RUSSIAN WRITER CALLS CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES INEFFECTIVE WHEN GATHERING DATA

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• Publication Date: October 12, 1984
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SPECTRUM
NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
12 October 1984
Russian writer calls Central Intelligence
Agencies ineffective when gathering data
(N B) - Describing the United
States Central Intelligence Agency
as a "hoax," Lev Navrozov, Russian
emigrant and writer, said the in-
telligence agencies of Great Britain,
Germany and the United States
have all been ineffective in their at-
tempt to get intelligence data out of
totalitarian societies such as the
Soviet Union.
The only data the CIA gets out of
F.ussia is what can be observed or
watched, according to Navrozov.
"What data they do get is what
they purvey, read in Soviet pam-
phlets, periodicals or newspapers.
Then they mark that 'data' top
secret. THe CIA has. never been ef-
fective in placing an intellignece
STAT in Russia," Navrozov accused.
iN'avrozov's comments were made
at a news conference preceding a
lecture Wednesday at. SU on the
realities of life in Soviet Russia, the
history and facts behind the peace
movement, and Western ignorance
about the Soviets.
"The bureaucracies in the United
State's which are in charge of,
defense strategy, intelligence work
and other allied fields are less effi-
cient than the bureaucracies in a 1
totalitarian society because the I
totalitarian democracies are
motivated by fear. Their govern-
meat might shoot them for
mismanagement or failure to per-
form adequately," Navrozov said.
While bureaucracies in a
democracy are not motivated by
Sear, neither are they motivated by
profit or any other rewards-,,
Navrozov claimed. He suggests .
dismantling the CIA and replacing
that organization with a set of com-
peting institutions, some profit and
others non-profit, such as univer-
sities.
"Just as arms companies are com-
peting to make the best weapons at
the cheapest prices, we should have
companies competing to produce the
best intelligence data on Russia,
Cuba and other totalitarian societies
at the cheapest price."
Navrozov said there is no solution
within the framework of the Soviet
regime to their poverty, so
therefore, the USSR must give some
dream to its population.
"The people in Russia cannot pur-
sue their individual dreams as we do
,here in America, so they have. been
convinced they are to be the con-
querors of the world, the master
race," Navrozov said.
In 1982, Navrozov said, the Soviet
economy produced 147 million tons
of steel, while the United States pro-
duced only 66 million tons.
"Russia's steel is not being used
for commercial purposes as in the
United States, but for military use."
Navrozov's one-week lecture tour
in North Dakota last week was fund-
ed by the North Dakota Humanities
Council and the Intercollegiate
Studies Institute, Inc., a private con-
servative organization. The SU lec-
ture was partially funded by. Cam-
pus. Attractions.
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