WE DIDN'T KNOW SIZE OF CIA'S NSA SUBSIDY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400060004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 16, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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'Ilvo University, of ~Viscon-
sin Law School students, both
former presidents of the em-
battled National Student Asso-
ciation, admit that they were
informed the Central Intelli-
gcnce Anency was pumping ,
inoncy into their a'ganiza-
tion shortly attcr taking over
the NSA reins,' but both said-
they never knew how much,
D;r.~id A. Koffman, 30, of .
~?''iI Fontaine Circle, a ;
s:;phon~o:~ law student iram'~
~'.m ~::.;ve, and Edward R.
:~arv;y, 'l+I, of oI6B I: a g 1 e
:;e.:;::ts, a law freshman from '
3arh;,gton, said they w c r e
.;ric:ed about CIA's involvc-
ment when they were elect-:
~d to top posts in the nation-
wide student organization.
Both hold? bacizelor'dcgrces~
iroc~ the U.~'>'.
"For- God's salcc, I didn't!
know they ivcrc p u m,p ing~
_~t00,ao0 into. 15c'~," _. Gar-yey.';
toil' ?I'i~c C;apilai 'l'imes.
{offman and Garvey' Bald
tl;ey were not on the CIA pay-
r,;; l . ,
??t~ru? salaries came fr.+m
tLe clues paid to NSA by
rncrnbcr schools," ,said 1loff-
man.
"You Hurst rcmemk~cr tl+i.
was long Ucfore thc~ CIA , vy~a
suspect, before 'the ,f3ay of
Pigs and all the rest," 'said
}foffman who served? as NSA
resident in 1959.60.
Both Hoffman and Garvcv
deceived. o.v.e r seas: as:,i~n-
nents after they; s t e p p e d
own as NSA presidents. Gar,
cy served as administrativc~
?ecretary of the; National Stu-
lent ?iJnion, with he.+dquar-;
ers ?in Leiden, hlollarna.
I-Ioffman reported that .he
tad. joined, the State a);.part-
vent's Foreign.. Servi~:e and
tad been assigned to the
:rris embassy at 'a "flunk-
.y's sala~" of. $8,500 a }car.
'Both.. en professed a+~ton-
^~obody 1 knew 'vcas ^^?ct?
n g Any a~~~ncy,.". vai?yey.
~~id.
Roth mci~ said ? they ~wei'e
taken aback ? when? ? they
learned the espionage, aSen4y.
funds were being funneled to
N5A through private ? foutid'a=
'lions, but did not protest the
subsidies or take steps to cut'
oft the 'money. ?
CPYRGHT
+~ unen a repot s +a
slipped as much as ~~00,000 a
-year into .NSA: ? .
"That's the .thing that both-
- ers me," Hoffman said, "th:[t
$:00,000 figure: I was told
there was going to he sup=
port, but I was not tolci!~whcre
or how ruuch."
Jlofimart : and? Garvey }loth,
reiterated their belief t h a t
CIA 'did not have any control
over NSA policy decisions,
"I know o[ no time when we
were controlled by flrc U.S.
g n v cr+uncut or the, CIA,"
Hoffman asserted.
Ifoffman said he was "filled
in" about the CIA.
"All- of a sudden, here's
this revelation; here's this:.
State Department interest
and the CI~i," Iloff~nai~ said..
"IC really 'disturbed me,"
he continued.
Both men said they were
more interested in domestic
issues flran in international
affairs during their terms of
office.
]Iofman said hc~ had in-,
vol4ed NSA in I)cep South
sit?ins and Gat'vcy iatet? con-_
tinned the student ;,raup's of-,
forts in the civil rights field. .