EX-STUDENT AIDES DEFEND SUBSIDIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200640010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 25, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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~2 Leadal?s Say They Kept
Inde~aendent Judgment
?, it wus takinry ]ar^e subsidies ~'' portance which natwnallst
~~ movements in Asia Africa and
;lion said yesterday ,that they; ~ In at least three important
i.? areas the assbciation maintained
~~,ad retained "the utmost vibi-I stn independent foreibn policy
:arce anti independence of judg- ~ I that often conflicted with offi-
I ent" while receiving as nttlch ~ i cial views, the presidents said. .
''as SID0,000 a year from thej' q"N.S.A, consistently sup-
ICentral Intelligence Agency to ~ IPbrted and sought to strengthen
operate their international giro-{!democratic student organiza-
, tinny in those collntrics wher
gram. K i they existed and encouraged
The forlncr presidents noted ~, ~ their formation where they did
.~ths.t the Fassociation had con-i not rxist." '
Isistcntly opposed officiaiAm~e2?i-~'~ ~"N5A's international policy,
can foreign ;policy even while ~ i''-arty recognized the crucial im-
:from the ~+ ederal Government. ; ~ Latin America would have ~ in.
. Tho statement issued yestcr-I~:shapingourworld."
day was signed by every prey!-h cl"ti~'hilc we were quite atii?are
dCnt-Wiwi one exception-who~bof~ the expansionist amblttons.
.?,:d o:':ice in the association iliand ideological goals of. tho So
.~twecn 1952, when file link I:) vlpt Union, N.S.A, chose to .deal'
,;:ith the intelligence agencyj~with the Soviets and Eastern
??:one exception was Richard J.
.l:u2-plty, now Assistant Post-
18.tQ,~(~~/12~ ql~~'o It `tldca~?Il~e
whether C.hA. funds entailed
any such conditions. We state
ca.tcborically that they did not.
Allegations ~ that we were
'trapped'. or 'duped': ?are arrart~
nonscllse,"
Such charges have been made
by present association officials. i
The former presidents said'
that althounh they constantly!
sought other financing, "this re-
1a,tionship was the only realis-
tic and responsible alternative
available to us at tha time."
?pariahs but as political adver-
saries in a changing world."
master General, wllo declined ~ ~ The former officers noted
to ~ ign. He was president in ~ j alndt thatlwhat ni t htthave been
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