EX-CIA AGENT ADVOCATES NUCLEAR FREEZE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00806R000200880015-7
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2010
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: March 9, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Nuclear Freeze
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State secrets and horror stories of
Centr? ' Agency atroci-
t-es spilled from John ocKwell's
lips for more than an hour Friday
night.
Stockwell, a former CIA agent
who wrote a book about his 14 years
as a spy, addressed an audience of
100 at Phillips University.
Although the book, "The Secret
Wars of the CIA," was published in
1977, Stockwell told the crowd all
royalties were taken by the CIA.
Stockwell talked about three
areas - his experiences as a CIA
man (both as a station chief and the
agency's representative on the top-
secret National Security Council),
his involvement in the national nu-
John Stockwell,
former CIA
agent.
clear freeze movement and his ex-
periences after leaving the organi-
zation.
When Stockwell spoke of atroci-
ties he had witnessed, wars he had
helped create, it was in a low, une-
motional voice - like a professor
instructing his -students.
The slant of Stockwell's speech,
was decidedly anti-CIA, pro-nucle-
ar freeze. He quoted statistics, for backed by two and sometimes three
which he cited at least two refer- published sources, that the L.S. fin-
ences. He explained to the crowd per on the nuclear button is
the CIA's motive in covert, or se- shakN.
charming, charismatic
cret, wars across the globe.
He said the organization covertly President Reagan that everyone
influenced free elections in places loves so much, I submit this man
as diverse as Jamaica, Angola, the has a defective mind...he has an Ar-
Congo, Italy, Chile and Brazil. mageddon fixation, Stockwell
Then, he launched into a low-Key
indictment of his former employer,
painting word-pictures of atrocities
that disturbed, yet fascinated, his
audience.
He explained the meaning of cov-
ert action: "The technique used to
make this happen is raw terorism.
There is no other word for it."
In' Nicaragua, he said, the CIA
has blown up granaries, ships in
port, disrupted elections and ter-
rorized legally elected officials.
"It's deliberate intention is to cre-
ate an atmosphere of terror,"
Stockwell said.
It wasn't until the end of Stock-
well's speech that he made a plea
fora nuclear freeze. In between, the
In addition, he said, in the past 18
months, there have been 152 mal-
functions in U.S. missile systems,
any one of which could trigger a
nuclear exchange.
In closing, Stockwell said there is
hope, and urged the group to get
involved in the nuclear freeze
movement.
"Do one thing everyday," he
said. "And there is hopc.."
Stockwell i5 a professional lectur-
er and was brought to Phillips by
three groups - the Enid Peace and
Justice Center, the Gantz Center
and Phillipians Peace Fellowship.
audience was treated to a few
Stockwell predictions, one of which
clearly moved the audience.
Based on what he called the
"cycle of war" in the 'U.S., Stock-
well said he would be surprised if
this country were not at war in Cen-
tral America by next April.
But Stockwell seemed at his most
forthright when talking about the
nuclear freeze. He cited examples,
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