STAFF MEETING MINUTES OF 8 SEPTEMBER 1980

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0 TOP SECRET ?
8 September 1980
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD
Staff Meeting Minutes of 8 September 1980
The Director chaired the meeting.
The Director highlighted several items on his calendar for this week,
including the following:
--Meeting today with General Tighe to discuss (1) aspects of the
current situation in the Middle East and (2) CIA-DIA differences
reflected in NIE 11-12-80, Prospects for Soviet Military R&D and
Technology.
--Testimony before the Senate Judiciary Special Subcommittee
tomorrow re intelligence information on Billy Carter's relationship
with the Government of Libya. Hitz advised that he is looking
into all the particulars relevant to the sudden request by Subcom-
mittee Counsel Bob Kelly for the Director to appear. The Director
said his appearance before the Committee takes precedence at the
moment over previously scheduled items for 9 September including a
scheduled briefing by Defense Department officials and a visit by
Antonia Chayes, Under Secretary of the Air Force who purportedly
is seeking the Director's advice re a training course involving
the MX system. Re tomorrow's hearing Mr. Carlucci advised that
the Director be prepared for recent press articles (see attached)
on the APEX (ROYAL) system. A brief discussion followed wherein
the Director asked that prepare a short memo to
the President noting, specifically, that the ROYAL system has not
yet been implemented, did not include information involving
Billy Carter, etc. On Hitz's advice the Director agreed that
copies be provided to the Oversight Committees and that in all
instances we make it clear that the APEX system is relatively
expensive and well down the road toward implementation. The
Director said he would like to review in detail with Silver the
Billy Carter situation before the hearing and emphasized that he
wants to close the loop before the hearing to ensure against any
misstatements or misunderstandings.
--Appearance before the Joint Economic Committee on Thursday,
11 September. The Director said he is not well prepared for this
session and wants to meet with Clarke and Ernst today to get ready.
Clarke recommended that the Director introduce the topic at the
hearing and rely on Ernst, Huffstutler, and others to provide the
briefing. The Director advised Clarke that he does not fully
concur with inputs thus far from Ernst, et al., and wants to
discuss same before Thursday.
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--NSC meeting on Friday, 12 September for review of the Middle
East situation; the Director noted he would brief particularly
on Soviet activities in that area. Relatedly, the Director
--In response to a query from the Director, Hitz explained House
and Senate staff activities this week re progress on Identities
Legislation. Hitz said he would keep the Director alerted to
instances where a personal effort by the Director might be useful.
A brief discussion followed on today's Washington Post editorial:
"Protect the CIA--and the Constitution" (attached). The Director
asked that we weigh the advisability of seeking a rebuttal; for
example, requesting assistance from Senator Chafee or from the
Justice Department.
--Dinner tomorrow with the Nuclear Intelligence Panel. The
Director asked Clarke to assist him in preparing for dinner
The Director noted his interest and concern re the current situation of
the Soviet brigade in Cuba. He asked and to ensure that we stay abreast
of brigade activities via collection are re analysis. described
current collection systems being deployed against this target
Fitzwater reported the number of retirees through 31 August totaled
h one additi retiree for September. He said this figure compares
in 1979, and in 1978.
Wortman reported a one-year moratorium on new and increased parking
fees. He noted also a problem that apparently is being resolved regarding
our recent acquisition of 85,000 square feet of additional space. He said an
additional 18-20,000 square feet is required and that this is being worked
out by DDA with the real estate contractor and with assistance from the
0/Comptroller.
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ARTICLE APPF-ARIfe THE BALTIMORE SUN 49
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Washington-The Carter administration is instituting a "mation that is less sensitive would be more widely circu-
new security classification system designed tolimit the lated- within the, government and on Capitol Hill. At the
distribution of the country's most sensitive intelligence in- same time, he said, the most sensitive data would be lim-
formation to a small number of'senior officials and mem- ited to a narrow circle of officials and members of Con-
gers of Congress, government aides said yesterday. :. h. gress.
The step represents a significant reversal in the gov- Accordingto officials, only about two 'dozen senior
ernment's recent policy, in handling intelligence informa- aides in the executive branch and less than 10 members of-
tion and is said to reflect growing official concern over Congress ~would be privy to information "designated.
foreign espionage and leaks to the press., royal.
The officials said that under' a"reform of the adminis- The question of how widely sensitive information'
tration's-classification system. initiated by President Car- should be circulated in Washington has long been'a contro-'
ter early this year, a new security designation, higher than versial issue. In recent years, the administration, under
top secret,'.has been created-,,The designation, known as congressional pressure, has agreed to give Congress wide
"royal," would be applied to information gathered by the access to intelligence information.
most sensitive intelligence sources and methods, they said. However, some members of Congress, informed of the
An article in the Daily Oklahoman yesterday said the new "royal" designation, are said to have expressed con-
new security designation was designed to-protect informa- cern that the administration's new system will restrict the
.tion that could politically embarrass the White.House. It flow of information to Capitol Hill. -,:4 r'- .
also reported that - the "royal"; designation had been Adm. Stansfield Turner, the director: of central intelli-
t:vL. and press ieaxs
scribed Billy Carter, the president's brother, as an "agent security adviser, are said to have initiated the new secu-
of influence." - sT r: . rite system. Both officials, aides said, believed that the {
While. confirming the existence.of a new security sys- government was becoming so. overwhelmed with intelli- l
tem; a White House spokesman said that suggestions that gence information that intelligence aides could not distin-
it was politically inspired were an "outrageous fabrica- guish between normal and really sensitive information.:
tion." Commenting on the "royal" designation; the official As a result, some vital data, such as the country's'capa-
also said-that "the system of which that designation is to bilities for monitoring Soviet missile tests;-was routinely
be part has not yet been implemented." . circulated to -large numbers of people. This was said to
'A spokesman said the White House had not seen all the have fostered espionage and press disclosures.: -'
intelligence data pertaining to the Billy Carter'case but Officials said that under the new system, the, most- sen-
that none of the documents seen by President Carter or his sitive data would be guarded more closely. ""For example.
aides had been designated "royal." if we had a spy in the Soviet Politburo,: all. of his reports
Meanwhile, intelligence officials said that the new clas- would be classified `royal,' " an intelligence aide said.
sification was due to go into effect soon and that no intelli- Officials said that at the suggestion of 'Admiral Turner
gence information had yet been given the new-top designa- ` and Mr. Brzezinski, President Carter asked the intelli-
tion = gence community last January to come up with a new sys-'
One' intelligence aide said the new system was the tem for designating and handling intelligence
product "of a couple of years of thought about how, to han- According to congressional aides, "royal' information
dle the-growing number of security breaches of sensitive would only be provided to the majority and minority lead-
information, ' including a case in 1978 when an-.employee ers of the House and the Senate and the ranking Republi-.- -
of the Central Intelligence Agency gave Soviet agents de- - can and. Democratic members of the two congressional in-
tails of an American surveillance satellite The'employee telligence committees.
Petei Kampiles, 'was caught and later found--`guilty of Noting that under the new system, Republican leaders
passing secrets to-Moscow ; r : would have access to "royal" intelligence a White House
Linder the new system, the aide said intelligence infor- aide said-"this should prove that it is not political
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ON PAGIv_A
By Jack.Taylor
special to The Washington Post
Sensitive U.S. intelligence informa-
tion is being handled under a new sys
tem, that effectively cuts.- off most con-,
gressional, military and other govern-'
ment. officials, sources familiar with
the system said yesterday. .
The new system; ordered by-
Presi-dent Carter Jan. 7,., installs a classifi-
called "royal"' above the previ
cation.
ous"highest 'classification of -"top se?-
cret;' the sources said.
The. "royals" system is considered
highly. . unusual.. by. the intelligence' community, the' sources said, because
Jt is vague and general in scope and is.
not associated, with :protecting sources-
or intelligence collection methods.
The sources; all of whom deal daily
with extremely sensitive intelligence,
contended the "royal"- classification is-
intended primarily to protect politi-
cally sensitive'information.
_
The real effect, they. said, is to pro-'s
tect President Carter from potential,,
.embarrassment
.
Ali administration spokesman. said;"
however, "Those, allegations are to-
tally false."
A White House press: ',,Office spokes
man said that "royal" is part of a clas-
sification system that is not. yet. in;
use.
"Its part of.. a new and still unim
plemented system fore handling -ex-
.tremely sensitive,.classlified informa-,
tion,".-, the spokesman said.: "Within '
that system, `royal' is : only. one, off
many. designations."-,:
.The administration spokesman ap--
'parently was including -"royal" in the
category of "code naple" intelligence
classifications; >
;Normal intelligence information -is
classified confidential;, secret-or-top
secret. But -thee .-are `special code.
name classifications -for-. communica-
tions intelligence;, satellite- photogra-
phy,. intelligence -collection methods
and - cryptographic technology. -All:'
code, - . names,-'. however, -- deal --with
sources of information. =according to
one - of - the, sources lalowledgeable;.
about "royal,"-`the_system 4s? not in-,
'tended to protect' intelligence- sources
or-methods of collection:
'The source 'said ,that Carter's , na
tional security affairs adviser, "Zb~g=-?
niew 'Brzezinski, who chose the - term
7 September 1980
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"royal, ;told , Centra'l-.- -Intelligence
Agency Director Stansfield Turner in
a letter early in February that -the
new"system is designed'to' protect the
information, - egardless -of. the sources=
"That translates" said one 'source,
'`to protecting politically.. sensitive,-po
tentially embarrassing` information
. The sources said Carter's ; directive
implementing the system states that it
is intended- to prdvide,key aolicymak-
ers with advanced intelligence so they
can formulate positions - that will zap-
pear, publicly at- least, 'more timely.
and responsive:: it
The-sources:,said the. type cif, intelli-
gence classified "royal." is- sometimes
amore significant from a -political than
from an intelligence viewpoint.
For example, ' some intelligence in-'.
formation .involving Libya was given
the "royal"-treatment-including a- re-
port in which- Libyans were?'giioted as
describing the president's- brother,
Billy, as "our-agent of influence:"'
-' The new 'system:- is -so 'restrictive
that' even" the'?Nationai Intelligence
Daily, a summary sent. to only 100 key
individuals-- in ': government,'. has be-
come- devoid of meaningful informa-
tion-or,. as, one senator pmt its prr
vately;"lifeless:.' the sources-said:
The "royal" system is so secret that
many members of Congress, military
officers and other government offi-,
vials who have "top secret" clearances
don't know it exists 1
Only eight -members of Congress-
four senators and four representatives
-have ;beep -,given access -to ,;"royal"'-
information. In the Senate, they. are'
Birch Bayh (D-Ind.), 'Barry Goldwater
(RAriz.); Howard-_ H. Baker Jr.: (R-
The only .congressional staff mem
bers give access are'the staff directors
-
..of the Senate and' House Intelligence'
committees -
But because' "ro: _al" information is
of.Congress.who, have access 'to it_are
unlikely. to be aware of the; contents
of its daily digest unless they take the
time to go to -Intelligence Committee
offices each day to read it, the source-
..-.I
`never gets Ito: some 'Republican mem--
hers of-
~i./iYY a? Congress-The - m - s'- J sources said b
`?c:ause the "royal" system and 'the I-i-,
'elligence committees' staffs are eifec-?
tivelyh controlled-by- the.-administra
tion or, by: Democrats- -;
"When you establish something thi,,,
restrictive,. You in effecti deny; access,
to :`the- --n inority party; which could.
have an- effect on policy,"'one source
said-
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system- ver,
d "The'sVStein _ has not been put into
an
- y. ~,-
~tiashingionStar-StaFfwnter some misuse
categories .for labeling security used on..material :relating to Billy
oiesare Carter or, other matters regarding.;
administration for
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infrmation T
,o.r- more than a year has. been trying 1O Top Secret," "Secret`'-and ?"Confi the Soviet Union asthe_newspaper
devise. a more manageable system ofd > dential."The Atomic, Energy Corn report says; the official declared
security: classifications to protect mission,' NSA and other.: agencies The story said only four senators,-.
infprmation that is sensitive. be have separate systems of classifica -four nimembers? of_,the House and..,,
,cause of its source, a>Vihite House bons. -_ " staff directors. of the Senate and -
official acknowledged yesterday: r a, ?: The official noted that there is a House Intelligence Committees
The system, which would include :`
a higher classification than'TogS 'great deal of difference between a have access "Royal"'information
security,; classification and;a se The senators s named in the article
cretif it is approved and put into curity clearance since the latter were Birch Bayh; D Ind;:BarryGgld
effect,. is. being devised by what the designates`onlyindividnal access to water,: R'-Ariz; Howard Baker R
" Tenn and Robert C-: Byrd, D-W Va
source called the usual intelli intelligence material
se is not to conceal po J
Its purpo
gence agencies '_
PresumablY,the architects of they ' If and when the, new system is :Elitically` embarrassing 'informa
new security, system include the signed on by the president, its pur non said the White House aide ,"If
CIA and the :National Security tlg pose. will be the handling of classi information classified that way,
envy ''^ . ' - F r' fled materials," the source said went to Goldwater, obviously it isn't
:.; The new system includes a super "Obviously, a vast amount of intelli -designed to protect us from political
- secret category: called ,''Royal", but Bence comes to us by technical inquiry
the official: emphasized that,. the ~ means and must be protected!."......'-r. The official said the story is er
official heatedly denied are roneous and was planted by the
only .
roved "Th
s ap
h
p
a
e
so far
president;
. 'parts of'-the; plan.-The system of port by the Oklahoma City Daily same people who gave Jack Ander
which "Royal ' is a part has-not been' -`'Oklahoman that the "Royal system son the controversial material that '.
`fie said; adding" that was devised to protect the president President Carter plans to invade-
d
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nte
implem
, Royal" is only part: of a ;much` -;from possible embarrassment and Iran in October for political reasons
broadersystem for'safeguarding to safeguard political y -sensitive`,:*,' and to help him-gain national sup
.-information from especially sensi information- He flatly denied that port for re election.
;ai:ve sources ` `the?designation was used on one Asked' who these 'sources were
? The administration ordered ?the , cable in which Billy_ Carter al ~ .the official blamed unnamed minor-,,
,in.telligence-. agencies. to~.work on legedlyywas called "our agent of ,'ity members of Senate and House
,,the, new,system because there Jsinfluence by Libyan officials - ry z committees
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0 ccep in a N Hon aISecrets
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By RICHARD BURT Carter case, but that none of'tiie docu_1
spec+alm2hexaw lorkrt> lel Ahas been designated "Royal." In fact,
WASHINGTON, Sept The Carter( Adm Stansfi ~kl Turns the Lirectorof commenting on the "Royal" designation,
Administration is instituting a new, se- entrn1Inteilig .,iew BrreJ the spokesman said that the system of
curity designation higher-:than top se- zu~s u, Mr. Carter's natiara? sEcuriry ad= which that designation is to be: part has
> not yet been implemented."
cret,' in an effort to stop the disclosure of vises, `uresaid to have initiated the new
rational secrets, Government aides said security system.rlidessaidthatbothofti- Concern In Congress
today cials believed that the Governmentwas Theequestion of how widely-sensitive in-'beco
e "officials sazd:tliat,under a whole- , n so overwhelmed : w'th ~nteili formation should be circulated in Wash.
sas(trevis on f the}Administration's clan- gence,information that intelligence aides ington has Ion- been at issue. In recent
rsilication, `s 7stem uutiated by President could not distinguish between:normal and years, the Administration, under con-
Carter earl -this ear .the new desi - gressional pressure,'hasagr'eedto give
y gna " really sensitiveinformation.
Congress vnde access to
intelligence in-
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k
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nown as
Royal;would.be applied
to information stemming. trorn the most Asa result, some vital. data such as formation
sensitive intelligence sources and meth-. that concerning the countrv's capabilities Some members of Congress, informed
for monitoring Soviet missia ests, were of the new "Royal" designation, ex-
cds
restrictin
distributi
t i
f
f th
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g
on o
a
n
or-
mation to a small number of senior offi-
cials and members of Congress.
The step could represert a. significant
departure in the Government's handling
of intelligence.information; particularly
with regard to its sharing-.of that data
with Congress. It is also. said to reflect
growing official concerti over foreign es-
pionage and disclosures to the press.
While confirming the; existence of ?a'dent Carter asked the intelligence corn=
new -security 'system, -a White House; munity last January to produce a new
spokesman characterized as an "outra-
geous fabrication" published suggestions
that it had been designed to protect infor-
routinely circulated to large numbers of pressed concern that the Administra-
people, which is said to have fostered es- tion's new system would restrict tie flow
pionage and press disclosures. Officials of information to Capitol Hill. I
said that under the new system, the most "Nothing I have seen suggests that it
will be used for political purposes, Sena-:
sensitive data would be held more close- 1 torJohn Glenn, Democrat of Ohio, said in
ly. "For.example,'.if we had a'spy in the a telephone interview. "But I am con-
Soviet Politburo, all of his reports would ! cerned about our ability to get access to
be classified `Royal,' " an intelligence , information we need.".
aide said- Representative Les Aspire, Democrat
Officials said that at the suggestion of of Wisconsin, a member of the House In-!
)
Mr. Turner and Mr. Brzezinski, Presi- telligence Committee, expressed concern
system for designating and handling in-
telligence.
The Government already .classifies
mation that could politcally embarrassi some information above "top secret."
the White House. Because of the complexity of the current
Intelligence officials said that the new system and its secrecy, it is difficult to
classification was .to go into -effect soon know exactly how many people now have
.accesstothemostsensitiveinformation
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i
te.lti.,.
i
f
r
ti
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no
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nce
n
o
a
on had
yet been designated "Royal."'>,. .
One intelligence aide said the new.sys-
tem was the product "of a couple of years
of thought about how to handle the grow-
-ing number of security breaches of sensi-
tive information," including_a case. iri!
1 m i e n n e r n 0 y , * oi.the #entral In
telligence Agency gave, Sovietagentsdc
tails- Ior- an .Ame:icanr.s lrveillance satel
.1i -..Th employee;'Peter:Kampiles -was
caught-and laterfoufidiguilty of passing
;,secrets to Mosco~vs - s x .- :; 3 ;:,
. But the new system would replace cur-
rent designations and limit the most
sensitive data, an intelligence. aide said,
to a narrow circle of officials and mem-
bers of, Congress. Less sensitive intelli-
gence information would be more widely
circulated within the Government and on
Capitol Hill..
-' According to officials, only about two
dozen senior aides in the Executive
Branch and fewer than 10 members of
Congress would be privy to information
'designated "Royal." Congressional aides
4 purposes; and an article published today
in The Daily Oklahoman -in' Oklahoma
said"this should prove that ii is not politi-
' can and Democrat on the two congres-
said the recipients would include the ma-
jority and minority leaders of the House
and the Senate and the ranking Republi-
?
per also re rt
poed that the "Royal" desig-
nation had been a
lied to at lea
t
pp
s
one
cable in which Libyan-officials described
eCret The White House spokesman said thatil
that the new designation could be, used !i
"to prevent Congress from asking ques- 6
lions about intelligence collection activi-
ties." He noted that the intelligence com-
mittees, under. law, had to be informed
about covert operations; but that the Ad-
ministration could withhold information
on Central Intelligence Agency activities
to collect information.. .
At the White House, i. spokesman ex-
pressed annoyance over the disclosure of
the new designation, saying that it repre-
sented the "systematic pumping. out of
distorted information that is depicted as-
relying on intelligence;."!
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THE WASHINGTON POST - 8 September 1980
e Gonstituhon
It HOUSE Jucliciary . Committee has: just =a fr- by the First Amendment. it is that point the members
f.he CIA's secret agents.. Its counterpart committee in rThe proposal approved by the House committee.
r. .
the Senate is about to do the,same thing. But tlter~ is a makes ;it a crime for any person to publish informs-
.problem.The method of accornplisliingthis selected tion disclosing the identity.of,a secret agent, regard-
,'by the Houisecommnittee, and apparently favored py a.. less of where; that information originated.-,The. fact...
majority of the senators, seems to. be unconstitutional that it had been obtained from public documents, for
:To,he laic about.it, the two committees are tackling r example,' would be irrelevant. The only ' defense.
an unusually difficult situation. There is loose in' the s would be, that, the, person identifying such an agent.
country a handful of individuals' who see nothing did not intend to impede intelligence activities ; -a de
._ 7 ?. .__L!--a2~ r..1C[..'i.wl.-.. sew-M...:6n '^f~..
i
wrong
n . ,i
rupts intelligence operations or marks the agents aS "` This is precisely the kind of lacy the First-Amend
assassination targets. Some of these individuals are ment.wasdesigned to.prohibit.Ifitiscoiistitutionat=
t officials; others are private cite and we do not believe for a.minute that-it is--the way
ernme
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_ e#tsf erein IiesRth roblei YY 7 MEuld be ~igarfor Congress to determine;what rotor;
ongr,MM'MM v ztd cqs a e a C; r. , at on an almost any subject the public may have if ' :1 At, -A
itaomli'tiit aQo=to pttt~ the clarK on 1bose.ihng'ess ca' make ita crime for anyone toblala
crime tb
he;names of secret agents, it can xhake iii
ec by the government, le rn thenam df
fo
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p
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it* secret agents, and later disclose them a~breach ;publish other?kinds of information duch`as, sa , he,
f" l of~the defense budget or the ex stence4o I i
thd$Aecurity properly ptjnishec! by the criminalaw, Sri e, r F t, rye, 4>
ut,Cong'ress,is::in and'd ent rely'differentposition'-, ELPRO operation . ` y
s.on.othec,t:.Thecruel and shameless conduct of it few Amer.
ivhetr incomes to putting the same clamp
citizens who have never had access to classified,intor leans has put the CIA's secret agents in neiv-danger.:
mation. Its ability to pass.laws punishing such citizens! The House committee's solution to it would leave con-
!for::what they publish or talk about is strictly limitedstitutional freedoms in shreds.;:
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OFFICE OF CURRENT OPERATIONS
NEWS SERVICE
DISTRIBUTION It WALL STREET JOURNAL,
'eaches` u
o- Ton ..Someone,
-Ma Bel -Keeps; Ta&&s
Agency's: Contacts.;AreT Irked
That Their Cover IsLifted
By Listings.on-Phone Bills 4
8 September 1980, page 1.
Date. 8 Sep 1980
Item No.
Ref. No.
By.JE&RYY LANDtUBR
Staff.ReporteiOAMMVP-AZ STREEtJOURNAL
WASHINGTON=The.Central Intelligence cduding=`i tiernatfonat? Business'- Mares Not all-of the long-distance calls would be
Agency, tirelessly guards against penetration Corp Singer Co. and Allied Chemical Corp.. Ong of of iciai CIA work, however.
of the agency by foreign spies. But gaining The. phone-:traffic- from the CIA number like many other employes in government
access to certain CIA information, isn't all to Allied Chemical. in Morristown, N.J., was and in private industry, CIA employes some-
that'difficult if you have a friend. at the tele- a guy heavy. The Allied executives in ce calls
times make personal long-dLgtan
phone company.. . valved are incredulous about the leak. from their office phones. They call spouses
CIA ofiicials place numerous _ long-dis- - "You must'be kidding!" exclaims one ex- and. girlfriends, the billings indicate. They
tance phone calls within the U.S. on com- ecutive whose. number appears -on - the also call travel agencies, auto-repair shops,
mercial telephone' fines-lines that aren't monthly-bill,:"You mean this stuff: is getting, restaurants, - banks, friends, the YMCA,
regularly, checked to determine.. if they are ant?" _. t shops, tailors and contractors.
being tapped. What's more, telephone coin- "Holyr. Moses!" says Bryan Grace,: a
pan ies?. generally- keep,;'records of. calls marketing :manager- I justw'ean't:-believe The CIA even called a supervisor at the
charged` to CIA offices n order to brill the it'" ..< i :.7 Morris County; NJ.,- Board of Social Ser
government for the cost A third"executive.is. particularly' angry. vices. Margaret Myem the supervisor, says
These records - urually'. aren't accorded "Those-&unbbells! -he, explodes; "I've had she hasn't any. idea why the CL' called. "I
any special security precautions. Of course, it with them. haven't a friend at the CIA," she insists to a
not everyone has friend at .the telephone . A spokesman for New -York Telephone reporter. A. bit later, her husband calls
company, and`not-every-telephone employee says ht`is unaware of. any leaks.- He empha- back, identifying himself as a CIA man who
has access to billing informatton.._But some-i sizes that an employe giving out information: recently retired. "The telephone," he says,
one with the-right contacts can learn CIA about. any customers calls "is-putting his "is our worst enemy."..
telephone numbers, and get hold of the re- job on the line-and is-liable to criminal pros-
cords. Simply by dialing the numbers listed: ecution.'.'
on' the bills.. he can reach someone the CIA "Non-Claadestfzte_Actfvi "
has New, ork: Telepha$e Ca: for one, effi- - At CIA headquarters in Langley, Va.,
cm IV UX;ts the fates,,area codes and tele- spokesman Lawn Strong. is as incredulous
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originating from the-CIS- field office in mid- boggl e&-my; mind
Manhattan-just. as, it does for any other Strong says that'tle apparent accessibility
customer:-. Collect calls-and. calls made from of..fieid-office:phone records -`bears out that
otherlecAttae and charged`. to the field of- this is. -a: non-clandestine activity." The
face also, appear'on ether office's- monthly Y plansto_- find out how such a. leak
phone bilk but local calls area t recorded en could occur,. he adds.
the-biB. r := t Innthe hands of a Soviet-agent-, the tele?
The CIA's New York field -office is one of valuable information about CIA activi-
several in, big cities-that are-primarily re- ties; Because many -.of the CIA calls are
sponsible for gathering-intelligence Informa- made to = the -unlisted- home phone numbers
lion from. scholars,.':business= people, scien- of. agency employes who live outside the.
fists- arxi -'tourists-Who.: have just t returned may, for example, an outsider could identify
from, foreign: assignment.er - foreign travel, these employes and determine -where they
especially - to cmwtries in, the Communist live. He could also learn whom the CIA con-
bloc. the CIA` placed long i suits on agency business, he could identify
In
noe one bcaul-sy to period, scientists or executives at ` CIA contacts in foreign consulates or embas-
distance of a half-dozen corporations that u~ n and he. could locate confidential infor-
facilities are active-.in.. the foreign marketplace, in- -
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