BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS

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• Publication Date: September 26, 1985
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former Soviet bloc intelligence._?
?` officer. said yesterday he believes.-
the Soviet Union is preparing fora_
.
massive "disinformation" campaign
to discredit,the United States if the'-
Soviet Soviet Union fails to get the
agreement it wants at the November
summit meeting.
Ladislav Bittman,_a Czech intel-
ligence specialist who. defected
immediatelyafter ?the 1968 invasion
of Czechoslovakia, believes the Sovi-
ets preparing rto. blame the
eyYwant at;~the.meeting
ontmu-
_t rsi -1 y
name was a spe-
action w:inr,uence ana--unaermine-.;.-
Western societies .or individuals.. ._-.
available information, factsand doc
'ately `after; the summit 'for _a
disinformation campaign, to-prove
that.the United; States is.responsiblew
for :the.' failure 'of. the summit ^ .Mr ,
"But~regard1e ofYiii outcome,
campatgn;'_ Mr Bitfft n-said. "That
means that immediately after the
summit they willbeready to orches-
trate a "worldwide. campaign, pri-
marily in the United States and
Western Europe, to 'show that Amer-
icans were responsible for it and that
Reagan himself is the primary vil-
lain:'
The Soviets try to_ manipulate
Western media by planting false and
misleadinguinfortnafton ;through '
W.YI~IG.
covert ~actaot
around the world in concert with.
n afire 4't3 t ~fftCial'pr~pa~g nde..-
emu.. ~~re ~s cngagea i.. a cam aihe
in promote a positive image; of the,
Soviet proposals and poltcies,y.he
said
"Thus is 'also, .the time of: great
of . al flange 'A hen ine KGB has
to be' very sensitive because any
major intelligence 'disaster the
"defection or arrest of a mayor agent,
or the.exposure o an active measure
_ could damagethre;=image of-:the, _
directing a.team of disinformation '
specialists, whop held freewheeling
discussions;s}n~ttiar to `those rf
Madison Avenueta`dvertising agents,
that led todisinformation proposals
"It was public ,relations in 11 reverse, ,1VIr Bittman said.
gence career in1968 after being
debriefed by ,U.S. intelligence ser-:
vices, Mr. Bittmansaid he continues
to recognize Soviet disinformation programs in the U.S. press.
Mr. Bittman defended the U.S.
press for its critical`judg'ment but
added: "As a former specialist, I
would say there are a number of
journalists in the American media
that were recruited by the Soviets
who work either: -for;. 'various
prominent newspapers or for
broadcast news,media?;,Mr- Bittman
-Agents
in--
that= will damage' US foreign policy'
figure. he said: 7>3 ,
He said the: Soviets lotiv' forger-.
ies" and used hundreds of forged
documents againstthe West during
the 1960s and early: 1970s:-In the
mid-1970s, reports of ? forgeries:
declined becaus.e.::during,rthe
Watergate scandal forgeries. prob
ably were, considered counterpro-
ductive, he said
Soviets have 'stepped uptheir: use.. of
One example-of a7KGB'forgery
s; justi'
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;Senior K. G.B. Man Said to Defect
And Give Spying Data to the West
27 Sap gS By STEPHEN ENGELBtItt.
sl'" "'I u: The `- Vo: k
''ASHINGTON, Sept. 26 - A semoi Central Int? ;IIi i'nc:e Agency as Soviet
rnirnbcriif the K.G.B. has defected and agents. ft ;;ot clear from the ac-
providing Information to the. W,.?a co uu, mrritan ufti: cl,.
espinnagt? .,f??r:iC' _? win?if? .'niv -, ?'e.re cnr`r.,,
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` .!;rtl' 1 iL'l'!k~Iinu. :a1 I flit ;,?i a?ft- llor; of M. Y U!
ve.irs n!,1. h.I,t chenko is tt,. 1atr,t In a series of such
u ieve cal emplo}~e:s,rt episode's that nice rocked intelligenc,?
aKencu s "I the East ;ind West?'nI-
cluding thr defection to the West this
summer of the K.G.B. station chief in
London and the defection to East Ger-
many of the chief West German spy- 1
catcher.
In another of these developments, of-
ficials confirmed today that Sergei
Bokhan. th?. deputy director of Soviet
military inr, ?nr,~ in Athens, had it-
fented ti. in May and has pr,,.
vided Infer; about the penetr.
rit,tlof :i.'., r.rnment hi ~rtt'I,.:
:ikcni<
l.'! tw Ide:.-
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4!DAY, SE,1-TEMBER 27, 1985
Senior X. G.
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Man Said to Defect and Give Data
been a spy for the Eastern bloc for a around the world. Some of them have
number of years., already returned to the Soviet
One of the most scr nets ut these, uffi- I Union.Others will prnhably be going en
cials say, was the defection in August i home leave soon."
of Hans Joarhirn l iedge. a top Counter- lie added that American analysts be-
I United States. where he is being ques-
'tioned by C I.A officials.
If his (-harm's are borne out by fur-
er invcstwaliun, they may confirm
u, lonfaiin uspiciuns of suer. intelli-
rc? that the C.I.A. has been
c'ompromise'd by one or more Amer-
I icons who were secretly working as
Soviet agents.
(;...erne: Lauder. a C.I.A. spokesman,
said he would have no comment on any
defections or on suggestions that dou-
ble agents had been discovered in the
agency.
Described as Rising Figure
Administration officials and senior
intelligence sources described Mr.
Yurchenko as a rising figure in the
K.G.B.
An intelligence source said the defec-
tions are expected to harm Soviet spy
networks in Furope arid elsewhere. He
said American intelligence analysts
exfx ct the Russians to begin withdraw-
: aril I;i: r r:cr,it~trs of agents on the as-
: u t ti !;. !ti. e have- txt?n cnrnpro- 1 aile!r. S .e?ral of!:(i td?,
sun .
ha t he had ended a profit able caner in
the erne i.rls said that as a result of the service of the West snit of fears that
l;.: a,.,r:'>' uiturmcitiun the United lie war, aiNiui to be caught.
States has eleluved its planned sale of 1 Officials said that Mr. Yurchenko.
!F-lb tighter its to Greece. Officials who had been stationed in Italy. was a
Said the arrests last week in Athens of
three men in the Greek armed forces
on charges of spying for the Soviet
Union also arose after Mr. Bokhan was
questioned.
In West Germany, the government of
Chancellorau'Helmut Kohl has been
shaken by a: series of high-level defers
tions... _..::
Since the beginning of August, a sen-
ior West German counterintelligence
officer, two secretaries and an army
messenger have vanished from West
inrelligencc officer in charge of ('ach-
ing East German spies. A sixikesnean
for the West German Interior Ministry
said that he left three days after a se-
curity check into his background had
been ordered.
The spokesman said that the suspi-
cions had been raised because he drank
heavily and led a disorderly life, not be-
cause he was thought to be an East
German agent.
Kohl Secretary Vanishes
more senior member of the Soviet
K.G.B. than Mr. Gordiyevsky.
"He was' very high up and ascend-
ing," said one intelligence source.
Soviet Agents `Fingered'
Several officials speculated that Mr.
Yurchenko's defection had prompted
the defections of the agents in West
Germany. Another senior intelligence
source cautioned that the recent spate
of espionage episodes may be coinci-
dental, rather than direcily connected.,
Concerning the latest reported defec-
heve the defections have caused confu.
siun in the Russians' intelligence plan-
ning. "They have no idea how much
has been given away," he said. "They
can't be sure who he has fingered. It
has gut to be causing, real problems for
them."
It is not clear whether the series of
espionage revelations has any copnec-
tion with the summit meeting between
President Reagan and Mikhail S. Gor-
bachev, the Soviet leader, scheduled
for Nov. 19-20 in Geneva. One Adminis-
tration official said that Mr. Reagan
had been briefed on the Yurchenko de-
fection and its implications.
Mr. Lauder, the C.I.A. spokesman,
said that the agency traditionally does
not comment on defections and that he
would not answer questions about Mr.
Yurchenko's whereabouts or the infor-
mation he might have provided.
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Three weeks later, it was disclosed
that a secretary in Chancellor Kohl's
office had defected with her husband.
The secretary, Herta-Astrid Willner,
and her husband, Herbert Adolf Will-
ner, disappeared while on vacation in
Spain.
Also this summer, Oleg A. Gordiycv-
sky, a K.G.B. official who officials say
had a loge career ;o, a ,Inch{,, age:rt.
dr'(en_IE.:1 tr. lair- West hip )nes, in
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Soviet spokesman would not
reveal details. Neither would
Secretary Shultz. But Shultz
spoke approvingly of its
.presentation.
SECRETARY SHULTZ: It is
something that comes forward.
It's different from what they
have been saying. Combined
with what we have on the table,
we hope that can lead to a
process of genuine negotia-
tions. So we welcome that.
DONALDSON: Details of the
plan aside, Shultz stressed
that the U. S. intended to go
ahead with star wars research
and testing. And after seeing
Shevardnadze off after lunch,
President Reagan made the same
point. But he also said the
meeting had been worthwhile.
PRESIDENT REAGAN: Ther;e's
always progress when you're
talking to each other, and we
were talking to each other.
DONALDSON: U. S. officials
are p-leased that after weeks of
public relations' pos'turi'ng,'
the Soviets have actually put
something new on the table.
But they're also wary. The
fine print could render all of
this meaningless. And then
there's star wars. As long as
both sides stick to their
public positions, there can be
no deal.
Sam Donaldson, ABC News, the
White House.
JENNINGS': As an indication
of how well things apparently
have gone today,-..after the.
meeting Secretary Shultz
invited Foreign Minister
Shevardnadze back to -his house
to. attend a private barbecue.
Mr. Shevardnadze accepted.
KGB Defection
JENNINGS: Last night we
reported that a top Soviet KGB
official had defected to the-
West and was being questioned
by American agents. Now. as
ABC's John Scali reports, it
appears he has been talking
about possible Soviet penetra-
tion of the CIA.
JOHN SCALI: Amidst a flood
of sensational rumors, it was
disclosed today that a former
CIA official has been named by
a Soviet defector as a possible
Soviet mole who supplied Moscow
with secret information,.. Th.e
new accusation about possible
penetration of the CIA comes
from Vitaliy Urchenko, the
high-ranking Soviet KGB
defector who is now being
questioned by CIA experts.
Authorities familiar with
what he has said so far say the
American that he has named is
relatively low level in rank.
His present whereabouts are
unknown.
This ' information became
known only a few . hours after
the Justice Department and the
CIA stoutly denied that any
present CIA employee has been
identified as a Soviet agent.
The , ranking- Democrat on the
Senate Intelligence Committee,
Patrick Leahy, immediately
backed up the CIA's denial.
SENATOR PATRICK LEAHY:
Well, the CIA says that there
are no present employees
fingered by this person as KGB
agents, and I know of no reason
to disbelieve that.
SCALI:. Leahy, who has been
given detailed, briefings by the
CIA, emphasized the importance
of Urchenko's defection to the
West.
SENATOR LEAHY: -It's caused
real - body ~bl'oiVt_o -the -KGB
They must be...-in sheer panic
over there in Moscow. They
don't-know. how much further it
.might- gol
SCA LI._ Some top U.. S.
offic-ials_:believe that Soviet `-
leader Gorbachev soon will tie'-
personal charge of repair'in'g
the damage, probably by
ordering a top-to-bottom
shake-up of-; the. KGB leade-rship'. >.
John Sceli, ABC New S:'
1 Monday, September 30, 198
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