Casey ‘Doing Better,’ Weinberger Says

WASHINGTON — CIA Director William J. Casey, recovering from brain surgery, is “doing better now,” Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger said Sunday.

“I hope William Casey is going to stay on. He is doing much better now, (according to the) medical report, and I very much hope that he will have a full recovery,” said Weinberger, speaking on the ABC-TV program, “This Week With David Brinkley.”

The White House has said it has no plans to replace the ailing director, who underwent surgery on Dec. 18 for removal of a cancerous brain tumor.

A Georgetown University Hospital spokesman said there had been no change in Casey’s health since a statement issued last Tuesday that said he was in stable condition, experiencing speech difficulties, weakness on his right side and was undergoing radiation therapy for cancer.