BECHET ET E3 ONl JPY - Saturday February 18 1967 9 00 a m Mr President Herewith the records in our minutes of meetings of the 303 Committee and its predecessor group S410 Committee which refer to CIA connection with support for youth and student groups The first such reference is 25 February 19S9 the last is 3 December 1964 Those present at the meetings are noted You should know that the basic work of the 303 Committee is to examine new programs although in the period I have been here I have asked for reexamination of certain programs when current issues arose Clark Clifford's committee may be more deeply engaged in studying the whole of the CIA program although I a m not sure about this W W Rostow ffy qqpy r - - invgo nMi u---- W WRostow rln COPY LBJ LIB R A R Y DECLASSIFIED E O 12958 See 3 6 NLJ V8 By IMARA Date 'Z- i-' n8 T H E W H IT E HO USE W A S H IN G T O N S E C R E T - ErYES ONLYF e b r u a r y 23 1967 MEMORANDUM TO SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Mr S e c r e ta r y t # Here on Youth referred luncheon is the chronology of 303 briefings and Student Activities which was to by the P r e s i d e n t at the m eeting y esterday When it has se rv e d its purpose I wJo uld a p p reciate it being re tu rn e d to me B rom ley Smith DECLASSIFIED E O 12958 Sec 3 6 NLJ Cist ' q INARA Date SECRET o GBP Y E S -QN-I Y C O P Y LBJ LIBRA RY Sec Def has coon Af P I rT _ r ' n HV1T ooo nntGBP I - LI iiiT U h I T C h r o n o l o g y of B r i e f i n g s of 303 C o m m i t t e e on Youth a n d S t u d e nt A ctivities a 25 F e b r u a r y 1959 M i n u t e s T h e D C I p o i n t e d out to the G r o u p t h a t ' t h e r e a r e a n u m b e r of A g e n c y p r o g r a m s u n d e r w a y w h ic h b e g a n b e f o r e the a p p r o v a l of NSC 5412 2 a p d t h u s the e s t a b l i s h m e n t of the S p e c i a l G r o u p M em b e rs p re s e n t w ere C h ristia n H e r te r G ordon G ray M r oI r w i n A l le n D u l l e s R i c h a r d B i s s e l l tf 4 M a r c h 1959 M i n u t e s T h e DCI s h o w e d the G r o u p the s u m m a r y of a c t i o n s a p p r o v e d by it s i n c e it s i n c e p t i o n M r D u lle s r e p e a t e d w h a t he h a d s a i d a t l a s t w e e k 's rr eeting to the e f f e c t t h a t th is s u m m a r y r e p r e s e n t s only the in d i v i d u a l a c t i o n s t a k e n by the S p e c i a l G r o u p a n d t h a t so m e of t h e m h a v e s i n c e b e e n i n c o r p o r a t e d in c o n tin u in g CIA p r o g r a m s We do hav e th e s u m m a r y r e f e r r e d to h e r e it d o e s 'not in clu d e i M em bers p resen t w ere c C h r i s t i a n H e r t e r G o r d o n G r a y M r I r w in A lle n D u ll e s 3 3 a u 14 F e b r u a r y 1961 M in u te s M r D u l l e s a s s i s t e d by M r B i s s e l l then s u m m a r i z e d f o r the b e n e f i t of the new m e m b e r s of the S p e c i a l G r o u p the s p e c i f i c a c t i o n s ta k e n by the p r e d e c e s s o r g r o u p d u r i n g the p a s t y e a r and a l s o a l i s t of s i g n i f i c a n t p r o j e c t s w h ich a n t e d a t e the b e g in n ing of j L t 0 I960 and w h ich it is p la n n e d to c o n t i n u e We do hav e the l i s t m e n t io n e d i t i n c l u d e s j j M e m b e rs p r e s e n t w e re M e s s r s M c N a m a ra G ilp a tric Bowies B undy D u l l e s G e n C a b e l l B i s s e l l d 24 A u g ust 1961 P a p e r r e a d by the S p e c i a l G ro u p r e v ie w i n g CA O p e r a t i o n s Youth and Student O r g a n i z a t i o n s A p r o g r a m d e s ig n e d to oppose the i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o m m u n i s t f r o n t s in the youth nncl s tu d e n t field the W o rld F e d e r a t i o n of D e m o c r a t i c Youth WI-'DY m l Iho I n t e r n a t i o n a l Union of S tu d e n ts IUS To tins end CIA s u p p o r t s SANITIZED E 0 13526 Sec 3 5 Kv i a X COPY LBJ LIBRARY JSARA Date aw V T r i I i f - --------- J to p r e s e r v e y o u th m o v e m e n t s f r o m c o m m u n i s t l e a d e r s h i p a n d to g a i n s u p p o r t of y o u t h o r g a n i z a t i o n s f r o m c o m m u n i s t l e a a e r s h a n d to g a i n s u p p o r t o f y o u t h o r g a n i z a t i o n s a n d p o t e n t i a l p o l i t i c a l le a d e rs for W e ste rn c a u se s M e m b e r s p r e s e n t a t 31 A u g u s t 1961 m e e t i n g w e r e G e n e r a l T a y l o r M r Jo h n so n M r D ulles G e n e ra l L an sd ale e 12 D e c e m b e r 1963 M i n u t e s M r M c C o n e s t a t e d t h a t h e a g r e e d a n d in a d d i t i o n to the c o n t i n u i n g r e v i e w s m a d e i n s i d e CIA a n d w it h th e S t a t e D e p a r t m e n t he h a d r e v i e w e d a l l of the c o v e r t a c t i o n p r o g r a n i s t w i c e w ith h i g h e r a u th o r ity M r A lexis Jo h n so n a ls o a ffirm e d th a t c o n sta n t review in w a s b e i n g d o n e i n th e D e p a r t m e n t of S t a t e a n d t h a t he w a s s a t i s f i e d w i t h t h e i m p o r t a n c e a n d n e c e s s i t y o f the c o v e r t a c t i o n a c t i v i t i e s c u r r e n tly u n d ertak en by C IA We h a v e the b r i e f i n g o u t l i n e u s e d by t h e D D P on c o v e r t p o l i t i c a l a c t i o n a n d P M p r o j e c t s M r M e y e r c o v e r e d ''a l l o t h e r c o v e r t a c t i o n b u t no o u t l i n e is a v a i l a b l e It is l i k e l y t h a t he c o v e r e d Y o u th a n d S t u d e n t a c t i v i t i e s M e m b e rs p re s e n t w ere M r Bundy M r Johnson M r G ilp atric and M r M cCone P r e s e n t from B ureau o of th e B u d g e t w e r e M r G o r d o n M r S t a a t s M r H an sen and M r A m ory P r e s ent from CIA w e r e M r H e l m s M r M e y e r f 30 O c t o b e r 1964 M i n u t e s a M r M e y e r C o v e rt R elations m a d e a n o r a l p r e s e n t a t i o n of th e A g e n c y ' s c o v e r t r e l a t i o n s in r e s p o n s e to the r e q u e s t b y M r B u n d y m a d e on 10 S e p t e m b e r 1964 M r M e y e r o u t l i n e d the t y p o s d e a l t w ith J H e o u t l i n e d th e n e c e s s i t y of t h e s e m e c h a n i s m s to le n d a n o n a t t r i b u t a b l e b a s i s to m a n y c o v e r t a c t i o n s a n d th e c o m p l e x i t i e s i n v o lv e d M r M e y e r s t a t e s t h a t he b r i e f e d th e C o m m i t t e e a lo n g a r g u m e n t a t i o n in ''F u n d i n g C o v e r t O p e r a t i o n s 1' to th e DCI f r o m C h ie f CA a n d b e l i e v e s th a t Y outh a n d S t u d e n t a c t i v i t i e s in t h i s c o n t e x t w e r e p r o b a b l y m e n t i o n e d M e m b e rs p r e s e n t w e re M r Bundy A m b a s s a d o r T hom pson M r Vance M r M cCone and M r M ey er g 3 D e c e m b e r 1964 M in u t e s W o r l d Y outh F e s t i v a l - T h e CLA p a p e r e n t i t l e d P r o g r a m of C o v e r t C o u n t e r a c t i o n a g a i n s t th e 9th W o r l d Y outh F e s t i v a l A l g i e r s 'A u g u s t 1 9 6 5 w as a p p r o v e d p r o m p t l y M r M c C o n e noted t h a t the s i te of t h is e v e n t would p r o d u c e m o r e d i f f i c u l t i e s than th o s e e n c o u n t e r e d in the r e l a t i v e l y f r i e n d l i e r a r e a s of H e l s i n k i a n d V ie n n a M r Bundy o b s e r v e d t h a t he w a s p e r s o n a l l y a c q u a i n t e d w ith the c o n s i d e r a b l e e d u c a t i v e i m p a c t on young A m e r i c a n s p a r t i c i p a t i n g in t h i s type of c o n f r o n t a t i o n w ith a C o m m u n i s t o r g a n i z a t i o n a u s e f u l b y - p r o d u c t to a n i m p o r t a n t e f f o r t T he p a p e r r e f e r r e d to d o e s not d e t a i l the i n s t r u m e n t s a v a i l a b l e to CIA to c a r r y out the c o v e r t a c t i o n It i m p l i e s the u se of d e m o c r a t i c you th a n d s t u d e n t organizations M em bers p re se n t w ere M r Bundy A m b a s s a d o r T h o m p s o n M r M c N a u g h to n a n d M r M c C o n e In a 303 discussion on 8 July 1966 the following remarks are p e r t i n e n t EO 1-2958 3 4 b l 2 5 Y r s C n d Mr Meyer then went on to point out that this was only one conspicuous example of a problem which would grow larger and he specifically mentioned the need of a new institution created by legislation and based on British Council lines which could provide general support grants to this and similar organizations whose activities are of proven value to the United States abroad M e He cited a speech by Eugene R Black at the recent Wesleyan University commencement dealing with grants in aid It was emphasized that substantial private contributions and those of foundations are inhibited if not precluded by CIA association with Mr Rostow pointed out EO 12958 ' o4 b such organizations C that the CIA had many times taken up the slack when other agencies were unable to come up with funds Mr Me yer's suggestion was greeted with considerable interest and Mr Helms suggested that any committee on this subject be headed in the White House in order to give it sufficient impetus Mr Moyers agreed to approach Mr Harry McPherson and urged that talks continue between Mr Meyer Mr McPherson nd other interested' parties It was noted that although the Committee would not operate under 303 aegis its determinations and findings might well have a bearing on future proposals before the 303 Committee Present were Mr Rostow Amb Alexis Johnson Mr Vance Mr Helms Mr Moyers and Mr Cord Meyer LBIL NSF Intel File BOX 2 303 Committee This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu