SPEAKING OF CONDUITS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100170013-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 28, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

Appe4ved .For. R base 201f0$01
uproar Mat was closure that the CentraMuMlea off 15y Me MP
l Intelligence Agency.
onal Student Association has left CIA Director
!chard Helms occupying one of the most awkward.
ots in Washington.
This is, to say the least, unfortunate, since the
ancing program was basically a good idea, and. .
nee it was not Helms' creation anyway. Actually :
?proved through the years by
Presidents Eisenhower, Ken-
nedy and Johnson.
But while we sympathize
with Helms in his uncomfort-
able role, we have no sympathy
for the attitude of the CIA's
? ? former deputy director Robert
Amory Jr. He argues that the
press is doing the. country a
disservice by printing stories
of the CIA's financial involve-.
ments. The press, he . says,'
might just as well be scuttling carriers in the Ton-
That's a loose, unwarranted remark if eve r
The CIA's nracticd of channeling money to ;
oundations and other conduits, has brought about
o know where this is heading, and the press has
e duty of reporting the facts.
FOIAb3b
A Congressional Quarterly checkup has dis-
osed that 29 organizations have received more
an $12.4 million from CIA funds, much of it
rough the cooperation of conduit foundations.
oth legitimate foundations and CIA dummy foun-
ations, stretching from Boston to Dallas, have
erved as go-betweens, passing CIA funds along to
rganizations in the fields of labor, education, jour-
nalism, law and religion.
This operation has helped to fight Communism
nd advance our national interests. The press is
doing 'a service .both to the CIA and to the public
La reporting what is going on, and by pointing out
t the CIA objectives were commendable.
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