DOMESTIC TRIP REPORT BY (Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000400040034-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 2, 2001
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: March 19, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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ADMINISTRATIVE - INTERNAL USE ONLY CC,
MEMORANDUM FOR: Acting Director of Current Intelligence
THROUGH . Chief, Western Hemisphere Division
Chief, Administrative Staff, OCI
SUBJECT Domestic Trip Report by
STATINTL
My brief trip last week to St. Louis to consult with
Latin American specialists and to lecture on Cuba and other
Latin American topics was quite successful. I enjoyed such,
friendly and solicitous responses from students, faculty
members, and others interested in Latin America in fact,
that I suspect in St. Louis at least, CIA does not have much
of an image problem.
On March 8th and 9th I spoke before two classes at
S t _r?o~~~ [ University, and on the evening of the 9th I ad-
dressed an audience of about 80 or 90 persons interested
in Latin America. The last group consisted mostly of faculty
and students from St. Lo'iis University, Washington University
(the site ofthe meeting), the University of Missouri at
St. Louis, Southern Illinois University, and several local
colleges. None of the audiences had been told in advance
that I was from CIA, but I was introduced to them as a "CIA
Latin American specialist and the holder of a Ph.D. in Latin
American history."
There were no hostile or mordant comments or-questions
at any time. The audiences were attentive and interested,
and in each instance, long question and answer sessions fol-
lowed. I was asked a few questions about CIA, its mission,
and my role, and was able to respond to them candidly and
to the apparent satisfaction of all. A number of faculty
members and graduate students inquired about job opportuni-
ties at CIA, and ,I encouraged one doctoral candidate at
Washington University, who seemed to me unusually well quali-
fied as a Caribbean specialist, to inquire officially about
employment here.
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Frankly, I was surprised by the overwhelmingly friendly
reactions and attitudes of all the individuals I met and
lectured. Several of the faculty members present at the last
talk have been highly critical of the Agency in the past.
I suspect that it may have been generally representative of
the mood of my audience, when after the question and answer
session following the last lecture, a man approached me with
a small boy in hand, and said: "When my son heard that you
work for the CIA, he wanted to come up here and shake your
hand." I shook hands with the father and the son.
Chief, Central America
and Caribbean Branch
Office of Current Intelligence
STATINTL
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
SUBJECT Request for Authorization and Funding to
Speak and to Consult with Latin American
Specialists in Saint Louis and Los Angeles
1. Dr. Charles.Fleener has invited me to speak at a
meeting of the Saint Louis area Latin Americanists (an
informal group of scholars and others interested in the
region) and before one of his graduate classes at the Univer-
sity of Saint Louis. He would like me to discuss contem-
porary Cuba, and to consult with him and other academic
specialists in the Saint Louis area on current Latin Ameri-
can affairs.
2. Similarly, Dr. Edward Gonzalez, an associate
professor at UCLA and a part-time staffer at RAND, has asked
me to lecture one of his seminars (on historical topics
from my doctoral dissertation) and to consult with him and
his RAND colleague David Ronfeldt. The opportunity to-:cx.change
information and views with Gonzalez and Ronfeldt would be the
primary reason for going to Los Angeles.
STATINTL
4. Gonzalez, Ronfeldt, and Fleener are under no il-
lusions about the role of intelligence in foreign policy or
about my work as a desk specialist. I know all three well,
and do not anticipate any problems in being identified
openly as a CIA analyst while appearing as their guest.
They realize of course, that I will not discuss classified
information in my lectures.
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5. Before accepting their invitations, nonetheless, I
will stipulate that no media representatives be invited and
that my remarks be off the record and not attributable to me
or to CIA. I will also stipulate that Gonzalez and Fleener
discuss their invitations to me with their classes and
colleagues in order to anticipate and prevent adverse reactions.
If there are strong reactions against a CIA speaker, I am
confident that they would advise'me of this, and that my plans
could be revised accordingly.
6. I would appreciate your prompt consideration of this
request for authorization to meet with the above individuals
and groups and for travel expenses and per diem. I hope to
be able to arrange to make the trip during the second or
and Caribbean Branch
Office of Current Intelligence
STATINTL
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Request for Authorization and Funding to Speak and
to Consult with Latin American Specialists in
Saint Louis and Los Angeles
CONCUR:
STATINTL
ate
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C6ordinator `for Acadeinic Relations
STATINTL
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Director of 'Security
STATINTL
Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence
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