RECRUITING AT COLORADO UNIVERSITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01070R000301660003-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 10, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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PROGRAM The Today Show STAT1ON WRC-TV
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DATE April 10, 1985 7:00 A.M. CITY Washington, D.C.
SUBJECT Recruiting At Colorado University
JOHN PALMER: In Colorado, a student protest with a
different target.
Roger O'Neil reports.
ROGER O'NEIL: The demonstrators said they wanted to
make citizens' arrests of five Central Intelligence Agency
officers who had come to the university of Colorado on a job
recruiting drive. The plan failed, and instead 70 of them were
arrested.
MAN: We are determined to stop conspiracy to murder.
POLICEMAN: You are under arrest.
O'NEIL: The protesters were demonstrating against CIA
involvement in Nicaragua and El Salvador.
Unlike earlier days, most students ignored the demon-
The CIA says it visits more than a hundred campuses a
year to recruit students, usually without incident.
It is ironic that on politically active campus, like
C.U., scene of some violent demonstrations in the '60s and '70s
that the CIA is one of the most popular groups among students
looking for jobs. One hundred and seventy-six students signed up
for job interviews.
WOMAN: I don't think there's anything wrong with being
conservative, and I don't think there's anything wrong with
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wanting to work for the CIA.
O'NEIL: In fact, during an orientation session, some
students walked out when others tried to make anti-CIA speeches.
Despite the secretive nature of the CIA, recruiter Tom
White indicated most of the jobs are rather mundane.
TOM WHITE: Geography, geology, finance, engineering.
O'NEIL: No spy jobs were mentioned. That's classified.
Although a busload of protesters were arrested, the CIA
says interest in the agency has increased dramatically since the
days of Watergate and Vietnam.
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