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swirling in these matters. As far as I was concerned, I always felt that I got along well with Angleton. I admixed his abilities. I admired his tenacity and his intelligence, and I had him in the job in counterin- telligence because I believed that he was the officer best fitted to do that job. Hathaway: Admiral Taylor, before he died, was interviewed by some CI people in the late '70s who were doing some CI Staff studies, and we have transcripts of those interviews. Admiral Taylor says that he believed you--now he is speaking of you--he believed you felt that Golitsyn had somewhat soured Angleton, that because of Golitsyn Angleton had--and this is a quote from Admiral Taylor--"lost his perspective in matters c7- concerning a possible penetration." Or he had--in another quote--"gone overboard in his suspicions. 'I Does this accurately reflect your beliefs? Well, I think that the Golitsyn case indeed involves some controversy because Golitsyn has some rather c Helms : extreme views about the relationship between the Soviet Union and the PRC, and the Soviet Union and some of its satellites. These views are now in the public domain in a book which Golitsyn has written and had published, and they're there for everybody to see. 'I don't happen to agree with Golitsyn or his views in these matters having to do with the Sino-Soviet split and political matters of this kind, 6