DTA ON CIA PERSONNEL PUBLISHED IN S. KOREA, APPARENTLY AS A SOP TO ANTI-AMERICANISM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP91-00587R000100040007-2
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 22, 1986
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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NEW YORK TRIBUNE (NY)
22 January 1986
Ibi~t ~on CIA Personnel
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BY MII~ BREEN
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SEOUL, South Korea, Jan. 21 -The
dames of the Cl~station chief in Korea
and six staff i'fFembers~were revealed by
a South Korean magazine today in what
is seen as an attempt by the govern-
ment to appease anti-American senti-
ment.
Ia an article in the February issue of
the monthly Wolgart Chosun, James De-
laney is identified as heading up CIA
operations in Korea.
Delaney, 56, is officially listed as a
special assistant to Ambassador Rich-
ard Walker.
The article also names Delaney's
deputy, Edgar Player, and five others
working at the U. S. Embassy in Seoul.
Entitled '"I'he American CIA in
Korea" and written by the magazine's
deputy editor, Cho Kap-chae, the arti-
cle is illustrated with a photo of the
embassy identifying some 5th-floor
windows as offices of the CIAs Re-
search Unit.
The article also names some prom-
inent Koreans as CL4 contacts.
With the Korean press tightly con-
trolled by the government through the
Ministry of Culture and Information and
the Agency for National Security Plan-
ning (ANSp) -the former Korean CIA
(KCIA) - it is impossible for the article
to have been published without official
sanction.
"The government obviously wants
to reduce the influence of the CIA;' said
one expert who asked not to be named.
Foreign diplomats surprised
Although the nature of Delaney's job
was widely known among journalists
and politicians, the article has taken Ko-
ean ana rore~gn a~plomats by surprise.
Observers say the government is
trying publicly to free itself from over-
dependence on the United States in the
light of rising anti-Americanism, fueled
by bilateral trade disputes.
The U.S. Embassy is still analyzing
the article and has issued no statement.
Delaney was appointed in August,
1983 and is the 1'lth C [A chief in Korea,
the article says. It describes his appear-
ance and other characterisres, even to
his car licence-plate number.
Player, the magazine paid, is the only
black in the CL4's 36-yrar history in
Korea. The intelligence officials operate
the Research Unit in the U. S. embassy
and have a staff of about 'L0, the mag-
azine said.
CIA operatives in Korea were es-
timated by the magazine to number be-
tween 40 and 50, although it said this
figure may double in times of emergen-
cy -such as the period following the
assassination in 1979 of President Park
Chung-hee.
The article says the CIA conducts
political and economic research in
Korea. It contains praise for the intel-
ligence organization, citing its contribu-
tions to universities and research insti-
tutes by an alleged CIA front called the
Asia Foundation, and the rescue of op-
position leader Kim Dae-ju in 1973
from assassination by KCIAs.
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