MY JOB AS DCI TO KEEP THE PRESIDENT INFORMED
AS POSSIBLE.
HOW ARE WE DOING NOW
RECOVERED FROM BATTLINE OF A YEAR AGO
STILL SOME TRAUMA AMONGST OUR FRIENDS ABROAD.
4
POSITIVE ASPECTS OF PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER
safeguard
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affection
HAVE FOUND THE PRODUCT TO BE EXCELLENT. AND I
CFI
CONTINUE TO THINK THAT IT IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH
OUR NATION'S DESIRE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY THAT WE MUST
HAVE AND THAT WE DO HAVE INTELLIGENCE SECOND TO NONE IN
THE WORLD."
I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEED FOR OPENNESS--WITH CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEES, WITH EXECUTIVE BRANCH, WITH OWN PEOPLE, BUT AT THE
SAME TIME I AM SENSITIVE TO THE LEGITIMATE NEEDS FOR SECRECY IN
A FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.
THE STATE OF THE AGENCY--MORALE, RECRUITMENT, DEDICATION.
"I ABHOR THE CYNICISM OF THOSE WHO SAY IT IS UNETHICAL-AND
CERTAINLY SUSPECT--FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE SERVED THE COUNTRY'S INTELLIGENCE
NEEDS OR FOR THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE SUCH NEEDS AT ALL. I ABHOR IT
BECAUSE IT NO LONGER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH BEING LIBERAL OR
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CONSERVATION IDEALIST OR REALIST. I ABHOR IT BECAUSE IT IS
UNCONSTRUCTIVE CYNICISM-PURE AND SIMPLE. YET, YOU USUALLY FIND THAT
ITS VOICE IS LOUD AND DEMANDING AND SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND VERY GENEROUS
IN THE USE OF SUCH WORDS AS "FREEDOM," "DEMOCRACY," "OPEN SOCIETY,"
"INTEGRITY." BUT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT WE
IN INTELLIGENCE DO FAR MORE TO PRESERVE THE MEANING OF THOSE WORDS
THAN DO OUR DETRACTORS. AS YOUR AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED
WAS
NATIONS AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN PEKING, I HAVE BEEN A USER OF THAT
INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT. I HAVE FOUND IT TO BE EXCELLENT. AND I
5
CONTINUE TO THINK THAT IT IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH OUR NATION'S
DESIRE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY THAT WE MUST HAVE AND THAT WE DO
HAVE INTELLIGENCE SECOND TO NONE IN THE WORLD."
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(6) AN AFRICAN SERVICE HAS REFUSED TO INITIATE A JOINT OPERATION
WITH CIA AS A DIRECT RESULT OF LEAKS AND DISCLOSURES OF CIA ACTIVITIES.
THE GOVERNMENT FEARS DETAILS OF ITS COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH CIA
MIGHT SOMEDAY BE EXPOSED.
(7) EXPOSURES NAMING COMPANIES AND BUSINESS LEADERS WHO HAVE
COOPERATED WITH THE CIA HAVE CREATED AN UNWILLINGNESS ON THE PART OF
THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO ASSIST THE AGENCY CONFIDENTIALLY FOR FEAR SUCH
ASSOCIATION WILL BE EXPOSED IN THE NEWS MEDIA.
(8) TWO U.S. COMPANIES WHICH HAD BEEN PROVIDING MATERIAL FOR
THE CIA RECENTLY ADVISED THE AGENCY THEY NO LONGER CARE TO DO BUSINESS
WITH CIA.
ONE LAST THING HERE IS A BOOK WRITTEN IN RUSSIAN AND PRINTED IN
FEBRUARY QF THIS YEAR. IT IS CALLED CIA AS VIEWED BY AMERICANS. THE
FOREWARD IS CALLED "CANCER IN AMERICA." THE BOOK IN ITS 189 PAGES
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PICKS UP ALL THE CHARGES OF THE CIA'S SEVEREST CRITICS - PEOPLE LIKE
AGEE AND MARCHETTI, BENT ON DESTROYING THE AGENCY. THERE IS SOME LITLE
TRUTH IN THIS EXPOSE, BUT THERE ARE MANY LIES - BUT HERE IS THE USSR
CAPITALIZING ON OUR OWN SELF-FLAGELLATION, TO SPREAD VICIOUS ANTI-CIA
PROPOGANDA THROUGHOUT THEIR COUNTRY AND WHO KNOWS WHERE ELSE. I DON'T
KNOW WHAT IT ALL MEANS BUT I DO KNOW THAT EXCESSIVE PUBLICITY BENEFITS
THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CIA WEAKENED AND DESTROYED. I DO KNOW
THERE HAS BEEN SOME DAMAGE. I DO KNOW DEDICATED
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THERE ARE MANY FICTIONAL NOTIONS OF WHAT INTELLIGENCE IS
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"I REALIZE THAT DIRTY-TRICKS ARTIST JAMES
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BOND IS FAR MORE FASCINATING THAN A SCHOLARLY ANALYST
OF FOREIGN POLITICAL OR ECONOMIC TRENDS, BUT IN SEVEN
MONTHS AS DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, I HAVE
NEVER MET ANYONE REMOTELY LIKE JAMES BOND. YET,
DURING ANY LUNCHTIME VISIT TO OUR HEADQUARTERS
CAFETERIA, I MAY BE SHARING THE ROOM WITH ENOUGH
SCHOLARS AND SCIENTISTS WHO HOLD ENOUGH ADVANCED
DEGREES IN ENOUGH DISCIPLINES TO STAFF A UNIVERSITY."
our job is to get the fasts - so policy
make solve problem
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PEOPLE THINK OF HIT SQUADS
ILLEGAL OPERATIONS INSIDE
THE USA.
PHONE TAPS
3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR.
THE REASONS FOR THE MYTHS ARE 3-FOLD:
1. EXCESSES OF INVESTIGATIONS -- NOT THE HONEST
INQUIRY BUT THE CHARGE AND COUNTER CHARGE - - THE KLIEG LIGHTS
AND THE WORLDWIDE PRESS ATTENTION DIDN'T HELP. NOT FREE TO FOCUS
ON THE CLASSIFIED PARTS OF THE INQUIRY, SO DEALING WITH LEAKS AND
HEARSAY
I SAY THIS WITHOUT VENDETTA. MOST OF THE
INFORMATION SUPPLIED TO THE COMMITTEES WAS PROTECTED. THE LEAKS,
HOWEVER, DID ENORMOUS DAMAGE, NOT ONLY TO THE OVERALL CIA IMAGE AT
HOME BUT TO THE TRUST ABROAD THAT IS ESSENTIAL.
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2. THE SECOND REASON IS WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE A
PARTICULARLY UNSEEMLY BY-PRODUCT OF CONGRESSIONAL STUDIES:
SENSATIONALISM IN THE PUBLIC MEDIA MASQUERADING AS INVESTIGATIVE
JOURNALISM. NONE OF US, IN OR OUT OF GOVERNMENT, AND LEAST OF
ALL THOSE IN THE PROFESSION OF INTELLIGENCE, ARE LIKELY TO
DENIGRATE THE VALUE OF PERSISTENT INVESTIGATION. BUT ZEAL TO
ROOT OUT EVIL IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR TRUTH --- FURIOUS SEARCH FOR
THE BIG STORY IS NOT ALWAYS ASSURANCE OF PERSPECTIVE --- CONTEMPT
FOR CRITERIA OF NATIONAL INTEREST DOES NOT GUARANTEE ACCURACY OF
2
REPORTING
RAKING THE ASHES OF PAST NEGLECT IS NO PROOF OF
JUDICIOUS VIGILANCE.
hookeed
-- TOM DEWEY IN 1948 --- $1 MILLION.
-- AN ADVENTURER CLAIMS TO HAVE COMMITTED ALL KINDS OF
EXCESSES IN THE NAME OF CIA --- DENIES IT UNDER OATH --- BUT
STORY REVERBERATES IN OTHER ARTICLES, NEWS STORIES, TELEVISION
INTERVIEWS ABOUT THE NEWS STORIES, STORIES ABOUT THE TELEVISION
INTERVIEWS, AND SOMEHOW THE DENIED CIA CONNECTION KEEPS SURFACING.
CIA IS AN EASY HEADLINE --- THE SENSATIONAL CIA MYTH IS A
DIFFICULT LIE TO KILL AND MUCH MORE DIFFICULT TO ERASE FROM THE
CONSCIOUS OR THE SUBCONSCIOUS OF THE HEADLINE-READING PUBLIC.
OR weaken
3. SOME LITERALLY WANT TO DESTROY, OUR INTELLIGENCE AND
COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITIES.
FORMER EMPLOYEES PRINTING NAMES
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THE FAR LEFT WHO ARE UNWILLING TO ASSESS THE REAL
THREAT THAT THIS TROUBLED WORLD PUTS UP TO FREEDOM
AND SOME -- MOST HONEST - -- WHO WANT TO DISMANTLE, ETC.
"I DO NOT TAKE ISSUE WITH THE NEED FOR INVESTIGATING
STRONGLY
AND CORRECTING PAST ERRORS, BUT I WILL OPPOSE FOREVER THOSE
WHO SEEK TO DESTROY US OUTRIGHT AND THOSE WHO, IN THE NAME
OF INFORMING AND PROTECTING THE PUBLIC, HUNT FOR YET,
ANOTHER HEADLINE, EVEN IF IT BE AT THE EXPENSE OF AMERICAN
LIVES AND OF OUR NATIONAL SECURITY."
3
LET US NOW LOOK AT THE REALITY
FIRST, OUR MISSION --
PRIME - - THE SOVIET THREAT
MONITOR SALT
ADVISE PRESIDENT ON WHAT THEY CAN REALLY DO -- NOT
ONLY THAT BUT WHAT IS THEIR INTEREST.
HOW FAR - HOW FAST CAN THEIR BOMBERS GO?
WHAT IS THEIR MISSILE STRENGTH?
CAN THEIR NEW TANKS OUTFIGHT OURS?
AND SO MUCH MORE.
OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE VITAL TO THE SECURITY AND WELL-BEING OF
OUR COUNTRY AND OF US AS INDIVIDUALS:
NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
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WORLD TRAFFIC IN NARCOTICS
CUBANS IN ANGOLA IN AFRICA, IN REST OF WORLD
ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE
IF OPEC RAISES ITS PRICES, WHAT WILL BE THE
EFFECT ON THE INDUSTRIALIZED WORLD -- OR CLOSE TO
HOME IN NEW ENGLAND.
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE LATEST SOVIET
SPACE SHOT?
4
IN KOREA NOT SO MANY DAYS AGO 2 AMERICANS WERE
Foxbat
BRUTALLY SLAIN BY AXE HANDLERS. IT WAS CIA THAT
HAD TO ADVISE THE PRESIDENT ON WHAT ALL THIS MEANT.
EVERY US, PRESIDENT MUST MAKE AWESOME DECISIONS AFFECTING OUR
NATIONAL SECURITY. THESE DECISIONS MUST BE INFORMED DECISIONS.
IT'S NOT EASY. BUT IT IS MY JOB AS DCI TO KEEP THE PRESIDENT
INFORMED AS POSSIBLE.
HOW ARE WE DOING NOW
THE
RECOVERED FROM BATTLE LINE OF A YEAR AGO
STILL SOME TRAUMA AMONGST OUR FRIENDS ABROAD.
POSITIVE ASPECTS OF PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE ORDER
I AM VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NEED FOR OPENNESS - -- WITH CONGRESSIONAL
AMER
COMMITTEES, WITH EXECUTIVE BRANCH, WITH OWN PEOPLE, BUT AT THE SAME
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TIME I AM SENSITIVE TO THE LEGITIMATE NEEDS FOR SECRECY IN A FOREIGN
INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM.
IN A WORLD WHERE UNIMAGINABLE FORCES OF DESTRUCTION CAN BE
UNLEASHED IN AN ARMED CONFLICT, OUR NATIONAL SECURITY INCREASINGLY
DEPENDS ON THE EXCELLENCE AND ACCURACY OF OUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT OUR
ADVERSARIES' CAPABILITIES AND INTENTIONS-AND ABOUT THE WORLD IN
GENERAL. THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENCE AS A PARAMETER
OF PEACE, BECAUSE THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO KNOWLEDGE IN POLICY-
MAKING --- EXCEPT IGNORANCE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO SAFEGUARD OUR
5
SOURCES AND METHODS OF INTELLIGENCE AND IT IS IMPORTANT NOT
TO MISLEAD OURSELVES OR OUR ADVERSARIES BY BANDYING ABOUT ) IN
PUBLIC INCOMPLETE OR UNRELIABLE INFORMATION.
FORGIVE ME IF I SOUND T00 SIMPLE FOR THIS SOPHISTICATED
AUDIENCE WHEN I SAY THAT IT SEEMS TO ME AS CLEAR AS DAYLIGHT
THAT JUST AS EACH OF US IS ENTITLED TO PRIVACY, SO SHOULD WE
INSIST ON OUR COUNTRY'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN THOSE AREAS WHERE
IT IS NECESSARY IN ITS DEALINGS WITH OTHERS. OUR DEDICATION
TO GOVERNMENT BY LAW, THE INTEGRITY OF OUR INSTITUTIONS AND OUR
OWN INTEGRITY, AND THE RESPONSIBLE VIGILANCE OF THE FREE PRESS
ARE RELIABLE SAFEGUARDS AND THEY HAVE S0 PROVED THEMSELVES.
RETURN TO SCHOLARS THEME -- TRUTH -- ANALYSIS -- KNOWLEDGE.
THE STATE OF THE AGENCY - MORALE, RECRUITMENT, DEDICATION. -
"I ABHOR THE CYNICISM OF THOSE WHO SAY IT IS UNETHICAL -- AND
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CERTAINLY SUSPECT FOR SOMEONE TO HAVE SERVED THE COUNTRY'S
INTELLIGENCE NEEDS OR FOR THIS COUNTRY TO HAVE SUCH NEEDS AT ALL.
I ABHOR IT BECAUSE IT NO LONGER HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH BEING
LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE, IDEALIST OR REALIST. I ABHOR IT
BECAUSE IT IS UNCONSTRUCTIVE CYNICISM - PURE AND SIMPLE. YET,
YOU USUALLY FIND THAT ITS VOICE IS LOUD AND DEMANDING AND
SELF-RIGHTEOUS AND VERY GENEROUS IN THE USE OF SUCH WORDS AS
"FREEDOM," "DEMOCRACY," "OPEN SOCIETY," "INTEGRITY," BUT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I AM FIRMLY CONVINCED THAT WE IN INTELLIGENCE
6
DO FAR MORE TO PRESERVE THE MEANING OF THOSE WORDS THAN DO THOSE
OUR DETRACTORS. AS YOUR AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS
AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE IN PEKING, I WAS A USER OF THAT
INTELLIGENCE PRODUCT. I HAVE FOUND IT TO BE EXCELLENT.
AND I CONTINUE TO THINK THAT IT IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH
OUR NATION'S DESIRE FOR PEACE AND SECURITY THAT WE MUST
HAVE AND THAT WE DO HAVE INTELLIGENCE SECOND TO NONE IN
THE WORLD. PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING AND PUBLIC SUPPORT WILL
ENSURE THAT WE KEEP IT THIS WAY.
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Bill Wrigley
Sou of
Phil wridey
preo. W.K.Wriglego
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Questions for Georgal Bush, MAS Director SIA: my from
Do you think it was.
proper, us a journalist
Report - 8 do you think he should
for Dan School to publish the
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we eited for contempt
Questions- for George Bush, Director CIA:
why is it so accigtable for the C/A to
Dued to How know but not egrally
reasonable to for the American prople
to real to Knew what the C/A does ??
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Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
How is it possible, mr Buch, that Coyal, hard working, Grest,
and dedicated employees of the C.I.A. (and F. Bt.) actually come
to the conclusion they would be cliving then country by
breaking the lows they and worn to uprild ?
Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
Is the Congressonal and Executive oversight
of the CIA sufficient 2 Do americons have enough
understanding of the CIA and its leudgets?
Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
Is there a potential restraint upon the
effectiveness of our intelligence and counter - -
intelligence agencies by the creation of a
multiplicity of congressional overseght committees ?
Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
WILL CHINA + THE SOVIET UNION
RECONCILE IDEOLOGICALLY NOW
THAT CHAIRMAN MAO IS DEAD?
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Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
Who
IF 0 ANY ONE Winh
:
REPLACE CHAIR MAN MAO R
9
Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
Compare the CIA with the intelligence gathering
organizations of other countries?
Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
DO you STILL SHOW -OFF WITH YOUR SPEEDBOAT
IN THE INNER HARBOR AT KENUEBUNKFORT, MAINE?
BOB Powern JR. WNOLL BERLIN N.H.
EX ASSISTANT MANEGER NONANTUM HOTEL:
Ander any circumstance Questions for George Bush, Director CIA:
Doyou feel the CIA has the the death sight the to order bader or
of a major american foreign enemy?
responsible for of
Do you in believe domestic that the survailence? CIA should be involved
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CBS
RADIO
file
NETWORK
GB
CBS Radio
A Division of CBS Inc.
51 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 975-3236
George J. Arkedis, Vice President
General Manager
The Honorable George Bush:
Your presence was the highlight of our recent
Convention.
I believe that if more people had the opportunity
to hear you they would fully understand the
role of the CIA.
Thanks again!
Yours sincerely,
The Honorable George Bush
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
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September 28, 1976
P.S. My wife, Sally, enjoyed meeting your
wife during the dinner.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Washington, D.C. 20520
September 16, 1976
Dear George:
Please accept my sincere thanks for being the
guest speaker for the CBS Network Convention. Sam
Diggs and George Arkedis called to tell me how much
they enjoyed meeting you and that your colleagues
thoroughly enjoyed your talk and the Q & A.
It was a pleasure to have been with you and
Barbara, and again many thanks.
Sincerely,
Bill
William R. Codus
Assistant Chief of Protocol
The Honorable
George Bush,
Director,
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Central Intelligence Agency.
Executive Registry
76-53611A
October 8, 1976
Dear Sam,
Thanks SO much for your thoughtful
letter of September 27th. Enclosed is
the edited transcript you requested.
Mrs. Bush and I thoroughly enjoyed
being with you all in Williamsburg and
I thank you for letting me be a partici-
pant.
Hopefully our paths will cross
again in the not too distant future.
Sincerely,
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George Bush
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President
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Sam Cook Digges. President
Dear George:
September 27, 1976
I note on page 10 of the attached transcript of your remarks
that at the conclusion of the speech in Williamsburg at the
CBS Affiliates Convention the person doing the transcribing
noted "Tumultuous Applause." On page 16, at the conclusion
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of the question-and-answer period there is the notation
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Great Prolonged Applause.'
I think those notations indicate better than anything else
how appreciative your audience was of your appearance and of
your remarks. Those of us with CBS are so grateful to you --
you truly provided the highlight of what turned out to be a
most successful Convention.
We are also deeply grateful to you for honoring us with your
presence on such short notice.
George, I am enclosing the transcript of your remarks in
Williamsburg to ask if you will edit them as you see fit,
as we would like to publish for distribution to our affili-
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ates and selected community leaders your remarks, Arthur
Taylor's remarks, Dick Salant's remarks, Charlie Kuralt's
speech, etc. If this meets with your approval and if you'll
be kind enough to do the editing job, we'll take it from
there. We have had many, many requests for copies of your
talk.
It was very nice seeing you and Mrs. Bush again and, again,
our very deep thanks.
Cordially,
fain
The Honorable George Bush
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
Thank you, Arthur, for that warm and overly generous introduction,
and let me say how pleased I am to be here. When Thad said he called
Bill Codus and said, "We have a problem," I understood that and I only
ask that you understand I have a problem, because following where
Henry Kissinger was supposed to be is no easy chore. I work with
him very closely in my new job. I have enormous respect for him.
I worked for him, reasonably closely, in my last job also in China
and certainly at the United Nations.
But I have great respect for the Secretary and I know he
would like to have been here. I was honored when Bill Codus and
Thad thought that I might fill in here, and I recognize the
disappointment that you must feel, because to hear a speech from
the Secretary, and to listen to his mind as it responds to these
questions that I understand we'll have for a few minutes after
the speech, is a unique experience. And I am only flattered
that you indeed invited me to be here.
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Kissinger is a unique fellow; he has a marvelous way of
responding. The other day we finished a national security
meeting--this is a true story--and I said, "Henry, could I have a
few words with you?" And he said, "What are you trying to do,
impress your colleagues that you can have a private appointment
with me?" He does this all the time.
I wish we were hearing from some of the names that had
been introduced. I am impressed with the quality of the people
that were introduced. I've been on a program with George Herman,
I've admired Ron and Pat and others. As a sports fan, I've
profited by the tennis tournament that Bill Leonard puts on.
I respect the network that you all are proud to be affiliated
with.
I recognize that in my current job there are conflicts
between press and CIA, but I am particularly drawn in a rather
personal way to CBS because for many, many years my father served
on the Board of Directors of the parent corporation. He did it
with enthusiasm, and only when he went to the United States Senate
did he resign his responsibilities. And though he did resign
he retained as long as he lived a great affection, certainly
for Mr. Paley and for the network that your radio owners and
operators and affiliated people are proud to be connected with.
And so, I have a special personal reason for being pleased
that I was invited to be here.
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Tonight the ground rules are that I would speak for a few
minutes and then respond, or dodge, depending on the question,
whatever comes up here on these slips. I've seen a couple of them,
and I hope they don't get to the top of the heap. But let me just
deal, if I might, from the past nine months of experience in
the intelligence business, with what I see as the myth and what
I see as the reality.
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There are a lot of fictional notions as to what intelligence
is about, and I realize that James Bond is far more fascinating
than a scholarly analyst of foreign political or economic trends.
But in nine months as Director of Central Intelligence, I've
never met anyone remotely like James Bond. Yet during any
lunchtime visit to our Headquarters cafeteria I could be sharing
the room with enough scholars and scientists who hold enough
advanced degrees in enough disciplines to staff a unversity.
The myth is James Bond; the reality, in my view, is the
latter, these analysts. Their job is to get the facts so that the
policymakers like Dr. Kissinger, Secretary of Defense, the head
of the NSC and most importantly, the President of the United States,
can solve the problem.
Of the myths; James Bond, hit squads, illegal operations inside
the U.S.A., phone taps; these are misconceptions. True, a handful
of things were wrong, clearly wrong. I think they've been corrected.
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We're confident that we must live within the Constitutional constraints
that typify this country, and I think we are.
There are three principal reasons for the myths that I've
just touched on. One of them was that there were excesses to the
investigations. I can't knock the honest inquiry, but the charge
and the counter-charge, the excessive kind of klieg lights and
world press attention weren't free to focus on the classified
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parts of the inquiry because of the nature of a foreign intelligence
business. So much of the dealing was done with leaks and hearsay.
And I say this without vendetta. Most of the information
that was supplied to the Senate and House committees was protected.
The leaks, however, did enormous damage, not only to the overall
image of the Central Intelligence Agency abroad, but at home as
well, and in large degree.
And the second reason is what I consider to be a particularly
unseemly byproduct of Congressional study: sensationalism in parts
of the public media masquerading as investigative journalism. None
of us in or out of government, and least of all those in the
profession of intelligence, are likely to denigrate the value of
persistent investigation.
We are cooperating fully. I've been in this job, as I said,
close to nine months. I've made 36 formal official appearances
before Congressional committees, and I'm prepared to continue with
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that kind of cooperation, welcoming that kind of oversight. But
the zeal to root out evil is no substitution for the truth; the
furious search for the big story is not always assurance of
perspective; contempt for criteria of national interest does
not guarantee accuracy of reporting.
An example: A magazine printed a story that the Central
Intelligence Agency in 1948 gave Tom Dewey one million dollars
for his campaign. It was looked into, found to be totally
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erroneous, and yet it was printed again as a news story, and
reprinted. And I've seen it at least four times personally in
print.
An adventurer, whose name will be known to all of you,
has claimed to have committed all kinds of excesses in the name
of CIA. He denies it under oath, but the story reverberates in
other articles, news stories, television interviews about the
news stories, stories about the interviews, and somehow the
denied CIA connection by this man under oath, and denied by the
Agency itself--these allegations keep surfacing.
The CIA has been an easy headline, and the sensational CIA
myth is a difficult lie to kill, and much more difficult to erase
from the conscious or the subconscious of the headline-reading
public. And again I want to be very, very careful in this office
that I not be positioned as opposed to legitimate inquiry, as
opposed to investigative reporting. But I do think that in fairness
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you and I could agree, if we could sit down and discuss it, that
there have been excesses under the name of investigative reporting.
And I can cite other examples that denigrate the image of the Intelli-
gence Community, both home and abroad.
And then thirdly, there are some who literally want to destroy
or certainly weaken our intelligence and our counterintelligence
capabilities. There are former employees of the Central Intelligence
Agency, in violation of their oath of secrecy, who are committed to
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the destruction of the CIA. They'll tell you that. They go
on television and on radio and say that they are concerned,
and that they think that CIA should be abolished. And they go
to the extent of printing the names of people who are operating
under cover abroad--something that seems uncovered by the law, but
for which I must confess to have a personal revulsion that I
really can't express fully before a polite audience such as this.
There are some from the far left spectrum in this country who
are unwilling to assess the real threat that this troubled world
puts up to freedom, and they philosophically don't feel that a
strong intelligence capability is necessary. And there are some
very honest reformers who want to dismantle the Agency and take
components of it, and put it into, say, the State Department
of something like that. I have less difficulty with these positions,
but I think after reviewing the situation that this position would
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represent a big mistake for the United States.
I don't take issue with the need for investigating and correcting
past errors, and I hope that we've addressed ourselves to this. But
I will strongly oppose, certainly, those who seek to destroy us
outright, and those who, in the name of informing and protecting
the public, hunt for yet another headline, even if it be at the
expense of American lives and of our national security.
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I am deeply concerned about a story that appeared today,
I believe it was, in the magazine Aviation Week, which suggests
that the Secretary of State slanted or instructed the CIA to
come up with certain conclusions as we go about assessing a new
Soviet weapon. This casts aspersions on the integrity of the
Secretary, and in my view it casts enormous aspersions on the
integrity of the Director of Central Intelligence, and on the
integrity of the Intelligence Community itself. It is not
accurate reporting. It is not fair reporting. It contributes
nothing to the legitimate national security needs of this country.
It's devious, it's political, it's wrong, and I cite it because it
is something very current and something very much on my mind.
A quick look at reality as opposed to myth. First--and I
cite it because many friends of mine don't really know what the CIA
does--we are concerned about the Soviet threat. We have enough
intelligence, believe me, to be concerned about the Soviet threat.
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Someone's got to keep this government informed in terms of where
the SALT agreement stands, the monitoring of things that have been
agreed to in SALT, and much of that falls to the Central Intelligence
Agency.
We've got to advise the President of what the Soviets can do;
not only that, but what is their interest, what is their intent.
And that is not always easy, but that is where the Ph.D.'s and the
M.A.'s and the analysts that I mentioned earlier come in. How
far, how fast can the Soviet bombers go? What is their missile
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strength? How many do they have? Can their new tanks outfight
ours? -- and so much more. In all of these things--in my Community
hat as Director of Central Intelligence, coordinating all the
military ends of intelligence for national intelligence--it is
this structure that comes up with the answers to these questions.
Other issues that are vital to the security and the wellbeing
of our country and of us as individuals are things like nuclear
proliferation. You don't have to have grandchildren to be concerned
about what nuclear proliferation means to the next generation. It's
our responsibility to report on these matters to the policymakers.
International terrorism, world traffic in narcotics.
Some are concerned about the Cubans in Angola. Maybe others
say, what difference does it make? I happen to think it's a matter
of some real concern to the policymakers whether the Cubans in
Angola--and there were many thousands of them, still there today--
whether they move over into other countries in Africa. What will
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that means in terms of the political balances on that continent?
Economic intelligence. Suppose OPEC was to raise its prices.
Should the policymakers be informed in advance, and what will be
the effect on our Allied countries around the world and on the
lesser developed countries?
What is the significance of the latest Soviet space shot?
And then in Korea--a couple of weeks ago two Americans,
young kids, were bludgeoned to death with axe handles--what does
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that means in terms of the relationship between South and
North Korea? But much more important, what does it mean in
terms of North Korean intent toward the South Koreans?
And so, in these areas we have a tremendous responsibility.
Some of you read recently of the defection of a Soviet
pilot into this country, and of the Japanese holding at this
juncture the FOXBAT MIG-25 aircraft. How do we get from the
pilot the intelligence that is going to hopefully enlighten
the Defense Department and the Congress and the policymakers?
CIA has an enormously important role in all of this.
Every President has to make awful decisions in terms of
national security. These decisions have to informed decisions,
and it is not easy. But it is my job as Director of Central
Intelligence to keep the President as informed as possible. You
might ask, how are we doing? And I'd say, we're not doing too
darned bad. We're doing a lot better than most people would have
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predicted a year and a half ago. We've recovered from the battle,
we've corrected the proven abuses. There is still some trauma,
frankly, among some of our friends abroad upon whom we must depend
for cooperation.
There are many positive aspects in the Presidential Executive
Order that we are religiously trying to put into effect and have
put into effect for the most part since it was issued in February.
I'm extremely sensitive to the need for openness. I indicated
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Congressional Committees, but we have to be open with the
Executive Branch. We have to be as open as we can with the
American people. But at the same time I'm sensitive to the
legitimate needs for secrecy in a foreign intelligence system.
In a world where unimaginable forces of destruction can be
unleashed in an armed conflict, our national security increasingly
depends on the excellence and accuracy of our knowledge about our
adversaries, their capabilities, intentions, and about the world
in general.
There is no substitute for intelligence as a parameter of peace,
because there is no alternative to knowledge in policymaking. The
only alternative, you might say, is ignorance. And it is important
to safeguard our sources and methods of intelligence and it is
important not to mislead ourselves or our adversaries by bandying
about in public incomplete or unreliable information.
Forgive me if I sound too simple for this sophisticated audience
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when I say that it seems to me as clear as daylight that just as
each of us is entitled to privacy, so should we insist on our
country's right to privacy in those areas where it is necessary
in its dealings with others. Our dedication to government by law,
and the integrity of our institutions and our own integrity, and
the responsible vigilance of the free press are reliable safeguards,
and they have indeed so proven themselves.
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I mentioned the scholars, the analysts. I come back to
the fact that the production side of intelligence in CIA is far
more important than the American people understand. Two percent,
I believe, came out in testimony before a Congressional committee,
whereas before it was in excess of 50%, and now it is something
like 2% for covert action around the world, carefully and properly
supervised, and signed-off on.
And so the state of the Agency in terms of proficiency, I
think, is pretty good. Recruitment is up. Our recruiters can go
to campuses and the cynics will say, "Well heck, when you have
7% unemployment, people will work anywhere." But we have ways
of measuring quality, and I can assure you that we are getting
excellent recruits for this Agency.
In conclusion, I would simply say that when you go to analyze
intelligence or spying, if you will, I avoid the cynicism of
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those who say that this mission is unethical, and certainly suspect--
suspect for someone to have served the country's intelligence needs
or for this country to have such needs at all. I abhor it, because
it no longer has anything to do with being liberal or conservative,
idealist or realist. I abhor it because it is unconstructive cynicism,
pure and simple.
And yet you usually find that its voice is loud and it is
demanding and it is self-righteous and it is very generous in
the use of such words as freedom, democracy, open society and
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integrity. And ladies and gentlemen, I am firmly convinced that
we in intelligence do far more to preserve the meaning of those
words than those kinds of detractors.
As your former Ambassador to the United Nations and as your
former Chief of the Liaison Office in China, I was a user of the
intelligence product. I think I can say from that kind of
experience that it was excellent.
I continue to think that it is entirely consistent with
our nation's desire for peace and security that we must have,
and that we do have, intelligence second to none in the world.
Public understanding and public support will insure that we
keep it this way.
And finally, a word about my peers in the Central Intelligence
Agency. I've been in business. I've been a member of the United
States Congress. I've served abroad, served at the United Nations,
and I headed one of the great political parties. And I can tell
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you from the bottom of my heart that I have never been associated
in any enterprise I've been involved in with more dedicated, more
selfless, more able, more patriotic people than I am now as head
of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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QUESTION: Under any circumstance, do you feel the CIA has
the right to order or be responsible for the death of the leader
of a major American foreign enemy? Do you believe that the CIA
should be involved in domestic surveillance?
BUSH: The answer is no and no. Without being facetious
about it, the first one has been clearly spelled out in guidelines
to the intelligence community assassinations. Legislation is
pending before the Congress, which has not acted upon it, to
outlaw this. It talks about domestic surveillance, and there was
a time when this was not true, but it is clearly something that
should be, when it is necessary to be done for a. legitimate
national security reason or counterintelligence reasons, and
should be handled by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. And
that's the way the intelligence community is operating today.
QUESTION: Do you think it was proper as a journalist for
Dan Schorr to publish the report, or do you think he should be
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cited for contempt? And if he does not reveal his sources?
BUSH: I can dodge this question by saying that this matter
is now being looked into, properly, by the House of Representatives,
and it is. But if you will permit me to make it less responsive
to the Schorr case than to the general case, I have difficulty
as the Director of Central Intelligence, who under the law is
supposed to protect sources and methods of intelligence, with
suggesting that an individual should be permitted, using his own
whims, if you will, or his own conscience, if you will, to publish
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information that is detrimental or that is in conflict with the
Director's obligation to protect sources and methods. So, I have
difficulty with this concept. If a classified document comes into
the hands of a reporter, he is free to publish it or print it or
do what he will with it. My responsibilities are spelled out on
the law; sometimes they come in conflict with those of a reporter.
I am not passing judgment on the merits of the Schorr case; frankly,
I haven't looked into them. That is not the responsibility at this
juncture, with the matter before the Congress and wherever else it
stands, of the Director of Central Intelligence.
But on a general statement, I do have great difficulty. If
the formula for some advanced cruise missile came into the hands
of a reporter, you might say, should he have the right to publish
it because he has acquired it? My view is that if it impinges
on sources and methods or if it's directly detrimental to the
national security of the United States, I would strongly oppose
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that. And I don't believe that an individual should have that
right. I say that without any prejudice to the facts around the
Schorr case.
QUESTION: Compare the CIA with the intelligence-gathering
organizations of other countries.
BUSH: We are fewer in number than the KGB. We have, in
my view, more sophisticated methods of collection of intelligence --
I'm talking about scientific methods -- probably than the KGB does.
We have probably as far-flung a collection -- the question is
about intelligence gathering - intelligence organization as KGB.
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And no other country is in a class with the United States or
the Soviet Union in terms of the extent of their intelligence
capabilities. Some -- and without going into detail -- have
certain specialities or certain fields of excellence from which
the United States can learn. We do work with some allies very
closely in the field of intelligence gathering, and we profit
enormously by these relationships.
QUESTION: Who, if anyone, will replace Chairman Mao?
BUSH: In my judgment, nobody will replace the Chairman.
My wife and I lived for fourteen months in China. You have to
really be there to understand what Chairman Mao was to the
People's Republic of China. I had the honor of twice meeting
with the Chairman, once when Dr. Kissinger was there, once when
President Ford came there. And one of the things that I will
never forget, take to my grave, was the expression of adulation
on the faces of the Chinese who were permitted to come in for
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the greeting part before the substantive part of the meeting
with the Chairman took place. Never forget it! Just written
all over their faces.
You take that and you go to a two-year-old kindergarten,
and see these little kids dancing -- cutest faces you have ever
seen -- and the translator leaning over your shoulder saying,
I'm going to work with my industrial hands to overthrow the
capitalists and to honor Chairman Mao. Then you get into the
middle school level, and the same kind of dedication.
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And so, Chairman Mao, for the Chinese was more of an
individual Party Chairman; he will not be replaced in that
sense. It is still too early to say, I think with any degree
of clarity, what will happen in terms of succession. We are,
of course, watching it and providing what information we can
to the Secretary and to the President on this important question.
But in my judgment, no one will come close to -- in the short-term
future, in the People's Republic of China -- replacing the
influence of Chairman Mao.
The second part of this question, or another question, will
China and the Soviet Union reconcile ideologically now that
Chairman Mao is dead? That has got to be, not only now but in
the future, one of the most important intelligence questions
facing the United States because you don't have to but look at
a map to understand what a total reconciliation would mean.
In my judgment - and there is some evidence post- the death
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of Mao - a total reconciliation, ideological reconciliation the
question talks about here, would be extremely difficult in the
short-term future. The reason I say that is there is an enormous
depth of feeling in China; it was being inculcated up until when
we left, certainly, and I would say continuing into the young
people.
You go to the bridge of Nanking, and they show you the message
of it is that they had a deal with the Soviet Union. The Soviets
pulled out the technology and pulled out the steel, and the Chinese
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then, under the preaching and practice of Chairman Mao, under
the edict of self-reliance, solved this problem and would never
again become dependent on somebody unfaithful or anybody else.
So the breach is fairly deep, is quite deep, and I don't
see in the short run the kind of ideological reconciliation
that this question talks about.
QUESTION: Is there a potential restraint upon the effective-
ness of our intelligence and counterintelligence agencies by the
creation of a multiplicity of Congressional oversight committees?
BUSH: I don't think that there is a restraint upon our
effectiveness, but I report, as Director of Central Intelligence,
to seven separate Congressional committees, often on the same
subject, four of them in the Senate, three of them in the House.
I am very hopeful that the new Senate Intelligence Committee under
Chairman Inouye and ranking member Baker, Senator Howard Baker,
will be a forerunner of what will be consolidated oversight.
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I say that not to avoid scrutiny, but to result in more
thorough and more efficient oversight. I think that certainly,
in terms of one's own time, to go to the Hill and repeat before
seven committees essentially the same thing is not the best use
of time, not only for the Director, but for the other people who
have to do this. We want and welcome thorough oversight, and I
do think that I strongly support the President's position and a
position of many members of Congress, Democrat and Republican alike,
that there should be some kind of consolidated oversight.
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I frankly would like to see something like the Joint Atomic
Energy Committee, which is a joint committee of both House and
Senate, and which does an excellent job. I think the same thing
could apply for the Congress, but that is a matter for the
Congress to determine. The President has made a recommendation.
QUESTION: Is the Congressional and executive oversight of
the CIA sufficient, and do Americans have enough understanding
of the CIA and its budget?
BUSH: Yes, oversight, I believe most members of Congress
will now say, is sufficient. The Americans have very little
understanding of the CIA budget. The budget has been deemed
to be a publication of budget figures, a revelation of sources
and methods. I oppose making the CIA budget public. The two
committees stopped short of recommending making the CIA budget
public. Both houses on the most recent votes have voted two
to one against making the budget public. And having said that,
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we report every penny of expenditure of the intelligence community --
not just CIA but I'm responsible, as I indicated, for NSA and DIA,
that is the National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence
Agency, all these others - to the properly designated elected
representatives of the people.
And some things in intelligence -- and budget, in my opinion,
is one of them should be kept secret. People say, we've got
a right to know this, and you run into a conflict because there
are some things that impact on national security, legitimate
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national security, that would be of enormous advantage to the
opposition if they were made public. And budget figures lead to
this kind of understanding. If there was a big bulge in the
budget at the time the U-2 was developed, it could have benefited
the Soviet Union or it could have led them to inquire in certain
areas.
And so I oppose it; I don't think it is incompatible with
the Constitution, and both houses of Congress have so far rather
overwhelmingly supported that position.
QUESTION: How is it possible that loyal, hard-working,
honest, and dedicated employees of the CIA and the FBI actually
came to the conclusion they would be serving their country by
breaking the laws they had sworn to uphold?
BUSH: I would say that, in the first place, I'd need to
know -- we could get a little dialogue going -- as to what laws
we are talking about that were broken in this regard. There
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were certain programs that, given a lot of hindsight and given,
I think, a proper look in 1976, would not be enacted again. There
were certain things that were done in the name of national security
by CIA that are clearly prohibited now under executive order.
And I would say that there were some excesses, no question
about that. I think people got an order and didn't sort it out --
exercising their own individual judgment -- and followed it because
of the way things happened at the time. The handful of incidents
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that have been subject to great investigation took place. I
would say that we think enough safeguards have been taken;
hopefully, they have, and if more are needed, we will welcome
to see that we conduct ourselves, as I indicated, within the
confines of the Constitution.
But there is a great deal of misunderstanding about what
the CIA has done. There is a movie out called, "Three Days of
the Condor" with Robert Redford, talking about the CIA knocking
each other off in the United States. In the final analysis, why
Robert Redford is going to cleanse himself or cleanse the process
by going to The New York Times to reveal what he knows about CIA
agents killing each other and plotting some kind of invisible
government in the United States, all of which nobody has ever
alleged against the CIA, I must say!
He goes to The New York Times, and the clicker at the end
is that maybe they will print it -- some guy is standing on the
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sidewalk in the Times Square -- maybe they will print it and
maybe they won't, as if the CIA controls The New York Times.
Well, the only guy that would be more offended with the suggestion
that we control The Times than I would be Sulzberger. But I can
assure you that if we control it, we're doing a lousy job! And
yet that is the kind of publicity that I object to, and it leads
to a misapprehension about the totality of the excesses.
But I can't explain why someone committed what now appears
to be a violation of law; I can't explain it. I can tell you
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that, as a manager, I hope it won't happen. In your radio station
and in your business, should I say to you, does this make the
broadcasting profession corrupt if some guy gets his hand in
your till or something like that? Does it mean that there is
a cloud over the whole industry, when you have one or two people
do something that later on doesn't look too hot?
I say no. So there were some aberrations, there were some
things that were wrong; hopefully, they have been corrected.
Certainly there is some legislation that would be supported strongly.
The executive order corrects through a series of "Thou shalt nots"
the things that clearly should not be done, and I don't want to
keep apologizing all the time for that. I want to look ahead
and look at the threat that faces this country!
QUESTION: Why is it so acceptable for the CIA to need to
know, but not equally reasonable for the American people to need
to know what the CIA does?
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BUSH: It comes back to the total concept that started with
the foundation of this country, that you need to have secret
intelligence. George Washington had it and from there on countries
have had to have intelligence. There have to be certain figures.
Go back and read the books of the deception in World War II; go
back and look through the history, at the legitimate needs of
governments for intelligence that is not made known to everybody.
Some things of intelligence can be made known, many of our economic
reports are.
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There are reports on Soviet crops, and things like this,
the Soviet economy, for example. We do a fantastic job --
cartology, for example. Many of these things are made known
and are widely received. not only in academia but bv policy-
makers. But there are certain secrets that must be kept, and
it is, in my judgment, hopelessly naive to suggest that in a
world as troubled as ours the people have a right to know
absolutely everything that the CIA does.
So we have got to find -- I have the responsibility that
I take very seriously of balancing openness. I don't believe
you could ever find Mr. Andropov, the head of the KGB, speaking
to the Chamber of Commerce or anything else over there. I'm
not advocating that. But somewhere in between that and somewhere
in between this naive view that we are living in a world where
every secret we've got can be made public, lies not only the
responsibility of the Director but, in my view, the fundamental
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national interests of the United States.
That is what I'm going to try to protect. In some things,
I will run into conflict with the press, and I understand it and
most of them understand it, but you cannot have a Director of
Central Intelligence who is going to break the law, and the law
says protect sources and methods. Until that law is changed,
that is what this Director is going to do. Thank you very much.
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December 7, 1976
Dear Sam,
Thanks for your good letter of December 2nd. I
will save that attractive printed booklet as a memento
of a happy evening.
Thanks for your comments about my work at CIA.
I am sorry to be leaving this agency. It has been a
fantastic experience as I hope I conveyed at Williams-
burg. I have never been associated with more dedicated
people. This place is so different from the public's
perceptions. I feel frustrated that I have not been
able to accomplish more in terms of conveying to the
public what the CIA really is.
In any event, the future will be exciting and
I hope our paths cross again. Please give my best to
E. M. Stone, my old Yale classmate.
Sincerely,
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George Bush
Mr. Sam C. Digges
President, CBS Radio
51 West 52nd Street
New York, New York 10019
CBS
RADIO
A Division of CBS Inc.
51 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 975-4421
Sam Cook Digges, President
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Dear George:
December 2, 1976
I am enclosing copies of the booklet we have published of
transcripts of key talks at the CBS Radio Affiliates Con-
vention in Williamsburg.
Your appearance was the highlight of the Convention, and to
this day I continue to get rave comments about you as a per-
son and about your talk and the question-and-answer period.
From the personal standpoint, I am very sorry that you have
chosen to resign your position at the CIA. The other side
of that coin, however, is that I will follow with great
interest your career in whatever you decide to pursue.
Wishing you and Mrs. Bush the very happiest of holidays and
the best year ever, I am
Cordially,
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The Honorable George Bush
Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
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SAVE per. file - - Wimsburgton
AFFILIATES CONVENTION
WILLIAMSBURG
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CBS
RADIO
A Division of CBS Inc.
51 West 52 Street
New York, New York 10019
(212) 975-4421
Sam Cook Digges, President
From the enthusiastic response of those who attended the CBS Affiliates
Convention in Williamsburg, Virginia, September 14-17, 1976, I know that
we all benefited, not only from the business sessions, but also from the
lovely and historic setting.
And, in that setting, our business conferences and dinner meetings were
peppered with an impressive line-up of speakers who made some very note-
worthy remarks.
To help you keep these at your fingertips or, if you didn't attend, to
give you a flavor of the Convention - we've put together this book of
transcripts of some of these speeches.
I hope this book serves not only as a fine reference source for those
who attended, but also as an inducement for those who couldn't join us
to be on hand when we all meet again in two years.
You may also be happy to know, as I am, that this year's attendance of
413 registered participants broke all records since we started holding
our bi-annual convention outside of New York in 1972.
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So, we had a lot of things to celebrate this year
...
outstanding
speakers, great attendance, some excellent golf and tennis tournaments,
delicious food and lively entertainment.
Let's all make our next Convention another record breaker!
fan
NETWORK
CBS RADIO NETWORK
1976 AFFILIATES CONVENTION
WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA
SEPTEMBER 14-17, 1976
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CBS RADIO AFFILIATES ASSOCIATION
Board of Director - - 1976-1977
OFFICERS
Gene Ellerman, WWAM, Cadillac, Michigan - - CHAIRMAN
Albert H. Sanders, Jr., WMAZ, Macon, Georgia - VICE CHAIRMAN
Samuel S. Carey, WBOC, Salisbury, Maryland - SECRETARY-TREASURER
DISTRICT DIRECTORS
District No. 1 - E. H. Close, WKNE, Keene, New Hampshire
District No. 2 - Tony Malara, WWNY, Watertown, New York
District No. 3 - James Stevens, WARK, Hagerstown, Maryland
District No. 4 - Albert H. Sanders, Jr., WMAZ, Macon, Georgia
District No. 5 - Roger Jeffers, WHOP, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
District No. 6 - George A. Foulkes, WAAC, Terre Haute, Indiana
District No. 7 - Lloyd D. Loers, KGLO, Mason City, Iowa
District No. 8 - Frank Stewart, KTRH, Houston, Texas
District No. 9 - Richard J. Butterfield, KOIN, Portland, Oregon
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DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE
Phil Lewis, WCCO, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mike Shapiro, WFAA, Dallas, Texas
Joseph A. Kjar, KSL, Salt Lake City, Utah
EX OFFICIO
Thad M. Sandstrom, WIBW, Topeka, Kansas
(Chairman 1975-1976)
DIRECTORS RETIRING 1976
Frank Estes, WKXL, Concord, New Hampshire
Fred Bowen, WIBX, Utica, New York
Allen Wannamaker, WBIG, Greensboro, North Carolina