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• Publication Date: April 7, 1969
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NEW YORK TIMES
7 APR
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U.S. Losing Pakistan Base, Amid Shifting Alliahces
\ By LAWRENCE FELLOWS
Special to The New York TTmea
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, April
6?On the hot, arid valley floor
below the Khyber Pass, a tip of
Pakistan close to the corners of
China and the Soviet Union, an
American eavesdropping instal-
lation is being dismantled, a
'Wasted relic of an age of shift-
log strategic alignments in this
!part of the world. ,
a In other times Peshawar
served Americans also as a con-
venient refueling base for 11-2's
on their high-flying photo rec-
onnaisance missions to , the
north. .
When 'Francis Gary Powers
had the bad luck to 'be Shot
down during pne such mission
over the Soviet Union in 1960,
that refueling function for the
Peshawar base was doomed.
But for 10 years the monitor-
ing station has not stopped
picking up whatever radio sig-
nals have come bouncing off
Ionosphere out of the Soviet
Union and China?messages be-
tween ? close-flying planes, be-
tween planes and control tow-
ers at landing fields, between
trains and railway station. It
has been a source of unnumer-
able odd bits of information,
some of it of undoubted mili-
tary value,
But the lease is expiring.
Las, July 17 the Pakistan
'Government gave the United
'States a year's notice as the
agreement required it to do,
ithat when the 10 years ended
%next July 17, Pakistan would
not want to renew the lease.
f ; Activities at the station are
.slowly diminishing, but from
ethe outside it is not easy to
see how fast. A high bricks
iwall surrounds the installa-
tion on the edge of town, and
?United States Air Force guards
stand at the gates. Signs warn'
t against taking photographs.
." No one in authority?Amen-
,can' or Pakistani ? will talk
'about what is happening in
:this miniature walled city.
The highest objects in sight,
,far more impressive-looking
,than the antennae, are lights
at a softball field. It seems an
extravagant expense, but if
'softball is to be played for
ilonger than a very short sea-
!son, lights are' needed. It is
usually too hot in to play in
daytime.
Outside the wall a few
rickety, horse-drawn' taxis wait,
'as they have for years, to drive
airmen to town. There, 'are
,f ewer riders nowadays.
One of the taxi drivers) said
he had once worked in a
canteen inside. Hundreds
,others also had jobs on the
Jaase. a
"I am v*VPGRIVeigyF'6111
4nal
413alkasi
SOVIET
.Taistaketal:?
UNION
Chinese were related to Palda
stan's vulnerable position, on
the southern periphery or the
Communist world and her
heavy dependence on the
United States for economic and istani war at Tashkent in
CHINA military aid. .?
Pakistan's interest in mem-
bership in the. Central Treaty
'Organilation and the Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization
dwindled quickly when' she dis-
covered how much her connec-
tion with this American-spon-
sored system of treaties to con-
tain Communist % expansion.
? paihi ,? hampered her approaches to;
Nepal, Burma, Ceylon, Indo-
nesia and other countries that,
Were on good terms with India,:
and with Moslem,,countries in
the Middle East. . .
China's occupation of Tibet
in the nineteen-fifties may have
led Pakistan to decide on a new,
fundamentally pragmatic . ap-
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quick, total immobilization. ;
She turned to the Russians,
and there were Icing rounds Of
negotiations after - Premier
Aiekaei N. Kosygin mediated a
settlement of- the Indian Pak.
1966.
KHMER
PASS
Pesheetar
'14
.PAKISTAN
? .
New ? '
The Now York Times
preach to the Chinese. But
Pakistanis did not really move
said. ''We are all unhappy be- until China's winter war' with
cause thereis no work. It is India in 1962, when the United
not a good thing that they go. States. and Britain decided to
But the Government says it:as rearm India on a major scale..
a good thing. 'So they. are go- Pakistan sought and. achieved
ing." ? friendly relations nd weapons
Pakistan's disillusion with from China, -
American' military policy came By the time Pakistan went to
on gradually 'while she was at war against India briefly over
odds with her most powerful the Kashmir issue in 1965, the
neighbors ? the Soviet Union, Pakistani Government was still
China and India. waiting for MIG-19's from
The deep hostility toward China. The Pakistani Air' Force
India has , persisted since' the with F-86's. , and F-104's was
time of independence in 1947, still wholly dependent on the
when Pakistan was created as Americans. ? But the United.
an Islamic state for Moslems States stopped arms and even
of India ;and India remained a spare parts deliveries to both',
secular and a predominantly sides in the war. India was af-.
Hindu nation. ..,. ? - fected only slightly, but. for
,?1;!Pailaapriaa.'? with Russiaria aB4Pakiatana ,the?., embargo, ...meant
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Iy ROBERT S. ALLEN and
JOHN A. GOLDSMITH
WASHINGTON ? Recruiting
efforts of the Central- Intelligence
Agency have suffered not at all
from the picketing and student
protest which have greeted CIA
representatives on college and
university campuses across the
- nation.
On the contrary, CIA personnel
- experts believe ica.mpus demon
-
striations may have given .a stim-
ulus Ito the spy agency's recruit-
tog program in some academie
communities. Certain vacancies
are being filled with applicants
who are better qualified than
iheir predecessors of a few years
back.
Tots IS the gist of iniforniation
which is being supplied by ODA
to the congressional committees
? which .aWe herd on the agency's
operations. The data runs counter
published reports which. sug-
gest that CIA has been getting
...a cold Shoulder on the campus,
. The CEA ZILITVITratides suggest, in
? fact, that whatever. its cathartic
effect on the pent-up emotions
of campus militants, the much
publicized wave of anti-CIA pro-
test, has been liittle more than
an inconvenience .and annoyance
-
for the agency. ?
liVfost importantly, CIA is toil-
ing ? its congressional watcMogs
that it can discern no lessen4ng
of hete.rag in intellig,ence careers
,.on' college and illaversKy cam"
poses.
Its reports indicate, however,
that CIA has tailored its,reernit--
: lag program to avoid ii*mrda-
films which .might embarrass col-
lege adaniniStratons. If on-campus
interviews can be conducted ,With-
? out Incident, CIA representatives
.: conduct them. When trouble be-
gins
`to develop, CIA recruiters
..withdraw -and do. their interview-
ing elsewhere. ? ?
Some . interviews have been
shifted to regional offices which
are close to some of the nation's
- big :academic centers. The .agenl-
ey's main recruiting offi:ice? in
nearby Arlington, Virginia, inter-
views Rib.. applicants during bus-
iness 'hours without appointment.
' As a result, CIA is reporting
that it has. been able to move up
at notch in filling vacancies
'which require certain academie
qualifications. Some jobs which
were filled with holders of B.A.
degrees a couple of years ago
.are now getting holders of grad-
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In that connection, the agency
notes that its recruiting problems
are made easier by the fact that
he ?attribion rate is very low on
the agency's celiege-like "cam-
pus" in ,nearby McLean, Va.
Fat from the fictional cloak-:
and-dagger image, much of CIA's
activity is scholarly research and
analysis. Irt makes no secret ot
Anon
Goldsmith
its need for job applicants qual-
hied in a wide variety of aca-
demic
An attractive, two-color bro-
chure, "Inteltigence Professions"
is sent to college and university
placement officers. Ii lists. 25
fields of academic endeavor in
which X:NA has a special interest,
and it- stresses that the 'Iiit is
not iall-iinclusive.
The brochure includes' a ma
accurately locating CIA's head.'
quarters building ? near the ? Vir,
ginia shores. of the Potomac Bill-
er. Flouting reports of the
agency's super-secret - sensitivity,
the pamphlet also. includes an
air view of . the anasSiiVe head*
quarters... ? . . . ?
CIA's brochure -states: "The.
- CIA needs 'scientists, economists,:'
engineers,. linguists, mathematic-,
cans, historians,. artists, lawyers,'
editors, administrators, librar-
tanS, experts itt communications
and data processing; in short,
people trained. in all fields of
study.''
While the CIA has never oh
ficially disclosed the - exact size
of its payroll, educational jour,'
nals tell the colleges' and univer-?
sZties all about its educational
pedigree. lit is now' reported, for
.example, that more than half of
all CIA employes have a bache!
lor's degree, 16 per cent have
a master's degree, and five per
cent a Ph.D.
In recent ? years, CIA reports
that it has been sending some
of its analysts back to the cam-
pus for further --academic work.
When they return to academie,
communities, they do not conceal.
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2 :3 MAR 196W
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Inside Washington
rotests
WASHINGTON ? Recruiting efforts of
the Central Intelligence Agency have stir, ?
fered not at all from the picketing and
'student protest which have greeted CIA
,representatives on college and university
.campuses across the nation.
.1 On the contrary, CIA personnel experts
...believe campus demonstrations may have
given a stimulus to the spy agency's -re-
:cruiting program in some academic com-
munities. Certain vacancies are being
:filled with applicants who are better qual-
ified than their predecessors of a few
Tears back.
, This is the gist of information which is, ?
-being supplied by CIA to the congres-
sional committees which ride herd on the
;agency's operations. The data runs,count-:,
or to published reports which suggest that
CIA. has been getting a cold shoulder on ;
;the campus. ?
. The CIA ? Summaries suggest, in fact,
that whatever its cathartic effect on the H
pent-up emotions of campus militants; the
-much publicized wave of anti-CIA 'pro-,
,test, has been little more than an incon-.1-,
yenience and annoyance for the agency.
Most importantly, CIA is telling its con-
gressional watchdogs that it can discern
'no ,lessening of interest in intelligence.
? careers on college.. and university cam:-
?
Its reports indicate, however, that CIA
has tailored its recruiting program to
avoid .confrontation which might- embar-
rass college administrators. H on-cam.-
pus interviews can be conducted without
incident, CIA representatives 'conduct '
'them. When trouble begins to develop,
CIA recruiters withdraw and do their in-
terviewing elsewhere. ?
Academie' ?Centers"--- ?
. Some interviews have been shifted to,
? regional offices which are close to .some,
- of the nation's big academic centers::
The _agency's main recruiting office in
nearby Arlington, Virginia, interviews
job applicants during business hours with-
out appointment. ? .
As a result, CIA is reporting that it has!
? been able to move up a notch in filling,
? vacancies which require certain academ-,
ic -qualifications. Some jobs which were
filled with holders of B.A. degrees a cou-:
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, In that connection, the agency notes
that: its recruiting problems are made
? easier by the fact that the attrition Tate
is very low on the agency's college-like
"campus" in nearby McLean, Va. -
Far from the fictional cloak-and-da.g-
ger image, much of CIA's activity is
scholarly research and analysis. ? It makes
no Secret of its need for job applicants .
qualified in a wide variety of academie
disciplines.
Intelligence Professions
An attractive, two-color brochure, "In-
telligence Professions" is sent to coll'age
arid university placement officers, It lists
25 fields of academic endeavor in which
CIA has a special interest, and it stresses
that the list is not all-inclusive.
?
, The brochure includes a map accurate- ,
ly "locating CIA's headquarters building
Cruiters
scientists, economists, ? engineers, lin-.
guists, mathematicians, historians, artists,
lawyers, editors, administrators, librari,
? ans, experts in communications and data
processing; in short, people .trained in all
fields of study,"'
While the CIA has never Officially dis-
closed the exact size of its payroll, educa-
?tional journals tell the colleges and uni-
versities all about its educational pedi-;
gree. It is now reported, ? for, example;
that more than half of all .CIA emploYes
have a bachelor's degree, 16 per' cent
..have a master's degree, and five per cent
a Ph.D.
Academic Work -
In recent years, CIA reports that it has.
been sending some of its analysts back
to the campus for further academic work.:Y
When they return to academic corntritinV,
ties, they do not conceal their CIA affilia-
tion in, their campus activities or in the
writing which may result.
?CIA?briglit appraisal-0i itg?pii5tc
plagued recruiting program is ' rosy
enough to suggest that it might be self-
serving. Government agencies have been
known to stress the positive in their 'deal-
gs with Congress.
The optimistic CIA View gets qualified
support, however-, from an assessment of
campus protests against .Dow Chemical
Co., another favorite target of student
militancy because of its manufacture of
napalm.
H. D. Doan, Dow's president, has stat-
ed t?hat the company can detect no ad-
verse effect on its college recruiting pro-
gram or on the calibre of .students seek--
in ern ilovment.
The boxed portion of this article
;did not appear in the marked copy
of the Northern Virginia Sun dated
21 March 1969.
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'near the Virginia shores or the Potomac ,
River. Flouting all reports of the agency's'.
super-secret sensitivity, the pamphlet al-
so includes an air view of the massive .
? headquarters.
? ??.CIA's brochure states!_-"The CIA needs,
and
John Goldsmith
pie of years ago are now getting holders
? of graduate degrees, the agency says.
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16 March 1969
THE United States Central Tri?
.telligence Agency (CIA)has
.. ? never been involved in the
trade in Northern-
?Thailand, a high-ranking
()facial of the Customs De...
partment said yesterday.
The official, who asked to re-
? main anonymous, was com-
menting on a Reuter report
from Moscow which said.
? that a Russian farming
newspaper had accused the
? ? US of involvement.' ? ' ? ' .?
According:to Reuter, the news-
paper, Selskaya Zhizn, on
Friday charged thattho CIA
was trading profitably ? in
opium in northern parts of
? . Laos, Thailand and Burma
which border on . the'
Chinese poppy-vowing
? province of Yunnan.
Selskaya. alleged, , reported
.sion work said that the CIA
had in fact greatly helped
I;
in the 'suppression of the
? opium trade in Thailand.
????0The CIA has given us very
good co-opertionespecial-
ly
,
in the seizure of large
:opium ? consignments. They
of ten gave us tips on srmigg-
.ungi he said ?
In aerial inspection of the
northern regions to ensure
'.enforcement of tne poppy
y.? growing ban, CIA and Thai'
,'officials ? usually flew to-
? .
? cute r , that the? CIA was
? . growing and selling opium
in collaboration with Na-
tionalist China. .
said bands of Nationalist
.Chinese troops, support-
'ed by the CIA, worked the
opium regions and CIA
? planes flew the poppies out
' to US military bases in the
East. '? . ,
The drugs were processed in.
Taiwan and in the Philip-.
pines, said the newspaper,
and then sold in Bong Hong
? and Portuguese Macao.
The Customs official who is
employed in drug suppros-
gether, he said.
have long banned the
1. ,growing of opium and we
??%?' " have given substitute plants
?.?..:' :for the hill- tribes people
to grow.' In our acrialin-
,?? 'spections, we found no dvi-
!dence 'that they are still
' gro,wing. poppies, 4ho said.
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