LETTER TO MR. JOHN F KENNEDY FROM BENJAMIN A. COREY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80B01676R003500040004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 7, 1961
• Content Type: LETTER

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December 7, 1961
Mr. John F Kennedy
President of the United States
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear President Kennedy:
Respectfully referred
for attention and
appropriate h sidling.
Special Assistant to the President
I have been aroused by affairs in ifashington
and around the world to write my first letter to
Washington.
Where is our Central Intelligence Agency
during these fateful days of the Cold War? One is
lead to believe it is so infiltrated by Communists
that it does the job for the enemy in the Cold Wars
As we cheer the disposal of one hated dictator after
another, vie end ui.A red-faced finding that we have
bolstered another Communist pawn. 'W'hy? Will it
happen again in the Dominican Republic? Il'f this
should happen, the C.I.A. should be tried for
TREASON! Somethi-g is wrong! Is it not possible
for the ?resident of the United States, president
of the most powerful nation in the world, to know
what is going on in all parts of the globe, and not
just depend on reporters and foreign service person-
nel who jet their information second hand? And why
shoudid not the nation as a whole know the true facts?
Along with our C.I.A., I feel very shamed-face
about our foreign service. Why don't we have a
Foreign Service Academy where we can train profes-
sional personnel for our embassies and legations
where the Cold War is fought, as we train our pro-
fess:onal military men who fight the real wars?
I feel that the Peace Corps is a wonderful start
towards understanding and d.elping underdeveloped
countries, but wouldn't it be possible to augment
this corps with a drafted corps of men and women who
would serve in our embassies and legations in every
capacity from chauffeurs to cooks, and not depend on
questionable foreign employees about who we 'Icnow
nothing? The Russians in this country never hire
Americans for a job no matter how lowly. If I had
not been able to serve in the :armed Service of our
country during World 1Iar II I would have been very
happy to serve in a corps of civilians wherever they
would have been needed. morale-wise it would help
our co ntry also, as most young people want to serve
their country in one eras or another.
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The above mentioned questions and suggestions
are not meant as a personal criticism of you or
your office, but as a thought of just another American.
Yours very truly,
Q'.
Benjamin A. Corey
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