REVEALS CIA FOLLOWS U.S. AID POLICIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400280016-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 1, 1999
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: February 24, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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To1iows U.S.
Aid Policies
,Reveals
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FEB241967
BY ROBERT YOUNG
[Chicago Tribune Press Service]
dent Johnson today indorsed the
finding of a special investigat-
ing board that the central Intel-
y li rence agency acted in. accord-
ance , with national policies
lie . a letter to the President
from Undersecretary of State
Nicholas D., Katzenbach, chair-
man of the three-member board
Johnson appointed last week to
review the controversial and
criticized role of the CIA in
covertly giving money to stu-
dent and other educational
groups for their activities in
foreign countries.
"Served the- Country" I
student organizations. 11
The White House made 'pub- j
established 15 years ago and not
on its. own when it gave secret
financal aid to the international
activities of private American
t and the free world."
Katzenbach wrote that this
financial s u p.p o r t. - "enabled
many far-sighted and coura-
geous Americans to serve their
country' in -times of. challenge:
and danger to the United'.States
I Gi-B .Le i.Tac told the P .s2ent
that the CIA has been and con-
tinues to.be indispensable to the
security of the United States.
"It is vitally Important that
the current controversy over its
[CIA] support of certain private
organizations not be permitted
to obscure the value, or impede
the effectiveness, of competent
and dedicated career 'officials
serving ; this : country,! : he said
in his letter: dated yesterday.
"Agrees. with Katzenbach"
{ to the President in response to
Johnson's request for a status
report on the board's investiga-
a cn;: -cd
a preliminary report.
Katzenbach informed Johnson
that the board Would be able
to complete its inquiry into the
relations of government agen t
cies and private organizations
operating abroad "in the very
near future" and that he ex-+
pected the bo o I report. its
conclusions and recommenda-
tions ..early next month.
After disclosure of CIA finan-I
cial backing of the international?
activities of the National Stu-;'
o- and athpi; P4~4
vate groups earlier this month,:,
the President assigned Katzen1
Balch; John W. Gardner, health,]
education, a n d 'welfare were-p
tary, and Richard Helms, CIA
director, to review any govern=':
]bent operations which .might.
endanger the "integrity and in-'
dependence" of the nation's ed-
ucational institutions.
Told to Draft Policy
The panel was "directed to;
draft a policy to guide federa
agencies in their relationship
to the' international activities
of American educational organ-';
Katzenbach wrote to Presi-!
dent Johnson yesterday that:
pending the inquiry board's fi-'
nal report, "there pre certain
basic facts with respect to past
activities of the central intelli-
gence agency which should be,'
underscored."
Katzenbach then stated that
when the CIA "lent financial;, ,
support to the work of certainll
American private organiza-
tions," the agency did not actI
on its own initiative, but 'in ac-?
cordance with national policies:
curity council in 1962 ,thru -1954
and in effect under. Presiders
Truman, Eisenhower,, and K
nedy z
George Christian, 'W h i t e
House press secretary, said the
President. agrees' with Katzen
bach's conclusions. Christian
said' Katzenbach sent 'the letter
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