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t’ n 1 e ( ~Polic on C.I.A. and “F.B.I. Lies 1. Described b ‘Allen Dulles in ’64 :WASHINGTON, Nov., 22 (AP) -The late Director of Central Intelligence, ‘Allen W. Dulles, told . the Warren ‘Commission that the F.B.I: and C.I.A. direc- tors might lie to anyone but the President to conceal .1dentities of their undercover agents, ac- cording to recently declassified documents. The documents are quoted in a -book being published today about the investigation of Pres- .ident John F.’ Kennedy’s assas- sination. The book, ‘entitled “Whitewash IV,”-is by Harold Weisberg, a Frederick, Md., writer and investigator. Mr. Weisberg lost a. suit against the Government seek- ing release of the documents. However, the National Archives declassified the -information and senthim’dopies.` Mr. Dulles, a member of the Warren Commission, who died in 1969, took part in a: discus- sion Jan.

27, 1964, about whe- ther J.. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of -Inves- tigation, and John A. McCone, director ?of the Central -Intel- ligence Agency, would truthful- ly answer questions on whether Lee Harvey Oswald had ever worked for either of .their agen- cies. The ‘documents declassified included a verbatim transcript of that executive session of the commission. “I think, under any’ circum- stances, 1-“think Mr. Hoover would say certainly he didn`t have’anything to do with this fellow,” said 1Mlr.’ Dulles, who was-no longer’C.I.A. director at the time. The book also quotes Mr. Dulles as saying: “I would tell the President. of -the ‘United. States anything, yes, I am un- der his control. I wouldn’t ne- cessarily tell anybody else, un- less the President authorized me to do it.”” – At one point in the discussion the book quotes the late Sena-, for Riciard B. Russell as saying’ to Mr.

Dulles: “If Oswald never had assassinated the President and had been in the employ of the.. F.B.L? and somebody had gone to. the F.B.I., . they would have denied he was an agent.” Mr. Dulles responded:. “Oh, yes.” ‘ Mr. Russell, Democrat of Georgia, then said: .’.’They would be the first to. deny it. Your ‘ agents. would have done . exactly the same thing:” Mr. Dulles said: “Exactly.” Mr. Hoover told the commis- sion when ‘ he was questioned on May 14, 1964: “I can most emphatically say that at no time . was he [Os- wald] ever an employe of. the bureau in any capacity, either as an agent or as a special enl-i ploye, or as an informant.” Mr. McCone was asked by the committee’s general counsel, J.I Lee Rankin, whether Mr. Os- wald “Had any connection withi the C.I.A., informer, or indirect- ly as an employe, or any other capacity?” – Mr.

McCone replied:. “I have!,- determined to my satisfaction` that -he had no such connec-` tion.”. ~ , -,u (7 C’ ~’ Car L~ ~ r ,,, st, /,1( ~l ?Iac’C?~~ J J 1~~ Approved For Release 2005/08/22 : CIA-RDP88-0135OR000200760010-0

• Creator/s: CIA Reading Room
• Date: 11/23/1974
• Book Topics/Themes: CIA Reading Room

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