SEVEN ON CYPRUS SECRETS CHARGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96B01172R000300020044-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 44
• Publication Date: April 14, 1984
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For Rele- 7,2 00300020044-0
'Seven "on
Cyprus '
secrets
charges
Seven young Brityyish servi~te7ts
ncnstodyat a4BowemSt e'et '
magistrates'cotirt, on chiirge';'
under, the Official,Secrela Af('.?i
't'hey' bad', been 16,n11 from
Cyprny~wh'ere'they acre based;'
,Six of.rhe .menwern s
of ,communicating: information
useful; lo, an,n'=Y. .. The
seventh faced a lfailing, to take rnasoppabio? care
of clasyifled information, :.,
- theseven, alldm their early
or mid-twenties, are members,
of 9 Signal Reglmeat, a joint
service, organization, based at..
the 'Akrotirl-Episkopi., British it
military-complex in south-n est,r.
Cyprus. , J..,..
Yesterday's Ion m ;nut' court
hearing,Iuikaeed a, lwu-Inonllt
imes1lgatfots by+British intellit
Bence officers. into possible
security, 1e"tks 1mon~. s~evice-
men 'on the htedlterragcnn
island.
..Whitt rCfp~ipg t4 tuayuieatp
on the allnegations yesterday, mt
the groud that they' were a
,,,alter for the
a'
istry 'cours
Min of Defence spokes
man said' that 'a - thorough'
investigation into the alleged'
breaches or security was cun-
Iinuing.it was tern early to say
whal action, if any. would be
recommended.
The British' bases in 'C>pros,
which ere, manned .by' more
than 4,0,00 servicemen, mainly'
Army. personnel, pare' of cun-
siderable strategic significance.
The'communicutions centre at
Akroliri and . Episkopi is
iespunsible for gathpriag much
of; the diplomatic dad.military,
inteitigence available in Turkey
and the Middle East. -
The 'seven see,icemen' who
Iwo remanded in the custody
of the, police until next Thor.
day were: Senior Aircraftsman
Ceuirey Jones; nged20; SAC
Adam - Lightoojer, aged If;
SAC' Wayne Krichq, 20;. SAC
Christopher' Payne,' 24; SAC"
Gwynfer Uwen, 21; Signalmar?IJ
iljartin 'attY." 22 turd $ignal-
maii yytd,yIardman, 2'ty.`Only'
ope! r jchtb.l@ "''iCtiebn,'
Pay;n r ptf me? eocb"'.'
-lli Sfitr Sec t run'' i (1)"(c) "'
af?t Official"$ecects;'"Act
1911 that between November
-1983,aand Febraary7;1984; fnr-
a,.yar ,??prejudicial to.lime
saf eateresls. if iha ata'te,
they' 'ijt, Icntet~to anpthers
perWn; In km,,' hich Cwds
cslcalstW tp be,, or?.might 4av.;!
beets ..gtm .was intended
dirn4p7 or indirectly q;eful.to.
an enemy" ,. cr, : w
Tn(f teen aimilar. ttbar
seder h0 same'aectipp.of;th6
Ae but referring!:lo 'a':d y
b'etwten January: 9;.'y]984'arf
Fabrpary 7, 1984,. ,. '
t:llardman ? l$ charged. under
Section 2(l) (c) of the Official
Seeretact that between'Juiy I.
1982, and August 24,1982,Jq-
? failed to take reasonobie cares
d, or so conducted himself, ps-'i
to, .endanger the safety'.", sort
clasalfiad information under his
charge. *..l
Approved For Release 2005/08/03 : CIA-RDP96B01172R000300020044-0