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whereas I believe that Angleton does agree with
Golitsyn. Now as far as our time in the Agency
together was concerned, I did come to feel that
Angleton went a little bit overboard in his acceptance
of some of Golitsyn's views and some of Golitsyn's
opinions. I thought he went a hit far with them. On
the other hand, he is entitled to his opinion and I
was entitled to mine.
I would have said, and I do say, that this idea that
.. because Golitsyn believed that there was a penetration .
of the Agency did not necessarily make it so. I to
this day do n o t believe that the CIA was penetrated,
or has been penetrated, at any significant level. I'm
not arguing now about contract agents in Washington
who were doing spot jobs for the Agency who may have
been recruited by the Soviets or may not have been
recruited by the Soviets. I know there is some
controversy that swirls around that. But I'm talking
about staff members of the CIA who were working in the
Clandestine Services or in the DDI in positions of
responsibility where they would have been a useful
penetration for the Soviets. I simply don't believe
that ever happened, and I don't believe to this day
that it ever happened. One would have to present me
with the name and a l l the details about an individual
before I would accept it because I just don't think it
ever happened. I don't know what's happened since I
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