404-10189-10017 ? Qeronat POR Hd 4 we oe en oe — Bar 1998 POOH * ‘cateed ~ _ Bea Wom tel crm tatoti & UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT Memorandum — ee . SEA-57-68 “ TO H Director, DCS DATE: 7? February 1968 Attn oo: John W. McConnell . ’ FROM 3? Chief, Seattle Office SUBJECT; Alleged Anti-CIA Comments made by Priests at Seattle University REF H Denver memorandum DEN~51-68, dated 1 February 1968, with attachment ro ~ ; 1. You will find attached 4 copy of a Memorandum for the Record dated 31 January 1968 and written by Don Jordan of the Denver Office. The text of the memorandum. necds no further explanation, . 2. I made a cursory check with local sources who were unable to confirm or deny the allegations made by Mrs. Margaret Panning, mother of Miss Clare Louise Fanning who is currently a student at Seattle University. Since the matter is not cxactly in our ken ‘and might be of interest to the FBI I made a digest of the original memorandum and gave a copy to the Seattle FBI Office. A copy of. the digest was also given to Mr. || | CIA O/S, Seattle Resident Agent. A copy of the digest is ateached, Seattle FBI Office said that they probably will not take any action but would pass the information along to their headquarters in Washington DC. In all probability the information will be attributed to the[ | Field Office. 3. made a further check with Colonel Michael J. Dolan, Place- — ment Officer, Seattle University, to determine if he had heard anything about the subject matter on the campus. Colonel Dolan works with Mr. | ] CLA, OP/RD. Mr. says that Colonel Dolan can be trusted t6 be discreet in any dealings that we might have with him. Colonel Dolan was unable to give me any information of a sub- stantive naturd regarding Subject but stated that Miss Fanning is having academic problems and her grade point has gone down steadily gince enrollment at Seattle University. Her present courses are all taught by laymen so if she has any contact with the Jesuit priests the contact would be outside of the classroom. It was Colonel Dolan's opinion that the university administration would be very interested in running duwn information of the nature outlined by Mrs, Fanning. Colonel Dolan has stated he will make some discreet inquiries without implicating either Mrs. or Miss Fanning. H Buy US, Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan i
Subject: Alleged Anti-CLA Comments made by Priests at Seattle University . 4 Tf fe is determinai that there is any truth to the allegations we will be advised. We suspect, however, that Miss Fanning is fabri- cating in order to cover up her poor academic progress. WHR ks ec: Chief, Denver Office {attn:' D. S. Jordan) Attachments
14-00000 7 ., , Ley . . - cand ee nem meres et meee aad ‘— cee cence = nem Bilt ae em treet ne mere a sue ‘31 January 1968 7 _ MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD’ SUBJECT: Call from Mrs. Margaret Fanning Regarding Anti-CIA Activity “@t the University of Beattie ; . : ata . we o 1. On 18 January 1968; “1100 hours, the Denver Office received 4 : : : call “on the. listed number ‘ftom & woman who identified herself ae Mrs. Margaret ‘Fanning. “Mrs, Fanning stated that she lives in Pueblo 4 v and that at the tice of - the call she-was at Stapleton Airport enroute . . to Texag;. Mra. Fanning's ‘yeason for calling us was her great concern . about what her daughter, Clare, is being taught about the CIA and the : : Kennedy assassination at the University of Seattle where Clare isa student. 2. Mra. Fanning has received several telephone cails recently from Glare in which Clare inforzed her mother that some of the orlests at the University of Seattle (a Jesuit school) had convinced the students thac Garrison's theortes about the assassination are correct and that the charges about the Agency's tmplication are also correct, 3, Mrs. Fanning stated that her daughter is actually afraid of the CIA and conaiders that the CIA is comparable to the Gestapo, Mrs. Fanning etated that she tried to persuade Clare that what she (the daughcer) had heard is totally untrue but Mrs. Fanning had no success whatscever in changing her daughter's viewpoint. 4. Mrs. Fanning also stated that Clare asked her to be sure not to repeat to anyone any of the foregoing information and that the priests at Seattle University had inetructed their students not to diecuss these matters with their parents, Mre. Fanning was obviously most upset that a faculty member at a university, particularly a priest, had instructed atudenta noc to diseuss matters presented to them at the school with their parents. In this connection, I suggested to Mrs. Fanning that she possibly had legitimate grievance against the school and that she sight write a letter to the presideat on this particular item. - 5. I also pointed out to her that if there is in progress at the University of Seattle activity which could be construed ag a threat to the US internal security, the F2Z1 would be interested, I expreesed appreciation for Mrs. Fanning’s concern about the misinforzation oa the CIA which is apparently being disseminated at the University of Seattle but pointed oue that there is very little we can do about such matters, iia io