SUGGESTED REPLY TO(Sanitized)FROM REP. CHARLES E. CHAMBERLAIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP73B00296R000100010058-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 22, 2006
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: June 17, 1970
• Content Type: LETTER

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Rep. Charles E. Chamberlain 17 June 1970
SUGGESTED REPLY
early in 1967 and led to the appointment of a committee and a report to
As you may recall. this natter was aired extensively in the
I have your recent letter asking for information on the past
financial involvement of the CIA with the National Student Association.
President.
I think the complete story
I am enclosing - that the purpose of the funding was to thwart the dorr:ina
tion of international student and youth groups by forces covertly financed
Communist governments and that the Agency was acting responsibly
Thank you for calling this matter to my attention. I hope this has
been responsive to your interest.
and Legislative branches and that it is not a policy making but an opera
agency of our government.
and at the specific direction of the various adsr:inistrations. Of course,
the assistance to NSA has long since ceased.
Thinking it may be of interest to you, I am also enclosing a brochure
on CIA which points out that it is fully accountable to both the Executive
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