'CIA RECRUITING HERE (IF YOU CAN FIND ITS OFFICE)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300240010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 1, 1998
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: July 8, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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A female voice at the other end of the line answers the ! Ostro said the initial CIA contact was by letter postmar ed
telephone: "Mr. Forrester's office." from Ann Arbor. He said he rejected a possible overs as'.
She doesn't say that Mr. Forrester's office is a recruiting "sp:y" assignment because it would have meant leaving is-
station for the Central Intelligence Agency. wife in the U. S. for two years.
Her first words on the telephone reinforce the information.: CIA officials in Washington had, no comment on Ost 's,
in the Ann Arbor telephone directory. The information in the' ;;tort', but they were willing to talk about CIA recruiting o per.,
directory lists "Forrester, John F., ofc. 450 S. Main, NO 3- ,itions.
7866." { Forrester said that he had no' knowledge of Ostro's at ryj
The information is listed among the F's for Forrester, note "except for what Washington is giving you."
the U's for U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. "We have wonderful relations with the University of';
The CIA in Washington confirmed today that it operates !Michigan and Michigan State University," said Grieves: "T ey;
a full-time office in Ann Arbor to recruit students for CIA do a good job of screening students in advance.
jobs. Forrester supervises the office. .; Forrester said he "couldn't give out any specific figur, s
The local office is one of 17 regional recruiting stations, !on how successful"his office has been }n recruiting U-M u '
and serves Michigan and Ohio. Other Midwest recruiters are 0onts for the CIA.
stationed at Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City, accord-; "I can say we ao extremely well in the Midwest," e
Ing to Rex Grieves, CIA director of persogp~P-s.{. local recruiting supervisor said.
e mversi y a is i tcfik.gan Mate University and-i The Ann Arbor office has had little
publicity, Grie es
oincr Big Ten schools are productive institutions for CIA re- said, but there is no reason it should not be publicized
cruiters, Grieves reported. !,,except we can't service a walk-in public."
He said the CIA is looking for students in various fields for Ile said campus recruiting is done between October a d
its career training program in intelligence. March. Recruiting is halted in March so that security chec a
Students who have studied international political science can be completed and job offers made in May.
'and who are proficient in a foreign language are in greatest
demand, he said, but added: "As an agency we don't discour- While the CIA enjoys good relations with Big Ten achoo s,
gage anyone." Grieves said, the agency cannot be as cooperative as the ins I-
Forrester said his office, in Ann Arbor is involved in tutions might 'desire.
"strictly recruitment. Our greatest need at- the moment hap- For example, the CIA can'.t tell university placem t'
pens to be photogrammetrists. I would appreciate it if you bureaus which candidates were,given employment bees e
would mention we need photogrammetrists if you give us 'some students joining CIA may be beaded for a careei f
any publicity," he told The News. anonymity. ti
Photogrammetry is the process of making surveys and The Ann Arbor office was opened about six years ago. Its-%,
maps utilizing photographs. office hours are from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. . .
The Ann Arbor office figured in a news story by Washing- Forrester was asked why the local recruiting office w is'
ton reporter Earnest A. Ostro, who said he recently; replied to listed in the telephone directory under his name instead of,'
a help wants-d-Ar'ft-V'mY"aper trade 'magazine and found ,the CIA. I . '
himself, talking with a CIA recruiter. ' "Well, I guets'it,has always been ilsted'tha " d.:
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