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Immediately after the disclosure of the funds Safran used for his conference, it was revealed that he also received $107,430 in April 1982 for another research project, which turned into a book in 1985. The book, “Saudi Arabia, The Ceaseless Quest for Security,” also neglected to mention the CIA funding...
However, a three-month investigation by Spence revealed that Safran did report his CIA funding to the FAS Dean serving before Spence, Henry Rosovsky...
Spence found the former Dean at fault for failing to respond to Safran’s disclosure. The Harvard University Press, which published Safran’s book, also found itself at fault since it did not call attention to the CIA funding when Safran informed the Press of this sponsorship...
...Although Safran was in the end not reprimanded for receiving CIA funding for his book, the University found him responsible for failing to disclose his funding sources for the conference...
Subsequently, Safran resigned as director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies but retained professorship after the investigation, a position he held before retiring a year prior to his death...