SERVICE GROUPS REBUT CHARGES OF CIA TIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200150003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 22, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Service Grou'plj-hs Rebut
Charaes of CIA Ties
The International Sccre-! the . Central Intelligence
tariat for Volunteer Service, i.Agency.
an organization financed by 10
governments and various
American foundations, and
the Asian Foundation, a pri-
vate American philanthropy,
yesterday rebutted charges
,that they were associated with
CPYRGHT
The Secretariat's chief, for-
mer Peace Corps general
counsel, William A. Deland,
denied without qualification
an' Indian legislator's unsup'
ported charge that he "is a top"
CIA official actively connect-'
ed with the Peace Corps and
other espionage networks."
The legislator was criti-,
cizing his own government for.
permitting the Secretariat to
hold a conference, starting
March 29 in New Delhi, on the
.volunteer service programs in
some 50 countries which it
coordinates.
Not only are the Secre-
tariat's budget and staff both'
!public and international, said
Delano, but none of its foun-
dation contributors (Ford,
,Rockefeller) has been linked
to the CIA. Its headquarters is
,at 1000 16th $t. nw.
The Asia Foundation, re-
sponding to the recent disclo-
sures of CIA penetration of
private organizations that
.operate abroad, issued a for-
mal statement from its San
:Francisco office.
Acknowledging (but not list-
ing) past contributions from
foundations' named as CIA,
conduits, it said these con-1
:tributions "in no way affected'
the Foundation's policies and
programs." Fun1s are no long-
Ier accepted from these sour-'
ices, a spokesman added, al-
though "open" Government
grants for international educa-,
tion and development are ac
cepted.
The Foundation's Asian and
American employes "have de
voted themselves exclusively to
the Foundation's work," said:
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