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One of the dangers inherent in the liaison between the universities and the CIA is the opportunity it
provides for Communist propagandists to question the intellectual objectivity and detachment of American
scholars.

On December 21, 1963, Cyril Black, the head of the Slavic Department at Princeton, was accused by
Communist Bulgaria of having acted as the CIA's contact man with Ivan-Assen Khristov Georgiev, a
Bulgarian diplomat who was shot the next month as an alleged spy for the United States.

At his trial, Georgiev testified that he met repeatedly with Black, the son of the former head of the
American College in Sophia, during his five-year assignment at the UN. Georgiev said he had been paid
$200,000 for his services but spent it all on a series of mistresses, three of whom supposedly were flown to
New York for him at CIA expense.

Professor Black denounced the accusations as a "complete fabrication." "It is so preposterous," he said,
"that it should not be dignified by a detailed rebuttal." Although Black's denial was not questioned by his
colleagues, the incident, nonetheless, sent a shiver of discomfort through the academic community.

The question which troubled the professors was whether the Bulgarian accusations presaged a concerted
Communist campaign to discredit the growing number of their colleagues who were working for the CIA.

In addition to its links with the academic community, there is evidence that the CIA subsidizes some
foundations, cultural groups and a publishing house as well.

Most Americans are totally unaware of the CIA's domestic activities. In most cases, in a particular city, there is a
telephone number for the Central Intelligence Agency under the "United States Government" listings. But there is
no address given for the CIA office. As at Langley, the switchboard girl at a field office doesn't answer "CIA. "
She simply repeats the number.

Here is a sample of CIA listings in 1963 city telephone directories around the nation:

New York-Mu 6 5517
Chicago-De 7 4926
Los Angeles-Ma 2 6875
*Boston-Li 2 8812
Detroit To 8 5759
Philadelphia-Lo 7 6764
San Francisco-Yu 6 0145
Miami-Hi 5 3658
Pittsburgh-(simply listed as "Central Intelligence" ) 471 8518
Houston-CA 8 1324
St. Louis-MA 1 6902
New Orleans-JA 2 8874
Seattle-MA 4 3288
Denver-388 4757
Minneapolis-FE 5 0811

But the listed offices are only the beginning of the story. The CIA has other offices in some United States
cities in addition to its listed ones. In Miami, for example, in 1963, besides its listed number in Coral
Gables, the CIA was operating as Zenith Technical Enterprises, Inc.