CIA CANCELS RECRUITING VISIT TO U-M

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000201140126-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 126
• Publication Date: January 23, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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GRAND RAPIDS PRESS (MI)
23 January 1986
CIA Cancels
Recruiting
Visit to U-M
Booth News Service
ANN ARBOR - The Central In-
telligence Agency canceled its re-
cruiting visit next week to the Uni-
versity of Michigan, but insists it
was not because of student pro-
tests.
The spy agency, which was
scheduled to interview student job
applicants Tuesday and Wednes-
day, met with a noisy protest when
it recruited here in October. Police
arrested 26 protesters, four of
whom face trial today on disorder-
ly conduct charges.
Others charged with trespassing
and hindering police officers are
scheduled for trial in February.
"The cancellation (of the CIA's
Jan. 28-29 visit) has nothing to do
with demonstrations or anything
else," said Patti Volz, public rela-
tions officer for the CIA. The date
was highly tentative, anyway. If
the agency doesn't reschedule for
later this semester, it will certainly
recruit at the U-M next year."
The CIA said it canceled Its VISIT
because it had already received
numerous applications from U-M
students.
"The (CIA) recruiter said he
didn't need to come back again this
semester," reported Deborah May,
director of the U-M's Career Plan-
ning and Placement Office. Protes-
ters vow they will continue to dem-
onstrate against the CIA as long as
the agency recruits on campus.
Protesters charge the CIA is
guilty of violence and political sab-
otage around the world, Including
overthowing governments in Chile
and Guatemala. The protesters
also claim the CIA Is arming and
training a right-wing force to over-
throw Nicaragua's government.
"The fact that the CIA canceled
is an important victory for us,"
said Mark Weisbrot, one of the 26
protesters arrested during the
agency's October visit.
"They might not admit it, but
they've canceled because of the
protests here during the past two
years. Besides that, they don't want
to come to Ann Arbor during the
middle of our trial. They're very
aware of their public image."
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