CIA LINK FORCES PROF TO QUIT POST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000100020029-7
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2010
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: January 2, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON TIMES
2 January 1986
CIA link
forces prof
to quit post
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - The
director of Harvard University's
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
will resign that post in light of an
investigation of his handling of CIA
financial support for his work, a
newspaper said yesterday.
Nadav Safran "would prefer to
step down" as director at the end of
the academic year, The Boston
Globe said, quoting a university re-
port by A. Michael Spence, dean of
the faculty of arts and sciences.
Mr. Safran will remain at Harvard
as a tenured professor, Mr. Spence
said.
The report also concluded that the
university was partly to blame for
not taking action after Professor
Safran informed Harvard officials
of a CIA contract supporting his
work, the Globe said.
The contract contained condi-
tions that may have violated Har-
vard's rules on sponsored research,
Mr. Spence said.
The six-page report, culminating
a three-month investigation, was
scheduled to be released today. Both
Mr. Spence and Mr. Safran have de-
clined comment until then, said the
Globe, which had obtained a copy of
the report earlier.
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