LETTER TO HONORABLE ALLEN W. DULLES FROM ABRAHAM A. RIBICOFF

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R001000060007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: March 21, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
WASHINGTON
March 21, 1961
We have now reached the mid-campaign point in the 1961
National Health Agencies drive. The enclosed participation raport
will demonstrate to you that several agencies have made satis-
factory showings but that we still have a long way to go, and
there is very little time left in which to do it.
In order to achieve a successful conclusion to this drive,
I ask that you take a personal hand in accelerating the drive
during the remaining three weeks.
I suggest that you may wish to include in your review a
personal discussion with your agency's campaign leaders to idfentir`v
and analyze any gaps which may exist in campaign coverage or
campaign organization. In addition, you may wish to plan for a
systematic person-to-person re-solicitation of those who did trot
contribute the first time around.
I know that you share my concern about the outcome of this
drive. I will appreciate your taking whatever steps seem to be
called for to assure a good response from your agency. Thank you
for your cooperation.
Sincerely yours,
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Chairman
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National Health Agencies
Campaign
Honorable Allen W. Dulles, Director
Central Intelligence Agency
2430 E Street, N. W.
Washington 25, D. C.
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3. Attention is called to Secretary Ribicoff's suggestion tiat
the Director 'plan for a systematic person-to-person resolicitati on
of those who did not contribute the first time around." Whereas i.t
might turn out to be desirable to make a further appeal to persona
who may not have contributed during the official campaign period,
Secretary Ribicoff's suggestion is neither feasible nor proper. This
campaign has been officially conducted on a sealed envelope basis
with complete anonymity to each donor. Thus no official record of
noncontributors is in existence. Moreover the Executive Branch has
specifically directed that the right to contribute or not contribute
with anonymity shall be protected. Secretary Ribicoff's suggestion,
in this light, appears to be both impractical and improper.
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MEMORANDUM FOR:
Assistant to the Director
SUBJECT National Health Agencies Drive for 1961
REFERENCE . Letter to Mr. Dulles from Secretary Ribicoff
dtd 21 March 1961, subj 1961 National Health
Agencies Drive
1. Reference letter is a form letter sent to the heads of
all participating Government agencies. Information to this effet
is overprinted on a copy of the letter forwarded directly to me
as the campaign director for the Director. I do not believe any
reply is necessary or expected for this reason.
2. At the present time we are unable to make any accurate
estimate of Agency participation in the campaign. The campaign
is established on a no-quota basis and participation rather than
a specified dollar goal is stressed. The campaign reporting pro-
cedures make no provision for interim or piecemeal reports other
than by completed collection kits for twenty-five
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results are available:
Health Agencies
Number of envelopes returned
Number of contributors
Noncontributors
Rate of Participation
Dollars contributed
Average contribution
Joint Crusade
If the rate of participation and the average contribution prevail,
the CIA response will, I believe, compare favorably with other
Government agencies and CIA performance in prior years.
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Dulles:
Emmett Echols tells me that the Health
Agencies Campaign and the Joint Crusade Campaign
end today, 24 March.
FORM, NO. ,~l REPLACES FORM 10.101
I AUG 54 'I WHrCH MA' BE USED.
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