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Salient: Victoria University Students' Paper. Vol. 30, No. 1. 1967.

CIA co-operates with State Dept

CIA co-operates with State Dept.

• The Americans seem to feel that they should do a big public relations deal with students and young people: by supporting right-wing student organisations in such countries as Thailand, South Vietnam. South Korea and India, and through international and national youth organisations.

But on this level they don't seem to be achieving all their aims. The ISC still passes resolutions condemning the American action in Vietnam, the USNSA still follows a left-wing line, has many left-wing leaders and has an anti-Vietnam policy.

But paper resolutions don't count much anyway, and an anti-Vietnam policy hasn't hindered close co-operation with the CIA and State Department.

• The disclosure of CIA finance to student and youth organisations has revealed some of the insidious methods of operation of the CIA. Other organisations which receive CIA money must be worried lest they. too. are brought into the open.