TA By Bob Woodward ashnson Post tie Weer The Gentral Intelligence Agency for 4 20 years has made secret annual pay- ‘ments totaisg millions of doUars to King Hussein of Jordan, The Wash- ‘ington Post has Tearned. 1. | "The payotts were reported lastyear 1 to President Ford as an impropriety ! by thelntelligence Oversight Board, a | threemember panel set up by Fordto | curb CIA abuses. = ‘President Ford took no steps to stop \ me covert payments, Lest year ius igein was Paid approximately $750,000 Tbythe CIA th ‘President Carter learned of the pay- offs earlier this week after this news “paper began Svetigatin. He onder iia the payments be stopped. the secret arrangement with Hus 1 geitbad not been tscored to Carter "Sythe crs or by any member of the Petes atiaitisteation, ineluding Pieciaent Fora, former Secretary of 1 Bite Honey At Kissinger, oF former. | Gin Director George Bush. 5 1 Garter was distressed” that he hed ok been told according to wellplaced aor ese at sees the solution to CLA sees equi: cotiaation of his soaettee a CIA diveson, Navy. AG Binet rumen : anion, tne Sena Ttelience conatttee created last Year to ver come Gta sppectiy was rot even 80 Fah Gtoy by the word ast tiom of the secret paymenis tH ‘Ove of the most eloaely held and senting of al CIA covert actives, EEpayments to Musgeln were made Beatie eoleword project nae ot | see cet They. were wally del | ce ie tash fo fe hing by the CIA | Silom ebiet in Amman. = =| hs Soatftenton forthe direct each payments to Hussein, the CLA claimed BFifesein was alibwing US. ntl once agencios to operate feng ia is Siegal placed. Middle. Eastera nts ee ‘Hussein himself. provided Intelli- gaits te. the CIA and forwarded | ney Stom the payrzents to ether rane et oliciato who provided ior \ Approved For Release 2007/06/21 : CIA-RDP99-00498R000100050113-4 “7 B.FER 1977 WASHINGTON POS1 Paid Millions King Husse telligence oF cooperated with the CIA, ‘Nonetheless, some CIA officials eon: sidered the payments nothing more thon “bribes” and reported the mat- ter to” President Ford's oversight panel. oe ‘Hustein, according to sources, com siders the payments simply another form of US. assistance, °° 4 ‘Within the CIA, the “No Beet” proj-~ cect has been considered one of its fost stceesstul operations, giving the ‘United States great leverage and unv- sual aceess-to the leader of a sover- elga state. 5 ‘The payments were first miade to Hussein in. 1937 during the Eisen- hower administration. The initial pay- ‘ments apparently ran in the millions of dotiars but they were sharply eur {atte tothe $750,000 level Tast yeas, ‘Hussein was omly 21 hea he flest ecnme a beneficiary of CLA funds. 1 Worzitime wen Jordon vas Vetully Sopord af the United States and Hur Sela had little money to. support his Mica, whieh earned him the repu- {ation a8 a"playbey prince : ‘Hussein has a well-publicized taste for sports cars and aisplanes. As once | Sreviouly reported, the CTA has pro | Sassen vith female compere | ons the agency also provided body fquctds for fiustein's children when Bley were abrond in schools ‘Some money from the most Fecent CIA payments to Hussein have been. fused to pay for bodyguards for his ehildeen, ‘Over the years, Hussein has main- tained. felendly ‘relations with the United States and his country has Deen the recipient of substantial mili. tary and economic. ald—about $200 million in Joans and geants last year atone. ‘The “No Beet” payments to Husseiti were made outside the conventional Qe SS “Approved For Release 2007/06/24 - CIA-RDP99-00498R000100050112-4 tec ‘STAT Tolle in GUA ast an eae a community. ‘ aco Boh ea Ge oversisht panel She gener cougse, sean, made such ‘report. on the Hassein pave ents, and called them possibly im: Pithe panel appointed 7 © ponel appointed by Fore sce sided former’ Under. Secretary. of ats Robert D. Murphy, former Sec- Fetory ofthe Army Stepien Sites, and inusieess book publisher Leo Cherne.* By ast summer the oversight panel had: made a formal report to Pre cient Ford an the payments, coneli Ing that they were improper. Ford { fea the report ut order no acon ‘Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance is scheduled to meet with King Hus sein today uring Vance's stenatloa wip tothe Bde Ease " ‘Jordan is widely cowsidered a mod- crating indluence on {he Palestinians \ 2 &