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F LATIONS~ SPONSORED SEMINAR = {0SCOW USSR NOVEMBER 16-30, 1966 _-With regard to-the AFSC, the following is’ noted: » . a booklet captioned —__ - "An Introduction to the American Friends Service Com- os -* © 3 mittee. In substance, the bo¢klet states that the AFSC -is.an outgrowth of the Religious Society of... ere sien “"Fryfends , more "commonly" "known as ‘"Quakers™;° that® ihiere are approximately 252,003 members worid-wide of whom 125, 909 are in the United States. The AFSC began with a staff of two in 1917. There are now several hundred cuployed workers in the . eleven regional offices.,and several other area offices from coast to coast, as wi "foreign countries. os a las in several In the mid- aaeer the AFSC Was incorporated, first in Pennsylvania and iater Delaware, with the broad purpose of engaging in rel u haritable, social, philanthropic and relief work in the United States “ ‘and in foreign countries on behalf of the Religious Scciety of aos en es Tne AFSC does not try to advance any par political theory but believes that " attitudes anc practices would crea : Denificent result within any system..." re Et ga eeaCO tae nt 2 ” 7 n ut a ® ' ¢ sh counterpa> Ty “the Friends Meche . 4 ~ guide: in A getting up a ‘United States “goveranent spon— ° — sored Peace. Corps: . . 2