THE POPE AND AGCA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000505110061-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 61
• Publication Date: February 12, 1984
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
ON PAGE A '07 V~ 12 February 198+
Letters
The Pope anjAgea
To the Editor:
'EdwardJay'Epstein's review of im Plot to
'Kill the Pope"rby Paul Beo~eand "TheTime of the ;
Assassins" b9 Claire Sterling (Jan. 15) struggles
embarr y tiuim eebi es in the evidence that
the Bulgarian' geode service.aand.its B.G.B.
masterswerelbehind.tbe potato kill :tbePope.
_: `' Ta c rn nee e'3'rsas'Book"Depoaltory's con
~fmi=or lack1bereef over Iree Harve 'Oswald and
the kDatzhavna Sigurnost's control power.-Mehmet
Ali Agcais laughableandunworthy of a man of Mr.
Epstein's brilliance. , .
Mr. Epstein finds it sig cant tha[t`ahe C:IA.
has not turned-up evidence supporting thei Henze.
Sterling thesis. One wonder how carefully be read
Miss Sterlimgts book. Sheshows that the C.IA., like
some in-the media, has shown far greater interest
in trying-to, tmdermine the case .than an trying to
find evide nce..to support it. The reasons for this ai+e .
murky, but perhaps there are`thosein theeC:LA-.
who share the view of the-young Washington e.
rter wboTr7o d3~`iss' 3'terluig;'vea:ifx~as3nie;
You shouldn'thave;published it." T3ie Italians say..
that there was an unusual burst of rimed communi-
cations between the Bulgarian Embassy in Rome
and Sofia immediately following the attack on the.
Pope. Perhaps the National Security Agency has
decoded those messages, and perhaps not. They
aren't saying.REED IRVINE
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