A REVIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100890005-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 26, 1967
• Content Type: TRANS

RADIO TV REPORTS, INC.
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PUBLIC AFFAIRS 'STAFF
PROGRAM Washington, Week
CPYRGHT
February 26, 1967 7:00 PM-
A REVIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY
Washington, DC
NEIL STRAWSER: "The controversy over the CIA and its financ-
ing of educational and other institutions attracted much of the
attention again. this week .r The Tuesday meeting, which attracted
Chairman Fulbright also, was one of a number of events which saw
the pendulum of criticism swinging back, as reported by CBS News
Correspondent David Schoumacher."
SCHOURACHER: "After the CIA had borne the bulk of the criti-
cism for more than a week, there were a series of grudging admis-
sions this week In Washington that the Agency had not acted on its
own. Rightly or wrongly, it was decided in the highest councils
of government back in the 1950's that the CIA would have to under-
write student activities in international meetings if the United
States was to be well, represented as the bbmmuni.st bloc.
"That decision was reaffirmed by President Kennedy and by
President Johnson.
"After a three-hour meeting with CIA Director Richard Helms,
the Chairman of the .Senate watchdog' Committee, Richard Russell,
,said the subsidies for private organizations were at an end. Ruse
sell was concerned, however, about the impact on the CIA."
RUSSELL: "Well, of course, its been very harmful to the CIA
and probably to our Intelligence sources generally,. It seems now
its become fashionable, since this matter was revealed, for anyone
who's ever had any dontact wi..th the CIA, to rush into the press,
and show all of the detail,s of it.
"Naturally, an intelligence organization is supposed to be a
secret organization, doesn't function to the best advantage under
those circumstances."
SCHOUMACHERt "In a preliminary report to the-President, the
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