CIA • 1974

THE CIA: TIME TO COME IN FROM THE COLD

Approved For Release 2011/08/09: b'A-RDP09TO0207RO01 000020021 -0 3 0 SEP 1974 ( The aA: Time to Come In from the Cold Question: "Under what international law do we have a right to attempt to de- stabilize the constitutionally elected gov- ernment of another country?" Answer: "! am not going to pass judg- ment on whether it is permitted or au- thorized under international law. It is a recognized fact that historically as well as presently, such actions are taken in the best interest of the countries involved." That blunt response.by President Gerald Ford at his press conference last week was either remarkably careless or remarkably candid. It left the troubling impression, which the Administration afterward did nothing to dispel, that the U.S...