'NOT TO THEIR KNOWLEDGE ' DID CIA AID CATHOLICS?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400310014-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: February 24, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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dent groups ever received Catholic students and intel
y. Central Intelligence lectuals.
Agency :Honey, 'they were If any CIA funds were chap
unaware of it, leaders said nelled to. Catholic groups, n
tki' , woo:, strings of any sort were at
tached, leaders said.
is possiblo, however, that Father RaJ~mond Kelly
i .nds might have , ex
,,,,....:e" ed to s u c ,1 eeutive secretary of Pax Ro
?"ec ` J y emadded that Pax would no
may have received d some help ,..
ational Newman. Club Fed- . Father Kelly, said that n
and. Norta American aecre- to grants receives irom tou
dations, , except the nornmar
agreemept to report on what
the money was to be used for
seminars, f or instances,
travel expense to international
meetings, and the like.
assistant director, Youth De-
partment, National Catholic
Welfare Conference, from
1932-1960. Ile said that at no
time was he aware of any
connection between CIA and
the National Student Federa-
tion or the National Federa?
tion of Catholic College Stu.
tached to any grants received
from foundations or other
benefactors, he said, and
added:
PI would have-been in posi-
tion to know if any funds re-
ceived were latched on to
conditions involving commit.
ments to the-CIA or any other
group."
Meanwhile, t b q National
Council of Churches' disclosed
that in recent years it had
received some minor grants
have been allegedly linked .
with CIA, but was not aware
~f the alleged links.
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