TO SPY OR NOT TO SPY ?

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000400040018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 18
• Content Type: NSPR

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aid got the feeling h considers himself a hero for d ~ h~!g to at .
CbLIAtPy, , #,i~ ..
-T'ctin't und~rsta c? his explanation. fie s~iid many American: !ravelers
~ ~~ c s ory ti,obert Berlin's rt;iusat to spy ror u-v ~,.tn r~~ 1 ~~~~
are ireing:,emtiaz?rassed by
She duestous of Russian
aut.horiti~:s. His hlurtin^_
ou~ the;requcst to c,py w:ll
~crve t~ str:ngthen I41os?
t?o~ti~ suspicion and there
will he much >>orc qucs:
tian;r~; in the #'uiurc.
The re~.tucst of the. Cl,~
"looked too d ~ngcrous," he
said. Other people placed
in his lrc~silion probably
would lr~~+~e?agrccd to hcli~
since thr~~ rnil;l.! realize tt~~
?Irrb ~:; :rcc?essary. picrlin'~
"confession" will xggra-
late tl~e chances these oth-
c~rs wit] ttCkc.
'(~~rr i'i?esident's decisim;s
Ircqucnt!y ore based on ~n-
forntation he gcts?tram tha
C'1 ~. Bi:rl#n inadvertr.,:tly
did Russia a btu tav: " 1;,:-
ct;u6F! ~~~ likely has clasr?.t
.oft xbi~ ~: soarce of t)ais in-
forrnation.' . _ _._.
'?~ I hgpe no one is so naive
he can't see the~~importance
o~ cour?icx iptelllgence. It
iszrot?a.?Tileasa`~q~ chore but
1s esseT~tiat.
>; I bcl~tst?e the real motive
i'nr _B~~l:xi'a ;aati4n has to
the ~ tvspapers"~ .I am re?
I
mltt~l~, ~',~c+f an `ald saying:
,r~,u would-have becnl
=:TpSF;F tIIPI'ELF,
~q.;
iior s nett=Tl+is is ore
'
received o-i
Rnx~ lettr^rs
Brrlin:s rrlasal of a re-
t by'r t;IA:oltiort to re-
ctrttin;of his gbsatvx.
on a topr'o! Rasala, sTl1
s' rascal B.r.rlin'a aY-
a/ eha ClA. ~rrtion.) .
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