TEXTS OF STATEMENT AND REPORT ON COVERT C.I.A. AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400280006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 30, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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dal and o arc ort to llim t chic detaih the re]a.Lian.Ship sifted report submitted after y
a panel lIcaded by Under Sul" rC^~-"^"nn C. "k RIke1-C vr 5 y, a pu c-pri- ( o 'e eral agency shall
tart/ of State Niclwias dcE. , vant organization. ; vate Presidential en,n>,4F+n? UrovidP nnv nn.
u:Llnues --- roc yr support, direct 'tclligonce Agency and private ! with supporting classified uoc- abroad specifically endorsed or indirect, to any of the na- ;I
!American voluntary oryanlxar theencommitwe nPfersinit~vo both over^T~andn covert pro- P tiOn'sFeducational or private
line e!
?-.r, 11 -?.y ayeculcaiiy applies to
Johnson Statement should be the policy of Our study, undertaken at a ? all foreign activities of such'
? the United States Gwarn- Later tune, discloses new de- ?rganization and it reaffirms'
1I have received the report,t ment hat no Federal l ai;en- t'clopments which suggest {' Present policy with respect to.i
from the committee which I -cy provide any M,7-'t ,that we shnnid?now -m their l,n.-__
ti
'? direct or Indirec.i: to can _ se policies' The amen. where such support has
review relationships between.', port, public, for exam le has been given Will the Central Intelligence Agen- I" tioaal the nation's ed;I. ' become Increasingly aware of ~ hated as quicklyy asb possible
private
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thout destroying valuable
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coluntar con lsted of Under forms of international compe- private organizations before
2. Tohe" Government shol;.d tition between. free societies they can seek new means of
Secretary of State Nicholas i Promptly develop and ~~si:ib- -ad Communist states. As I support, (A)
Katzenbach, as chairman, lisp a public-private mach- this awareness has ..
Sec
area Welfare John Gard- .. Y for overseas L. potential sources of sup- ]y in the, light of recent pub
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e ,uzaLlOlls, I. p a pear'! are :art ~ccn t this committee's'') nhi in the national intecserv- rest , There I.-, v.gano precise index to. pay for the I{mod is is the only
eP , t,lcse sources, but their in-' car Government e-
proposed statement of policy of public support, orease is suggested by the sponslbIIities. One Is to avoid
of the Government to iln lc- L A New Policy growth in'the number of pri. any implication that govern-
ment it fully. p immediately afte r vate foundations from 2{220." mental assistance, because it'
The years in ? 1955 to 18.000 in 1967. is given Covertl is
We will also give serious World War II saw a surge of Hence it is Inare'LSinely nnc- i affect thn ,,u Y'_ -used to':
enn aidnratinn +n t,m --44-1 Cemmllnist'aetiV;+v in ..
. .. s??- slGie ions like rte' Iub yr nva e
tee's recommendation "that izatIons throughout the world. for OTganizat t voluntary roups.
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--' -?????? vpC,t ,-) - "&I rorelgn countries:,
lisp a public-private mechan-; groups were organized into ? that the activities of
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pr
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.ism to provide public funds' 'International bodies which dlLst as sources of support I American groups abroad are, ;
openly for overseas activities spoke in the cadences, advo- I have Increased, so has the in fact, private.
t--of organizations which are'.: cated the policies, and fur- Lumber of American gtoups'':;~ The committee has sought
adiudged deserving in the na_I? thered the interests of the in overseas work An. ~~; carefully to a secs +V-
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. ??LUCU VL 611 ;. cording C?I?A? we have reviewed each
ways of accomplishing lulls!' rected,,and financed covertly , International - bevelopmen i relevant program of assist-
;I nn-
A} result
chairman of a special commit-; acted from the first. The,' pate in technical of this
assistance!`, scrutinY, the
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tee which will include repro- Yung men and women whop 'abroad, rising from 24 in 1951" .. I' committee is satisfied that
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cation of the statement
ed - the United States ; to 220 In 1965. The total of, I' 1.' ppl
of l of
National Student Associati
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no > Ar> u. as {. .. number of
the imunrtnLionar .et,.AnnF The such organ before the
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ty I- had yet to become widel the totalsma Lact i and pursued efforts to?
appointed on February 15''derstood
i 1967. has so,lght_ m,r-c?nnt and?N.S.A. four~it tion
total. The vast .'disengage from eprtaln -4,.,
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on Bran
n -ermnenL, 1 Which greatly ekceed funds;" ".gab policy pe i I 2 .
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cationa.l and private voluntary': ~telligence -Agency, provided .%
review
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of private Anger,:mince which already Passes.:
organizations which operat! support - for this overseas'
Work scan organizations, in a host' an proposed C.I.A. d , activities'
! abroad; ;
We have taken N.S.A. as' of fields, has been of great'' ?whic111goululd.s41view,,atfd~?
cjTo recommend means to benefit to s
cores of countries. iz help ionassure that suc rganan example. White no usef I That benefit must' not ot be be im-
A 4. urpose would be served by paired b
play their P-1 p
aliing any other forei doubta'r
ei T]led vital role tlabroad m held a, gratn C.I.A. pro. about the indep nC donee of
(' ems of assistance to U
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number of meetings, inter- vale American voluntary or tut
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