situation at the opening session. At the second meeting, William
Diebold, Jr., Director of Economic Studies at the Council,
addressed the group on United States foreign trade policy. The
third meeting dealt with foreign investment and the balance of
payments. August Maffry, Vice President of the Irving Trust
Company, was discussion leader....

"On June 8, George W. Ball, Under Secretary of State for Economic
Affairs, spoke at the annual Corporation Service dinner for
presidents and board chairmen of participating companies....
Secretary Ball [discussed] the foreign economic policy of the new
Kennedy Administration."

George W. Ball was, for several years, a registered lobbyist in
Washington, representing foreign commercial interests. He is a chief
architect of President Kennedy's 1962 tariff-and-trade proposals--which
would internationalize American trade and commerce, as a prelude to
amalgamating our economy with that of other nations.

In 1960-61, 84 leading corporations contributed 112,200 tax-exempt
dollars to the Council on Foreign Relations for the privilege of having
their chief officers exposed to the propaganda of international
socialism.

A principal activity of the Council is its meetings, according to the
1958-1959 annual report:

"During 1958-59, the Council's program of meetings continued to
place emphasis on small, roundtable meetings.... Of the 99 meetings
held during the year, 58 were roundtables.... The balance of the
meetings program was made up of the more traditional large
afternoon or dinner sessions for larger groups of Council members.
In the course of the year, the Council convened such meetings for
Premier Castro; First Deputy Premier Mikoyan; Secretary-General Dag
Hammarskjold...."

The Council's annual report lists all of the meetings and
"distinguished" speakers for which it convened the meetings. It is an
amazing list. Although the Council has tax-exemption as an organization
to study international affairs and, presumably, to help the public
arrive at a better understanding of United States foreign policy, not
one speaker for any Council meeting represented traditional U. S.
policy. Every one was a known advocate of leftwing internationalism. A
surprising number of them were known communists or communist
sympathizers or admitted socialists.

Kwame Nkrumah, Prime Minister of Ghana, who is wid