NEW BOOK REVEALS CIA SPY SCHOOL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200480011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 4, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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WASHINGTON The Cen?
Ira] Lntellig~nee Ar;ency, In a 1
summer of enibarrassntents, to-
clay faces another sticky disclo
azure.
Would -you believe the CIA
nperAted a hidden Shangri-la for'
training thousands of Chinese
Nationalist student spies?
A description of the, alleged'
operation, termed "Cate of the]
'
he-st?kept U.S. military secrets
)
since the end of World'War 1I,"
"IA given In x book
ublished
p
l?'t?itlay.
The place: A subui'bcn rCBi-
t denrr, - training school complex
hidden
;-Saipan island in the mid-P!1".,, The time: Beginning in
1933 and continuing at least`
through 1961.
Rook on Earhart.
is count of a 'conducted tour of thei
hart." by Fred Goerner, ivho'
has been seeking for years to'
!'solve the mystery of, the,, dis-'
Appearance of the famous worn-I
an flier and her navigator ovel';
the Pacific nearly 30 years. ago.I,
The publisher is Doubleday of
New York.
'1j.is the agency's policy "not to
'comment one way or another"
'nn such matters., The CIA,
among other things, has been
u
meter's Shtnigr[4n'
The invitation led him to .a
model's Shangri.la, U.S.-style,
v 'relates.
ungie on a .tiny, island '.5;000
tiles from San Francisco, was'
modern' town which could
Itaine many better-class U.S.
He 'writes that the town, con=
ained more than 100 ttl'o and'
hree-'bedroom homes. feutut?ing
.arefully tended lawns.. New
ars were parked in. carports) veer?ecCy ]tr`nsoans
tnd . driveways. .Family wash
ung on lines, behind garages.;
Park ? like arEias separated
lusters of buildings.' Near the'
enter of town was a library,;) ide-step involvement. with thg'
oda fountain-snack bar, barber; .N., ,which . keeps! an eye on'
hop and 'theater -. auditorium.; tilitary activities, within trust-.
he surrounding parking lnC rritories such as. Saipan,,'
OA h
h
hi
b
111,
ave
een t
at of a
gh' According t.oGoeaner; Saipan`
ay shopping center. . nd the adjacent.islatid of Tht4
I
d
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e of PresidenL. r ruman on;
;ou~ld not^ltave been out of place) an. 1, 1953, to the CIA, though;
'
uthor wi
i, s,
"Remove the Pain"
pparently for two reasons: To
void annoyirug both Soviet and
sin front even a prolonged sta3~ ncrner reasons for their red
n Saipan;" ' ot.eness and that because :'on~
Bell ind'.the facade was; ? ipan, 'even though just .121
rho operation. .1 iles long and 5 miles.ivtde,. anI
"Sltanizr'i la"_ had 'heen__ rnn,i stallation could be kept .9641-et,
rutted: with sit initial approj. orn the population of 7.500.
?iat.io;n of.430 million,begiunin>ti'Newsnien,I)iscouraged,
l933. The DefensA Depdrtment u;n
ght, .blindfolded,' and than t siting Tinian and Saipan..Thus,j
ven' in curtained -buses to the tart Goerner' finally was al.: aval Tec}tnic:al Training Units } wed to pursue his'Earhart. in.'
t
er
h
V cov
name for t
e opera.tihi l i
' sgaon,ie.nterpreted the. 11 : p
1 ?s - than - -enthusiastic mill.
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he student soldiers werit lvnttld lnnlr inln flnnrnnr~a
i ,.,.., .. ......_ ;...n,..,l_ .. ....__ :1 ry, coopel:ition as related to,
i, ? ??~? , ..~,. .- . anc.~w I rtunMg bites Were perma11P.ut.t is the training school. At the'
t adio commentator, on his see- ncrete buildings .'And' .bar?;t e, 'lie writes,' Goerner?
bond trip in 1961 to Saipan in its,' "'`'? ? '
e F 1p dged lie would not di$cI sc
search of evidence on the fate Gocrner ' estimates " -that , hr,. H ything about'.'?the' operattion:
of the two fliers unexpectedly t 'cen? 6.000? and 7,000. Natlonal-,A parently tlte, .rdstriction`. h}ttc;
! was invited to visit the restrcted I c were tt'ained there by mid-1jr en lifted:.:
Sanitized Approved For Release CIA-RDP7$ 00149R000200. 480011.