CIA CHALK TALK FAILS TO SPARK GLENCOE TEEN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400240001-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 10, 1976
• Content Type: NSPR

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CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
SUN-TIMES
MAR 1 0 1976
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chalk ME
fails to.. ? '
I Glenbe teen
By Thomas J. Dolan
T h e Central Intelligence
Agency is going''tohave to
show-more than. edible paper
and fluorescent chalk if it
wants to impress David Bres-
West High school.
Breskin, 17, and 349 other
high school students were
granted,a visit and briefing
last week at CIA headquarters;
in MacLean, Va., near Wash-
ington. It was a big hit with
most of them, he said.
"They, whisked us in, on
bases with police escorts one
" ) reskin said. "We got,
night
,
the whole bit." CIA bubble burst
ll
parts
The students, from a
of the country, received a 21/z Using- an aerial photo: of the CIA complex in MacLean,
h o u r briefing in the in- Va., David Breskin, 17, locates the bubble-shaped audito-
h
e
telligence agency's bubble- ? rium where touring students were briefed. Forget t
shaped auditorium as part of a. CIA's James Bond image, the students were told. (Sun-
week of studying the national Times Photo by Dune Hall)
government.- The weer was become a spy. "He answarei
l excited."
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sponsored by t
i Later, Breskin said, Chretien that she had. some very fin,
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Classroom for
cans, an Arlington "(Va.) pri chewed up some edible paper assets and that any time sht1
anted to join she could jus
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Glencoe, = said he was -"fm- Breskin did not have a taste, After the talk, Breskin said
etien followed the group t
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pressed with the. ability and however.
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Most. o
ficer, Paul Chretien, but gave
Chretien low marks on the
show-and-tell part of the brief-
ing and on male chauvinism.
He started out telling us
that we should forget all that
James Bondian stuff about the
"CIA," Breskin said. `-And then
he snapped his fingers and a
huge screen came out of the
floor.
"Later he turned the lights
down and showed us that the
chalk he was using glowed in
the dark. He was pretty proud
of it and it impressed the kids
from Ohio, but I didn't get too
seem to be any big-city kids ii4 A CIA spokesman: said t
the group. In general?the kids -agency has been briefing stu
were really impressed and dents from the Presidentia
they asked a lot of questions." Classroom for about thre'
D u r l n g. the questioning, years as part of their week
Cuban missile crisis, 'Breskin he added. The spokesman sak
and Chretien seemed well-pre- the CIA does not sponsor the
pared He was prepared for week in any-otherway.
the questions about the CIA's "We're very. proud of the
press image and bad publicity fact. that our briefing officer
it has received, Bresi:in said. (Chretien) is something of
But Chretien's reply did not hit," the spokesman said. "Ilk
sit well with Breskin when an does a lovely thing with ediblf
attractive girl asked how to. paper."
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