A TEXAS FIRM ACCUSED OF RECRUITING SPANISH-SPEAKING MILITARY VETERANS FOR CIA ACTIVITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA DENIED THE ALLEGATION.

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LEVEL I - 34 OF 45 STORIES
Proprietary to the United Press International 1986
October 8, 1986, Wednesday, AM cycle
PAGE 76
SECTION: Regional News
DISTRIBUTION: Texas
LENGTH: 621 words
DATELINE: SAN ANTONIO
KEYWORD: Gonzalez
BODY:
A Texas firm accused of recruiting Spanish-speaking military veterans for
CIA activities in Central America denied the allegation.
''We're not recruiting for the CIA. We're not recruiting for anybody,''
said Alvin Ornstein, deputy chancellor for American Educational Complex, an
education service based in Killeen, Texas, under contract to the Defense
Department.
Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, D-Texas, at a news conference in Washington Tuesday
made the allegation of CIA involvement, at the same time reiterating his
earlier claim of CIA involvement with operations at Kelly Air Force Base in
San Antonio.
The statements by the veteran congressman from San Antonio prompted a protest
Wednesday outside the gate of the San Antonio air base by 10 members of a group
called Chicanos Against Military Intervention in Latin America. They stood
outside the entrance of the base holding up small placards and large banners,
one saying ''U.S. out of Centro America.''
Ornstein said Tuesday his company had placed an advertisement with the Texas
Employment Commission simply as a market survey to determine the availability of
Spanish-speaking men with military experience who would be willing to work as
instructors in Central America.
' You can understand our anticipation of a potential market. We went to the
TEC because they have a better network for getting the word out,'' Ornstein
said.
Ornstein said the company had anticipated a Pentagon need for
Spanish-speakers to serve as instructors in Central America. He said about 300
names and resumes were obtained.
The program was being coordinated by civilian instructors at the Army's III
Corps Training School at Fort Hood, near Killeen.
The instructors are from Central Texas College, one of several American
institutions that are members of an educational consortium called the American
Educational Complex. The American Educational Complex is under Defense
Department contract to provide a variety of educational services to the military
through its member colleges.
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The advertisement, offering $25,000 a year tax-free plus expenses, appeared
in employment commission offices statewide. Commission officials in San Antonio
said they received a notice Monday to end the program.
Gonzalez, without mentioning the organization, had said the CIA was using
the Texas Employment Commission to recruit mercenaries to go to Central America.
Gonzalez also reiterated his charges Tuesday that a civilian cargo plane that
crashed Saturday shortly after takeoff at Kelly Air Force Base, killing all
three crew members aboard, was connected to the CIA.
Gonzalez had charged Monday in Washington that the plane was on a covert
mission to supply explosives to rebels in Nicaragua -- an allegation called
''totally false'' by the Florida company that operated the plane.
Gonzalez Tuesday sent a letter to Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger asking
for additional information about the plane's mission, and whether it was ever
owned by the Defense Department.
The plane that crashed, a civilian version of the military's C-130 Hercules,
was operated by by Southern Air Transport, a Miami-based airlines. The plane was
en route to Robins Air Force Base in Georgia.
The air base routinely contracts with private firms such as Southern Air
Transport to ferry cargo from one base to another.
Air Force officials had said the plane contained small explosive devices used
in pilot ejection seats and an unknown amount of ''classified equipment.'' Kelly
spokesman Frank Weatherly said Tuesday the classified material consisted of
''small pieces of electronic gear.''
The cause of the crash is unknown, and an investigation by the National
Transportation Safety Board is under way.
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Congressman links job toCIA
By JOHN MacCORMACK
Staff writer
SAN ANTONIO - The job order ap-
peared in mid-August on computer
screens at Texas Employment Commis-
sion centers throughout the state. Wanted,
Spanish-speaking veterans with instruc-
tional skills interested in making $25,000-
a-year while living in Central or South
America. Room and board free.
The job description went on to describe
the duties imrolved: radio communica-
tions, small arms weapon procurement,
field medical, wheel vehicle maintenance,
physical security, aircraft maintenance,
clerical. Academic environment. Must
pass security clearance.
To unemployed Hispanic veterans, it
must have glittered among the dull stones,
of help wanteds for janitors, cook's helpers
and day laborers at minimum wage. Ac-
cording to commission records, 367 people
asked for the referral.
However, to U.S. Rep. Henry Gonzale
D-San =1 the job prospect doesn
look so To hiit looks like a ba
trip for the home boys to El Salvador ar.
Nicaragua, compliments of the CIA.
"Now $25,000 might be attractive
some of these young guys, some of thee
young Rambos in San Antonio. But it's gc
ing to end in misery and I think the
ought to know who's getting them," Gor
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uA CIA cmda1 Miidd the 46m7.
has nothlns '10 do with the com-
mission notice.
"we don't kaow who that ads
owned is far but it is not for ft
(J , we don't have anythint to do
with that," said CIA spoker*vman
Sharon Foster.
It would be helpful if the con-
gressman would check his facts be-'
fore he made these public an-
nouncements," she added.
The company that placed the
commission job order, American
Educational Complex, likewise der
nies association with the agency.
"It's just not true. We do not pro-
vide personnel or services to p the
CIA," said Al Ornstein, deputy
chancellor of American Education-
al Complex, headquartered near
Fort Hood in Killeen.
"I have never been contacted by
any representative of the CIA for
any service in Latin and Central
America. Ever. I have no relation-
ship with them," he said.
Ornstein said American Educa-
tional Complex, founded 20 years
ago, provides a wide range
in-
structional services by
all branches of the military at ap-
proximately 300 bases around the
world. He said his anticipation of
an increased need for Spanish-
speaking instructors led him to
place the job order with the em-
ployment commission.
k "Obviously I anticipated a larger
U.S. military presence in the Carib-
bean, Central America and South
America. I wanted to be prepared
in the event there was a request for
services. It's just a good marketing
strategy to have your people lined
y:st up, to be able to respond quickly,"
A+ he said.
'" But it turns out that there aren't
`c going to be any jobs with Amen.
'n can Educational Complex in Cen-
d tral or South America after all.
:r Ornstein says he misread the tea
ae leaves on the U.S. military buildup
41e in the area.
scat The names of those who in-
NI m- quired about being instructors Will
,ogn be kept on file in case anything re -
6 quiring their specific skills devel-
Pre?s ops, Ornstein said.
fuj a "We didn't try to deceive the
?at TEC," he said, "And we are very We
i, up-front with the applicants.
tell them we do not have a contract
and there is no specific job."
Liav In Gonzalez's home port, at least,
the response wasn't that great In- way, according to Art Underwood,
the employment commission rep-
,ic resentatiVe in San Antonio who
handled inquiries.
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de'wes
recruiting
for-CIA
?y JIM MICHAEL:
and JAVIER RODRIQUEZ
Staff writers
A military education contractor has
denied charges by U.S. Rep. Henry B.
Gonzalez that the firm
military
veterans for
Spanish-speaking g
CIA activities in Central America.
Also Tuesday. Gonzalez broadened
his attack on what he claimed was clan-
destine CIA involvement with opera-
tions at Kelly Air Force Base-
Gonzalez sent letters to Secretary of
Defense Caspar Weinberger and two
making Congress*nen..asking.for tional co information cashie mission
crashed Saturday
the e go -plane
at Kelly and about two Honduran gov-
ernment jets that burned during the
crash in a nearby hangar.
Responding to Gonzalez's charge that
his company was recruiting for the
CIA, an official with the American Edu-
cational Complex. a Killeen-based edu-
cation service under contract to the De-
fense Department. said his company
had placed an ad with the Texas Em-
ployment Commission because it antici-
pated a Pentagon need for Spanish-
speakers to serve as instructors in
Central America.
The advertisement. offering $25,000
a year tax-free plus expenses, ran state-
wide in the employment commission's
offices. It was unclear Tuesday wheth-
er the ad began circulating in August or
September.
The company's deputy chancellor,
Alvin Ornstein, Tuesday said the firm
does not have a contract with the Penta-
gon for such instructors nor does it ex-
pect to receive one in the wake of Gon-
zalez's accusations that the firm was
recruiting for the CIA.
"We're not recruiting for the CIA,"
Ornstein said. "We're not recruiting for
anybody."
He said the congressman "was
misinformed.".
Ornstein said his company's ad with
the Texas Employment Commission
simply was a market s::r.cy to deter-
mine the availability of Spanish-speak-
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CIA: Link denied
clAmom ?1
lug men with mill-
tary experience who would want to
work as Instructors In Central
America. They would be on "unac-
companied tours."
"You can understand our antici-
pation of a potential market," he
said. "We went to the TEC because
they have a better network for get-
ting the word out."
The program was being coordi-
nated by civilian instructors at the
Army's III Corps Training School at
Fort Hood. near Killeen.
The instructors are from Central
Texas College, one of several Amer-
ican Institutions that are members
of an educational consortium called
the American Educational
Complex.
The American Educational Com-
plex is under Defense Department
-contract to provide a variety of
'''educational" services to the mili-
tary through its member colleges.
Gonzalez. without mentioning
the organization. said .the CIA was
using the employment commission
to recruit mercenaries to go to Cen-
tral America.
The TEC was asked to find Span-
ish-speaking men with military ex-
perience who would instruct in ra-
dio communications, small arms,
weapons procurement, field medi-
cal care and vehicle maintenance.
An employment commission
-memo dated Aug. 18 stated the indi-
viduals would be on one-year tours
without their dependents, if they
were married. Housing and food
would be furnished. and applicants
.must pats a security clearance.
Ornstein said the market test be-
gan in the summer. but TEC offi-
cials In San Antonio said they only
received a request for recruitment
assistance Sept. 22.
Monday. commission officials
said they received a memo to end
the program.
Ornstein said officials with the
educational complex obtained
about 300 names and resumes.
Gonzalez made the- charges of
CIA involvement at a Washington
news conference Tuesday. He also
repeated earlier charges that the
plane that crashed at Kelly Air
Force Base, killing all three crew
members. was connected to the
CIA.
"The plane had undoubtedly had
materials being gathered for even-
tual use in Central America." Gon-
zalez said.
The plane that crashed. a civilian
version of the military's C-130 Her-
cules. was leased by Southern Air
Transport .& Miami-based airlines
that was owned by the CIA be-
tween 1960 and 1976. Gonzalez
said.
A General Accounting Office
study reported that Southern Air
was supplying aid to the rebels in
Nicaragua, Gonzalez said.
The Air Force would not com-
ment on Gonzalez's charges direct-
ly, but spokesmen have said the
plane was on its way to Robins Air
Force base in Georgia. where an air
logistics center is located.
CASPAR WEINBERGER
Is asked for Information
Kelly spokesman Frank Weath-
erly confirmed Tuesday the plane
was carrying some classified mate-
rial. consisting of "small pieces of
electronic gear."
The National Transportation
Safety Board Is continuing Its inves-
tigation into the cause of the crash.
Gonzalez sent letters to Weinber-
ger, Rep. Wes Aspin. chairman of
the House Armed Services Commit-
tee, and Rep. Lee Hamilton, chair-
man of the House Permanent Select
Committee on Intelligence.
In the letters, Gonzalez asked if
the Defense Department had ever
owned the aircraft that crashed at
Kelly, and if so, when it was sold
and to whom. He'also asked who
was servicing the Honduran jets
and under whose authority.
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~AEC ~Officials Respond:
by DEBRA FOWLER
:Herald Staff Writer
rAmerican Educational Complex officials said Tues-
day afternoon that U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, D-
San Antonio, was "misinformed" when he released a
statement Tuesday morning associating the AEC with
U.S. involvement in Latin America.
.Referring to the AEC, Gonzalez said that "Killeen
Community College" was screening "Spanish-
. speaking Texans" for positions with the Central Intel-
,.ligence Agency for a year's duty in Central America.
gonzalez's statement indicated that he thought the
applicants would work as commandos for the CIA.
AEC officials said this was not true.
According to Al Ornstein, AEC deputy chancellor for
administration, the AEC in early summer "initiated a
'marketing effort to determine the availability of qual-
Ifled instructors in military occupational specialty
:.areas."
The AEC asked the Texas Employment Commission
to help it find 1,000 Spanish-speaking instructors, who
also. were military veterans, according to Mike Bart-
lett, director of Killeen's TEC office.
' The instructors were to be recruited for yearlong
tours in Central and South America, where they would
teach classes in weapons, communications, medicine,
security and aircraft maintenance.
The AEC was hoping to obtain a government con-
'tract to employ the instructors at salaries ranging
from $18,000 to $25,000.
? ' The contract did not materialize, and on Oct. 3, the
TEC was asked to halt its recruiting efforts. At that
point, the TEC had taken applications from 366
veterans.
"None of the jobs were combat-type military occu-
tormed'
isin
advisers," Bartlett said. "I'm more interested in put-
ting 1,000 veterans to work.
Bartlett said he was disappointed to learn that the
AEC didn't have jobs for the veterans he was asked to
recruit.
In a written statement released to the Killeen Daily
Herald Tuesday, Ornstein stated, "Marketing prepa-
rations were made in anticipation of a project that
didn't materialize. The Texas Employment Commis-
sion was asked to assist in this effort, and they did
publish information about employment opportunities
with the AEC.
"Unfortunately, TEC personnel were led to believe
that the AEC hada contract already, and this recruit-
ing effort was to meet the requirements of this con-
tract ,,? the statement said.
"The TEC was asked to discontinue its efforts be-
cause the project was closed down. No contract ex-
isted at the time of the recruitment effort and none is
now anticipated," the statement said.
Ornstein said that since the Gramm-Rudman cuts
took place, the Department of Defense has curtailed
some of its contracting activities and has not solicited
the teaching services of.the AEC.
He had said earlier that "if the TEC officials be-
lieved the college was about to win a government con-
tract, it was because overzealous' college employees,
who were instructed to ask the TEC to recruit appli-
cants, believed one would materialize."
Ornstein said he is generally successful in obtaining
contracts; thus, the AEC employees-had confidence in
his efforts.
Ornstein has apologized to the TEC for the mis-
understanding. The applications already taken by the
TEC will be kept on file by the AEC, should a govern-
ment contract become a reality in the future.
we would have had to take a serious look at the reque t. In his statement, Ornstein added that "telephone
We asked them (AEC officials) if the jobs were combat- contact was made with an assistant in Congressman
type MOSs, and they laughed. They said, 'These (jobs) Gonzalez's office in Washington, D.C., who stated that
he would try to get (Gonzalez's earlier) news release
an not for advisers., "It would be a story ifthey were. looking for 1.000 clarified."
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to Contras intrigue
.9u:
By JAVIER ROORIOUEZ
Staff writer
A Central Texas college has been
caught in the intrigue of U.S. involve-
ment in Central American conflicts,
amid growing evidence that it was hir-
ing Spanish-speaking U.S. veterans to
teach weapons and tactics
to foreign military units
- possibly Nicaragua's
Contra rebels.
Officials with the
American Educational
Complex in Killeen near
Fort Hood deny the
charge. But their denials
do not square with infor-
mation they provided the
Texas Employment Com-
mission when they placed
an employment
advertisement.
Questions have been
raised also about the col-
lege officials' claims that
they advertised for the
the school's current policy is to accept'
Pentagon contracts to teach only Amer-
ican soldiers. dependents and civilians
who work for the Department of
Defense.
But that assertion is rebutted by Mar-
tin Aguirre, the Texas Employment
Commission assistant regional director
who set up the recruit-
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needed were
people who
could teach
police people
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veterans on their own, without a work
contract from the government.
The controversy first came to light
last week, when U.S. Rep. Henry B.
Gonzalez publicly charged the school
was attempting to recruit "Chicano"
veterans for covert CIA operations in
Central America, such as teaching the
Contras.
College officials told The Light that
meat program after dis-
cussions with the col-
lege's officials.
Aguirre said he was
told on Sept. 9 that the
school would hire Ameri-
can veterans to translate
technical manuals into
Spanish and teach small
arms maintenance, radio
communication and other
fields.
"My understanding
was that they would be
teaching foreign military
(units),". Aguirre said Fri-
day in a telephone conver-
sation from his Austin
office.
Records obtained by The Light show
that 32 San Antonio area veterans, al-
most all of them Hispanic, were re-
ferred to the school by local TEC of-
fices. Resumes and military DD214
forms, which outline an individual's
military records, were forwarded to
school officials.
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Texas school linked
to "Contras intrigue
By JAVIER RODRIOUEZ
Staff writer
A Central Texas college has been
caught in the intrigue of U.S. involve.
ment in Central American conflicts,
amid growing evidence that it was hir-
ing Spanish-speaking U.S. veterans to
teach weapons and tactics
to foreign military units AA
- possibly Nicaragua's
Contra rebels.
Officials with the
American Educational
Complex in Killeen near
Fort Hood deny the
charge. But their denials
do not square with infor.
mation they provided the
Texas Employment Com-
mission when they placed
an employment
advertisement.
Questions have been
raised also about the col.
lege officials' claims that
they advertised for the
veterans on their own, without a work
contract from the government.
The controversy first came to light
last week, when U.S. Rep. Henry B.
Gonzalez publicly charged the school
was attempting to recruit "Chicano"
veterans for covert CIA operations in
Central America, such as teaching the
Contras.
College officials told The Light that
the school's current policy is to accept
Pentagonrcontracts to teach only Amer-
ican soldiers, dependents and civilians
who work for the Department of
Defense.
But that assertion is rebutted by Mar-
tin Aguirre, the Texas Employment
Commission assistant regional director
What they
needed were
people who
could teach
police people
SOURCE
On school hirings
who set up the recruit.
ment program after dis-
cussions with the col-
lege's officials.
Aguirre said he was
told on Sept. 9 that the
school would hire Ameri-
can veterans to-translate
technical manuals into
Spanish and teach small
arms maintenance, radio
communication and other
fields.
"My understanding
was that they would be
teaching foreign military
nn (units)," Aguirre said Fri
day in a tele hone
p o
office.
nver-
sation from his Austin
Records obtained by The Light show
that 32 San Antonio area veterans, al-
most all of them Hispanic, were re-
ferred to the school by local TEC of-
fices. Resumes and military DD214
forms, which outline an individual's
military records, were forwarded to
school officials.
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