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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000700370003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 27, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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tide:hers of l on ress :'e
a y:
rising to the defensey of the
teilig,ence Agency
and out that the
contra rsy over the financing
the h?ati.onal Student Assoc:
ti or. L. foreign c4 34lions
really a '`iempeat iii a
teapot."
Senator G -:o DTI. McGee in a
eech in the Senate r cried criticism'' of
Cr said that, .:;feud
f .... -,:g c:.f first and
;titer, senators
;.mould V,s : themselves certain
estior: One of the:., :ow
L.10 U: nest tes ~,'c::'d be
ale counter the lent
oar s Gf the Soviet br-.ion,
'rich art; sub$i`zcc by the
?, osccsr government, unless
iu- hole snbjcct is deal with
as a necessary project in the
ther of intelligence.
nator John C. Stennis said:
"If you're in the business of
11 atherin; intelligence, you
nave got to go where the
torn, -tion isin order to find
o t what's going cr. "
in the lea e of Repi'esenta-
yes, J:1.Y uet' S..St. 4tton
said it "makes sense" for the
C=A to finance international
youth gatherings to combat
co_nmunism. He added:
Except for purposes of
headline ?cubiicity; A rican
o~iceholders ought to know by
now that we live in a very
dangerous and difficult and
Sven cons oir atorial world."
Unfortunately, the Central
tutelligence Agency is not in a
.position to describe the nature
of its operations without
A meritan effort altogether.
The ,ec J.o of the United
States have never been in-
or, the other :and, as
to what the Soviet gove'rp:nent
is really loin; in the field of
student and youth activities.
There are two big er %an z -
tions of the Communist party
involved. One is ealiad the
World F ederation of Demo-
cratic which. was
formed in 1045 and is located
in Budapest. The other, known
as the intonational Union of
Students, is based in ra;ue,
and was formed in 1946.
Both organizations h a v a
large p.o:'ess. aal staffs with
estimated exren} ditures of over
a million dollars a year apiece. solely to gather intelligence
They pass resolutions support- ? abroad and not in any way to
ing Soviet policy and carry engage in political activities
on extensive programs through in other countries.
field representatives. They The .Soviet gGV?`'.rr,n;en t, in,
conduct exchange programs contrast, Uses many stude n'ts,
for students, and this involves particularly in this country,
indoctrination in -Vfarxisrr,, to initiate nomonstratiors and
These two student organiza-
participate in movements that
the lavish "world youth festi-
vals," one of which was held
in Moscow in 1057 and another
in Helsinki in 1062.
The festival is operated by.
the Communist parties of all
t
il s o. as ,.. u-
n coun
rope. While the two student done by the intelligence divi-
signs of the United States
and youth organizations claim
to get their funds from mem-
bership dues and the sale of
publications, they are actually
heavily subsidized, it is esti-
mated by American officials
that the youth festival in ivios-
covw alone mu t have cost
$100 re -lien. The festival held
in Helsinki in !052 is believe::
to have cost be,,ween 20:ni1-
~i3n and $25 million.
The purpose, of course,
attract students from
over the world, get them in
one place, and try to brin
`hem around to the icelia;;
at t as "wave of the future"
is represented by this ...:id
of movemc,) t.
Over the 'last 14 years, the.
money furnished by the United
States government to help the
overseas activities of the Na-
tional Student Association .:
averaged $200,000 a year.:ll
c ese funds have been used
seek to bring discredit on
she
United States government.
Actually, there is little dif-
ference between the work of
the CIA in seeking informa-
tion about Communist activ
'ties and that, which is being,
armed services as they seen
every clay to gather informa-
tion about enemy plans and
operations.
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