STUDENTS PLACE CIA RECRUITER UNDER 'CITIZEN'S ARREST'

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000100010074-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 28, 2011
• Sequence Number: 74
• Publication Date: March 15, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Students pl?ce CIA recrcccae~
under `citi~eri's an-est'
By JOHI\ HITCHCOCI:
Berkshire bureau chief
WILLIA)\1STOVi'N - Eight L~?il-
liams College students Tuesda}?
placed C1A recruiter Stephen Conn
under "citizen's arrest for violation
of national and international law."
The students, members of an Ad
Hoc Committee to Stop the V~'ar
Against Nicaragua, did not interfere
with Conn's interviews with approx-
imatel~? 20 senors showing an inter-
est in possible C1A affiliation.
The incident took place at the
Williams Office for Career Counsel-
ing at Mears Hall, although a Wil-
liams security officer was called to
observe the mock "arrest."
Iiatma I;assamali, director of
counseling, said the studenu "have
the right to express their views, as
long as they do not disrupt the
interviews."
Conn said he conducted similar
interviews last year without
incident.
Richard Helms, who headed the
C1A for several years in the admin-
istration of President Richard
Nixon, was a 1935 graduate of R'il-
liams. He has appeared at several
Williams events and was a guest
speaker last fall, all without
incident.
The protesting students, who
were not identified, also presented
c;onn wuh a three-page list of
charges, concluding with, "The CIA
must stop its illegal murderous
activities. The CIA must be stoped,
It must be made accountable."
In addition. the students distri-
buted an open letter addressed to
the Williams community, with a
condensed -list of charges against
the CIA.
The letter said, "In violation of
:numerous national and interna-
tional statutes, the CIA is engaged
in a massive military operation in
Nicaragua. It has mined Nicars-
gua's harbors, encouraged political
sabotage and assassination, and fin-
anced, trained, directed, and sup-
plied the Contras' war against the
Nicaraguan government."-
The letter continued. "The judg-
ment that the CIA's activities in
Nicaragua are illegal is supported
by man}? well-respected authorities.
Among these are the International
Court of The Hague, the National
Lawyers Guild and the Center for
Constitutional Rights."
"As the CIA recruits on the Wit-
liams campus, it solicits aid for the
violation o: national and interns;
tional law. This is a criminal act. ,',
The letter concludes, "By grant-
ing the CIA the use of iu private
facilities, Williams is complicit in
this crime ..."
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