Word: safran
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...Professor Safran followed the policies and guidelines with respect to disclosure of individual contracts in the case of the book contract. He cannot and should not be held responsible for the Faculty's failure to conduct a complete review and respond to the disclosure...
...Professor Safran disclosed the existence and full text of the CIA contract in a letter to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (editor's note: Henry Rosovsky). In his letter, Professor Safran called attention to the provision requiring pre-publication review, one of the potentially controversial elements of the contract. As far as I have been able to determine, he received no response, nor was the President of the University informed as called for by the Intelligence Agency Guidelines. The review by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences was incomplete in two respects. First, the terms...
...publish." The amendment also obliged the Government to "complete its review within 30 days from receipt of any request to publish," and to give "specific written reasons for withholding approval" if it chose to deny publication. Thus, the right of pre-publication review and approval was retained. Professor Safran complied with both provisions by submitting his book to the CIA for pre-publication review, following which no charges were requested or made, and by not disclosing CIA support in his book. Professor Safran did inform his acquisitions editor at the Harvard University Press of the CIA support in a letter...
...Professor Safran made some use of the facilities and personnel of the CMES during the performance of his research contract. That possibility should have been identified by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and discussed at the time he disclosed the contract because of the importance of determining institutional involvement. I might add that the Faculty's policies (as described at the outset of this report) in respect to contracts that are purely individual do not prohibit the contract terms referred to above...
Under circumstances of continuing controversy associated with the Center, and out of a commitment to the interests of the Center and his colleagues, Professor Safran has indicated to me that he would prefer to step down as director. He has also expressed to me his profound regret for the effects the disclosure problem has had on the Center and its constituents. With sadness and deep reservation, I have accepted his decision with the understanding that he will serve as director until the end of the academic year to facilitate an orderly transition to a new administration. While I respect...