SPYING SOLE TASK OF LONDON CIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01314R000100360037-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2004
• Sequence Number: 37
• Publication Date: January 15, 1976
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Release,~~,0j/j n : F D p
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15 January :L976
LONDON - C I
By VINCENT RYDER
Diplomatic Correspondent
CIA men ;in--Lvndarr. are-
" concerned: solely with... Intelligence- and .'their - -
role "'is ?fbll_.. unde=stoo;L
by the British Government,"
Mr Elliot Bicl*ardsorr,_Ahe
departing American Alnbas-
sador, said yesterday:
"I am fully sa.tisfied.:that I
know that the CIA in--the
United. Kingdom :is up to,"-' he
said. "So far.as I know there
are no problems created-by any
CIA - activity- in the United
Kingdom from the standaoint of.
the. British Government."
air Richardson..was comment-
ing on a report in. today's Time--
Out magazine claiming the C I A
staff in London.hacl increased to.
70. It named three men'.said to
be senior members..
Relatively' trivial
relatively trivial mater -but for-
..the kind of risk it creates that
Aed to the assassination of ;vIr
Richard Welch, :he?? said. Mr
Welch, the. C I'..-Astation chief
in Athens, was :'shot - after his
name and address- had appeared
in a Greek newspaper.
The Ambassador refused to ?.
be drawn on the number of C I A
men., in tendon. 'Asked about
the Commons -statement by. Mr
Jenkins, Home Secretary, that
there were no C IA' actiwties :in
Britain, he- . said It is an
Intelligence function. The
question to. high dealt with
activity.,....:
STAT
MORE CIA - NAMES
`. Fighthi Fasc
Editors of Counterspy the
Washington publication, insisted
yesterday they would continue
to publish the names: of CIA.
officials in foreign countries
despite ' the assassination An.
Athens last ts4onth of Mr Richard
Welch and the..'publicat:cn this-
*eek in Paris of the. names of
another 32 alleged American ?
spies in the Left-wing paper
Liberation..
` '
Mr - .Winslow.Peck, 29.. a
forrr.Nation?al'Sectrrity Agency
'
d the magazine
emir Veer ans co-
editor con:firmed:the next issue
, would- contain more- names. He
said, "We are. fighting Fascism.
I We do not think the- CIA's
activities are in the spirit of the
":Americas constitution." .
.-' C: I A MEN.. NAMED
By Our Staff Coirespondent In.
.
Ma" 'd
Spain's leadinng weekly news
magazine Campio 16 has named
eight members" of- Madrid's
American Embassy. who,' it
alleges, are in - charge of CIA
operations in Soain. They include
the! station .chief; said to have
previously worked ;closely with
the police in Brazil.
CIA - D OPS--: .:0
RAISE
By Our Washington Staff
The CIA has been forced to
drop plans to" raise a sunken
Russia-n submarine front the
PacMc 750 mi?es off Hawaii be
cau,e of the disclosure of this`
activity in the Amerkaan Press.
The work of the.$2 0 million
(EI2S a:tfliion)deep sca research
-and. salvage ship Glomer .Ex-
plorer, built to.fi h lip Russian
codebooks and ' maclear lv.e.r-
heads after the submarine went
l
down. in 1968, was on'y partly 1
successful. The 'CIA salvage I
effort obtained :parr- of the.'
vessel and some useful military
secrets and would have gone
hack last year for more had the
story -not leaked.
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