SEARCHING FOR THE SPIES OF TOMORROW

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December 4, 1983
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STATINTL Approved .For Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP91-00901 ,AP T I CLE AP DV PAGE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZIN 4 December 1983 CHING lc R IES OF TOMORR Among the 500 college men and women with firm handshakes at the "Challenge '84" job fair, D. J. Em- . manuelson, a 20-year-old eco- nomics and French major from Washington and Lee University wearing a blue suit and a "yes, ma'am" demean- i or, was a hot prospect for re- cruiter Cecelia Velar Walker. She was spending a tiring morning in Lynchburg, Va., 170 miles from her home of- fice, fielding questions from waves of ultmpreppie stu- dents who knew virtually no- thing about her firm except that it was hiring. When young D. J. (Dwight Jr.) stuck out .his hand, Walker, who works for a powerful in- ternational firm known sim- ply ' ply EIS "The Company," broke into the guarded smile of a major league baseball scout who has discovered -a young i Fernando Valenzuela in a ' 1 sandlot baseball game. 1 Twelve years ago, Walker was a Pittsburgh secretary. Then a recruiter plucked her away .,to suburban Virginia with promises of a career she has never regretted. D. J. Emmanuelson now ap- proached her with a delicious list of analytical and language , skills, and she didn't want him to get away. "You in all probability would make a great candidate for our career training program," Walker burbled. Call her anytime. Collect. Approved For thing .BY LEE MICHAEL KATZ - Lee Michael Katz's last arti- cle for ? The Magazine con- cerned an irwentor who envi- sions self-ciearzing clothing. At a small table between Healthy young man or woman to devote his/her life to secret agency for govern- ment wage scale. No experi- ence necessary: we provide up to two years of paid training. Foreign language aptitude a plug overseas living experi- *nee desirable. "Must have good sales per- sonality to talk foreign na- tionals into betraying their country. Flexible enough to charm a wide range of people. Split personality often essen- tial in order to work 'cover' job. Applicants mustbe abso- lutely security-minded, highly patriotic and unques- tng of final orders. 1 the C&P Telephone Co. and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Walker?who is attractive, middle-aged and refused to permit her photo- graph to be taken?sat under a "Central Intelligence Agen- cy" signpost searching for the spies of tomorrow. Trying to downplay the James stereotype, she monotont repeated a standard .speech designed to cut off the ques- tions about karate training: "We are an overseas intelli- gence-gathering agency . . ." Although)). J.'s last brush with danger was a fraternity toga party that lasted until 4 a.m., he thought the CIA _ "might be a lot of fun. I think there's a lot of subversion and things going on in other coun- tries." In the pragmatic 1980s, CIA recruiters are welcomed with open arms on. college , campuses. They offer coveted jobs that start in the $20,000 range, and no one asks ques- tions about the overthrow of governments in Chile. ccording to intelli- gence sources, a realistic CIA intelli- gence officer want ad 0V013/084-C lA- llke Help Wanted: can "You must be Valling to relocate to Washington for training and spend 70 per- cent of your time in random overseas posts throughout the world. Some danger, but mostly lots of paper work. Be prepared to be secretly evalu- ated during training and throughout your entire ca- reer. You will receive no , recognition outside the cam- pamy for your work. No mar- keting majors or 007 types. Forget the John le Galli novels. "If this sounds hie a good career opportunity, write I Central Intelligence Agency, bject tottlieelfiezten.0007000=VILYUQ are STATINTL sive backgrotma mvestigation and will be reqairiati to take a lie detector test on such sub- jects as whether they -have ever used drugs or if they have "had a haraoeexual -ex- Perience. The CIA is an equal _ opportunity employer." The CIA's own solicita- tions in pamphlets and care- fully worded advertisements simply refer to "challenge and opportunity" abroad. As far as real-life spooks' are concerned, James Bond can keep his Aston-Martin. He's in British intelligence anyway. While saluting American spies who perform such heroic intelligence-gath- - ering acts in hostile terrain as "flying tiny airplanes in bad weather and landing on a strip the size of a postage stamp," former CIA director William Colby emphasized intelligence life does not imi- tate the movies. "The American intelli- ? gence officer does not leap over the wall of the Kremlin and vault into the Politburo's .headquarters" explained Colby. "He finds a Soviet citizen and convinces him it's in the best interests of his country and mankind" to dis- Creetly pass Soviet secrets to the .?.zaericans. After Wiring with Colby and other intelligence hands, one could conclude the ideal officer would possess the ac- quisitive skills of John D. Rockefeller, the fatherly STATINTL AplrovedForReleaseW 3116 ',CIA:EMU:00901 ADIO 1V R POR is, 4701 WILLARD AVENUE, CHEW CHASE, MARYLAND 20815 656-4068 FOR PROGRAM DATE PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF First Camera December 4, 1983 SUBJECT Spies STATION WRC-TV NBC Network STATI NTL 7:00 P.M. CITY Washington, D.C. LLOYD DOBYNS: Our story is about spies, and the location is here in Vienna. There are a lot of spies in Vienna., ours and theirs. This story is about one of ours pretending to be one of theirs. His name was Nicholas Shadrin. He defected from the Soviet Union in 1959 and disappeared from Vienna in 1975. The question is: Was he kidnapped by the KGB, or did the CIA give him to them? We don't have the answer, but looking for it has made a fascinating story. We know that story ended on Demceber 20th, 1975 in Vienna. A naturalized American citizen was missing, and no one seemed to want to find him. In 1959 Nicholas Shadrin, the youngest destroyer commander in the Soviet Navy, defected. He and Eva Gore (?) crossed the Baltic from Poland to Sweden in an open boat, an amazing bit of seamanship by Shadrin and a dreadful political embarrassment for the Soviets. They stayed briefly in Sweden. Mrs. Shadrin remembers that when they decided to come to the United States, a Swedish Navy commander warned them that the Americans were as callous as the Soviets and would use and abandon Nick. Their first stop in the United States was a CIA safe- house on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Nick Shadrin became friendly with the man who ran it, Pete Sivess (1). . Approved For RplAas OFFICES IN. WASHINGTON D.C. ? NEW YORK ? LOS ANGELES ? CHICAGO ? DETROIT ? AN39 OTHER PRINCIPAL CITIES