Colbys close relationship with the Phoenix program in South Vietnam and my own longstanding humanitarian concern about the effects of the war on Vietnamese civilians. In part. my reservations also involve larger questions about the changing role of the CIA in American policy and the philosophy of the person the country should have to guide the Agency in the years ahead. As chairman of the Senate Refugee Subcommittee. as a Senator concerned about civilians in Vietnam. as one who has been to Vietnam and seen their plight firsthand. I have long been troubled by the continuing serious allegations surrounding the Phoenix program. From the fall of 1968 through the spring of 1971.