PROPOSAL FOR A VISIT TO CIA BY A GROUP OF UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86B00985R000300140029-4
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: October 19, 1977
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
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SUBJECT Proposal for a Visit to CIA by a Group of
University Presidents
1. Action Requested. None on this memo, You asked for my
comment on Sayre Stevens' memorandum of 4 October and the attached
plan for the visit of the university presidents.
2. The plan for the visit was called to my attention a few
days after I joined the Agency in July, I considered'it a good one
but did not comment because of my limited experience at the time.
I still like the plan, but I am now more aware of the difficulties
it presents.
3. It seems clear that the success of the effort will turn
largely on the impression the presidents receive of our candor and
openness. Certainly to create such an impression is the major thrust
of the plan. As part of this endeavor it is stated (on page 2 of the
plan, top of the page) that "presentations by would
appear to-be essential elements of the program, because of widespread
concern in academia . . . with 'spying' on campus." In his note,
attached at the end of the plan, Jack Blake raises a question regard-
in this degree of openness on I share his concern. The =
seems unlikely to be a problem except possibly in exceptional
cases (where Harvard or other "guidelines" are adhered to literally
and some faculty members may prefer to cease communications with the
Agency rather than have it known to their administrators that they
are communicating). For this reason, I should think a frank descrip-
tion of the would be helpful. By contrast, the-
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5. I think Mr. Blake's suggestion for a black president of a
largely black institution on a second go-around is an excellent one.
I understand that the president of Michigan State University is
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black, so our first list is not exactly "racist," But I do agree it
would be desirable to have the president of Howard or Atlanta, or
one of the other.largely black institutions, at a later session if
the first one proves successful.
6. With the caveat expressed in paragraph 4 above, I recommend
that you approve the plan.
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Subject: CAR 19 Oct 77 Memo to DCI
Proposal for a Visit to CIA by a Group of University Presidents
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