LETTER TO MR. ALLEN DULLES FROM EARL J. MCGRATH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R001200280019-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2003
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 18, 1954
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
The University of Kansas City is very much
interested in establishing a Russian Center, as
described in the attached Prospectus.
I have been informed that the Central In-
telligence Agency might be interested in such a
project. If so, would you kindly let me know
under what circumstances.
Earl McGrath
President
Mr. Allen Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C.
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This propaaai concerns the development at the kniverai:
of a Russian 41t4ies "#-ter to s ir*iulate ar d aid the study
of a U aspects of Russian society is high schools, co;L3 e es and t t LVer
s Lties, and adult orgy .zations. While certain phases o tne tsr t s
work nay be directed primarily at sties tlr and servicing the tidy
of the U.S.S.R. by Mid-West institutions and crgsnisati rns, ct , 3betsee
.r -suchh as the development c f etude unite for high aohoola--can Ix- directed
at wider, perhaps national, institutions and groups.
f x emotional a:..;proaah to aoviet society is din?.,erouea
scholarly and c n rete ive knowledge (based on primary solar,
tee varied aspects of Soviet life and policies can provide a stron-,;
fou. c ati ?n for wise. decisions. Although a few centers -ussia) suidi s
exist,, they are mainl ? in the. st. loroov r, they are dedi.cat t a2 xs
exclusively to research or sc ' c training within t iv3 ar iverel ri.es,
And yet, it is preeciael.y in the Ld-West thst the need t"ar , apr
= biased nowle a is trie greatest.
ins; its tasks, the (.enter ^ ld. devel-a a ra such ar:t'ivities
=fir< ter
-.... -cooperatio: i with adult education a ;e cies (s aeh as Vim
(:ansas city Adult Education Association and the American Founda%CLoa for
'olitical duration) in the a eevelopsr nt of prof.*,r e, in "rov'idirk' conwulta--
tive atgd Itute4rahip services, and in tr sz adult dit4e+xssion lt:adere.
----organizing lectures, institutes$ c,anferences and
aveicsp.tn : materials for `the mass
Leales) ,
2, The education or high school students in the area of iiu.ssiar,
Studies throuhs
velopin ; and providing stu
y,
ion of u d appropriate ooooera of
tional institutions willchs tram high school teachers, Char own 3c',1001 of
#' tic. 4.,rior. is already akin - ?e?a?te steps in this d=i.recl
its, materials
with,highcar educa--
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i`he ecihcat in .` college student.
Or uct ; and publishing the resau1ta of r ;ear zh;
fields acid topics wkalcft are not the ob; ect of exist
Ing ?e earen.
---- xgaarzdi i ussiaaan , tadi in our n it gwwr&L edic-,ti*
rcra . > in tae various Divisions aid hools of the 1:raiversity~aa sct
ulati ; afuoslaan -Studies at other higher ea' c st. ,aa gal i etitutios .
-?contribut4
studies.
peciaaal stress on foreign pu:bli cattl ran sian, Chit , other
%a rat.~t nin a res arch a; .d service li raa ry and a at r ai s
Or filrs fugitive maater:laal, diawragr , et*). The coliocti.cn
n lain awintrins, and -14e-stern European countries.
. , au -lying rotor. c
life (aaa~~,r cultu , techaoleagy, me is a e, indu
to inaatituti ;na and ess:-r~s havln an interest
~ " rob le-M.
6. Publishing a jiussia l Digest eonsistings of tr,
siaaaaa arioa of, or extracts from, important artielf,~ s, do men
A?vi.F t
ata :3, eta,
in all. areas of #tuasian Studies. ta_ as Direst will c ., tribute to w he
fill ea?:t of the aims list.a4i as ovc .
The initial faculty and staff might :irr:e rude abut six st yla
o WOuld taken. together, cover the areas of bean a and l .t iture,
poLtics, econoaaict., sociology and anthropology, p -)nopkay, sal cultural
nitut=ona, A head librr`aarn uld be needed. In attrition, i, would be
desira,. i.o t?) have a number of scholaarsn. r s aiu f'as l ea?aaas a #.aa a avail Ahla t*
p ror :ote t1 m traininar of specialists in the several a , of SOa tract: ; tu&exi,.
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