SECRECY FOILS PROBERS OF URANIUM LOSS

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CIA-RDP88-01315R000400060007-8
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December 16, 2016
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November 26, 2004
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7
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August 3, 1978
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pTICLE tiP EARED ON P.n.U Approved For Release 2005/01/12 : CIA-RDP88-01315R000400060007-8 WAsHniGTm STAR (GREEN LINTE) P-- P, : t (, ezr 7-6 t N 1 T. A UGUS 3 l 1 y v CIA q 0S un a i~ v~. Secrec'mr Foils PYO%ben uranimaj-,an Loss By Johrt J. FIalka vashin;ta?Starstaff Writer - After a year of digging into- the largest unexplained loss of bomb- grade uranium in U.S. history, inves- tigators say they have been unable to - penetrate the layers of secrecy sur- rounding the 13-year-old case. Rep. Morris K. Udall;: D'Ariz., chairman of the House Interior. Com-? mittee, who swore in July, 19.77 "to' get to the bottom" of the events sur- rounding the- disappearance of ?0&__ pounds. of'? highly enriched uranium from a plant at Apollo, Pa., admitted yesterday he's having a hard time getting there.. In response to- a? letter from: an environmental group, the .. Natural Resources Defense Council,.- assert- ing that Udall's staff has failed to "aggressively pursue" the investiga-.. Lion, he ticked off a number of diffi- culties,. including the fact that his staffers. despite security clearances, continue to have difficulty gaining access to classified materials on the matter. . - - . "IT CONTINUES to be that many people wish the matter would be left= to rest," said Udall. Despite-the roadblocks.; the. staff apparently' has unearthed enough evidence- to. convince Udall that the- nuclear material enough to make 11 small weapons -- was diverted or stolen, rather. than lost in' various waste processes as claimed by the company, and. the.- Atomic Energy Comm ission-`': Ina recent interview with the Brit