UNIVERSITY CLUB TOLD ABOUT CIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 1999
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3it Club
Told About CIA
(Special to the News-Press)
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letting and appraising inform<
tion gained from many sources i:'?
correlating it to provide national,'
leaders with complete informa
Lion, Col. George Ronka, U.S.A.+
Rot. told the University Club
Monday evening. Col. Ronka is a~
former member of the Central.
Intelligence Agency.
He said that intelligence covets',
every country on the globe rc-1
cording not only the important)
activities of the Communist block;
but potential enemies and friendsi
with regard to military potentials.,
industrial development, education,,
religion or lack of it and the
stability of the government.
Frim this, he said, one can son.
that intelligence is big business.,
requiring a tremendous numbe,l
of highly skilled people. The field
they represent in the defense and
state departments, atomic energ)'?
commission and many other agcn?,
cies are mathematics needed foi,
decoding, communications, lan-
guage, law as well as photo in,
terpreters and military special.
ists.
Asked if all this effort and exy
.pense is worthwhile, Col. Ronka*
-answered that our continued fret,
democratic state depends upon iti
l Col. Ronka said that before 3947
there was chaos in Intelligence in:
formation but now the Central'
Intelligence Agency coordinates?
,information with the National Sc-`
curity Council and the National
Board of Intelligence reviews the
information. The president is kcpy
informed at all times of develop
ments in information on events
pouring into the agencies in Washj
ington. I
James McCune, chairman of,
the nominating committee of lhc'
University Club, announced offi1,
,cers for 1965 are James Max well:
president; Fred Waters, first vice..
,president; Arthur Collins, seconc
',vice president and Ivan Snyder,.
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