Kinney, Brig. Gen. A. J., former Director, Office of Information Serv- 2459 Photo of B-58 landing and editorial, Aviation Week, December Staff memorandum on chronology of B-58 photos.. 2471, 2472 Excerpts from letter of assistant editor of Foreign Affairs maga- Memorandum of Navy Under Secretary Thomas S. Gates_ 2459 2402 2431, 2444 2424 Need to air service views: Excerpt from testimony of Lt. Gen. Idwal 2387, 2418 Number in Army who can classify: Excerpt from report of the Wright Commission on Government Security - Reluctance of service Secretaries to hold press conferences: 2399 Staff memorandum on interview with Gen. John E. Hull, member 2399 2437 Wright Commission: Letter from Loyd Wright to Congressman Exhibit I-A. Analysis of answers to questionnaire on operations and per- sonnel practices of the military service information offices.. Exhibit I-B. Limitation on public information funds: Defense Department Directive 7210.1 of December 22, 1954, and subsequent instructions; Exhibit II-C. Your Career in Information-Army Liaison Bulletin, Janu- Exhibit II-B. Army Regulation 616-140-Personnel utilization, informa- tion specialization SERVICE SECRETARIES' RELUCTANCE TO HOLD PRESS Exhibit III-A. Correspondence between Gen. John E. Hull, a member of the Coolidge Committee on Classified Information, and Congressman DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CENSORSHIP OF THE SERVICES Exhibit IV-A. Story by Monte Bourjaily, Jr., in the Army Times of January 5, 1957, revealing details of plans for new pentomic division, and an editorial from the same issue, Prying Up the Lid.. Exhibit IV-B. Letter from Philip W. Quigg, assistant editor Foreign Affairs magazine, March 25, 1957, stating that Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor was unable to obtain clearance for an article he had written at the maga- Exhibit IV-C. Staff memorandum showing Defense Department censor- ship of speeches and articles by Army Secretary Wilber M. Brucker and NAVY CENSORSHIP Exhibit VI-A. Ballistic missile contractors: Staff memorandum of alleged "leak" cited by the Coolidge Committee on Classified Information, in- cluding Wall Street Journal story of August 3, 1956; speech by Brig. Gen. Don R. Ostrander, Assistant for Guided Missile Systems, Headquarters, ARDC; and letter to Congressman Moss from Assistant Defense Secre- tary Murray Snyder, June 28, 1957---- Exhibit VI-B. X-2 speed: Staff memorandum on alleged "leak" cited by Coolidge Committee on Classified Information, including excerpts from speech of Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff; New York Times story of August 2, 1956; and excerpt from Postscripts column of AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES Part 10-Department of Defense, Fifth Section MONDAY, JULY 1, 1957 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D. C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., at the George Washington Inn, New Jersey Avenue and C Street SE., Hon. John E. Moss (chairman) presiding. Members present: John E. Moss and Dante B. Fascell. Staff members present: John J. Mitchell, chief counsel; Samuel J. Archibald, staff director; and Paul Southwick, professional staff member. Mr. Moss. The subcommittee will now be in order. Today the House Government Information Subcommittee resumes its hearings on the availability of information from the military services and the Defense Department. These hearings, I believe, will document instances of unrealistic application of military secrecy; instances or arbitrary censorship over the military services by the Defense Department; and instances where newsmen have been accused of "leaks", when in fact their information was cleared by the Pentagon's top security agency or was an obvious conclusion drawn from publicly available information. COMMENT ON CHARGES BY LOYD WRIGHT Before starting the hearings, I would like to comment on a public statement made today by Mr. Loyd Wright, Chairman of the Commission on Government Security. His statement, carefully analyzed, points up some of the misuses of security restrictions which the subcommittee is studying in its current hearings. Chairman Wright has reiterated his so far unsubstantiated indictment of the American press. In a statement in the Commission's report of June 21, 1957, Mr. Wright implied that newsmen have been guilty of "purloining" and publishing military secrets. Without a shred of evidence in the report to back the charge, the Commission said there have been "frequent unauthorized disclosures without subversive intent of classified information affecting national security." The Commission proposed legislation to impose a fine of $10,000 and 5 years in jail on any newsman or anyone else who "communicates" classified information. LACK OF PROOF Mr. Wright, in his press release today, lists instances which he claims are unauthorized disclosures "seriously affecting the national security." But he has failed to supply documentary evidence to support his charges. He has merely compiled a list of alleged instances without proof that classified documents were "purloined" or that the stories were based on properly classified documents. The most charitable description of Mr. Wright's "list" is that it is an interesting summary of contentions. It certainly is not evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the press. Without actual evidence to back up the contentions, it is impossible to evaluate the charge leveled by the Commission on Government Security. REFUSAL OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DECLASSIFY In his press release, Mr. Wright states: During the past week I requested the responsible official to release a part of this information which, in my opinion, no longer required secrecy. I had hoped enough might be resurrected from the grave of unwarranted continuing classification to demonstrate to the American people the disastrous consequences that flow from an individual's taking the law into his own hands. I regret to report that this request for declassification was denied, and that the information is apparently entombed forever, with the final rites of classified burial, in the bureaucratic graveyard of a maze of files, never to be disseminated to the American people who are entitled to know the full details of these dark chapters of betrayal. In a letter transmitting his press release to the subcommittee, Mr. Wright stated: These files have been returned to the Attorney General and he has not seen fit to declassify them for our use. Since the Government Security Commission has proposed legislation, I expect the appropriate committees of Congress will be given access to documentary evidence supporting the legislation. The Commission received excellent cooperation from the Executive officials in its study of a most important problem, according to the foreword to its report, which states: The Commission, aided by Executive directive, was fortunate in obtaining a maximum of cooperation from all departments and agencies of the Government, and is believed to have been the first organization of its kind to have direct access to confidential files and documents without reservation. I expect the Commission and the executive branch will extend the Congress and its committees the same cooperation in their efforts to improve the efficient and economic operation of our Government. Mr. Fascell, have you anything to add? Mr. FASCELL. No, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Moss. The record will be held open at this point for any opening statement Mr. Hoffman desires to place in the record. We have with us this morning Maj. Gen. Guy S. Meloy, Jr., Chief of Information, Department of the Army, and Mr. William J. Donohoe, Chief of Security Review Office, Department of the Army. |