DEPARTMENT OF STATE TELEGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000300020024-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 24
• Publication Date: February 3, 1967
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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ATTE MED SESSIONS INTERNATIONAL 9AR0IPA INS'R' IT Ug"E UDER,: USG
AUSPICES. WE DOUBT THAT EVEN COMMUNIST PRESS HERE COILD MAKE.
TOO MUCH OF T HIS A SSOCIAT ION E XCE PT T O .RE INFOR CE DEL IE FS W HI'CH
COMMUNISTS AM) FELLOW TRAVELERS ALREADY HOLD ON SUBVERSIVE
A Ci IV IT IE S CIA .
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