TURNER REPORTEDLY ASKS INQUIRY INTO DISCLOSURE OF DATA TO TIMES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400360071-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 71
• Publication Date: July 13, 1979
• Content Type: NSPR

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13 J MY 1979
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Earner Reportedly Asks Inq
Some White House aides said that they Norwegian bases by Americans.
By PHILIP TAUBMAN
Special to TDe ?4ewYank T1mes
WASHINGTON, July 12-The Federal had been told detector that they might be asked to
Bureau of Investigation, at the request of take a lie Adm. Stansfield Turner, the Director of Intelligence officials described the in.
Central Intelligence, has taken the first formation about use of an electronic lis-
steps to determine whether an investiga- tening post in Norway as "terribly sensi-
tion should be made into the disclosure of tive." One official said, "It was one of the
alleged national security information to few secrets left in this country."
The New York Times, accordng to senior The Times reported that the United
Administration officials. States hoped to employ the Norwegian fa-
The information concerns United ciliry to monitor Soviet missile testing if
States plans to use Norwegian electronic Turkey refused to allow this country's
surveillance equipment to help verity reconnaissance planes to fly over its
Soviet compliance with the new treaty to territory.
limit strategic arms. - The Soviet Union has objected to-such
According to a senior intelligence offs- flights, according to sources here, and
cer,. Admiral Turner was incensed by the those.- objections reduce 'the likelihood
report of the plans, published on June 28, that the Turkish Government will ap-
2nd sent what was described as an prove them. As a result, Administration
"angry" letter to Attorney General Grif- interest in the use of the Norwegian fa-
fin B. Bell, demanding an investigation chity has increased.
into the source of the disclosure. Norwegian officials, however, have in.
Notification Called Routine dicated that they may also seek Soviet
approval before allowing the United
A spokesman for the C.I.A. confirmed States to use its detection facilities. Such I
,that the intelligence agency had informed approval seems doubtful. In recent
the Justice Department about the disclo- weeks, the Soviet radio and Soviet news.
sure but called the notification routine. papers have criticized the possible use of
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