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• Publication Date: March 29, 1973
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James Walter 1M7cCord Jr.
WASHINGTON, March 28
-Ever since the police ar-
rested five teen inside the
headquarters of the Demo-
cratic National Committee
headquarters last June, in-
vestigators and the curious
have been asking questions
about them --- particularly
about the chief of the break-
in squad, Janus
Nan Walter McCord
In the Jr. \Vho was
McCord working
News for? was
his role at the
Committee for the Re-elec-
tion of the President? How
much did he know ;shout
who ordered the Watergate
operation? Where did he
come from? .
Only a few of the ques-
tions about the Watergate
affair and aoour the plan
have been a nmvcred. Pre-
sunlably sonic of diem were
ashi?.t] a,,hcn Mc-
Cord testified in i)r ate be-
fore a select Sedate commit-
tee.
McCord was on employe
of the Centrr:l lntcu rice
Agency for more 1; in o
years. Some :,:y he was just
a technician, a Ss ordinate
whose days were consumed
assigning g.uercl , pua,rding
safes and gr'::erally s(, urir..c:
the C.I.A. ,1("cigivirte 11d-
den in the v:aods it :_ang-
ley, Va,
Reputed Security Chief
Others ray lie seas the chief
of ell security for tie agen-
cy."IIe wat3 ti e No. I man
L. I is taco Pec:ut ; , i 'tired
Air )-'era, Colo::rl, < ...ert
Cord by idi_lil
foroier C.LA. iii,cOw-j s\iin
:aid, 'fie.:c is in', t,il,
recat!s P-lr. P;-c!Tif , v.-bn ila.S
just sviitiCll a hob., e 5'-
etC )l'"1111, ]
in 1'-., lii floc son: S.
1 i. ltltroc:o('tst n at
a ri. ctii'g ci :;:?(:0 11 a!i Ili-
l'(Irt'_
t:aiun rll )tl,.; 1,
Worked as F.B.T. Clerk-
Mysterv also shro,irls Mc-
Cord's private life. lie rras
horn soniewhere in -Ieyes-
tltose who ]:now will not say
definitely where or when.
When he was arrested on
Jane 16, 1072, McCord told
lse police he wtis born Oct.
1015. 17" did not give the
place. Later, ]hail records in-
dicated he was horn July 26,
Th,se. data wo:: d make
the baldish McCord, who
has kkeut his sturdy l hysique,
either 4f> or 54 years old.
Reports have, floated
around Washington that he
and his wife. Sarah, are both
graduates of Itavlor Univer-
sity, but officials there say
he never attended the school.
The first concrc to bit of
James Mr-Cord's biography
begins with the Federal 1311-
reau of Investigation, where
he heg;:n as a class: in 1912.
IIe ?l,as still a'clerk when, in
19-16, he left, for what rea-
son has not been dctcrruioed.
In 1945 lie returned to the
Star-au as a Special agent.
Aid for the Handicapped
McCord joined the C.I.A. in
19,i] and is believed to have
played a role in the abortive
flay of Pigs invasion of Cuba
in 1"61. Lttt _ else is I:IOWA
of Its in eitll _' ~ncy.
:ot'c is al)otit
Ccrd's life after h'.s retire-
mcin.t in 1`970.
lie v.cut to his i,sstor, the
\',-alter C. _tnit'1 of the
Rockville Uni:eti 1-:i.tltodi;t
LI-id
stta;d ~sel' :t day P: e!;
s o: :ing, for ti(' CG roil. Mr.
Sii.ith, s':i?:o gelid at-
tr?r..i; 1 church ( r r~.- tit:rd:.v
f(r
f; of
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"They are just a lovely
family, and wonderful neigh-
bors," according to one house-
ww?ife living on the cul-do-_ac
in Rockville r.-here the Mc-
Cords reside in their S33,000
brick home.
Taught at College
The neighbors say the htc-
Cord's son, Michael, is a
junior at the Air Force Acad-
emy and that their other
daughter, Carol Anne, attends
the University of ?,taryland.
McCord taught at nearby
Montgomery College for two
semesters in 1911. '[l-,e course,
"Industrial and Retail Seca
ritv," was described in the
school catalogue is "the his-
torical, philosophical and
legal basis of government and
industrial security programs
in R. den;ocratic society."
McCord now has a new
secret. During the 16 clays
when he was on'i trial he
Spent hours writing, in a
spiral nosei:oo;: in the court
room. \Vhc'n asked se. hat he
was writing, McCord, a pare
garious man, even dr.ring th(,
trial, would smile but would
not answer the question.
..?,J, t'r- ten-
lied (iui.,ltot eJ the a,rnil u.
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CHARLES BA,RTLETT
l' 1 -i
The suburban mausoleum
housing the CIA's unique
collection of intelligence-
gathering talents is an unhap-
py corner of town under its
tough-minded new manage-
ment.
The CIA had not appeared a /
likely candidate . for the
woodshed. The agency
emerged from Vietnam less
scarred than any of the other
participants. It has managed
its ticklish responsibilities in
Laos with admirahle skill and
slowly recouped, through per-
sistent prudence, the standing
that was lost 12 years ago at
the Bay of Pigs.
The force behind the move
to shake up the CIA is Presi-
dent Nixon. While Henry His-
singer has usually seemed
satisfied with the intelligence
he's been f tting, Nixon has
tended to regard the agency
.as a last stand of the old
school tie, a vestige of the
Eastern estahlishnient 1:-.it he
dislikes so inlensciy. It is
probable he has not forgiven
the CIA for creeling; in I 'V,0
the missile-gaap illusion that
worrc>d against his eke don.
Moreover the vast coat of
photographic ir;teliittcnce, the
rich harvest of the satellites'
ranging; eyes, has contributed
to an ul,co!nfortahie swelling
of the intelligence community
budget. It scan is now at about
$15 billion, enough to raise
outside suspicions that secre-
cy may be serving as a cush-
ion to sof tell the fiscal squeeze
that afflicts the rest of gov-
ernment.
The President's chosen in-
strument for the CIA shakeup
is James Schlesinger, a 42-
year-old recruit from acade-
mia who has made his pres-
ence felt in a series of kev
administration jobs. Solid and
self-assured, Schlesinger of-
fers a sharp contrast to the
"band of brothers" style of
leadership with which Allen
Dulles ran the CIA. The new
director did not want the job
but he has moved into it hard.
His conduct suggests his
embrace of a thesis that the
CIA has been functioning in a
cozy, self-protected world
which has grown somewhat
isolated in suburbia and more
remote than it should be from
those who make the policies.
Schlesinger appears lx'nt on
disrupting the traditions that
defer to the intelligence
mores of an earlier era and
deny the new importance of
technology.
He is going after some of
the protective devices. Ile
wants estimators who will lay
their jedgmenis on the line
instcau of hedging so they are
never \ holly right or wholly
wron;r. lie has taken an ax to
the personnel deadwood,
seemi .'iy undcierrred by his
p! cci :eesscrs' fear of provok-
ing discharged e;w 1 oes into
becoi~iin; security risks.
It all adds up to rough treat-
ment of an elite agency and
complaints are stirring at
what some describe as need-
less brutality. Schlesinger is
criticized more for his style
than for what he is doing, but
the bitterness is enlarged by
lingering resentments against
the callous way in which the
President replaced Richard 1/
Helms, the previous director
who had staked a strong
claim to his subordinates'
loyalty.
Schlesinger's track record
in Washington portends that
he knows what he is doing.
There is no graceful way tol
shake up an agency. But he
will need to shift, at some
point, from being the CIA's
shaker to ]king its leader and
he may find he has paid a
price in demoralization, per-
haps in the loss of men he can
ill afford to lose, for his pre-
cipitous manner of taking
command.
If Schlesinger can make the
CIA leaner without causing its
employes to feel they are
being puiushcd, his intrusion
on the rn.,,rb'=.e innusoleum will
be a healthy thing. It is pat-
ently clear that an era of
wary clotenle is not going to
diminish the need for good
intelligence and it is useful to
have a Wise outsider examine
an operation long run by in-
siders.
ITAT
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C.I.A. AIDE TO TELL
OF I. T .T. DEALINGS,
Official to Testify on Chile
in Unusual Arrangement
By EILEEN SHANAHAN
Special to The New York 1 of
WASHINGTON, March 26-
The Central Intelligence Agen-
cy and a special Senate sub-
committee agreed today on an
unusual arrangement whereby
a C.I.A. official will testify to-
morrow about his dealings with
the International Telephone
and Telegraph Corporation in
connection with the political
situation in Chile.
Events at issue occurred in
1970 and 1971, before and im-
mediately after the election of
President , Salvador Allende
Gossens, a Marxist. Testimony
already heard by the Senate
subcommittee on multinational
corporations shows that I.T.T.
officials, including Chairman
Harold S. Geneen had repeated
/ contacts with William V. Proc,
(set . v:iutout. dis-
clnsmc rccnned
"i1 it :! eturit~ and'
hs;' r. t t'. d , utc ly lore it
then the C.I.A.'s director of
clandestine activities in Latin
America.
Company documents appear
to show that Mr. Broc endorsed
the view of the company that)
all possible steps should be l
taken to prevent Mr. Allende's
accession to power-including`
attempts to geaerate a take-
over by the military.
System Used Sparingly
The arrangements made by
the subcommittee, after ex-
tended neotiations with Janes
R. Schlesinger, the new head I
of the C.I.A., %%ill permit thel
publication, after censorship, l
of Mr. )`.roe's testimony before
a closed session of the sub-
connmittee.
This is the sarne system that
was Used last year by the
senate ' r~acd Services Corn-I
nii'.tce ;iir case of Maj. Gen.
John l,. L.cyn ic, who eras de-1
r,~[,t?1 ,~,,;irr; discosures
that c.rdered bu:ui~ nes
rt;i. in that v:cic
c` C.
not .9 . d h.:? his sup. i !ors.
it 1 Iii , etting
1 it Pr._.idcnt~
]as tiuc/sit!r.er the United
State:: c rvnm,ux:c r in Korea.
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It is unusual for any testi-
l.mny of an official of the C.I.A.
to be made public. C.I.A. cffi-
c .Is said the only previous in-
terces they could remember)I
the testimony of Allen W.I
Dulles. then C.I.A. director, he-i
fore the Congressional Joint!
i:conomi": Committee in the.
late nineteen-fifties when he;
expressed alarm that the Sovieti
economy was growing faster
than the American, and the
testimony of Francis Garv
Fowers, the U-2 pilot who was
shot down and captured by the
Russians.
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CIA equivalent of James that time, the Agency was a
Bond's "itL" respectable haven for liberal
Instead, according to Cl," intellectuals. During the Me-
watchers here, he is being pro Carthy era he was investi-
moted to i he U.S. embassy in rated for alleged Communist
London. They regard this as a associations but was cleared.
"kick upstairs." hi Fact, he had never been a
In 1967, it was revealed that Communist synipaihizer. He
)Meyer was in char-an of 120"Isoot] became as ardent for the
ertly funding Encounter ma g-I Cold 'lW,ar as he had been for
azine and other organization! . the United World Federalist
Last stnner, he became the increment.
object of further notoriety ?,Ieyer?', assignment to Lon-
when he asked the I\ew fork don is seen by CIA watchers
publisher ]Ia rper and Row to 1 as a part of the pure which
show the CIA proofs of a book 10 agency is experiencing un?
Wee published, called " Tne der its now director, James
Politics of Heroin in South- Schlesinger, Reports in Wash-
east Asia." The book linked lagoon this week say that the
the CIA with the drug; traffic 18,400 pt>rsotutel is to
in that area, he cut by 10 percent by June
Meyer later denied that :1130. Schlesinger, a business-
had been his intention to -Sit]). ratan with no intellit'ence hack-
pre=s the book, ground, is said to be ma);ing
Few details . are 1:1!o?.v'na throuth?goina reappraisal of
about the nature or extent of the CIA's function's and op-
CIA operations in En.r land. & R 57i c n'.5-
Sources here say that there is
a large base for covert action
in premises within a few min-
utes wall:. from the U.S. cnt-
hassy in Grosvenor : quere.
This is the heaclgtuu'teis fcr
covert action in ;vestern and ea:-tern l:uropo and the \ledi-
tcrrartcan. It ""as ill o v c d!
front Paris to I,vndon A the
time of Con. Charles no (gaulle's qurn'rel With Y \'fo
land the United `,talcs.
The CI.\ %~ ork cin : 1} with
IlritisJl intellir,!tre and Clain;
not to enwaee in ciwk,,tiac l
activities in l)rii:eil.
11c~'cr's UM (?(,T is il
!Agency's new station chief in' most brilliant men of his year
London is Cord Meyer, hither-!at Yale University in the early
to the agency's assistant de-j 1910's. fle lost an eye in a Ma-
pnty director of plans in Wash-`nine landing in the PacWe war
ington. I and wrote a short story about
The planning department of,the experience called "16'avesj
the CIA is responsible fori of Darkness." After the war,
espionage and clandestine op-i he became a passionate advo-
crations. Detractors of thei cate of world government -nd
CIA call it the "Departmcntiwrote a hook on this subteet.
of Dirty Tricks." He was a hero to the student
Meyer was in line for pro-.generation of the late 1970'x.
motion to be deputy director] He joined the CIA in 193 at
of Maus--"UhP," the rtearesta the urging of Alan Dulles. At
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One of the Central Intelli? moved from Paris to London
Bence Agency's most famous when General de Gaulle guar.
"dirty tricksters" is to be its relied with NATO and the
United States.
new station chief in London. The CIA works closely with
He is Mr Cord Meyer, hitherto British intelligence and claims
the assistant deputy director of not to enzaze in clandestine
.plans. The Planning Depart. activities in Britain. It operates
ment of the CIA is responsible several communications inter-
ception stations. The -special
for espionage and clandestine relationship " between Britain
operations. Detractors of the and the US is still alive in the
CIA call it the " department of intellicence field. For exam-
dirty tricks." pie. Britain has no satellite sur-
Mr Meyer was in line for pro- veillance capability of her own
motion to be deputy director of and relies on information?shar-
plans--" DDP " t It e nearest in; with the US.
CIA equivalent to James Bond's Mr Meyer. who will he in
boss " M." Instead, according to charze of all this, has had a fas-
CIA watchers here, he is being cinating career. He was one of
promoted to the US Embassy in the most brilliant men of his
London. They regard this as a year at Yale in the early 1940s.
kick upstairs- He lost an eve in it marine
In 1067. it was revealed that landing in the Pacific war and
Mr Meyer wag in charge of wrote a short story about the
covertly funding Encounter experience called " Waves of
magazine and other or;anisa Darkness," which is regarded as
tions. Last summer he became a minor American classic. Alter
the object of further notoriety the war he became a passionate
when he asked the New York advocate of world government
publishers Harper and Row to and Wrote a book on the sub-
show the CIA proofs of a book ject. He was a hero of the stu-
since published called "The dent generation of the late
Politics of ileroin in South-east 1940s
Asia." The boo'- linked the CIA He joined the CIA in 1953 at
with drug tragic in Southeast the urging of Alan Dulles. At
Asia. Meyer later denied that it that time the agency was a
had been his intention to sup- respectable haven for liberal
press the book. intellectuals. D u r i n g the
Few details are known about McCarthy era he was investi-
the nature or extent of CIA Sated for alleged Communist
operations in Britain. Sources associations but cleared. In fact
here say that there is a large lie had never been a Coin.
base for covert action in pre- monist sympathiser.
mises within a few minutes' lI e y e r ' s assignment to
walk of the US Embassy ii. London is seen by CIA
Grosvenor Square. This is the watchers as part of the purge
headquarters for covert action which the acncv~ is experienc-
in Western and Eastern Europe in; under it; new director,
and the Mediterranean. It was James Schlesinger.
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being, but never beat him, he
said.
The slightly balding Downey
was released to he at the bed.
side of his mother, Marv V.
Downey, 75, who suffered a
6 0 severe stroke Wednesday, She
1 ' l" remained in critical, but ini-
J 1 proved condition, and visited
twice with her son.
Flanked by his brother Wil-
liani and sister Joan Walsh,
Downey was composed and
joked occasionally. Asked
learned the derails of his open- a b o it t any possible value
ation before they camured his gained from his time spent in
41 ly:,t?' ~?:~,i ~ mss'
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. - team of agents inside China Green Basket Prison, he repi-
uldn
Freed CIA a -cut John T. prior to shooting down his Bed: "I wo
't recommend it
,
Do". ney said Tuesday he was plane.. for character cter building,"
-uh;ected to intensive ques- (CIA agents operating in Asked with whe the he would re-
tiotti;tg by his Communist cap- dati?.rroti revs are generally main with the CIA, he said:
jri and told them "about ev- excluded from a Inoxled,e of At Present, I would say not."
ery bit of information I had. any of the agency's activities Downey, y,-ho joined the CIA
Downev, 42, rcuu'ecd here other than their immediate after he graduated from Yale
londay night after more than