TITLE

The Mysterious Doings of CIA

AUTHOR(S)
Harkness, Richard; Harkness, Gladys
PUB. DATE
October 1954
SOURCE
Saturday Evening Post;10/30/1954, Vol. 227 Issue 18, p19
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
The article presents the first part of a three-part series of the issue "The Mysterious Doings of the Central Intelligence Agency" about the discrete services that is being done by its agents to address the security problems in Iran and Guatemala. It relates the methods and operations that is being undertaken by its secret service agents to determine espionage attacks through undetected surveillance. It also offers information on how the agency get its finances and points out its accomplishments.
ACCESSION #
19452805

 

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