JOHNSON CURBS SECRET CIA AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400220029-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 17, 1998
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: March 29, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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This will be done, :"as quickly its report noted that some-~ ;Communist activity in orgamza-
as possible without destroying' what similar institutions have ' t`ons throughout the world
"been .-
other eeun-
developed .
by
ntists veterans,
valuable pClVal,G w 1j4/IIL4L14l1J
before they can seek new means tries, including Sweden and
India.
of support.
{ The Katzenbach' committee The Katzenbach committee
said it expected that this "disen. did not specifically recommend
I" Mcrni~,av ~U
aanement" process ' can be? any particular approach, how-
p
While calling for a ban on I private mechanism to provide
future secret financial support public funds openly for over-
Pledges to Consider
for private organizations, they seas activities of, organizations
Idea of Offering
,
committee did not entirely rule! which are adjudged -deserving
out the possibility that "override in the national interest, of pub.
CPYRGHPPen Federal Help
jag national security interests" .? lie support."
By GARNETT D. IIORNUR
might require some exceptions` it urged the appointment of a
Star staff writer
a er ou includin '
Press ent Johnson toda
a ions. prlva a individuals, consider g
orL
ordered a ban on secret fina a
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sta
cial support of student and other But Al.e a. y
event should any future excep- `;out this recommendation.
private organizations by the CIA' tion be approved which involved , "The basic principle, in any
or any other government agen- any educational, philanthropic event, is clear," its report
cy' ? ?~' or cultural organization." 'added.. 'Such a new insitution.
Johnson also said he will give ? Besides Khtzenbach, the w o u 1 d: involve government'
"serious " consideration"? to members of the committee.i funds. It might, well involve
proposals to provide open gov-_ . whose report was made public government officials. But a~
ernment financial support for by the White House today were premium must be placed on the
overseas activities of organiza-.i i Health, Education and Welfare; involvement of private' citizens
tions deserving it, in a manner;. and the exercise of private
that would not raise doubtsJ.- ' Secretary John Gardner ands judgments, for to be effective,,
about their independence. He !.CIA Director Richard Helms, it would have to have-and be,l
11 it+on to cunt` V.While stressing the impor-! nnn.,;oorl to ho,_o hieh rlal
one r g Congress an priva
e h e.
. 1.1 New Char~,sllcle I the British Council that would:
Even' as Johnson's announce- be' "wholly or 'largely funded! Need for Help Cited
menu was made, there were new,', by the federal government." The Katzenbach group' ab
Undersecretary of State Nicho for the government to nelp sup- naming Secretary of State Dean
las deB. Katzenbach which he, port "in a mature, open man- Rusk as chairman of the special;
named Feb. 15 to look into the, per," the overseas activities of committee "to review concrete;,
controversy raised by the disclo some private American organ`- ways of accomplishing. this sure of secret CIA financing of." zations that combat Cc,mrnunist ob-
jective." He said the committee
the National Student Association ; propaganda groups, will include representatives
and some other organizations. It suggested this night be from government departments,
d th ou h n body similar to d f
t
"4ulou a .. .uauatw,. w w....~ ,.~~ ,.. _____ _ _ aa.,,~Q.ua...u w a.u...-u u.b.? ..~ these proposals. i, tance of insuring the independ- gree of independence." public has become increasingly
Johnson acted on the basis of ? ence of private voluntary or- In promising "serious con ' aware of the importance of
'recommendations by a three-' ganizations, the committee said sideration" for this recommen-;`complex forms of international
man committee headed by'., "the time, has surely come" dation, the President said he is' I competition and "it is increas-
(Story on Page A-4.)
Secret CIA funds now going to:
some private organizations will-`
be terminated, under the Kat+,
zenbach committee's reeom-
mendations accepted by the.
President."
mail foreign students attending countries, administering approx4l
charges about the CIA. Ram=';I~ . In 80 Courrtrics
parts magazine said the agency ?;
has carried on a campaign to; The British Council, ?,cstaU;
recruit and sometimes black. , lished' In 1934, operates in au;
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blame for past secret financing
of such organizations as the
National Student Association. It
said such assistance was given
pursuant to National Security
ferences and cultural ex-
changes. ? ?
"Because 21'. .of its .;0 mem-
bers are' drawn from private
life," the Katzenbach commit-
tee said, "the council has main-
tamed a reputation for inde-
%0 iiK1ne as ' 00
ernmental." ......-...... t'
Students, scie
women nd professional groups
were organized into internation
al bodies which spoke in the
cadences, advocated the policies
and furthered the interests of
the communist bloc.
: of this activity was
.
completed t,y Lac.
"Much o
should promptly de-
,
organized, directed and financed
p
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and
Fla
velo
covertly by Communist govern-
ment3.
!`American organizations
The
m the first
f
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ro
reacted
women who
young men and
founded the United National
Association, for exam-
Student
ive
to
l
i
g
y
se
le, did so prec
interna-
subsequent concurrence of high-
level senior inter-departmental,
review committees in the last
four administrations."
? Citing the need for such aid in
tional arena.
"But the importance of stu-
dents as a force in international
events had yet to become widely
understood and NSA found it
difficult to attract private
support for its international
activities. Accordingly, the
United States government,
acting through the Central
Intelligence Agency, provided
support for this overseas work."
like NSA to sock support for
overseas activities from open
sources."
number of American groups
engaged in overseas' work has
vastly increased over the years.
The number of such organiza-
tions that have received secret
CIA aid ,is a small fraction of
the total," it added.
Asserting that benefits of the
overseas work of private Ameri
can organizations "must not be
impaired by foreign doubts
about the independence of these
organizations," the committee
said that "particularly in the
light of recent publicity" it is
essential for the government to
"underscore that independence
immediately. and decisively,"
the past,.. the committee report
-said:
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