LETTER TO MR(Sanitized)ACADEMIC COORDINATOR CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY FROM KARL M. SCHMIDT OF SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Publication Date: June 20, 1984
• Content Type: LETTER

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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
June 20, 1984
Academic Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
I am writing to thank you for making all the arrangements for the
very fine meeting last month with our Washington Seminar Group.
The students have benefited significantly from the opportunity to
meet Dr. Richard Kerr and to learn more about the organization of the
CIA and it's role in the formulation and execution of foreign policy
in the Reagan Administration.
We wanted you to know how much we appreciated your efforts on our
behalf.
Sincerely,
Karl M. Schmidt
Professor of Political Science
and Public Administration
Director, Washington Seminar
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ROUTING AND; RECORD SHEET
Thank-you fetter from Washington Semis r Group Syracuse University;
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Coordinator for,: Academic Affairs,
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16 May 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Chief, Motor Pool
Coordinator for Academic Affairs, PAO
Amendment to 7 May 1984 Memo Requesting
(Van) Transportation for Group from
Syracuse University
1. Memo was sent forward on 7 May 1984 requesting
transportation for a group of eight students, one professor,
and one Assistant to come to Agency headquarters on 18 May
1984.
2. Please provide pick-up at 1:00 at the following
location:
State Plaza Hotel
2117 E Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Pl ease return the group to the same address, departing t--
3
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Headquarters (main entrance) at approx
3. Thank you for your assistance ig this mat If you
have any further questions, please call
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
1 - PAO
CAA/PAO
CAA/PAOI 16 May 84)
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7 May 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR: Headquarters Security
FROM: Coordinator for Academic Affairs, PAD
SUBJECT: Syracuse University Visit to Headquarters
18 May 1984
'1. Attached is a list of names, addresses and Social
Security numbers of a group of eight students and two
administrators from Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York,
who will be visiting the Agency on 18 May-1984. They are all
U.S. citizens.
2. The group will arrive at Headquarters via Agency
transportation at approximately 1:30 for a briefing in Room
7E32. They will depart via Agency transportation at
approximately 3:00 immediately after the briefing.
Attachment:
As stated.
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
I - Main Receptionist
I - PAO
1 - MED (PAO)
2 - CAA/PAO
CAA/PAOI emb:x-II
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7 May 1984
MEMORANDUM FOR:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Chief, Motor Pool
Coordinator for Academic Affairs, PAO
Request for Transportation (Van)
1. Will you please provide transportation for a group of eight
Syracuse University students, one professor, (Professor Schmidt), and one
Assistant, to Agency headquarters on 18 May 1984. They are scheduled to
receive a briefing at 1:30.
2. Please provide pick-up at 1:00 at the following location:
State Plaza Hotel
2116 F Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Please return the group to the same address, departing Headquarters (main
entrance) at approximately 3:00.
3. Thank you for your assistance in this matter. If you have any
further questions, please call
Distribution:
Original - Addressee
1 - Hqs. Security
1 - Main Receptionist
1 - PAO
1 - MED (PAO)
2 - CAA/PAO
CAA/PAO:
7 May 84 )
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON SEMINAR 1 17 MAXWELL HALL I SYRACUSE, NEW YORK 13210
April 30, 1984
Coordinator for Academic Affairs
Central intelligence Agency
1;ashington, D.C. 20505
In accordance with our te'_ejpbor1e conver:-a~ion earlier this
nonth, I am enclosing a list of the students and faculty who will
be visiting the CIA Friday May 18th at 1.30 PlI.
.:11 of them inform me tbn.t they are Am ricer l citizens. Theis
social security numbers are as indicated in University records.
Many thanks for your hind assistee,nce. I look forward- with
pleasure to meeting you next month.
marl !I. SCI)j lid t
Professor of Political Science and
Public Ai_;iris ration
Director, ;assnin-ton Seminar
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TELEPHONE [phone] (or 423-2238)
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5 April 1983
Dr. Karl M. Schmidt
Director, Washington Seminar
Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs
17 Maxwell Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York 13210
Dear Dr. Schmidt:
In confirmation of our telephonic discussion on 5 April, we are
pleased to confirm the visit here of your Washington Seminar
students and faculty on Friday, May 18th at 1:30 pm. Mr. Richard J.
Kerr, our Associate Deputy Director for Intelligence, will meet with
you. He anticipates making a brief formal presentation and will
then entertain questions during the scheduled hour.
You are well accustomed to our procedures after these several
years of visiting but, just to recount, we require that all members
of the group be U.S. citizens and that we receive their full names
and Social Security numbers at least two weeks prior to the visit.
We will plan to provide a vehicle for your transportation, as
requested; it would be satisfactory for you to call me to
let us know the location at which your group is to be picked up on
the 18th. Please do not hesitate to write or call if I may be of
further assistance.
I look forward to meeting you.
Sincerely,
oor
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
March 28, 1984
(or successor)
Academic Coordinator
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D. C. 20505
For several years, you have generously arranged special programs for our
Washington Seminar students with officials of the CIA. The past three years,
for example, we have met with for discussions 25X1
about the role of the agency in American intelligence gathering and analysis.
Would it be possible for you to arrange a similar program again this year?
There will be some 15 to 20 graduate and undergraduate students who will be
exploring defense and foreign policy as one of their main themes. In the
fourth year of the Reagan administration, we would be particularly interested
in any "mid-course corrections" in the intelligence community and its
administration.
If such a session is possible, may I suggest Friday, May 18th from 1:30 to
2:30 P.M.? This is only a suggestion, however, and we shall be happy to
schedule another time more convenient for you. As in the past, we shall be
most appreciative if you will again be able to arrange bus transportation for
us to and from Langley.
Many thanks for your past help and your assistance once again this year.
Karl M. Schmidt
Professor of Political Science
and Public Administration
Director, Washington Seminar
Washington Address (May 12-June 1):
State Plaza Hotel
2117 E Street NW
Phone: [phone]
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MAXWELL SCHOOL OF CITIZENSHIP
AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
WASHINGTON
SEMINAR
WASHINGTON, D.C.,
MAY 14-JUNE 2, 1984
Matthew P McHugh (D-N.Y.) of the powerful House Appropriations
Committee before discussing the budget and federal expenditures.
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WASHINGTON
SEMINAR
Will Ronald Reagan be re-elected? What
position will his Administration take for the
presidential campaign? Will he "stay the
course'' on the extreme right or will he shift
to more traditional Republican conservatism?
Who will be the Democratic challenger-
Walter Mondale, John Glenn, Jesse Jackson,
Alan Cranston? What position will Reagan's
opponent take? Will he return to traditional
Democratic liberalism? Or will he pursue a
right-of-center course in the attempt to win
the White House?
Key questions such as these will dominate
this crucial campaign year of 1984. Seek
the answers yourself on the political turf in
Washington, D.C. Analyze the major issues
confronting both President and Congress
during three exciting, intensive weeks in the
nation's capital. Interview the participants in
the governing process: cabinet and sub-
cabinet officers, legislative leaders of both
parties, foreign diplomats, career ad-
ministrators, lobbyists for powerful pressure
groups, and journalists from leading na-
tional media. As a member of the
Washington Seminar, sponsored by Syracuse
University's Maxwell School of Citizenship
and Public Affairs, get the story from behind
the scenes.
Congressman Richard Ottinger (D-NY) presents an oppos-
ing point of view on the Reagan Administration's energy
and environmental policies to Washington Seminar
participants.
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AND ADMISSION
Washington Seminar courses are conducted
according to the usual high standards of the
Maxwell School's political science depart-
ment and are especially appropriate for
students in that area. Applications are also
encouraged from students majoring in other
disciplines, as well as from those enrolled at
other institutions. The only requirements are
that students must be in good academic
standing; must submit two letters of recom-
mendation, preferably from college instruc-
tors familiar with their work; and must sub-
mit evidence of their intellectual and
physical capacity to undertake this inten-
sive, demanding program.
Applications are due on April 1 3, 1984.
Acceptance thereafter will depend upon
available space.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Housing arrangements are made by the
Washington Seminar to assure convenience
of location and the opportunity for close
association among participants. Charges for
modern accommodations with kitchenettes
are modest-about $450 for the 20-day
based on triple occupancy. Double and
single occupancy housing is available at
proportionately higher prices.
Payment of rent directly to the hotel is
clue upon arrival in Washington, A con-
ference room charge, not expected to ex-
ceed $45 per person, is also payable upon
arrival.
Excellent food is available at government
and private cafeterias for an average daily
cost of $9. Subway and cab fare for travel
to and from interviews, as well as other in-
cidental costs, may be expected to average
about $4 per day. These charges are the
responsibility of the student, as are travel
arrangements and expenses to and from
Washington. It may be possible to arrange
car pools for sharing driving expense.
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Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Richard Lyng outlines the
major elements of the Reagan Administrations farm pro-
gram to Washington Seminar members.
CAMPAIGN '84
The Presidency: Ronald Reagan, Walter
Mondale or ?
The Congress: Will either party gain control
of both houses or will there be a
continued split?
The Issues:
Economic Policy
Reaganomics-the impact on
growth, stability and human
services.
continued tax cuts for the
rich in the face of record
deficits?
Defense and Foreign Policy
Runaway military spending--
the impact on peace, security
and the national economy.
return to the Cold War in
the face of threatened nuclear
holocaust?
Regulatory Policy
Continued de-regulation-the
impact on consumer health,
safety and pocketbook.
-back to "free enterprise" in
the face of unrestrained cor-
porate greed?
Lnvironmental Policy
Public giveaways-the impact
on future generations. -
permissive commerical ex-
ploitation in the face of
limited natural resources?
i_ducational Policy
Proposed Federal cutbacks--
the impact on investment in
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face of a "rising tide of
mediocrity?"
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RECENT
INTERVIEWS
A partial list of the Washington officials
whom seminar participants have interviewed
in recent years includes:
United States Senators
Nancy Landon Kassebaum (R-Kans.)
Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.)
Cabinet and Subcabiinet Officers
FredIkle, Undersecretary, Department of
Defense
Richard E. Lyng, Deputy Secretary, Depart-
ment of Agrilculture
Foreign Diplomats
Yoshio Okawara, Ambassador of Japan
Ji Chao-zhu, Minister of the Peoples
Republic of China
United States Congressmen
Richard L. Cheney (R-Wyo.)
Claude Pepper (D-Fla.)
Agency Heads
David Clanton, member, Federal Trade
Commission
Nancy Harvey Steorts, Chairman, Consumer
Products Safety Commission
Fiscal Experts
Francis X. Fee, Assistant Comptroller General
of the United States
1. Charles Partee, member, Board of Gover-
nors, Federal Reserve System
Career Administrators
Alan L. Dean, Chairman, National Academy
of Public Administration
Edward F. Preston, Assistant Director, Office
of Management and Budget
Foreign Affairs Experts
Lincoln Gordon, Central Intelligency Agency
Robert L. Brown, Inspector-General, Depart-
ment of State
Washington Journalists
John W. Finney, Washington News Editor,
The New York Times
Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Pressure Group Representatives
Henry B. Schechter, AFL-CIO
John Mahoney, American Medical Association
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CREDIT
Undergraduate Political science, PSC 472,
(3 credits) Grades are determined on the basis
of: (I) the interviews conducted; (2) a series
of logs that describe and analyze selected
interviews; and (3) a comprehensive final ex-
amination. Course credit is transferable to
other colleges and universities, subject to
their regulations.
Graduate Political science, PSC 701,
(3 credits) Graduate students have the oppor-
tunity to write a paper in an area of their
own interest based on their first-hand in-
terveiws and subsequent research. Perfor-
mance is judged by: (1) the research
paper-to be completed within a month
after leaving Washington; (2) the interviews
conducted; (3) the analytical logs; and (4)
the final examination. The course offers
regular credits in the Maxwell School's
master's and doctoral programs in political
science. Course credit is transferable to
other graduate institutions, subject to
their regulations.
Additional Credit PSC 490 or PSC 890
Undergraduate and graduate students who
wish to undertake an independent research
project for extra credit may register for In-
dependent Study. These courses may carry
one, two, or three credits, enabling a stu-
dent to take as many as six credits in the
Washington Seminar.
Members of the Washington Seminar meet with Con-
gressman George Wortley (R-NY) to discuss the role of
the House Banking Committee in the oversight of
American monetary policy.
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INSTRUCTIONS
FOR APPLYING
A deposit of $50 must accompany the com-
pleted application from this brochure. The
deposit is credited toward tuition (or may
be refunded upon withdrawal on or before
April 13, 1984). The balance of tuition
should be made payable to Syracuse Univer-
sity and submitted to the program director
at the address below. Students must also
complete a summer sessions registration
form which will be sent upon receipt of ap-
plication, before going to Washington, D.C.
It is expected that tuition will not exceed
$191 per credit for undergraduates ($573
for three credits) or $7.15 per credit for
graduate students ($645 for three credits).
The tuition amounts are only approximations
and are subject to change. The final deter-
mination for tuition will be made on
or about February 1, 1984.
Or. Paul Reardon. Deputy Chief Economist for the
Chamber of Commerce of the United States presents the
business communitys views of Reaganomics to the
Washington Seminar.
ok-
Mail the completed application, together
with deposit, to Dr. Karl M. Schmidt, Direc-
tor, Washington Seminar, 17 Maxwell Hall,
Department of Political Science, Syracuse
University, Syracuse. New York 13210. Re-
quests for further information or additional
applications should be directed to Professor
Schmidt.
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WASHINGTON SEMINAR
APPLICATION FORM
'roc al Security no. Place of Birth Date of Birth
Permanent home address
Street City State ftp
Your telephone at college with area code)
College years completed as of May 1984
Majoi__
Approx. grade point average
based on A = B = C D =
Have you had a basic course in American national
government? Yes No
Grade received _ year where
Do you suffer from any physical disability or chronic
(recurrent) illness? Yes No
If so, explain briefly:
Housing preference: Triple___ Double* Single*
*extra cost
Course desired: PSC 472 PSC 701
Extra credit? Yes No
If so, PSC 490 PSC 890
I , 2. or 3 credits?
Names of two references whom you have asked to
send letters of recommendation:
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