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served as deputy director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CIA 1950-51, and later<br />

was spec. asst. to Pres. Eisenhower for national security.<br />

The third man on Truman's team was Mathias F. Correa,<br />

also a Wall Street lawyer, whose mo<strong>the</strong>r was <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

Figueroa family; his fa<strong>the</strong>r was head <strong>of</strong> real estate and<br />

investments for <strong>the</strong> Brooklyn Diocese, and his bro<strong>the</strong>r<br />

was spec. asst. to <strong>the</strong> Atty Gen <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> U.S. 1946, general<br />

counsel ODM 1951-52, and vice-pres. RCA.<br />

Truman later came to be deeply suspicious <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> CIA.<br />

He told Merle Miller, "Plain Speaking":<br />

"Now, as nearly as I can make out, those fellows in <strong>the</strong> CIA don't just report<br />

on wars and <strong>the</strong> like, <strong>the</strong>y go out and make <strong>the</strong>ir own."<br />

Allen Dulles placed a verse from <strong>the</strong> Bible (John 8:32) in<br />

<strong>the</strong> entrance to <strong>the</strong> CIA building, "And ye shall know <strong>the</strong><br />

truth, and <strong>the</strong> truth shall make you free." [see note E2']<br />

Allen W. Dulles was chief <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new agency; Frank<br />

Wisner was his deputy; it grew from 5000 to 15,000<br />

personnel by 1955. In 1974, it had 16,500 agents and a<br />

$750 million budget; in all, <strong>the</strong> National Security Agency<br />

had $6 billion to spend for "intelligence".<br />

The CIA has <strong>of</strong>ten been called <strong>the</strong> Central Investment<br />

Agency, not only because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Wall Street<br />

backgrounds <strong>of</strong> Donovan, Dulles and many o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

principals, but because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> many <strong>com</strong>mercial<br />

operations in which it has engaged (<strong>the</strong> CIA is always<br />

referred to, not by accident, by its insiders, as "<strong>the</strong><br />

Company"). A great deal <strong>of</strong> stock trading is based upon

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