DEAR MISS BERGER:

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000200230073-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2004
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: March 13, 1967
• Content Type: LETTER

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march 13th, 1957
Mass Berbera Berger, feat President, Student Goverment
Student Government Association
University aloonnueavanie
Philadelphia 4, Pe.
Dear Miss Berger*
Your undated letter and, the enclosed resolution passed by the
University of Penneylvenia,Student Government onftbruary 20th, 1967,
hes been received.
The first question that occurs to re is .. *Why is the Peat
President, Student Covernmeat, and the Past Chairman, ftternal At.
fairs Committee of Student Oovernmento writing to no about a reso-
lution adopted by the University of Pamesylvenia Student Government?*
I would like to know why the Present Preaident end Chairman did not
send this inflammation to me. and I would like to be enlightened on
this point.
Atter carefully reeding your letter and carefully reviewing
the reaolution. I would like to euggest that the Student Government
Association give more nature and teemed consideration to the matter
of CIA involvesneet with the NBA. I have just read a joint state.
moat by the 12 Past Preaidents of the BSA in which they categorical/y
dew that the CIA atteepted to influence aey action or the NSA. Thus,
there is melon:31s in fact for pernereph 0 of your resolution.
ther. each Past President states that atter their election as Prost.
dent they yore fully briefed as to the role the CIA was playing in
connection with the NSA, and they volunterily agreed to continue
this ocoociation. Your statement certainly does not substantiate
the weeltleictra reached in pa acre. f7 of your resolution.
The funds &vetted to the MAW the CIA enabled the NSA to do
a better job of representing the students of the Vatted States through.
out the world and edvencing,true principles of democracy, which is
the Objective you state in the first parearawb of your resolution.
Without this financial assistance the NSA could not have done the
good job that It has been doing and the Pact Presidents of the ISA
have stated that their efforts to relessufficient newsy to operate
without the financial assistance of the CIA were unsuccesafhl.
It is a yell known fact that the Communist countries have been
financing their student organisations to the tune of many millions of
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dollars each year to enable thee to deconstrate siPileet the Welted
States, burn ltbrates in toreigte countries A:1th vere built with
Averinan Auda,end than, in moral, do everything itosallge to ems.
borne* this country *brae& diee bale received from the CIA enabled
the INA to hell) oarehat this sort of thing?
Please keep in mind that the CIA vas sat up as that intelligent*
lase of this combo' after the Wetter at Pearl Berber? WirlItaLly
our cretins Pacific /loot use destroyed at Pearl Harbor NA rectilying
the avenge mood at Petal Harbor cost this country tens of theunamds
Of lives aced billions of delleve? We Can neve& Permit **eh & WAS
to happen again?
We can never be certain that the CIA has aLt of the intimation
on row subject or that all of the information developed by the CIA
? be omplotaly accurate, sa there just in not egy Imp of won.
piddling this in the Med of international intelligence. Severer,
the CIA is doing a wed jcfb teeler the present ciretentanees, NA the
action of the CIA in helping to finance the ESA hes done nothing to
plates the igellAtes powle in jeoparly.
Wises
Sincerely,
? CC - Denial 71=erty, Past Chairman, External Affairs
Committee of Student Geverament
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