SEARCHING FOR THE SPIES OF TOMORROW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000706940001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 4, 1983
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

WASHINGTON POST MAGAZI
PIES OF TOMORROW
4 December 1983
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men and women with
firm handshakes at
the "Challenge '84"
job fair, D. J. Em- ,
manuelson, a 20-year-old eco-
nomics and French major
f rom Washington and Lee
University wearing a blue suit
and a "yes, ma'am" demean-
or, was a hot prospect for re--
cruiser Cecelia Velar Walker.
She was spending a tiring
morning in Lynchburg, Va,
170 miles from her home of-
fice, fielding questions from
waves of ultrapreppie stu-
dents Rho knew virtually no-
thing. about her firm except
that - it was hiring. When
young D. J. (Dwight Jr.)
stuck out his hand, Walker,
who works for a powerful in-
ternational firm known sim-
ply as "The Company," broke
into the guarded smile of a
major league baseball scout
who has discovered .a young
Fernando Valenzuela in a
sandlot baseball game.
Twelve years ago, Walker
was a Pittsburgh secretary.
Then a recruiter plucked her
away to suburban Virginia
with promises of a career she
has never regretted. D. J.
Emmanuelson now ap-
proached her with a delicious
list of analytical and language
skills, and she didn't want
him to get away. "You in all
probability would make a
great candidate for our career
training program," Walker
burbled. Call her anytime.
Collect.
IT LEE MICHAEL ftTZ
Lee Michael Katz's last arti-
cle for -The Magazine con--
cerned an inventor who envi-
sions self-cleaning clothing.
At a small table between ' Healthy young man or
the C&P Telephone Co. and woman to devote his/her life
the, Colonial Williamsburg to secret agency for govern-
Foundation, Walker--who is ment wage scale. No experi_
attractive, middle-aged and ence necessary. we provide up
refused to permit her photo- to two years of paid training,
graph to ~~ under Foreign a "Central intelligence Ages- ;plus overs -
c3" signpost searching for the mce desirable. -
spies of tomorrow. Trying to ` -Must have good sales per-
downplay the James Bond . eonality to talk foreign oreign na-
t3'Pe $he monatuoovs - bionals into betraying their
repeated a standard speech iamtry. Fkmible enough to,
design to cut off the quces hha w a wide range of people,
tions about karate- training. Split personallty
often essen-
"We are an overseas mtem- tial in or to work `cover'
gence-gathering agency. " job. Applicants must be abso-
Although D. J.'s last brush seem*-minded,
ed,
with danger was a fraternity y Patriotic and torques-.j
toga part y that lasted until 4 toning of final orders.
e m., he thought the CIA on must be willing to
"might be a lot of fun. I think relocate to Washington for
there's a lot of subversion and center our time a per-
things going on in other coun- Your one ug roudom
tries." overseas Posts throughout the
In the Pragmatic 1980s, mlots of fir' but
e
CIA recruiters are welcomed mostly paper work. Be
with open arms on college prepared to be secretly evalu-
ated during training . and
)off offer coveted throughmd Your entire ca-
che $20,000 zeer. You will receive no
range, and no one asks oues_ Teeogmtion outside the com-
lions about the overthrow, of Pay for your work. No mar-
governments in Chile. ketwg majors or 007 typm
Forget the John le Carre
Aocording to intelli- navels.
Bence sourcm a "If this sands like a good
realistic CIA intelli- career opportunity, write
gence officer want ad Central Intelligence Agency,
could read some. Washington, D.C. All appli-
thing like: "Help Wanted: cants are subject to an exten_
sin background mve8Ugabon
and will be-required to take a
lie detector test on such sub-
jects as whether they have
ever used drugs or if they
have _had a homosexual ex-
perience. The CIA is an equal
opporbmity employer."
The CIA's own solicita-
tions in pamphlets.and care-
fully worded advertisements
simply refer to "challenge
and opportunity" abroad.
As far as real-life spooks
are concerned, James Bond
can keep his Aston -Martin.
He's in British intelligence
anyway. While saluting
American spies who perform
such heroic intelligence-gath. -
eying acts in hostile terrain as
"flyer tiny airplanes in bad
westbier and
strip the size of a~postage
an a
stamp, former CIA director
William Colby emphasized
intelligence life does not imi-
tate the movies.
"The American intelli-
gence officer does not, leap
over the wall of the Kremlin
and vault into the Politburo's
.headquarters," explained
Colby. "He finds a Soviet
citizen and convinces him its
in the best interests of his
country and mankind" to dis-
creetly pass Soviet secrets to
the . ericans.
After talking with. Colby
and other intelligence hands,
one could conclude the ideal
officer would possess the ac-
quisitive skills of John D.
Rockefeller, the fatherly
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