DESPITE END OF COLD WAR CIA CHIEF SAYS KGB STILL VERY ACTIVE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-01448R000401660056-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2012
• Sequence Number: 56
• Publication Date: May 22, 1991
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DESPITE END OF COLD WAR CIA CEIIEF SAYS KGB STILL VERY ACTIVE
WASHINGTON, May 22, Reuter - Despite the end of the Cold
war, the KGB has increased its foreign operations and is among
the most aggressive intelligence agencies in trying to secure
U.S. secrets, outgoing CIA Director William Webster said on
Wednesday.
Webster, in remarks prepared for delivery to the Amherst
Association of New York, also said General Norman Schwarzkopf
recently lauded U.S. intelligence efforts in the Gulf War,
saying the conflict was the most informed war ever fought.
'Today there are myriad intelligence organisations
interested in acquiring our most sensitive military and
industrial secrets and diverting our embargoed technology. And
the KGB remains among the most agressive of then, '' he said.
"With the end of the Cold war and the rise of increasing
competition, there is evidence that KGB foreign operations have
increased and have became more sophisticated,'' Webster said of
the Soviet intelligence apparatus.
He provided no specifics.
The address was Webster's first since speech since he
announced earlier this month that he planned to retire after
four years as chief of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
U.S. President George Bush has nominated Robert Gates, a
long-time CIA official who is now deputy national security
adviser, to replace Webster. The Senate must approve the
nanination.
Although U.S. intelligence has been criticised for not
providing enough advance warning of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait,
lauded
Webster lauded its effort during the war against Baghdad.
human and technical collection were able to provide
(U.S. camlanders) with the most detailed and precise
order-of-battle information any American carmander has every
enjoyed,'' he said.
% In fact, when I was in Saudi Arabia recently General
Scwarzkopf told me, 'The Gulf War was the most informed war ever
fought. '' '
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