RECORDS SHOW WILS MILLIONS ON C.I.A.

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November 8, 1981
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STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP90-00806R000200970019-3 ARTICLE APFP ON PAGE NEW YORK TIMES 8 NOVEM1352 1981 ? Previous articles gave, reported on ? ? Wilmsn's recniiimen"frica wad Records Show Wils mechanics from the United tats and Britain to fly and. maintain planes for sell restricted Antericarr computer. ?technology to ths Soviet Union. his use. of Army Special Forces troops to train. terrorists in Libya; evidence that in-' ? V estigaftws say links. him to the az- - tempted murder of aLibyan student iri!' ? Colorado and charges that acoinpony he contrdled bribed a Federal ;77te House Select Committee on Intel- ligence and the Justice Peparnmatt:.. are investigating the matter,' ? ? 'the Libyan Air Form his .attempt to . rt '0 ? ? The following article is based on reporting by.) and was serif!" by hfr,?Gerth.- . ' flifl artM Tarner,7Directir of Central atm tor kinddligemor in ?the Carter Administra.- Egypt s notedthe problem in a recent rad- plumber ,.ailancYJ , ? Prose W theL977 eardosil sasztra other L ! recruit chanke _ A rat the Hon genoe, whether or regul ties of h Plarlthatkel of Mr. Wilson's career, afterthe "from corporate records in several cowl A revi thee and interneves with dozens of cur- career AVOWS as prtrucapessosn ran and former associates, shows that covert operations and business sal* _ . -!Theethic of:intelligence," Mr. ? TianservirOte, "b tir get the job done in , ? WASHINGTONA . , Edvrir4 spited local laws.";IFL . ?? Wilson used the ? and coniaits iiAttlbe Central Intelligence Alteact ? he developrd asatrintelligenceirgeni staals7 sPathia. the Benetal assemble a rnuftimillbakiollar hat mid that he b? laPlathIS Weal empire, accord** former nteesnres to control** ?arrions of and financial recnortsit ? yldnalirwholeave the ageincy: Mr. Spot . An American agint, for more thee Zdyitinant refUses ruciaawMiq!???n the SP!!!ti years, Mr. Wilson iftrowaving in Ripsaw ttispbcoecSES in mi. ? oil, a itgitive from an indictment char* Ionia My* bavegonermanswered. Ing him with illegal dealings in explo= . The date of Mr. Wilson's reentry sires. He works for the-Government of pivate life is recorded in ? Libya, training terrorist" and recruiting Peaulanal nka as APIS 1978. But ? Western pilots and mechanics, accord ing toUnited States officials. - ; He has made a profession of covert operations: From 1955 to 1978 he worked ? for the Central Intelligence Agency and Office of Naval Intelligence, often with distinction, and became:11111Ni at con- ducting clandestine commercial Sen., tures for those agencies. , For the last five years be has coithi- _ ue.c1 to practice, as a civilian, the busi- Less or Intelligence:and eoYeigt apeat, tons; often for pnfrieirdly and 1191Eally at large pervonalprofit.V.5:44 Recoras show that Mn Wilson's linen- cial assets increased enermouebtwhile, ifras still in thetovernment and that theynow total many millions of dollart . Many Government employees, froia generals to lawyers, leave public suit. ;Ice every year and Wm their orperi, easms into private profit. But Mr.. Wil-. case is speciaL He is wasting for ,p4artries hostile to the United States, ?employing Ms training as a spy, tweed.: tattoos have shown. ? ?... ? - ? -1 For Government cdficlale. illustrate:la growingproblenz: Many in- telligence and military employee:I:leave ,the Government and enter civilian life ci skills that are not marketable Or ?isre illegal in the United States but are in- 4114rand abroad; There in, the officiate tbe temptation fir thee' agent! and: ievricamen to Put their_ experience to Nvitk.for foreign mare in a way that * tri* in the best interest Of the United his transidan from public to private weathered. ? ? ? ? , ? CsedzaengGevermnent Linke Specifically, the-examination shows dteatIthityla: ? !As a Government a Mr. Wilson ? participated in operations that involved .artnegtongennll and the intimidation of adversaries. He also learned to set up dummy corpora:dens and !octet. bank an 'qFor least two years after he left the Government, Mr. Wilson used of the same consulting companies private deals that earlier served as cover forhis intelligence operations. ? fiAs prhate businessman, Mr. 30 maintained* business relstlebegPs with key American and foreign intern gen and military officials he had worked withwhile in the C.I.A. ? !Intim last five years Mr. Wilson has usedurzwftting organizations for his eonaltenefit, just as be once used them forintelligencepurpcees. _ dlDrawing on his C.I.A. experience, -Mr. Wilson created a clandestine inter natiorial network of dozems of floes, agents, hideouts, post office . and secret bank accounts in the United ? Stater, GreatBritain, Belgium, land,Malta and Libya. . The blurring of Mr. Wilson's publia -and. priyate-activides is of immedia cowers to Federal prosecutors. ? have already charged Mr. Winn .crespiring Vet former C.J.A. ties sinndbusausly. According to a resume he prepared for himself and in- telligence officials, Mr. Wilson, while In the CIA., ran oeveral coarg=stiz: served as. cover for official . ? Millialdre as U.S. Aide ; 'At the estme time he was ruirdng teal. news designed as cover for intelligence :activities; Mr. Wilson Managed to be. a'weeithy man. According to credit records, helloed Ms net worth at $209,000 in 1957 and-$2 million in April 1971, the month he lett Governante service: It is net clear preodsebr hpw he made so much money, but Government officials amnia that he beneftted from the commercial activities he ran for tire Intelligence agendas. Intelligence ofti- dals say thatnowedays its audits would preventinadi abuses. -Tcday Mr: Wilson's real estate hold- ings in northern Virginia alone are worth more than It irminn, and his net worth. including Wenn Europe; Swiss beak ? aCcremts ? and corporate stock amcinntstomanymillions more. -? Harty in Mr. Wilepn's career as a cov- ert operative, he became an officer in the Seafarers International Milan. He described the union in his rtsume as an "unwitting U.K. labor- organization. to mazition.? ? -In his capacity as a union official, Mr. Milan helped coordinate various C.ILA. ? at:doilies against Chrba,In the Bay at Piss brasher. Ile mippllSd. .osipsam=sdamowith arms and pat Us, the the Cabe holm Union onichis said than* aspobsonualist;tboy ? WOlad11111,111114011111111110 14.111111 mitssolsorliardioninsinammt..._ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/30: CIA-RDP90-00806R000200970019-3