Word: cfia
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Noted Philippine dissident Benigno A. Aquino, who was one of the first jailed when President Fernand E. Marcos imposed martial law in 1972, said yesterday he would accept a fellowship at the Center for International Affairs (CFIA) instead of returning as promised to incarceration in Manila...
Samuel P. Huntington, professor of Government and director of the CFIA, yesterday confirmed that the Center had invited Aquino, saying he had the impression the Philippine dissident would come to Cambridge, although the CFIA had not yet received a formal acceptance...
Benjamin H. Brown, director of the fellows program at the CFIA, said that while he had received no formal reply from Aquino to the center's invitation, he heard indirectly that Acquino would come. "He's a distinguished man, and previous correspondence indicated he would accept if invited. We were happy to invite a man of his stature," Brown said...
...think the work of the committee could continue without the committee," she said, adding that, "The CFIA is quite willing to offer us an umbrella...
...added that the staff could continue the committee's programs under the auspices of another agency, such as the Center for International Affairs (CFIA...