MEETING WITH THE ORDER OF THE WHITE JACKET, COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Content Type: LETTER

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OEXA: 82-2073 ~1
2 November 1982
P~1Ef10Rt'1"dDU~1 FOR: Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
FROfi: Acting Director, Office of External Affairs
SUBJECT: P1eeting with the Order of the l~Jhite Jacket, College of
William and Mary
1. You are addressing the 10th anniversary banquet of the Order of
the 4Jhite Jacket on Thursday, 4 November, at the Campus Center Building
on the campus of the College of William and Mary. This is homecoming
ti~reekend. The evening kicks off with a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m.,
dinner is at 7:00 p.m. and your speech at 8:00 p.m. You are asked to
arrive shortly after 5:30 p.m.
2. John Dayton will meet you at the Campus Center Building. (Security
will be in touch with Dayton to coordinate arrival time and so forth.)
Dayton is your host; he will sit at the head table and introduce you.
Also at the head table will be the President of the College, Thomas
Graves, his wife Zoe, and the President of the Order of the lJhite Jacket,
Howard Smith, and his wife. They expect approximately 150-200 in
attendance. The former Governor of Virginia, Mills Godwin, may be there.
They would like you to speak for about a half hour, then have a half hour
question and answer period.
3. Representatives from the l~lilliamsburg Gazette and PJewport News_
Daily Press will be present. The local TV station may also possibly
cover this event.
3. Some background and possible talking points are attached.
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LiACKGROUiJD IidFORi~lATION
1. Order of White Jackets is a group of alumni/ae who vrorked
their way through l~1i 11 i am and P~1ary by waiting on tables at 1 ocal
restaurants. i~1ost noted restaurant near campus for decades (no
longer in existence) was Tl~ierres (pronounced Teems). The Order was formed
in 1972, making this its 10th annual homecoming dinner.
2. President Thorias Graves of Wi l l i am and !?1ary has hel d that
position for 11 years. Previously ryas Dean of The Harvard Business
School.
3. There is a story, dating back many years, that claims tourists
inevitably ask 3 questions of students at 1Jilliam and ~~iary: (a) Are you
a student .at ~?Ji 11 i am and P~1ary? (b) Do you know ~~~here the b~ren aui 1 di ng
(most famous building on campus) is? (Usually while standing in the
shado~?~ of it) and (c) Go you know where the King's Arm (note singular?)
is? (Refers, of course, to the v~ell-known King's Arms Restaurant.)
Answer to the last question involves the queen's anatomy and is not
.normally for mixed audiences but apparently all forr.~er students, male
and female, are familiar with the 3 questions and answers.
4. lJilliam and Mary's traditional rival for academic excellence
is UVA. Alumni of the former will tell you that Jefferson was expelled
from l~lilliam and 1.1ary and went on to found the latter. As nation's
second oldest school, 6dilliam and Mary believes (not necessarily
reciprocated) that it has a rivalry with Harvard.
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5. 4?!i T l i am and r9ary's opponent i n footbal 1 on 6 tdoveri~er i s isro4vn
University. Holy Cross defeated Brovrn 17 to 6 on 23 October. William
sand Mary has had a poor season, thus far.
6. Many graduates of tv'illiam and Mary have worked at the Agency
since 1947. There are currently 69 on board who attended the school,
including, Bob Gates. CIA recruiters find it an excellent place for
recruitment.
7. In 19$0, CIA received an FOIA request from William and i~tary's
college newspaper "The Flat Fiat:" A total of 67 documents were released.
A series of articles followed. They revealed that an unidentified informant
reported on "dissident activities" at William and Mary in the 1969-1971
period. ?
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THOUGHTS
1. Introduction
'~ihen he was asked what it takes to make a university great,
President Lowell of Harvard answered, "Three hundred years." The only
other academic institution that qualifies is ~Jilliam and f~4ary.
2. CIA Relationships with Academic Institutions
- 4!e replenish our ranks by recruiting college graduates. Quite
a few have corae from 4lilliam and ~1ary, including 69 currently employed.
- We interview scholars who are willing to share their expertise
with us. Some serve as consultants in the preparation of objective
analyses for the President.
- ~!e have a number of internal regulations which closely guide our
relations with academic institutions. For example, we are authorized to
enter into contracts for research and development, but Agency sponsorship
must be Wade known to the President of the. institution.
- The university is a knowledge. machine. So is intelligence. It
is knowledge and forekno4vledge. It islperhaps.best understood in its.
absence. Not far from this distinguished ~s_chool are recently-excavated
remains of P?lartin's Hundred. Many of you ;know that~.that community, founded
in 1619, was savagely attacked and virtually destroyed by previously-
friendly Indians on March 22, 1622. t?1artin's Hundred had not .been fore-
warned. It lacked the intelligence necessary for its survival.
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3. Just !^Jhat is this Intelligence business?
- t~Jhat happens to the young college graduate who goes to work
for CIA? The first thing he learns is that "intelligence" is not the
same thing as "spying" or espionage. Intelligence is a product, the result
of a number of techniques, only one of which is espionage. It is a small -
but important - part of the whole.
- He learns that modern American intelligence, whici~ began in tJorld
4Jar II, u,ias based on the wedding of the operator and the scholar. Add the
engineer and you bring it up to date. What does the scholar or analyst. do?
An analogy will give us an insight. A house may be built of stones, but a
pile of stones is not a house. Intelligence is based on facts, but a pile
of facts is not intelligence. Analysts try to get at the meaning and
implications of facts and trends -- -in the political, military, economic,.
scientifiic, and social spheres.
- The next thing the ycung college graduate learns is that there
are two basic ways of collecting foreign intelligence: human collectors
and technical collectors. The big developrnent since World War II is the
result of applying technology to intelligence gathering. Think of it as
an extension of the nation's eyes arid its` ears-- photography and electronics.
We can have treaties with. the Soviet.Uniori that limit arms because we (and
they) hawe independent means of verifying compliance. Our cameras and our
listening posts make this possible.
- Finally, our college graduate discovers that there are limitations
to the best of instrumentalities. He learns that technical collection
does not normally help us in the most difficult problem of all - political
intentions. This is where secret collection by human beings can make the
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difference. There are brave people abroad who risk their lives to provide
us with information that can be gotten in no other way.
4. Secrecy an Essential Part of this L?!ork
- You can see how secrecy is an absolutely essential part of this
work. 6Jhat foreign national will be willing to work for us if we cannot
keep the relationship secret? t~!hat foreign intelligence service will be
vrilling to share its sensitive information with us if it believes that we
cannot keep its secrets? 41e are -vorking closely with our Congressional
committees to tighten our security. They have helped us with needed
legislation. Congress has restricted the number of committees that have
to be briefed on sensitive matters. Congress has made it a criminal
offense to reveal the true identities of intelligence officers under cover.
Finally, we hope that they will prcvide us ~vith some relief from the
Freedom of Information Act. 4!e can't do business unless we can send a
message to our friends abroad that we can maintain their trust and their
secrets. FQIA worries them. And us.
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