COLLEGE POLL STUDENTS BACK CIA, FBI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100040016-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: November 8, 1969
• Content Type: NSPR

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Despite recent campus com-
plaints about' CIA activities,
a recent College 11011 study, in T
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addition, sludenls also rate t11Cip+'~i ? r~'^t.~,iC+:~ .uw s6~ui.,i.d
Federal Bureau of Investigation
highly, the study reveals.
On the other hand, students
are divided on the policy of hav-
ing CIA secret assignments con-
ducted on the university cam-
puses, the interviews indicate.
Students on over 100 campus-
es were asked how they rated
the CIA. Eight out of 10 said
9 excellent to good"; the bal-
ance said either "fair or poor."
Seven out of 10 students rated
the FBI either "good" or "ex-
cellent"; two out of 10 felt the
organization was "fair" and
only one out of 10 said "poor."
Last year, revelations that
certain colleges were cooperat-
ing with secret CIA programs
became an Issue In student up.
risings : ,R e c,e n t I Y,- students
' Jaime that:gimilaP~ pra Ma s!agnkt;.Iiave bee kee In ack
of radical movements on 'the
campuses. It was disclosed last
spring that undercover agents,'
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ence
e
gency, ,
e cam-
both federal and local, had infii- pus consensus is that these or-
students into activist groups..Most~ ganizations are necessary and
stu dents do not object to such'lpart of our government and that
activity, although the consensus i ihey perform their missions
of the student body is that the student uprisings are not prima . TIIe College fall, the contlnu-
riiy Communist inspired, the 'ling study of college student
College Poll shows. inion,' is conducted by the
J. Edgar hoover+ ,in ^particu, opGreenwich College Research
of student attitudes toward
well~known Americans indicates'
that the Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation rates
among the top 20 best liked li .
Ing American men. Few stu- 4
dents, however, can identify thel,
Director of the CIA. Most stu-t
dents link the late Allen Dulles
with their image. of the CIA
director.
The need for worldwide Intel.4
ligence activity Is recognized'by,
the current college generation.
Students: feel, according to the'
College Poll, .that we rate he-,
hind Russia in the penctrationi
:and excellence of International';
intelligence. The image of thej
Russian Intelligence service is
that.of cool. efficiency. ,The'Bri-I
tish also rate ' high in students' I
minds as far as efficient inter-
national spy activity is
come
,
cerned.
Students are' also aware thai;
Red China is Increasing. Its,'
worldwide spy activity -and is
infiltrating into many countries,i
particularly Africa..
Most students feel the CIA, /'~
has the right to recruit on the `~/
Isolated demonstrations against ' '
the CIA this fall, on the, whole,1
, its -manpower from the college
generation to staff the Central
Intelligence Agency.
ward the governmental, intellig-
by other national polls of 'the
general public's opinion Iot%ar4
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;are now being conducted on cer-
tain campuses, although most
college officials have discontin-
ued such projects, Students are
equally divided on whether such
projects should be undertaken
by the colleges. In past studies,
most students backed defense
department slfonsored programs
on the campuses.
"It is probably all right to
have the CIA working with col-
lege professors," said a Yale
senior, "but the secrecy 1makes
it seem . dangerous and out of
context with the academic at-
mosphere. It's this aspect which
concerns most students."
The FBI is not generally
linked with 'campus activity In
the eyes of the students; al-
may' deplore isolated activities
of both the Federal Bureau' of
Investigation and thb Central
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