CIA JOINS CORPORATE RECRUITERS SEEKING STANFORD GRADS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201030010-4
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 1, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARIS:
ON PAGE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER (C
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seeking Stanford areas
1 March 1984
CIA joins corporate
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.s sident could deal with to mag-
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y But there was one big difieEace
about the afx.sen and womnen?speai
ing enthusiastically about 'rewarding
professional careers" in the student
union Yesterday: they were recruiters
from the CIA.
"We fulfill a vital role for America,
and we're looking for the caliber :of
people we need to carry out our mis-
sion,"
director tolM a gatheringoftbout
60:students.
'People. are our most precious-re.
source, 4dded Keith Iknien~
CIA recruiter.
As they spoke, studentsIn the back
of the room hissed and held up ban.
ners that read ''CIA out of.Nicaragua,
CM, out of Stanford"_ and "CIA Mur.
Other students snacked on donuts
and coffee and picked alp glossy bro-
chures illustrated with-.aerial surveil-
lance photographs of Cuban missile
sites and political paradesan Moscow.
.: The recruiters . told th m . ~ffik
working forlbe CIA has some unusual
requirements but that it certainlyhas
its rewards.
"You're never going to be a million-
aire, and if public recognition is im-
portantto you, don't apply," Magee
said, fait lob satisfaction in this agen-
cy Is very high."
He explained that spies working
for the CIA are "just like you and me
'they're not the glamorous figures
you see on TV."
Some agents, the recruiters said,
spend much of their time monitoring
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shat ,ageuyslkalie yflleteot-
-theart yin alheh'd by building ijt
own spy'satellite `sainiatine cameras
a nd`hig>tltude lrcratt.
'Mow who work for us eatperl-
ence technology at Its best," he said.
Potential recruits were told that
they someday may get to participate
in "covert actions," which Magee de-
fined as "exercising Influence around
the world In ways not attributable to
the?US." '
It's usedin some places more than
hat we dam."
_~nk "Warding;
but lorteil
fun. The agency>ab the lowest turn.
over rate bathe federal ggjo~v~,?
"As large 'bureaucracdes gq, r, ~..
lieve ours is the moetPersonal ,-and-
4'B."-Hansen said.
After the presentation, a number
of students said:theY.were impressed.
and intrigued? the Mmlook Into { matterfurthecbeyprat
lets listing Pb.? upleaf
Opportunities for ma-
jors In egneeng,computerscience,
economics, political science and busi?
new
"Sure, I'd consider working o
fr
them. I'm a patriot, and I supper my
country," saidiCana Arya,a 20.year-
dd junior ma jai ' in mechanical en-
i. nnuae of prooaes going on," Arya
{*Wlm sure there are bad things
Otera:~~fhough, came to the
f_. "involvement in Nicaragua and Third
World countries.
At a rally before the recruiting ses-
sion, they passed out leaflets accusing
the CIA of overthrowing or attempt-
ing to overthrow governments in Iran,
Guatemala, Cuba, Chile, Vietnam,
Congo, Ghana and Nicaragua.
.,. Otherlliers accused the agency of
`'engaging in murder; psychological
. ? tartans, ? and
.-eeonomie destabilization.
; Steve Babb, a 25yqarildEraduate
tudent in political science, said-he
spent the summer In.Niearagua and
saw people killed and maimed In the
.: CIA-sponsored war at the nation's
northern frontier.
"Do you feel that what the CIA is
d~oingg United there legitimate defense of
'security interests?"
he asked Magee. Is it in keeping with
American ideals?.Is it moral?" -
Magee sbrugged-his shoulders.
'?fiat's a policy question,":he said.
"We don't deal with policy."
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