REAGAN'S REPLY TO SEX-FOR-SECRETS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2012
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• Publication Date: April 6, 1987
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ARTICLE APPEARED
NEW YORK POST
6 April 1987
DX PA~F--07;7 /.
Reagan's reply to sex-for-secrets
what one
REIMENT Reagan,
incrsasingU amgeted
Soviet spying diplo-
nab in Moscow, is coasid'
.
ering a fresh crackdown on
Soviet Dim-to in the U.S
to respond to the Marine
sex-for- ecrets scandal.
Reagan advisers, who de.
scribed the President as
"fu rlotus" over the incident,
is considering a fresh round
of expulsions of Soviet spies
working in the U.S. under
diplomatic cover.
1 he President I. also pre-
pared to scrap consular ex-
ahange agreements in the
works far New York and
Kiev, as well as the 1972
agreement to give both the
U.S. and the Soviets glitzy
new embassy compounds.
The Soviets. in a bizarre
agreement signed during
the Nixon era. were given
prime piece of real estate
atop- a hill in northwest
Washington that affords
the KGB "lineof-sight vi-
sion" to the White Hausa,
the Pentagon and the State
Dept.
Already top Reagan for-
ing Defense Secretary Cu'
par
Weinberger aadvis
Frank Carlucci, have been
famed to add special pro-
tective devices to the win-
dows of their offices to
block off increasingly so-
phisticated Soviet eaves-
~ sources said, has
been advised that the U.S.
Embassy in Moscow is "One
gigantic radio antenna" as
a result of an ingenious
Soviet move to plant bugs'
!aside the steel beams and
concrete used for the $190
million compound.
Called "a totally unaccept-
able situation in terms of
U.B. security." Reagan is
actively considering ad-
vice from the CIA and the
National Security Council
to tear down the structure
and start over - to the
tune of $1 billion.
White House officials
said Reagan is also con-
sidering blocking the
Soviets from moving into
their new compound until
a "safe and secure work-
ing environment" for the
U.B. diplomats in Moscow
can be guaranteed
These options will be
pre"67, ed by Secretary of
statShults when he
visits Moscow next week
for what was supposed to
be a trip designed to im-
prove relations.
But now, with Shultz
forced to conduct, secret
meetings in a specially
equipped Winnebago and
other U.S. diplomats
forced to communicate
with each other on 89-cent
children's "magic pads." a
state Dept. official admit-
ted that the spying epi-
sode in Moscow "has cast
a chill" on the.shults visit
^
MEANWHILE, at CIA
headquarters in Langley.
Va., there are a great deal
of ruffled feathers among
the old-boy network of in-
telligence professionals as
William . Rea-
fa-H-111 nominee to become
the next Director of Cen-
tral Intelligence, prepares
to move in.
Agency veterans are
deeply disturbed that
Webster, a Christian
scientist. I. spending a lot
of time consulting with
former CIA chief Stan-
field Turner - also a
how he ought to run the
CIA.
Admiral Turner to de-
spised by agency profes-
sionals because, during
his tenure under Presi-
dent Carter, hundreds of
CIA officers were fired
and many of the agency's
operations severely cut
back.
Agency veterans are
also upset because Web-
ster is planning to bring'
six close associates from
the FBI to L ngley to run
his transition team.
^
U.S. military experts be-
lieve the sudden rise in
Marxist guerilla activity
in El Salvador may be the
result of the use of subma-
rines by the Soviet Union
and Cuba to supply the
rebels.
U.S. and Salvadoran in-
telligence agencies have
,received ' several reports
from fishermen in the Pa-
cific Coast region of Chiri-
lagua that a large uniden-
tifed submarine drops off
off arms and takes on
wounded rebels.
U.S. intelligence officials
say they have received
similar reports of subma-
rines being used to supply
rebel groups in Peru and
Chile. ^
CONGRESS' rebuff of
President Reagan's high-
way bill veto prompted
Sen. Daniel P. (Moynihan
D-N.Y.) to end months of
speculation about his fu-
ture by announcing he
would seek re-election.
Moynihan, for months.
has been less than en-
thusiatic about the pros-
pects for a long - and ex-
pensive - re-election bat-
tle against the Republi-
clans millionaires whose
hats are in the ring.
But staffers say Moyni-
han, who was the confer-
ence chairman and the
floor manager during the
highway bill battle. re-
ceived dozens of phone
calls from supporters and
colleagues praising him
after the Senate voted to
override Reagan's veto.
Now that his party con-
trols the Senate, Moyni-
han. one of the chamber's
most senior members, be-
lieves he I. in a position to
be at the cutting edge of
national policy making -
and do some good turns
for New York.
The highway bill will.
for instance, bring $719
million a year in transit
and highway aid to this
state over the next five
years. The controversial
Water Bill. with which
Moynihan was also in-
volved, will bring in $270
million a year.
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