LETTER TO MR. FRANK N. CROWTHER FROM ALLEN W. DULLES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R000200070012-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: November 10, 1959
• Content Type: LETTER

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Mr. Frank H. CWt??1'j Chaim
The Carolina Forum,, 1959-60
Thank you vent' such for your letter of
23 August inviting to GPO'kk at ChaPel Hilo
the spring. I vould have written
been endeavoring to arrange s
so that I mi.l;,ht give you a specific ? ate.
I find however that I tat cannot at this
time make a definite ct .t t for next spring.
I an planning a trip out, of the crtRry sometime
during the spring and also have a ran*er of official
commitments during that period which preclude mi
making any more specific dates right z.
I could take this =Ar advisees and get is
touch with you a? time in the early part of next
r when my ply are ec tat more definite.
once again may thanks and kindest regards -
Sincerely,
Allen W. Dulles
Director
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August 23, lYbY
Mr. A l l e n W. Du l l e s
Director, Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E St., N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Dulles:
I am writing in reference to our discussion of
August 20 regarding the possibility of your visiting
the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for
an informal address this coming spring.
For your information and reference, I will
list herein exactly what such a visit might entail.
Should you plan to arrive in the early after-
noon, we would prepare an informal gathering of
students where you might consent to answer questions
for a period of approximately one hour. This session
would be restricted to students of the Consolidated
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, Greensboro
and Raleigh), Duke University and North Carolina
College. Later that afternoon, you might participate
in a general discussion with professors from the
several institutions, we would hope in a relaxed
atmosphere.
Before your address to the combined university
communities, I think it proper to arrange a private
dinner for you with the heads of these various in-
stitutions. William C. Friday, President of the Con-
solidated University of North Carolina, would be your
host.
The address itself is normally scheduled for
8 p.m. This will be the only time that members of
the press are to be admitted, As I Indicated at the
time of our meeting, your address does not have to
be formal in nature. Your general topic or topics,
however, should be announced in advance. I have found,
in the past, invariably, that the fewer directives or
suggestions we give a visiting speaker, the more
interesting an address we receive. Therefore, the
choice of subjects will be left to your disgression.
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On the chance of being accused of violating the
aforementioned tenet, I will say that I hope your
address might include some discussion of the present
demands of national security and, most importantly, an
appeal to the students that they consider a career
with the government in mind. The latter is a rarely
discussed subject, sadly enough, and I believe that
such an appeal could come from no better source than
yourself, being the member of a family which is already
legend for Its devotion to the supreme difficulties of
running the American government. This Is also one of
the reasons I asked Dr. Raymond Saulnier to address the
university later on this year. The average college
student has only the most amorphous semblance of an
Idea as to how our economic system functions.
The physical arrangements, of course, may be
attended to at a later date. 1 will mention that
our organization, The Carolina Forum, assumes the
expense of your air transportation to and from Raleigh-
Durham airport, where you will be met and escorted
to the Carolina Inn at Chapel Hill. All other expenses
while you remain are also our obligation.
For a date, may I suggest that you consider
any week in February, the first two weeks of March,
any week In April, or the first two weeks of May.
To borrow Martin Luther's words, "Here I
stand." Were there any more effective means of
urging you to consider, better, consent to this
visit, I certainly wish I knew of such. My request,
simply, is that of the students who so infrequently
are afforded the opportunity of talking with and
listening to the men, other than the politicians in
Congress, who carry on the business of our government.
Thanking you for your attention to this matter
and hoping that you may find time to visit Chapel
Hill, "the liberal mind of the South," I am,
i erely your
Frank H. Crowt
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Ch
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e Carolina Forum
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1959-60
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