BEARD TO CALL KEY OFFICIALS IN PROBE OF 'STEALTH' LEAKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00561R000100060021-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: September 16, 1980
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

ST Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/24: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100060021-2
"' .- THE WASHINGTON STAR (GREEN LINE)
16 September 1980
n-yeardto.- Calf.. e ff Mal
In frobe''Of !5tealth." Leaks-
By Lance Gay.
and Walter Taylor.
Washington Star Staff.Writem,
The senior Republican on, a
House Armed Services subcommit=
tee says he will seek-the-testimony
of the top aides tothe president's
National Security adviser, Zbignew
Brzezinski;'and Defense:Secretary
Harold' Brown= about -r-umors sur-`
rounding. "Stealth'"' technology"
leaks!
Rep. Robin: Beard?R-Tenn, said:
that he-has no evidence linking the
two aides to the leaks but wants'to.'
investigate ,'rumors and many com=
ments ' ; l. .
He said there havve_been -reports: i
of a memo to Brown purporting:to
advocate leaking.the~ information
for President-Carter s political gain--
"I danot.have any. substantial evi=
dence-to support these: allegations,"
Beard said.
'Beard.said that he .wilt ask'the
.'investigating subcommittee to call!
David. I- Aaron,. deputy' to Brie-,
zinski. and Peter Hamilton, a special.
assistant to. Brown;.to testify on the.
: A White House 'spokesman' Iast
night insisted that, there was, no,
such memo,
"I'll give you a flat',, denial on.
that,", the spokesman. said. "It's hard,
:to escapethe feeling.that:they are
.
pursuing thismatter:as.a-conscious
political distortion-
Thomas Ross, a-spokesmat% fo
,Brow ii, I also: denied,knowl6dge .of;
any siich.memo " There,was no such
.memo, -he'said -arT ?
In ie,meantime,en._h?al,colm,
Wallop.R-Wyo..,said he'wants'tq'
broaden the Senate' intelligence
!Committee's investigation, into the,
Stealth leaks to .other intelligence
..leaks from the NSCas'welt -
"These leaks are`too much' Vat-'
. Top said::. `_:: ~: J ? _ - -S'
Wallop: said he.was t dncerned-
about a report in. the cprrentissue
of New York magazine that quotes a
"staff member_of.the National Se-
curity Council"assaying that since
January 1984 the. United States has
been. providing communications
egdipment and technicar.advisers
;to.China under the-terms of ase.
cret, unofficial agreernent:;';
The report says that in-exchange.
.for the equipment and advisers, the
United.States is'getting'Chinese
intelligence about soviet activities
"and that-the monitoring posts on
'the Sine-Soviet border have.become
crucial.tb U.S: operations. because of
the loss of listening posts in Iran.
11 The magazine story said -the state-
ments of.U.S_ officials. were,-sparked
"by Ronald Reagan's recent pro-Tai-
'wan comments;. Which. have upset
the Chinese
Separate investigations. in' the
House and Senate into leaks began
two weeks ago. as, Republicans
charged that the Carter administra-
tion was leaking information on.the
Stealth technology to demonstrate
the wisdom of Carter's decision not
to go ahead with the B-l.bomber...
Stealth technology . reportedly
"hides" a bomber, from an enemy's
radar screen
Senate biinority'.Lead'er.Howard
.,Baker', R-Tenn., said he is , con.
cerned that there appears tcrbe. a I
..pattei.n, in the intelligence leaks;
which, he said, may be,-politicallyi
motivated. If this were true,. Baker;
..said, it would -be:unpatriotic: Sen.:
Daniel.. P;, hloynihan,,D-N.Y.,'said.he
also is'concerned_about _sorne of they
, eaks Y f;
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