THE CIA DOCUMENT "RESTLESS YOUTH" REFERRED TO IN THE ROCKEFELLER REPORT WAS DELIVERED TO DR. HENRY KISSINGER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-424-4-10-5
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Content Type: MISC

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The CIA document "Restless Youth" referred to
in the Rockefeller report was delivered to Dr. Henry
Kissinger,?then Assistant to the President for National
Security Affairs, less:than a month after he had taken
office. It was forwarded in. response to a January 1969
request by President Nixon fora study of world-wide
student dissidence, and was a copy of a report sub-
mitted by the CIA to President Johnson on September-4,.
1968.
The section on "Radical Students in America"
(pp 25-36 of the report) which was not solicited
as a part of President Nixon's January request --
comprises 12 pages out of the 264-page report. There
is no indication in this section that it is derived
from surveillance or any sensitive sources or methods.
It-does quote extensively from student publications
and academic and sociological analyses, and traces
the evolution of. student activism in the United States
in a way that suggests nothing more than normal
research methods. The 46-page introduction (of which
the section on American students is.a part) to the
report attempts a broad sociological and historical
analysis. The remainder of the report is a series of
country analyses varying in length from 2.to 23 pages..
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Director Helms' cover note to Dr. Kissinger
dated February 18, 1969 flags the fact that a
discussion of American student activism is outside
the charter of the Agency. There is no indication.
that the..section..on American , students was derived
from unusual or illegal investigative activities
or "domestic spying." Thus, it was assumed that
Director Helms' cautionary note was directed at
emphasizing that it was not within the Agency's
charter to do analyses on American student activities,
rather than any implication that the analysis itself
was based on illegal or improper investigative
activities.
On December 23, 1974, the State Department
not informed about domestic intelligence
concern themselves with domestic intelligence or were
Spokesman said "with regard to alleged domestic
surveys of American citizens, the Secretary has
never seen any surveys of American citizens by the
CIA and he doesn't know if any such surveys exist..".
That statement stands, as does his May.5, 1975'state-
ment to newsmen to the effect that since he has been in
Washington, the NSC or the NSC staff or the Assistant
.to the President for National Security Affairs did not
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