MEMO RE CONDEMNATION OF CIA BY DR. NELS F. S. FERRE, PROMINENT THEOLOGIAN
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00459879
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RIFPUB
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U
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1
Document Creation Date:
June 6, 2025
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June 12, 2025
Publication Date:
February 19, 1969
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)4-10129-1034* - � 13 ..1.- 1,1-11.4 UN IT .L.1) STATES. GOVER&"MEN4r--- 7 - .1/ 827107. ,71C,11 1 if ,ra, TO. : Director, Domestic Contact Servic Attn: Carroll Delaney FROM Chief,.St. Louis Office APPRCVED FOR RELEASE 1993 CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM SL-134-69 DATE: 19 F4ruaty SUBJECT: Condemnation of CIA by Dr. Nels F. S. Ferre, Prominent Theologian � 1. From 9-12 Feb 69, the Southern Baptist Convention Directors o State Student Departments from 18-19 states held a regional' ..,..5t..Louissouri. During an address at the conference, th . Dr. Nels � --,------F - .1,)p � S. r. erre rominent theologian and publicist of Andover Newton-Theologicar .....,-6ndfY7-how associated with Wooster (Ohio) College, expresAgjakitss� � concern with the growing power of the CIA in the US. As an exaMple, he said that the Agency was "direCtly responsible" for the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy, and had been involved in the death of President John F. Kennedy. 2. As his 'rationalization for the King assassination, Ferre. claimed that the Johnson Administration had become concerned that King would_lead� another massive "march on Washington" during an election year, and therefore had ordered the Agency to murder King. In an aside, he said that the Agency was quite Chagrined when their "brother service", Scotland Yard, had arrestdd their hired assassin, James Earl Ray; after CIA had believed he had been safely spirited abroad. Ferrets rationalizations for the other � assassinations were.notgiven. Ferre is an ordained Congregational minister who has a PhD from Harvard. � 3. Because of his prominence--he is listed in "Who's Who"--,..yerre's remarks apparently were not challenged by the Baptist student directors who appeared to be quite concerned by the charges. These direc. re responsible for the Southern Baptist activities on all.UniVers -end college campuses in their respective states, primarily in the southern and border states. In the past some DCS offices, including the St. Louis office, have dealt with them regarding the procurement of foreign student lists. 4. This information is forwarded as being of possible interest. Apparently Ferrels remarks were not reported in the local St. Louis news- papers. ; '1 k C4 2LJi JWRardin/ecigAi File: , Rev. j. Kenneth Bryant Alflarican Youth Foundation 3460 Hampton Avenue, St. Louis, 14o. /1 QOM L. SCHUBEAT. _46 rio'6,'