GREEK COMMITTEE REVEALS THE C.I.A. MENACE IN ATHENS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00552R000800070005-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 27, 2004
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 25, 1975
• Content Type: NSPR

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Dear Reade{:, been talking for months a-
7he de'itiroctive activities bout the Brew head of their
of the CIA toward the Since p theos ututnier~tHelifol-
G r e e.k people and the lowed Mr Stacy H it 1 s e
wrecking of our democratic whose job was to keep Gen-
freedoms by this same or- era:l Ioannidis in control,
ganization in the past has but he t'ai?ed at this. For
been written about in detail punishment he has now
in the
res
thi
p
s
s past year b
.een sent off to the small
Much of this information CIA group which they call
Is now out of date, The CIA, a station in Canada. 'The
eontinues its evil work here,. Athens group or station is
and in this first - letter to now under tite head of Mr
you we intend to expose. Richard- S. Welch. He is
some of it to the light of from Conneticut where he
Public infamy. We have was born in 1929. Soon af-
contacts in other countries ter he graduated from flat--
who have helped its collect vard University in 1931, he
tills material, but we have c-, '
t
b
revolt. It was Lillie for Mr
11 elch to leave Latin Amer-
ica even if Mr Hulse hall
not failed in Greece.
Mr Welch now uses Am-
erican Embassy cover for
his activities. He is listed
as a First Secretary 'there.
Iie lives in the Usual CI:'.
house where all CIA Sta-
tion Leaders have lived at
No. 3 Queen Frederika in
Psychico. The reader can
telephone Ili-fit for fitly com-
ments on these accusations
at 6712055.
C to t
eus where ice
been able to gather most worked using J USI TAGG, Another change in the
of the facts here. We have the military
this enemy. aid organiza. CIA organization is siggnifi
Concentrated on observing tion as a cover. It is for_ ell by the arrival of Mr
the contacts that he made Ronaid E. Estes. He also
We have listened at the , at that time and. also he- worked in this country sev-
Ainerican Club ill Kifissia
caus
h
k
,
e
e spea
s Greek that
really a hangout for spies, lie has been sent back here
at certain cocktail circuits again: His job is -to sec that
where the CIA agents who the Karainarilis govern-
stick together do not irna- ment does not get out of
give we can deduct control. He also served in
what they are saying, and Cyprus frem 19611 to 196.1.
to a small extent, when lie then ltassett a nt:r,ber
needed, have we had to of years in Lath! ? America
shadow their coming and where he helped to . control
going from their buildings. the countries there on be-
First we intend to expose half of American imperial-
the native American agent, ist interests.Ju:t before he
who have becti sent against cane to Greece, he was its
us and save the Greek Am- - Peru There was a bloody
ericans for a hater time. revolt against the govern-
ment of that country during
RICHARD WELCH which man
l
The CIA
the north of Greece. He
used the JUSj 4 AGG cover.
He then served hi Cyprus
Zvitli MMlr Welch. After that
lie joined the State Depart-
ment for cover reasons and
in 1966 and 1967 lie was in
Prague under the cover of
an economic officer. After
a few years in America at
the CIA center be served
in Beirut as all economic
and commercial officer in
the American Embassy be-
fore coming to Athens. He
is again under the cover of
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S
ligeuce matters In Athens
he first worked fur a shot
period with Mr Hulse, helti-
ing that station leader ii itii
the in.possible .job of c011-
trolling General loannidi;.
Ile is now working with 'Air
Welch on the Greek mat-
ters. Ali, Estes also lives ill
the well known CIA horse
oil No. 12 Queen Freterika
in Psychico. 'fih.e reader
can telephone hill for his
defense against these ac-
cusations at number
6714654.
WILLIAM LOF'GREN
Another new CIA agent
to arrive in Athens in Ill-
William S. Lofgren. I'll is
agent was completely ex-
posed in the Greek uc~t:s-
papers almost its soon as
he arrived here. His previ-
ous service in Gtdia and
Lebanon was also exposed
as was'the fact that lie was
expected to work on the
Chinese, the Arabs and the
Greeks, For the cover for
his activities he uses tilt,
American Embassy politic-
al office. lie lives at No. 3
Ralvou in Psychico. His
comments can be obtained
tIt roitgi1 telephone No.
6713980,
JUSMAGG. Mr Estes is When the last agent who
known in CIA - circuits as was second ill command of
an expert in Russian- intel- the CIA station in Athens.
Mr Jaynes Baldwin, left the
country after many years
he was succeeded by Mr
Robert Larson who only re-
mained a short tiithe. 'Ti'
t
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Larson was then succeeded
by Mr James MacWilliams.
He is a junior officer, but
Ile has served already in
India
Ile is an expert in Rus-
sian and Greek matters at
the same time. He lives in
another CIA house at No.
13 Karsoli Ditnitriott in Phi-
lothei. lie. u"es the cover of
the Embassy political offi-
Cc too. His eonunems eau
lie- ohlahted from his tele-
Ultone No
392390
.
peop
e Lost
their lives. It was charged
that CIA was behind this
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exposed it, the past parts-
eu arly the c'perts in Rii -
sian matters as Alr John
Palavich, R'Ir Stephen \4`;n-
sky and llr William Bright
l are still in Athens and at
work against its and friend-
13- countries.
We have in mind next
however to expose particu-
larly- Arnerieans of Greek
origin. We believe that
there remain a few new
agents of native American
crigin irho.w e are check-
ing on and if we can esta-
itlislt that they are CIA
agents in truth we will in-
clude information on them
along with that on the
Greek Americans.
With, a firm plea for sour
support,
Committee of Greeks and
Greek Americans .
To Prevent Their? Country
Their N atheriand From
Being Perverted
To the Uses of the CIA, i
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