FOLLOW-UP CONTACT WITH MR. CHRISTOPHER F. EDLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND (UNCF)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-05939A000200070002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 3, 1975
• Content Type: MFR

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
SUBJECT Follow-up Contact with Mr. Christopher F. Edley,
Executive Director, United Negro College Fund
(UNCF)
REFERENCE: Memo dtd 10 Dec 74 fm OTR/CTP/PO; subj. Contact
with Mr. Christopher F. Edley, Executive
Director, United Negro College Fund (UNCF)
1. Because of the rash of publicity unfavorable to
the Agency immediately following my initial contact with
Mr. Edley on 3 December 1974, there was no follow-up at that
time of the several suggestions Mr. Edley had made i
area of m'nority recruitment. With the approval of 25X1
DD/Pers/R&P, I returned to New York City
ovem er 1975 to determine Mr. Edley's current attitude
toward the Agency and to obtain an update on his ideas on
the identification of qualified black applicants for the
Career Training Program and the Agency generally. Our
meeting took place at the new headquarters of the UNCF at
500 E. 62nd St., New York City (which also houses the new
offices of the National Urban League).
2. Even before I could state the purpose of my visit,
Mr. Edley offered his views on the current situation faced
by the Agency. He expressed strong disapproval of the
leakage of classified information via the press and of the
authorized public statements by members of the Congressional
committees investigating CIA. His position is that the
investigative purposes of the committees could be served
without the disclosure of information concerning classified
activities, and he vigorously stated his view that the
national interests of the U.S. are not being served by such
revelations.
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3. I asked Mr. Edley if he continued to feel that
Mr. Walter Leonard, Assistant to Harvard President Derek
Bok, would be willing to serve as a source of referrals on
black professional recruitment prospects. Mr. Edley said he
had no doubts about Mr. Leonard's attitude, but he telephoned
Mr. Leonard on the spot and confirmed it. At my suggestion
he gave Mr. Leo ard the name of the Offire of Va onnel
representative Mr. Edley 25X1
advised Mr. Leo wou contact 25X1
Mr. Leonard at some mutually acceptable date.
4. Although Mr. Edley had no specific additional
suggestions to make (other than those summarized in Reference),
he did invite me to co tain contact with him. 25X1
I told Mr. Edley that had expressed an interest
in meeting him and that we hope he could visit CIA Headquarters
in Langley for that purpose as one of his regular visits to
Washington. Mr. Edley said that he travelled to the area
every four to six weeks and that he would make a point of
visiting us on some future trip. I thanked Mr. Edley for
his cooperation and reiterated our hope that we would see
him in Washington early next year.
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