MAGAZINE DID NOT GET CIA FUNDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000200590001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2004
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 11, 1967
• Content Type: NSPR

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Norman Podhoretz, e d i t o r, 1964 ;fists eight names as the recipi-
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o nimentary Magazine, 165 E. 56, ents of a total of $10,392 for such fel-
New York City. lowships. By singling my name out
In, your issue of Feb. 20 you stated' from that list, YOU once again con-
that the Farfield Foundation (which veyed the false and damaging im-
has been named as a conduit for pression that I have received huge
C.I.A. funds) in 1965 made "payments sums of money indirectly from the
of $143,150 to the Congress [for Cud- C.I.A.
aural Freedom], to P.E.N. (a society The true facts are that my wife
of writers) and to Norman Podhoretz, and I, in our capacity as writers,
the editor of Commentary Magazine." went on a six-day trip to Mexico to
i ?? ?a --yru IL,C iiupression and intellectuals. We received two
that I or perhaps, the magazine I edit
economy airfare tickets worth a total
has been the reci
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f h
p
en
o
uge sums
of money which came indirectly from
the C.I.A. This is a gross and damag
ing falsehood. Of the $143,150 figure
you mentioned, I personally received
exactly $250 to cover my expenses as
of $512 and an additional.$320 to cover
living expenses. No conditions were
attached by Farfield either to this
grant OF to the $250 grant for the
trip to Yugoslavia. Nor did I make
any report to the foundation or to
Inc r ariieicl Foundation or from the
You further stated that in 1964 Far-
field paid $10,392 for "study and
Travel fellowships to Mr. and Mrs. {
Norman Podhoretz" and for support
of the American Society for African }
Culture. The Farfield tax report for
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A Reply
In Your Issue of Feb. 19 you
stated that the Farfleld Foun-
dation (which has been named
as a conduit for CIA funds) in
1965 made "payments of $143,-
150 to the Congress (for Cul-
tural Freedom), to P.E.N. (a
society of writers) and to Nor-
man Podhoretz, the editor
of Commentary magazine."
You thus conveyed the im-
pression that I or perhaps the.
magazine I edit has been the
recipient of huge sums of
money which came Indirectly
from the CIA.
This Is a gross and dani-
aing falsehood. Of the
$143,150 figure you mentioned,
I personally received exactly
2..30 to cover my, expenses as
a delegate to the International
P.E.N. Congress In Yugoslavia.
Neither then nor at any other
time has Commentary maga-
zine received funds from the
Farfield Foundation or from -'
the CIA.
You further stated that in
1964 Farfield paid $10,392 for
"'study and travel fellow-
ships to Mr. and Mrs. Pod.
' horetz"' and for support of
the American Society for Afri
can Culture. The Farfield tax
report for 1964 lists eight
names as the recipients of a
total of $10,392 for such fel-
lowships.
By singling my name out {
from that list you once again
conveyed the false and dam-
aging impression that I have
received large sums of money ,
indirectly from the CIA.
The true facts are that my
wife and I, in our capacity as
writers, went on a six-day trip
to Mexico to meet Informally
with Mexican writers and In-
tellectuals, We received two
economy airfare tickets worth
a total of $512 and an addi-
tional $320 to cover living ex-
penses.
No conditions were attached
-by Farfield either to this
grant or to the $250 grant for
the trip to Yugoslavia. Nor
did I make any report to the
Foundation or to anyone else,!
at the conclusion of either of
these trips.
As a responsible newspaper,( The Washington Post has the
duty to repair the damage it
has done me and the maga-
zine I edit by a frank disavow-
al of the erroneous Implica.
Lions of its Feb. 19 story.
NORMAN PODHO1 ETZ.
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'Cold War line" under NSA ;which no. addresses ha~;e been portant work, overseas travel
leaders "who seemed morelgiven. . and, perhaps, most important'
like professional diplomats: Through these conduits, of all, very little feeling of
than students." Ramparts claimed, CIA money1having sold out one's political
Only a tiny handful of.Nvas passed to various private
NSA's officers, Ramparts s' aid,!foundations and organizations
1 were aware that the organiza-!such as the foundation for
tion was tied into the CIA, de-1 Youth and Student Affairs,
rived from the agency impor-;the J. Frederick Brown and
tant financial support for its
international activities, and
wn wu ruao .1- fli ?
icy
Ramparts magazine made The money and the policy
the financial marriage and from Covert Action Division money to NSA and such other
'
s Plans Divi-
divorce of the National Stu- No. 5 of the CIA
(lent Association and Covert sion, whose personnel included
Action Division No. 5 of the former NSA officers.
-Central intelligence Agency. The magazine, said the
Before the relationship was money was channeled to NSA
disclosed this year. Ram- through an intricate maze of
parts said, CIA had poured mil.. "foundations," some of which
lions into the college student may be nothing . more than
organization and NSA officials 'dummy conduits for . CIA
had gone to such Government ,funds. They included the Bor-
:figures as Vice President Hu- don Trust of - Philadelphia,
bcrt Humphrey in a vain effort the Price Fund of New York,
Independence Foundations of
Boston, the Sidney and
Esther Rabb Charitable Foun-
dation of Boston, and the Fair-
field Foundation. . ,
search Service, the Interna-
tional Student Conference,
Policy Research, Inc., the
American Society for African
Culture, and the International
Dedclopuient Foundation, :.
In the case of NSA, Ram-
parts said the CIA funds were
used -solely for its interna-
tional activities and to permit
NSA delegates and officers to
travel abroad and take' part
once on the intelligence the Kentiilcd Fund of Dallas, l in international student meet-
agency. I the Edscl Fund, of San Fran-l ings.
Moreover, the magazine said, cisco, the San Jacinto Fund For NSA officials, the mag-
the CIA "viciously turned on" of . Houston, the Tower Fund azine said, "it meant lots of
former NSA president Philip and the?Appalachin Fund, for money,. a.-,sense. of'; doing im-
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Shb "t' itiid h
erurneonmateim
!into publicly denying" that
the. relationship had ever ex-.
a isted.
The story is told in advance
proofs of an article that is to
appear in Ramparts next
,month. The major revelations
in the article have already
been confirmed substantially
by the State Department..
The story. began in the 1050s'
when the U.S. Government be-
came alarmed at the Commu-
inist take-over of international,, -.
student groups in Europe. In
response to this problem, NSA'.
.set up a new International
!Student Conference in 1950 in
,cooperation with 18 other na-
`tional student organizations.
.The new organization flour-'
rished, and, , "kept?_to ?"a? rigid
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convictions . . . The CIA re-
lationship meant something
more personal, too. For years.
elected (and appointed) offi-
cials and staffers of NSA have-
been getting draft deferments
for having an 'occupation
vital to the national inter-
est.' "
The few NSA officers aware`
of the relationship, according
to Ramparts, were required
to take the secrecy oath pre-
scribed in the National Se-?
curity Act. But the story
broke as a result of a conver-
sation that occurred in March,
1966 between Phil Sherburne,
the NSA president at that'
time; - and Michael' Wood,1
NSA's director of develop-1
ment..
? Sherburne told Wood the
whole story and subsequently
took steps to end the relation-
ship with CIA.
Ramparts said Sheburne de-
manded that NSA make its
own policy decisions, inde-
pendent of CIA, and went to
Vice President Humphrey for,'
help. Ramparts says he told'
Humphrey of the-CIA connec.
tion and asked the Vice Presi-
dent to help NSA become fi?'
nancially independent. Hum-i
phrey, according to the maga-
zine, tried to raise money fort
NSA from Roger Blough of
U. S. Steel, Henry Ford, and r
David Rockefeller of the Chase,
'Manhattan bank but "only a
few hundred dollars came in."'
The issue was finally forced, I
Ramparts said, by Wood who
told the story to the magazine'
and who writes In the maga..
zinc that he has "betrayed".
Sherburne's". "personal trust"
because of, "my,:,public' trust'
as a-citizen of the United'
States,"
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