CIA RELATIONSHIP WITH HARVARD UNIVERSITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000300090020-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: March 25, 1977
• Content Type: MEMO

Approved For Release 2007/03/01 :CIA-RDf~99-004988000300090020-1 STAT
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MEf~IORANDUi~1 FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Inspector General
FROh~1: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: CIA Relationship with Harvard University
1. After reading the minutes of the morning meeting of
22 March about the proposed statement by Harvard on relationships
with the CIA, I instantaneously picked up .the phone and called.
President Bok. I made the usual arguments to him emphasizing:
(1) that I thought they were going overboard and vrould contravene
the ind~ividua7's right to freedom of association; and (2) that it
was unfair to single out the CIA as distinct from other intelli-
gence agencies and let alone as distinct from business communities
and other activities.
2. President Bok indicated he thought this eras to be a
statement of general principles. He didn't think it eras intended
to prevent "any relationship." He thought that it should proscribe
cer~tair; kinds o-F activities on the campus. The President indicated
that Harvard had taken a position with the Church Committee that
the Congress should not legislate control over the role of academia
with the Intelligence Community, but that the academic institutions
should discipline themselves. Thus, they need to put out some
statement.
3. I indicated my concurrence in their putting out a statement
on the quality of relationship and that it should cover not only
the CIA but all other activities that academics might have ~vith
non-academic institutions or organizations.
4. The President indicated that he thought I had been misled,
perhaps by the summary of tr?2 state~~~ent vrhi ch I :~ras ti~rorki ng from
vrhich indicated there tivould be a proscription on "any relationship."