RE: BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ON SPEECH TO LOS ANGELES WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: September 29, 1989
• Content Type: LETTER

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29 September 1989
RE: British Newspaper Article on Speech to Los Angeles World
Affairs Council
Martin Walker, WASHINGTON correspondent for THE GUARDIAN (London),
contacted my office this morning, and we took this opportunity to raise with
him the very misleading headline on his 21 September 1989 account of your
remarks to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council. As you may recall, the
headline on the article was "CIA Intelligence Network Prepares To Turn on
Allies," while the article itself was quite accurate and contained verbatim
passages from your speech. (see attachments)
Walker, who was in Wyoming last week covering the Baker-Shevardnadze
talks, was not aware of the headline published in THE GUARDIAN until we
mentioned it to him today. He said that the headline was "silly" and the
headline writers in London "were taking quite a leap." Walker said he
believes your speech to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council was "fascinating
and well done."
In any event, we have not seen any other foreign or domestic newspapers
and broadcast media state or imply that the CIA is "preparing to turn on
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Attachments:
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21 September 1989
RE: British Newspaper Article on Speech to Los Angeles World
Affairs Council
Martin Walker, Washington correspondent for THE GUARDIAN, a left-leaning
daily newspaper based in London, called my office yesterday afternoon and
requested a copy of your remarks to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.
The attached media reaction report filed from London notes that Walker's
article in today's GUARDIAN had a sensational and misleading headline: "CIA
Intelligence Network Prepares To Turn on Allies." After seeing this media
reaction report, we asked the Washington office of THE GUARDIAN to fax the
text of the article (also attached). The actual article filed by Walker was
quite accurate and contains verbatim passages from your speech.
As you are aware, your remarks focused on the economic issues
policymakers will be addressing and there was no mention of spying on allies.
(text of speech is attached).
When we first saw the headline in the media reaction report, we
considered writing a letter to the editor. But considering that the problem
was with the headline rather than the thrust of the article, we believe that a
letter to the editor would draw undeserved attention to this matter.
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Attachments:
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CORRUPTION, AND AMERICAN INNOCENCE IS REGAINED..."
THE GUARDIAN'S MARTIN WOOLLACOTT REPORTED FROM BERLIN
"IN THE DRIVING SEAT FOR UNITY" AND SAID: "...AS GERMAN
SELF-CONFIDENCE GROWS, THE OTHER EUROPEAN STATES ARE
GOING TO HAVE TO ADJUST TO A MORE ASSERTIVE AND
SELF-WILLED GERMANY. THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC ITSELF IS
COMMITTED TO A COMMON WESTERN APPROACH TO EASTERN
EUROPE BUT IT IS NATURALLY DRAWN TO POLICIES THAT
ENABLE IT TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS - GERMAN DECISIONS AND
WESTERN SUPPORT. WHAT IS OBVIOUS IS THAT THE EASTERN
EUROPEAN CHANGES HAVE INTRODUCED INTO GERMAN POLITICS
NEW ENERGIES, NEW EXCITEMENTS AND NEW FEARS THAT HAVE
NOT YET BEEN MATCHED IN OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES, WHICH
STILL SEE THEMSELVES AS AUDIENCE RATHER THAN ACTORS IN
THIS CENTRAL DRAMA OF OUR TIMES."
THE GUARDIAN'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT MARTIN WALKER
THE FINANCIAL TIMES CARRIED A REPORT ON VICE-PRESIDENT
QUAYLE'S VISIT TO SOUTH KOREA: "MR. DAN QUAYLE, THE
U.S. VICE-PRESIDENT. YESTERDAY REPEATED WASHINGTON'S
COMMITMENT OF 43,000 TROOPS TO PROTECT SOUTH KOREA AND
SAID HE HAD BEEN ASSURED OF THE SEOUL GORVERNMENT'S
INTENTION TO PROCEED WITH DEMOCRATIC CHANGE..."
THE FINANCIAL TIMES EDITORIAL "THE SHADOW OF POL POT"
COMMENTED: "...INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO HELP
RESOLVE WHAT IS NOW A CIVIL WAR MIGHT FOCUS ON TRYING
TO FIND A CONSENSUS AMONG ALL CAMBODIAN PARTIES OTHER
THAN THE KHMER ROUGE. PRINCE SIHANOUK'S GUERRILLA
FACTION AND THE GROUP LED BY SON SANN...APPEAR TO HAVE
MORE COMMON AIMS AND INTERESTS WITH HUN SEN THAN WITH
POL POT. THEY SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO BREAK UP THE
TRIPARTITE RESISTANCE AND NEGOTIATE INDEPENDENTLY WITH
HUN SEN..."
THE INDEPENDENT'S WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT PETER
PRINGLE REPORTED: "BUSH SITS TIGHT WITH PENTAGON UNDER
THREAT" AND SAID: "...IF THE MESSAGE GETS THROUGH THAT
AID TO EASTERN EUROPE IS AS MUCH A FACTOR OF NATIONAL
SECURITY AS A 9-2 BOMBER, OR A TANK, THE PICTURE COULD
CHANGE DRAMATICALLY. WHAT'S NEEDED IS FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO GET UP OFF HIS HANDS AND EXPLAIN HOW THE
FORMULA FOR PEACE COULD WORK."
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Martin Walker in Washington
The CIA Director William Webster has intrigued Western European
and Japanese diplomats in the US with a speech on US intelligence
strategy in which he hinted that traditional allies who are also
economic rivals are becoming intelligence targets.
Our political and military allies are also our economic
competitors", Mr Webster warned in an important policy speech to
the World Affairs Council in Los Angeles yesterday.
The rational security implications of a competitor's ability to
create, capture or control markets of the future are very
significant", he went on.
It was the first public analysis by the head of the CIA to
explore the implications of the fading of the Cold War for the
future of US intelligence.
The intelligence community looks at these developments from a
strategic perspective, examining what is occurring, the forces at
play and the the ways that actions taken abroad can directly and
indirectly affect our national security interests", he added.
The CIA and other US intelligence agencies are shifting their
strategic focus towards global economic issues as the East-West
military confrontation loses its old urgency, the CIA Director
said.
"Intelligence on economic developments and other issues has never
been more important", he said. "Policy-makers are turning to us
for timely and objective assessments on both fast-breaking events
and long term global trends".
The growing integration of the world's financial markets and the
relaxation of exchange controls also pose new national security
risks for the US, he argued. Mr Webster cited the explosive growth
in the numbers of banks, and foreign exchange transactions of $300
billions and more each day as vulnerable areas for US economic
interests.
"For the US, these changes have made it easier to tap Japanese and
European surplus capital for financing US trade and fiscal deficits
and have brought productive investment to US soil. But this new
financial environment is also creating some potential risks", he
warned.
The CIA was increasingly finding that its researchers had to
concentrate on the economic dimension, he went on, arguing that the
Third World debt problem could lead to political instability that
could affect US security interests.
"Along with the giobalisation of international finance has come
the greater use of the financial system by governments and groups
whose objectives threaten our national security interests".
"The international narcotics money-laundering industry, as well as
terrorist activities, gray arms purchases, technology transfer and
nuclear proliferation, are often funded through the world's
financial networks", he went on.
Although the traditional mission of watching the Soviet Union and
the Eastern block would be maintained, this too was changing its
focus.
We will be looking to see if the Soviet compensate for cutbacks
in defence research, development and procurement by increasing
their efforts to obtain Western defence information and
technology";'Mr Webster added.
"Despite Glasnost and perestroika, the intelligence activities of
the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies have not abated", he
added,
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