GHANA LOVE TRIANGLE CIA 'SPY' CHARGE IRKS HARLEM UNIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01315R000400260047-2
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 5, 2004
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: July 20, 1985
• Content Type: NSPR

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By J. ZAMGBA BROWNE involvement of U.S. Central lilt Bence she also said she provided information
Amsterdam News Staff Agency in the West African country of about CIA communications and radio
A Harlem group is mobilizing national Ghana," said Brath. equipment as well as an intelligence
support in defense of a Black woman He added that CIA activities in Ghana report on military equipment, which a
and a Ghanaian who were arrested it is nothing new. "It dates back to Feb. Ghanaian group had requested from Lib-
Virginia last week and charged with es. 24, 1966 when the Agency engineered Yen Strongman Col. Muammar al Qad-
pionage. the overthrow of the legitimate govern- hafi.
In announcing its support of Sharon ment of Dr. Kwame N'Krumah," Brath Meanwhile, Ghana's military govern-
Scranage and Michael A. Soussoudis, a explained. merit on Tuesday protested in the
spokesman for the Patrice Lumumba
Coalition posed the question: Should an According to Brath, the CIA did not strongest terms through its U.N. Mis-
African, born either on the Continent or appreicate Dr. N'Krumah's constant at- sion here the arrest of Soussoudis. It
in the U.S. be accused by Uncle Sam of tacks against U.S. imperialism on the said it will hold the U.S. responsible for
spying for Africa? African Continent and devised a plan to his safety.
Elombe Brath, a spokesman for the topple him, using an Afro- American to "We hope that both Ms. Scranage and
Coaltion said the answer should be a do the dirty job. Soussoudis will be accorded due process
resounding no. He also put forth the fol- Franklin H Williams, former U.S. am- of the law to ensure that the full truth
lowing hypothetical question: bassador to Ghana who is now president comes out, bearing in mind that the
"If an African were to discover a of Phelps-Stokes Foundation is iden- means exist for subverting by fabricat-
highly sensitive document which reveals tified as the CIA hatchman in "Dark ing evidence," the government noted in
that the U.S. is about to drop an atomic Days In Ghana," a book written by Dr. a statement released to the Amsterdam
bomb on the Continent, what should be N'Krumah shortly after he was over- News.
The statement added that reports of
his moral obligation. Should he keep his thrown.
mouth shut or warn his people?" CIA activity in Ghana have come as no
since we
Brath described the charges against Ever since the 1966 military takeover, " se to
the
knew 29-year-old Ms. Scranage and 39-year- Brath said Ghana has not been the surpring of the Agency's involvement in all alo
old Soussoudis as a case where an Afro- same. "In addition to losing its interna- dissident activities in the country aimed
American and an African stumbled upon tional prestige," he continued, "the at destablizing our revolutionary
information revealing CIA activities country has been on the decline econom- cause."
that were detrimental to Ghana and ically and is currently plagued by inter.
they turned the record over to Ghanaian nal strife." "Our government considers the con-
authorities in Accra. firmation of a CIA presence and CIA ac-
Ms. Scranage, who worked as a clerk tivities in Ghana as a flagrant inter-
"This is not an espionage case, but for the CIA in Ghana, was accused of ference in the internal affairs of the
rather a situation where Ms. tem t ge passing classified information to Sous- country."
and Soussoudis were tyring to stem the soudis, a cousin of the country's military
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relations between the U.S. and Ghana,
According to published reports, Ms. the statement adds that Ghana should
Scranage told the FBI that she provided be assisted in addressing its crucial
Soussoudis who is her lover with iden- problems of development.
tity.of CIA personnel in Ghana as well
as operational plans for the country's
classified cable traffic.
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