Robert Charles Fisher (1930-2020) was an editor, writer, and agent with the (now disbanded) International Organizations Division of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The collection includes Robert C. Fisher's report given to the House Committee on Un-American Activities concerning suspected communists within the United States National Student Association (USNSA), Fisher's USNSA report to the Harvard Young Republican Club, background sources and materials for Fisher's reports, and correspondence with senators Richard Nixon and John Bricker regarding Fisher's USNSA report.

Robert Charles Fisher (1930-2020) was an editor, writer, and agent with the (now disbanded) International Organizations Division of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). He studied at Harvard College, Columbia University Law School, and Tokyo University Graduate School of Law. Fisher was a United States National Student Association (USNSA) delegate at Harvard College and a representative for the USNSA while studying at Tokyo University. While with the USNSA, Fisher wrote reports on suspected communists within the USNSA and sent the reports to then-senator Richard Nixon; Nixon reported these findings to Congress' House Committee on Un-American Activities. During the Korean War, Fisher served in the United States Army's Counter Intelligence Corps in Japan and Korea. Following thirteen years with the CIA, he worked as president and editor-in-chief of Fodor travel guides and published books on travel and art.

2 manuscript boxes, 1 microfilm reel (0.6 Linear Feet)

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