CIA CUTS AID TO PRIVATE GROUPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500010040-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 40
• Publication Date: February 21, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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~tl rd r '~ 1i `'I~r t ber ; ? C u1SCUSS did not V,'1511 to ' ~) 1i:ntoday propose Y
w tl l~ V r ? ;(y n pr' n~ of Gr,Sanl'Lu:0 5. S;]CCfC CaSCS Or CIA t d a7) ln
. - _ _ ... uy
!~ uNCt that CIA Suppvri: would a11s Ve as 't0 y a s
^,ow financial I= .,el'.at0 conltI)1ttee of seven
5io
1iV,.~ 41 ,i be wit dra~f], itusse;i first,- -L of private interna~ v 1Z1 rrernbers.arth
!a
~r~ d r 1 a c uv. ,cs helpful to the
said, es." But ti)Cn said ile
.,at,oi] AiCC
Would rather not quite l:el'T;S,,S ;Oilid bCSt be randic y, d frC(ti;ent critic of
r~
l
e would
Waste to cor,ti ~s . not r
n11SSC1J lndiCa,V
, findings not later than
r sell said ll e, Ras- CIA's covert a1lsthappy, lppot ~of h the! next
Move report
_ The chairman declined to s y National Student by Helm s ---',what speci oia.c 5 1)d Otl]Cl' 1 Association The
panel , under
the 1ic-
f ICS ~if ICCt MUD would be curtailed, sayir.n,: :unlphrey told students ut
The earthy resolution, would mako
l prele" nOt'. to o into iiCJ St?nfGCc, University n
at the )u1 1nvcstibation of CIA ac
director of the Central list of all` of the or anizations ,; niversity th a
Intelligence Agency told a Sen tha r t are L-1 0 ted, !A's `/ruu rat on, into the colic-
ate watchdo7 tivilies and )aInteg ity "their
committee toda .? Y b ! "orte( of tire' e:(ect on the' integrity of do
that the agenc will Y Aenned saddest ? times our government (mcstic, Private withdraw: Sack
its financial s C:.1 1 has had in ferias of 1 1 + and public insti.
support from air Prior to this, Sen. Rouen ''ti'polic}'." pub ic Autions and organizations and on
I number of non-90VCI?nment aC XCnned unfair to "I'm American r
tivmbe Y said 'it was not a farcign policy.
make the CIA V Il appy about w c 4i XTCCarthy said this ",ouls
CIA chief Richard +tl.~e trta _" lie CIA is d in
doing "
v:':iil the Helms met fo Subsidizing private g t,T
met' attorney rat , i i i stit the CIA's use of acadcm)c
,
the 12-member sutlcom The . rot crau Is,~ Said, I in t et that the CIA v'as';.Institufions, student groups,.
gcr. ,nvolve
First ^^-~brother of ~., in this. I think wr, ilL;~ill;l foundations, trades unions, andesiec Returns on CIA Probe Meat a voiced synpati]y ror`the CIA ti nsC freet~of govern rc ltncoe Under th e resolution
Asia Dissent. other organlzatiars.
Page A-2 buffeted in a save of prates cifn."
Foundation C , the core'
alls ,
mitt
CIA Case, Meeting on reaction to she disclosure tha t'
also would be authorized
Poge.A-8 had channeled mane He said the CI needs rlo bc' to investigate
;Cold War ideological Era y tc;rou n,
the subsidizing
May bo.various foundations to Studeor,StIp fineGn' . ?atl;l c, any 01'gpinioa
r Over. n ld
lona that 1nIlUonce
Page A-lo and t' "confined to its intelligence-' Public opinioi], and the subsi-
t other organizations w it;t; g, ihering act; vi ties."
'Church Council Got Aid From Faun ..international activitieS? I dizatiori of publications, 'STAY
goons linked to ' her radi0
CIA, Page A-20'
-2u With a rueful onri,z aGutalum ]hreil s comment io? broadcasts and other informs,
mltteC behind C10SCd doors. r tlllg into another COntraver. 1Gwed similar 'dl:ticisnl in flan IL".: The Sy the senator said, ur n,statcn,~rt issued by John W q
substance of his testimony was interview:
disclosed b C river, secretary of iIcaiih
ichard These basic declsia ( wer, iLc cation and Weltare_ N111,10 is a
B. Russell, jjC airm who an R c il t
strongly, n ot made unilaterally 1, y the ;a'o ~~ ors ,ppnirtd las week to
defended the CIA in talks with 'CIA but _by the executiverai;c
reporters.
I prefer not to o into a. d --ill the Eisenhower, I~crin d "t `? '10 CIA activities such as
tailed list of and Johnson administrations ~ithe II'SA pro-ram,
tails this are all tt he organizayAll relevant P Gardner t
involved," govcrnmcl2t a?en?, said f, was a ills,.
Russall'cies are contacted for thole take for 'the CIA ever to entan-
told newsmen after the three-' T House.
~
hour session with Helms ~a bite ova I. ghat, 'includes the glc itself il) 'covert activities'
Nelms hiniseI walked bristiiy Wni e House.
from the meeting I the policy was ?,vron,, it ;.close to the heir" of education or
g,..and brushed;was snot the product of the CIA sci,olarsilip ortl]c university,?
aside questions.
Russell said the furor caus dl but of each administration." l But h e'stressed that he felt the
rv CIA's involvement with the We must not forget that we Terror Should nog weir n?,i
National . Student `Assaciatio, tare not dealing with a dream re g bn abd est.
and
other no `1 world, but with a very conizin~ the nation's reed for
n government tGUgil an intellrgc ICe.tiatyering ages
+groups has adversary, he said.
greatly, damaged "I think it is unfair that ~t t,s ' Cy
its effectiveness.'.' He describeq CIA should talcs the rap on this. 'l
as "ust a lot of hogwash" ',the
idea that the CIA involvement An} of these decisions made by'.
has.. damagcri nr CIA had to have been approved
a icmtc free-
dom. ? . . by others.,,.
Kennedy called the CI;; c,
"At t'JiiblLt BeL~VeIi "invaiuablc crganiza+: r
Russell first gage' '8} td rlbr Rfea$e /Q,41"' CIA-RDP75-001498000500010040-5
opinion.. that; ??in unctions to protect the security-
Y;ew. Gf..: tho of the country, It has some of
f t t rt~ _'~ I' fJ 50 mC ty G-Oa uon, Support for. v~lii;C Ae - voiced S ym `?'C ",--, IntrOduceu a I esoluti0n
' J ' l
r,a?
It rl ii Of these aggencica Will he thy f0r the CIA, Vice Pr c'sidCnt In the Senate to authorize the'
~.1 a = withdrawn because it would
tiUiIC't Zi. I;umphrCy said n-, Inquiry. The.commi te
be a
t