</s>104-10059-10026 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 -1.CLASSIFIED ONLY CONF.NTIAL SECRET ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET SUBJECT: (Optional) Indications of the Scope and Possible Damage of New Allegations by Ramparts' Magazine EXTRACTION FROM: NO. C/CCS EXTRENSION 5928 5071 DATE CH 56 HQS 5071 TO: (Officer designation, room number, and 25 November 1968 building) DATE DATE COMMENTS (Number each comment to show from whom INITIALS RECEIVED FORWARDED To: (Down to whom) across column after each comment) 1. C/CIOP/DO 2 B 23 HQs ATTENTION: MT. Richard Ober 2. M/M BY HAND 3. Paul Heffert 3.3C/B/1/7/17/15/25 CAB-1907 5. SENSITIVE 6. SENSITTIVE RETURN TO HA Background Used Only 7. Do Not Reproduces SECRET 8. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. FORM 610 USE PREVIOUS SECRET CONFIDENTIAL INTERNAL USE ONLY UNCLASSIFIED

Summary  
The provided documents detail U.S. government records from the 1950s–1960s involving covert funding activities, intelligence projects, and associations with foundations, organizations, and entities linked to CIA operations. These records include internal reviews of alleged connections between intelligence agencies and non-governmental groups, tax filings, and administrative notes on investigative processes. The documents reference projects such as OKGAUNT, ORSTUP, QKOPERA, TPTONIC, and others, which were used for covert financial support, intelligence gathering, or operational facilitation. Entities like the African-American Labor Center, Inc., International Rescue Committee, and various foundations are noted for their roles in funding, research, or intelligence activities. The records also mention Ramparts Magazine’s efforts to compile information on organizations potentially tied to U.S. government initiatives, though no direct connection to the JFK assassination is established in these materials.  

Key People  
- Charles Ratch (Chief, Central Cover Staff, CIA)  
- Leo Cherne (Chairman of International Rescue Committee, Inc.)  
- Irving Brown (Linked to Project ORSTUP)  
- Jon Frapperer (Author of Ramparts Magazine letter)  
- Richard Ober (CIA officer mentioned in routing)  
- Carl T. (Leader of Freedom Fund)  
- William H. Poissaunt (ARC1 field representative)  
- Jonathan W. Smighlow (Employee under N-36 funding)  
- Philip Talbot (Executive director of AUFS)  
- Lee Leo Lee (IRC chairman)  
- Donald Wilbur (Contacted for IFP operations)  
- Arthur Houghton Jr. (President of FITBA, SCOUSSER)  
- Frederick Borghoff (Advisory committee member for Institute for American Strategy)  
- Paul Hellmuth (Trustee of Exco Foundation in Boston)  

Key Locations  
- Manhattan, New York  
- Washington, D.C.  
- Chicago, Illinois  
- Dallas, Texas  
- Princeton, New Jersey  
- Boston, Massachusetts  
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin  
- San Francisco, California  
- Dover, Delaware  
- Cleveland, Ohio  
- Tallahassee, Florida  
- Alton, Illinois  
- Greenwich, Connecticut  
- White Plains, New York  

Key Events  
- Internal CIA review of organizations linked to Ramparts Magazine allegations (April 1968)  
- Use of IRS records and tax filings to assess organizational ties to CIA operations  
- Project OKGAUNT (funding for biographical data on defectors via International Rescue Committee)  
- Project ORSTUP (CIA operations involving African-American Labor Center, Inc.)  
- Termination of Project WHUSTLER in 1967  
- Aborted plans to place a physician in Iran under medical cover (1954–1956)  
- Funding of international travel and research projects via organizations like Carnegie Endowment and Overseas Education Fund  
- Compilation of a list by Ramparts Magazine in 1968 to document entities linked to U.S. intelligence projects  

Key Organizations  
- African-American Labor Center, Inc. (AALC)  
- International Rescue Committee (IRC)  
- American Friends of Refugees (AFR)  
- Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF)  
- American Universities Field Staff, Inc. (AUFS)  
- Freedom Fund Inc.  
- Iran Foundation (IFP)  
- American Student Aid Fund, Inc.  
- Experiment in International Living, Inc.  
- United States-South Africa Leadership Exchange Program (UB-SALFP)  
- Institute for International Education  
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace  
- Scientific Engineering Institute, Inc.  
- People-to-People Health Foundation Inc. (PPH)  
- American Committee for Cultural Freedom (CCF)  
- Fund for International Social and Economic Education (FISEE)  
- Pan American Foundation  
- Tolstoy Foundation, Inc.  
- Avalon Foundation  
- Harrischfeger Foundation  
- Hochschild Fund, Inc.  
- Lindsay Fund, John  
- English Speaking Union (various branches)  
- Medical Services International (MSI)  
- World Veterans Fund (WFP)  
- National Information Bureau (NIB)  
- Group Research, Inc.  
- Little Foundation  
- Ronthelyn Foundation  
- Helena Rubinstein Foundation  
- Colt Foundation, Inc.  
- Magowan Family Foundation  
- Hudson Foundation  
- Olm Foundation  
- Free International Development Foundation (IDF)  
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)  
- Institute for Social Science Research, Inc.  
- Committee of Seventy, Inc.  
- Freedom House, Inc.  
- Bodman Foundation  
- Old Dominion Foundation  
- Center for Information on America  
- American Emergency Committee for Tibetan Refugees  
- Toll-in China Association, Inc.  
- Yale-in-China Association, Inc.  
- Ramparts Kittie Foundation  
- Kowan Family Foundation, Inc.  
- Hook Foundation  
- Kiddie East Institute  
- National Education Association, Inc.  
- Cad Dominion Foundation  
- NCLIN Foundation  
- Cerption Crossroads Africa, Inc.  
- Apertencias and Policy Research, Inc.  
- Education Fund of the League of Women Voters  
- Aderewski Foundation  
- American Foundation  
- Lence with Freedom, Inc.  
- Licele-to-People Health Foundation  
- Kneb Charitable Foundation  
- Kendolph Educational Fund  
- Boston Sonsior Foundation  
- Fonction: 'M charitable Trust'  
- Hosent .- i Foundation  

Note: The documents do not reference John F. Kennedy, the assassination, or related investigations. They focus on Cold War-era covert operations and funding conduits unrelated to the JFK assassination.

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