LET'S IDENTIFY CIA SCHOLARS

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000100300048-2
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RIPPUB
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K
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1
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December 9, 2016
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September 9, 1998
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48
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Publication Date: 
May 3, 1966
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NSPR
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Approved For Relaa& ^"pP& . ;b 1Wii%APOLIS, MINN@ !STAR E. 277,505 -00001R000100300048- A STUDENT ofpolitical'th'eofy'and Asian affairs wrote the lead article in the current issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, entitled "The Faceless Viet Cong." j But George Carver Jr. is more than that. And he:, Is 'more than the other descriptions of him given by^~ the magazine-holder of degrees from Yale and Ox ford, former officer in the U.S..aid mission in Saigon'- and author of "Aesthetics and the Problem of,.' writers ,of such articles as may ,appear In the pubR rM Sen. Fulbright is inquiring into the practice. We twns with conduct of the war in Viet Nam; to publish writings, by its employes without noting the connec- information in assessing the article. No one will deny that the CIA is quite directly concerned in its opera:, The merit of articles by Carver or other CIA employes' is not the point at issue here. What is in volved is the right of the general public, to whom such] magazines are made accessible, to know salient facts about the author. Certainly the fact that a writer deal-. ,ing with fiscal problems is connected with the U.S. ,Treasury Department would be an important piece of.' telligence Agency (CIA). Carver isa,..(trll-time analyst for the Central In- Approved For Release 2001/07/26 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000100300048-2