JOHNSON FORBIDS U.S. AGENCY SWAY OVER EDUCATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400270002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 16, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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"He has directed a carefu
review of any Government ac
t.ivities that may endanger t:hi.
integrity and independence. 11(
has further directed me, in con
[of Central Intelligence] Rich.,:
and Ilelnl~s to formulate a pal
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C er .. . ISC USUI eS guidance for Government agen
to Protect the 'integrity''; cies in their relationship to th
icy that Will provide ncccssar'
'A t Aft CiA D? 1
ORDERS REVIEW, PANEL
lean education organizations,'
"At the same'time, the Pre
1e nt recognizes the great ne c
America's private organi
Directs Katzenbach, Helms
and Gardner to Set Policy ,
for Federal Guidance
dependence of American educa review would be a broad one
tional institutions. and that the President had or-
Acting Secretary of State-dered all agency involvement in
N s
ichoLt deb. I{atzenbacll,'I ator activities suspended.
slleaking for the President, also r Eugene J. . McCarthy, ar, Demlu-
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reported in a statement that ocrat of Minnesota, proposed
air. Johnson had ordered a care- the formation of a Select Son-
fill review of the circumstances ate Committee to investigate
surrounding subsidies by the" the influence of the intelligence
agency in domestic organiza-
Central Intelligence Agency to lions and institutions. The
the National Student Associa- House Education and Labor
tion. Committee announced it would
At the same time, a study look into the relations of the
of financial records disclosed agency with education.
Earlier in the day, the. White
that three foundations identified House had referred all ques-
by the students as channels for lions on the controversy to Mr.
ommnnity. He has asked me
?.xploro means for assuring th
Jailed States organizations pl . volvemeni s and of the Congres-
their proper and vital role."
The White ITouse and jhj,
State Department would ncit e
1
confirm nor deny that the c
By JOIiN IiERBERS ' View would be extended to s b
Sprcini to The New 'for'k Times sidies of the Central Intellige c
WASHHINGTON Feb. 15- A gene
President Johnson directed three other than educational,
digit ofiIciltit; in KIN Adilllnlntrix-' `4110Y also refuaad to aonflrm
lion today to formulate a policy or deny that Mr. Jo'iinson had
that would prevent the Central instructed the agency to close
Intelligence Agency or any other but all secret programs to aid
Government agency from en-'. student groups.
dangering the integrity and in-, Government officials? said the
also been helping to subsidize; rho; White Rouse press score-
at least four other outh organ' , tarn, said the President had
y turned the entire matter over
izations, .'to Mr. Katzenbach because it
[An -article In Ramparts involved student exchange pro-
p[Irts. magazine said that the grants and international confer-
intelligence agency had trans- chaos in Which American Stu-
formed the student associa- dents pa t?tiripa Led.
Mr. McCloskey, in response
tion's international activities !to questions about the Adnlin-
into "an arln of United states. ' istration's review and fo'rmula-
foreign policy."] tion of policy, said the throe
officials involved "will he in
s Mt'. Katzenbach's atatenlenL'coil tact With interested and ap-
was read to reporters by Rob-propriate members of Congress
crt J. McCloskey, iho State De-land other officials of Govern-
partmcnt press secretary, . invent who may have contribu-
?rne President believes"""' """""
strongly that the integrity and: Ile alluded, In part, to the
'Independene c~tio Congressional subcommittees of ease,
:community o t he i s'Irv-e~0rgved ` o'm~mrittoe~s that
the statement said, watches over the intelligence
agency.
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lln'a, and Senator Richard 13.
Russell, Democrat of Georgia,
the committee chairman, re-
mained silent.
But Senator McCarthy, who
has long been critical of the In-
sional watch of the agency,
called a news conference and
announced he would introduce
a resolution, probably next
week, seeking the creation of a
seven or eight member select
eemlllittg to cexl lnct~ltl
gation,
Ho said the cemmittoo'e . in-
vestigation would probably be
as secret as the Congressional
watch of the C.I.A. ,
"It is a question of whether
the public would have more con-
fidence In a select committee
than in the committee that reg-
ularly oversees that agency,"
senator McCarthy said.
Ile said the committee should
go into the agency's entire in-
volvement with domestic organ-
izations and institutions.
This, he said, should include
the agency's reported involve-
ment over the last few years in
universities, labor unions, foun-
dations, book publishing, broad-
casting and refugee groups.
"C,I.A, has become. an op-
erating arm of the State De-
partment overseas," Senator
McCarthy said. "It appears thati and Robert W. Kastehmeler of
it. has at.cn hernme an mleiatins,;Wisconsiih 811,x),e27UCratgt.:.;'dt2
arm le ale epar Went a
]lone."
The senator said Mr. Helms
had called him after the dis-
closure that the agency had been
subsidizing the National Student
Association:
"I-c's unhappy," the Senator
said. "I'll just say he's unhappy,"
Senator McCarthy said he had
not cleared his proposal with
any other Senator and it was
considered unlikely that any of
the regular intelligence agency
watchdogs in Congress would
submit to the creation of a sea
lect committee without a fight,
Senator Russell was entering
an elevator when he saw re i
porters em
rging from the Me,
e
Cd, i
a fight with Senator McCar-
thy," Mr. Russell said, holding
ii', his hand like ?a traffic C'o'n.
pet into a fight with Senator
McCarthy."
Representative Carl U. Per-
kins, chairman of the House
Education and Labor Commit-
tee, said he had asked both the
intelligence agency and the
student association to supply
full reports on the relationship
between the two organizations.
He said the reports might be
received by Feb. 28 and would,
determine what kind of inves-,
tigation the committee then or-
dered.
Representative Benjamin S.'
Rosenthal, Democrat-Liberal of;
cull n^ or a join commi ee to'
investigate tiro intdlii~nnsOf
agency, Mr. Rosenthal and
seven other house members
sent President Johnson a letter
protesting agency subsidies to
the student association.
"The C.I.A. has compromised
and corrupted the largest stu=
dent organization in tho largest
democracy in the world," they
said, "It has willfully involved
inexperienced young men and
women in that action and thus
has surely alienated further the
best elements of American
youth."
Those signing the letter, In
addition to Mr. Rosenthal, were.
William F. Ryan of Manhattan,;
John G. Dow of Grandview,
Rockland County; George E.
Brown Jr., Phillip Burton and
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