BOYCE/LEE CASE

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• Publication Date: May 4, 1977
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4 May 77 (0845 hours)
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MEMORANDUM FOR: DDCI
FROM: DCI
SUBJECT: Boyce/Lee Case
1. Attached is a copy of The New York Times article on
the Boyce/Lee case. I note in it that both Boyce and Lee were
apparently on drugs as well as alcohol. Lee apparently was in
this state for several years while still holding a high security
clearance
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P NEW RK TIMES 27 April 1977
a
Friend
Testifies He., Was Blackmailed After Telling
of C.I.A. ?'Deception' of Australia:
By UOBERT LINDSEY sation turRed_to_rn.utual unhap lpnness over' a whirlpool in which he w+as trapped and I
5;e=:a:co7ne -- YavxTIM" Watergate, the American involvement in could not escape.
LOS ANGELES, April 26-A 23-year-old Vietnam, the recent disclosures in the? Mr. Boyce said that on two occasions
college: student testified today that while press about alleged involvement of the he had gone to ;`.tex:co City and in one
C.I.A. C.I.A. in the assassination of President case had met with Soviet apelats i
working as a code clerk: for a s t ie
Kennedy and of'destabilizing the Allende basement of the Soviet Erabassy. "The
Boyce asserted two Californians." he so, d, were given
?enee Agency project
he learned Goernment of Chile
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of "a deception against the Australians," that, on an impulse, he said: "You ought considerable liquor and "we got drunk."
and that revulsion over this discovery to hear what the C.I.A. is doing to the -He admitted taking SI 5,000 from the Rus-
had begun a trail of events that led to Australians." He said he had been ang-1 signs, and said his friend took $55,000.,
his being blackmailed into becoming a eyed by the alleged deception and wanted He took the money from the Russians
it made public. He contended that Mr.: and used it to buy heroin and smuggle
Russian spy- Lee had' said that his father, a physician, it in from Mexico," he all ged. --!
Government lawyers 'repeatedly object- was an "influential man" who could have At one stage of _the testimony. Mr.
ed when Christopher J. Boyce, who is the material discreetly released through Boyce, attempting to support an assertion
charged with espionage, began to explain a third party. that "security at TRW was a joke," said
the details of the alleged C.T.A.deception, "I agreed to write a statement of what. that liquor was regularly brought into
and Jude Robert Kelleher, of Federal Dis- I thought to be a violation of the law the super-secret code room, a vault that
against Australia,' Mr. Boyce said. t had three guard checricpo:nts, and that
trict Court upheld the objections. "There was no discussion of Russia." i drinking parties were held. He said ern-
However, reliable sources said that the But, instead of passing the letter for ployees grew marijuana in the room and
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little-known American satellite commune- publication, Mr. Boyce said, Mr. Lee, who P that t
he said b then had become a heroin 1 came, amphetamines and other drugs on
cation readout station at. Alice Springs, Y their lunch hours.
in the outback of Australia. addict, flew to Mexico .City and sold it He asserted that brr last fail he had
Deception Not Specified to officials at the Soviet Embassy. grown tired of the sch~rnw and had dec!d-
Tried to Evade His Friend ed that the only iii coed escape
tion from American racor,naissance satel- Mr. Royce, a black-haired, slender youth from it was to quit his job at TRW. When
vices built. by, among others, TRIV Sys-, who looks younger than he is, said that he told Soviet agents he was gang to
# :ms, Inc., Mr. Boyce's employer until last 1 he was astonished when Mr. Lee told him do so, he said, they aged him to enroll
December. It could not be learned what' what he had done with the letter and in a course of political science and'aistory
specific deception Mr. Boyce was alleging that after this he tried to evade his friend. that could. lead to a career in the State
in regard to the controversial secret in- But he said Mr. Lee pursued him, telling Department. He subse ua:i:ly enrolled at
stallation. him than the. Russians had been so the University of California at its River-
In testimony in which he often ap- pleased by the information that they side campus southeast of h _re,
peared to be on the verge of tears, Mr. wanted detailed 'cryptographic infor?ma-? Asked by his attorney if be had ever
Boyce contended that he had been black- tion from the C.I.A. communications-past. "willingly or knowingly acted as an agent
mailed into spying by a childhood friend, When he continued to refuse to supply, for a foreign power,"' Mr. Boy: a a.+I-
Andrew Dalton Lee, from the affluent Los additional information, Mr. Boyce said. I swered: "Not willfully, but 'l lox t;t',s
Angeles suburb of Palos Verdes. Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee threatened to mail a copy aft what I had become." -
25 years old, is also charged with espio- the original letter to his employer at
nage, and his trial is scheduled to begin TRW.
here #omrrrtiv. Mr. Boyce said that because of this
Mr. Boyce said that in 1974 his father threat he agreed to go along with thepian,
had arranged to get him a jab as operator . -
of a code room that mainfAined communi- but only as a ruse-by photographing
cations between the TRW plant here and training manuals and other data that he -
C.I.A. headquarters in Virginia. His fa- felt would be useless to the Russians.
then, a former Federal Bureau of Investi- Lacked Access to Some Material
gat:on agent and now the head of security When Soviet agencies subsequently
far the :viC o pelt Douglas Carporatian, asked for more'specific material, he said,
was a good friend of the TRW executive or
refused to supply it, and i'dr. Lee
who, ran the company's s. curity facilities. "threatened to blackmail my father." He
Tells of Drinking aria Smoking said, however, that he never did provide -
Not long after taking thnb,Mr. Boyce the requested information because he did
said~he Z~a.^i eTnn1an~iii $e+c- not have access to it.
uig man:Iit? s ith Mr. Leewho_w s- * As Mr. Boyce told his story, in which
t1 n On =obati or t!a lctsori of ell-'ifor him the stakes were a possible rife
Ing-dahgerous drugs. He said the convey- imprisonment, he attempted to character-
ize his life over the past two years as
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11 May 1977
NOTE FOR: Director of Security
SUBJECT: Boyce/Lee Case
For your file. Note the DCI's
comments on pages 3 and 4.
Attachment:
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SUBJECT: Boyce/Lee Case
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2 8 APR 1977
1. Attached is a copy of The New York Times article on
the Boyce/Lee case. I note in it that both Boyce and Lee were
apparently on drugs as well as alcohol. Lee apparently was in
this state for several years while still holding a high security
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Testifies He Was Blackmailed After Telling - a Friend
of C. I. A. `Deception ,' of Australia
ed when Christopher J. Boyce, who is uential man who could have At one stage of the testimony, Mr.
the material discreetly released through Boyce, attempting to support an assertion
charged with espionage, began to explain a third party- . .
sation turned to mutual unhappiness over,' a whirlpool in which he was trapped and f
Watergate, the American involvement in I could not esca
e
p
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LOS ANGELES, April 26-A 23-year-old I Vietnam, the recent disclosures in the' Mr. Boyce said that on two occasions
college student testified today that, while press about alleged involvement of tha he had gone to Mexico City and in one
working as a code clerk for a Central C.I.A. in the assassination of President case had met with Soviet a ens in the
Intelligence Agency project, he learned Kennedy and of destabilizing the Allende basement of the Soviet Embassy "The
In "a decc Ag against the he nd Goernment of Chile. Mr. Boyce asserted two Californians," he said, were given
that, on an impulse, he said: "You ought considerable liquor and "we got drunk."
and that revulsion over this discovery to hear what the C.I.A. is doing to the He admitted taking $15,000 from the Rus-
had begun a trail of events that led to Australians." He said he had been ang- i signs, and said his friend took S35,000.,
his being blackmailed into becoming a ered by the alleged deception and wanted. "He took the money from the Russians
Russian spy, it made public. He contended that Mr.: and used it to buy heroin and smuggle!
Government lawyers "repeatedly object- Lee had- said that his father, a physician, it in from Mexico," he alleged.
was an "nfl
By ROBERP LINDSEY
Special to The New York Times
the details of the alleged C.I.A.deception, "I agreed to write a statement of what,
firtaL that liquor tw st regularly brought into
and Judge Robert Kelleher of Federal Dis. I thought to be a violation of the law the super-secret code room, a vault that
trict Court upheld the objections. against Australia," Mr. Boyce said. had three guard checkpoints, and that
However, reliable sources said that the "There was no discussion of :Russia." I drinking parties were held. He said em-
reference had had to do with a large But, instead of passing the letter for! ployees grew marijuana In the room and
little-known American satellite communi- publication, Mr. Boyce said, Mr. Lee, who that they would also use marijuana, co-
cation readout station at Alice Springs, he said by then had become a heroin Caine, amphetamines. and other drugs on
in the outback of Australia. addict, flew to Mexico .City and sold it their lunch hours.
Deception Not Specified to officials at the Soviet Embassy. He asserted that by last fall he had
The station is used to collect informs- Tried to Evade His Friend grown tired of the way and had calpe
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tion from American reconnaissance satel- from at the oqui way he could escape
liter built by, among others, TRW Sys- Mr. Boyce, a black-haired, slender youth f from it was to quit his job at TRW. When
who looks younger than he is, said that he told Soviet agents he was going to
tems, Inc., Mr. Boyce's employer until last he was astonished when Mr. Lee told him do so, he said, the urg
December. It could not be learned what ; Y him to enroll
specific deception d Mr. n Boyce a what he had done with the letter and in a course of political science and history
was learned ging that after this he tried to evade his friend. that could lead to a career in the State
stall. I in egad to the controversial secret in-; But he said Mr. Lee pursued him, telling Department. He subsequently enrolled at
him that the -Russians had been so the University of California at its River-
In testimony in which he often ap- pleased by the information that they side campus southeast of here.
peared to be on the verge of tears, Mr. wanted detailed 'cryptographic informs Asked by his attorney if he had ever
Boyce contended that he had been black- tion from the C.I.A. communications'post: "willingly or knowingly acted as an agent
mailed into spying by a childhood friend, When he continued to refuse to supply for a Andrew Dalton Lee, from the affluent Los additional information, Mr. Boyce aiwarf "Not a foreign power," but I no know w a ta
but lats
Angeles suburb of Palos, Verdes. Mr. Lee, Mr. Lee threatened to mail a copy of I what wh become."
: I had become.
25 years old, is also charged with espio-the
page, and his trial is scheduled to begin original letter to his employer at
Mr. Boyce said that hi 1974 his father' Nit. Boyce said that because of this
had arranged to get him a job as operator. threat he agreed to go along with theplan,
of a code room that maintained communi- but only as a ruse--by photographing
cations between the TRW plant here and training manuals and other data that he
felt would be useless to the Russians.
Lacked Access to Some Material
When Soviet agencies subsequently
asked for more specific material, he said,
he refused to supply it, and Mr. Lee
"threatened to blackmail my father" He
ing marijuana with Mr, Lee, who was I - As Mr. Boyce told his story, in which
then on probation for conviction of sell--for him the stakes were a possible life
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then, a former Federal Bureau of Investi-
gation agent and now the head of security
for the McDonnell Douglas Corporation,
was a good friend of the TRW executive
who ran the company's security facilities.
Tells of Drinking and Smoking
Not long after taking the lob. Mr. Boyce
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2 February 1977
MEMORANDUM FOR: General Counsel
Director of Security
FROM John F. Blake
Deputy Director for Administration
SUBJECT Security
anof Documents d Boyce/Lee Casesved in the
On behalf of Les Dirks and myself. may I ask your
comments soonest on Les' attached memorandum. I believe
those comments should go forward with this memorandum
to the Acting Director. As time is of the essence,
your earl-lest attention would be appreciated.
John F. Blake
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel
FROM : Robert W. Gambino
Director of Security
SUBJECT : Damage Assessment of the Moore Documents
1. Attached hereto is the damage assessment which you
requested as to the classified CIA documents recovered from.
Mr. Edwin Gibbons Moore II for your use in briefing Senator
Daniel K. Inouye, Chairman, Senate Select Committee on Intel-
ligence.
2. This assessment deals not only with the documents
involved, but also highlights the inherent problems in
selecting and producing classified documents in open court
sufficient to sustain a conviction of Mr. Moore on espionage
and other related charges. The documents involved cut across
directorate lines, and for the past several weeks Agency
officials have been deeply involved in briefing represent-
atives from the Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney's
office in Baltimore, Maryland as to the documents' relevance
to the national security.
S. The attached assessment has been coordinated with
the General Counsel and the Directorates of Operations and
Science and Technology, with the understanding that a copy
may be provided to the Senate Select Committee.
Robert W. Lamb no
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rYe?saw the F13I sunning down the and stood in front of R.11
Diirina the Tarars~r~ ._._ t,;it= ,,... ,-:O - Yohn sair# . u- ...__._ , .
? ~~, {L peuuesaa -? ..:~? j .. recauect one 12-year-old __. -- "'C '~?ere t was going I
subdivision; gat. used to seeing cam who said she saw the arrest. -,.. :said ' was going ice skating
and he
era crews and reporters on Fort Sum Mr
:? :: said. iell, Sid or the
e .' ??
net drive: . isioo re Iia t come ant `of this The boy left for t:te
.Teb~ Stuart Ma house to talk to. The Star a .a still d reporter; I what Lhe box can-
P and they came rearms down the road tailed 11
,UCOhomes and with their guns dra.vn aril got him "
"for' a. year.. 'you: could; always tell He did lac. know it was part of the
when -something -was going on be payoff. money planted b f the FBI in
causeyou would see the reporters out frgmnaaerbyyc - slatng rink of eg an investigation of an espionage
interviewing on the street, One ward and remembered an incident And it was only after g$-year-old
woman recalled. Moores arrest, when he svgs ti~
So it
*as that last night. as tha re earlier in the afternoon: =extensive! b FBI a 9 ?zzed
told I
y He had' been on his way to the rink him he m! ht b a key wit ess that
spoge from Christmas shopping and v,h en he . pas
he I
sed?i front of Moore's
spatted the-.: Yelevisio-- . crews. *. and ' houseand 'spotted.a-"reddish-green thingzmportant have can`:air:ed so ne-
trucks in. frog; of the two