TRUST NO ONE, DIA COUNSELS ROOKIE ATTACHE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000100150106-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 106
• Publication Date: April 16, 1982
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARED
ON PAGE "*" 16. WASHINGTON POST
16 April 1982
"Trust No One,
DIA Counsels
?
Rookie Attache
If you should ever be invited to an
embassy party overseas, look for a
clean-cut Jack Armstrong type fur-
tively peering behind the potted
palms and philodendrons'. That will
be an American military attache,
checking for spies., ,
Each year the = Defense Intelli-
gence Agency's school in northern
Virginia gives 100 future military at-
taches a rigorous training course in
intelligence techniques, A training
,manual issued to the recruits warns
them. to be on guard against the
agents of darkness who lurk in dip-
lomatic circles. .
"You soon will be meeting officers
.and agents of the KGB and GRU!"
the manual starts off, referring to
the dread Soviet secret police agen-
cies. "Depending on your area of as-
signment, you may also meet people
from the HVA, STB, CSS, SB, RO,
AVH, HSR and the DGI"?the spy
agencies of . Cuba,. Czechoslovakia'
and other Soviet satrapies.'
Dizzied by this,alphabetical bar-
rage, the future 'attache is then
warned that anyone may turn out to
be an agent of the Kremlin.:
"You will chat with these people,
shake hands with them at recep-
tions, be their guest at cocktails, host
them at dinners, and join them at -
the theater. You will give them or-
ders as they drive your car or taxi, as
they mix your drinks or as they pre-
pare'your lunch or shineyour shoes.-
, "They will give you language les-
sons; help you with your travel res-
ervations, cut your hair and repair
your, plumbing .... They will:- be
wearing tuxedos, military uniforms,
overalls, bikinis, golf shoes and blue
jeans."
This protean proletarian army is
not to be trusted, though. Their goal
is to "induce in you a sense of well-
being, relaxation and' carelessness,"
the fledgling attaches are warned.
"The above is not intended to con-
vince you that there is a Communist
agent behind every bush, although
they are behind an undetermined
but significant percentage of the
bushes," the manual continues, "and
the percentage is extremely high on
those bushes located on or near the
diplopia* circuit."
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