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![The Asia Foundation's public distancing of its relation with the CIA didn't end Agency's ties](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/11/03/ColbyCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The Asia Foundation’s public distancing of its relation with the CIA didn’t end Agency’s ties
While some outlets did briefly describe the Asia Foundation as being an alleged Central Intelligence Agency conduit, the charges were typically vague and largely circumstantial. None of the archived reports specifically tied it to Agency funds until March 21, 1967 when TAF announced it in a limited hangout”, a technique used when the Agency “can no longer rely on a phony cover story to misinform the public, they resort to admitting some of the truth while still managing to withhold the key and damaging facts in the case.”
![The stolen history of the CIA and the Asian Foundation](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/11/02/TAFCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The stolen history of the CIA and the Asian Foundation
The Asia Foundation is, on the surface, a private non-profit that contributes to the development of Asia, including donating millions of books. In reality, since it was created by Central Intelligence Agency in 1951, TAF has engaged in a decades long campaign to misrepresent its origins, purpose and funding.
![Robert Blum, the spy who shaped the world Part 2](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/08/17/BlumCov.jpg.1200x400_q85_crop_3omg010.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Robert Blum, the spy who shaped the world Part 2
At the same time that Robert Blum was helping shape National Security Council’s policies on covert psychological operations and paramilitary actions, Secretary of Defense Forrestal named Blum to the committee exploring the creation of the Armed Forces Security Agency - the direct predecessor to the NSA.
![Robert Blum, the spy who shaped the world Part 1](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/08/17/BlumCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Robert Blum, the spy who shaped the world Part 1
Even for students of the history of the Intelligence Community (IC), Robert Blum is all but forgotten except as a bureaucrat, a professor, and the head of a philanthropic foundation with ties to the Central Intelligence Agency. In reality, he was a counterintelligence chief who worked for several agencies, built large pieces of the United States’ foreign economic policies, had the Director of Central Intelligence fired, and redesigned a significant portion of the IC, including its mechanisms for covert action and propaganda.