GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH

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Jo/19'11.1/ of //2e /11-sock1tion of Former 131tc1ligc;i e Officer's
George Herbert Walker Bush
Forty first President of the United States
Former Director, Central Intelligence
Member, Texas Chapter, AFIO
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Hans Moses, Commentary Editor,
Dead at Seventy-Three
Hans Moses, 73, long-time editor of AFIO's News
Commentary, died unexpectedly, January 15th..He also
served as editor of the newsletter of the CIA. Retirees
Association.
Born in Deutsch Krone, Germany, Mr. Moses
emigrated to the United States in 1939 and volunteered
for the US Army Infantry during WWII. While serving
in Germany he became an investigator and interrogator
for Army intelligence.
After the war he served as a civilian with the
Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal. Subsequently he
served as a research analyst for the Air Force, first in
Austria and then in Washington.
In the early 1950s he served voluntarily as a double
agent for the FBI, resulting in the conviction of two
Americans for espionage and the expulsion of a Soviet
diplomat.
In 1953, he joined the Central Intelligence Agency
as an editor of intelligence reports. After retirement in
1974, he engaged in analytical writing and lecturing. He
was a founding member of AFIO, and authored "The
Clandestine Service of the CIA," one of the publications
in AFIO's Intelligence Profession Series.
Mr. Moses was active as a singer with the Shir
Chadash group in Rockville, Maryland, the Paul Hill
Choral of Washington, a quartet at. B'nai Israel
Synagogue in Rockville and the Adas Israel Choir in
Washington. He avidly attended the opera and symphony
concerts.
Funeral services were held January 18th with burial
at King David Memorial Gardens, Falls Church,
Virginia.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and two sons,
Edward and Franklin. The family suggests that expres-
sions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to
AFIO's Educational Assistance Fund.
A Loyal American, Canyuzg Out His Duty
On an April night in 1951, just two minutes before seven
o'clock, a tall man wearing a twead sport coat walked through
the darkness toward the Washington Monument in our nation's
capital. Brilliant lights played on the famous shrine. The
usually bustling place was deserted. Everything was quiet.
Suddenly the tall man stepped from the circle of darkness
into the light. He stopped for a moment, peered up at the 555-
foot top, looked at his watch, then started to walk around the
base. On his left hand he wore a glove. A band of adhesive tape
circled the middle. finger of his right hand, and he carried a
red-covered book under his left arm. This man was an
employee of our Defense Department. As part of his work he
had access to highly confidential information, just what the
Russians wanted.
Exactly at seven o'clock, another man clad in a dark
business suit stepped from the shadows. An espionage contact
set up months previously in Austria was being consummated to
the minute. The second man was Yuri V. Novikov, Second
Secretary. of the Soviet Embassy in Washington . . . When
Novikov met the government employee he said, "I'm Mr.
Williams," the code words of recognition, along with the glove,
tape and red book. The two shook hands, then Novikov took
the military specialist by the elbow, directing him from the
light. A few words, arranging another meeting, and they parted.
From that night, for an entire year, the Soviets made
secretive contacts with the government employee, never
realizing that he was a "double agent" of the FBI .. .
I hasten to add that the government employee was a loyal
American, and in meeting Novikov he was merely carrying out
a duty imposed on him when he was assigned in Austria with
the air force. His services were solicited by Otto Verber, who
came to the United States as a refugee, as did Kurt L. Ponger,
who had married Verber's sister. Both Verber and Ponger
were in the armed services, both had acquired American
citizenship and, after the war, both had served in Europe.
Upon returning to private life, both settled in Vienna, where
they took advantage of the GI bill and benefits and enrolled in
the University of Vienna. In 1949, Ponger was recruited by the
Soviet intelligence service, and he in turn recruited Verber. It
was later learned that Ponger had been a member of a
Communist Party cell in England before he came to the United
States as a refugee. He also had indoctrinated Verber.
The air force representative promptly reported Verber's
approach to his superiors and from that time on acted under
instructions. Prior to his return to the United States, Verber
and Ponger arranged for. the meeting at the Washington
monument. The Treasury of the United States, of course,
received the thousands of dollars of Soviet funds paid to the
loyal American.
In June, 1953, after pleading guilty to an espionage
indictment, Ponger was sentenced to a prison term of from five
to fifteen years, while Verber received a sentence of from three
years, four months, to ten years. Novikov, who was named in
the indictment as a co-conspirator, was declared personal non
grata and returned to the Soviet Union.
J. Edgar Hoover
in Masters of Deceit
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A SAD NOTE.
FROM NATIONAL
With the untimely death of Hans Moses AFIO has .
suffered a major loss. He was several things, all of
which were unique in our organization. First, he joined
AFIO in May, 1975, as a founding member and became
a Life member in May, 1980. He patiently accepted
comments with regard to the contents of the two AFIO
Speakers' Kits, the second of which was published in
1981. Although, admittedly, the Kit is now out of date,
it is,still requested from time to time and remains a
source of revenue for AFIO. He was the author of The
Clandestine Service of the CIA, the first publication in .
AFIO's Intelligence Profession Series and our most
popular pamphlet.
Hans began the News Commentary in January, 1980, .
and never missed a quarterly issue. He diligently would
cut and paste all the articles and then prepare his
pertinent comments which were much better than many
of the articles themselves. Who can forget the Comic
Corner? With typical humility he did not want to be
listed as the editor; however, it was his publication and
reflected his personality. The News Commentary was
always on time and he never had to be reminded of a
deadline.
Hans had a group of pen pals who regularly sent
him clippings which kept AFIO interest high since our
members were constantly on the lookout for stories
from all over. A well deserved Certificate of Appreciation
from AFIO was presented to him at the 1987
convention. We will miss a truly unique AFIO member.
The cutoff date for change of address was December
31, 1988. The entire Directory was prepared on our
desktop publishing system by our Administrator,
Gretchen Campbell, and our Periscope Editor, Ed Sayle,
has again contributed many hours of volunteer time for
this issue. We are grateful for the quality and
dedication of our members.
John K. Greaney
"30"
Winter 1989 Periscope
DONATIONS
Mr. Roberto BELLO
New York, New York
Mr. Joseph R. BEYRLE
Muskegon, Michigan
In memory. of Nancy Fogarty
and David Atlee Phillips
Miss Mildred S. BRANNAN
Falls Church, Virginia
Mr. Hayden CHANNING
Tucson, Arizona
Mr. Joe Wilson ELLIOTT
Los Angeles, California
Prof. Robert A. GELWICK
Middletown, Ohio
Mr. Edmund P. HENNELLY
West Islip, New York
Mr. Keith K. KANESHIRO
Kailua,_ Hawaii
Mr. Robert L. KEUCH
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Cot Benjamin B. MANCHESTER III
(USMC-Ret.)
Hayes, Virginia
Mr. Albert K. POVLOVSKI
Haverhill, Massachusetts
COL Rodney K. ROBERTS, (USA-Ret.)
West Springfield, Virginia
Miss Gertrude E. ULLMAN
Washington, D.C.
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The Cost of
Medicare
Catastrophic
Health Insurance
Whether or not you can read lips a tax increase has
been levied on all retirees who are eligible for Part A
Medicare and this tax will increase each year through
1993. All of the new benefits of Medicare will be
financed by beneficiaries through a combination of
supplemental and flat premiums. Supplemental premiums
will finance 63.% of the total cost. While this method of
financing may be rational in view-of the national budget
and debt problems, it is unique in that most federal
programs are not financed solely by that segment of the
population involved in that particular program.
Increased Part. B Premium
For the more than 80% of the Federal retirees who
are eligible for Medicare some additional costs will be
involved. Part B premiums will increase $3.10 from
$24.80 a month to $27.90. The $3.10 increase may vary
from year to year.
Added Flat Premium
In addition, the following flat premiums will be added;
this will cover 37% of the total cost of Medicare:
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Catastr.
$4.00
$4.90
$5.46
$6.75
$7.18
Drugs
-
-
$1.94
$2.45
$3.02
Total
$4.00
$4.90
$7.40
$9.20
$10.20
Robert D. Singel
Your total health insurance
bill will be significantly
greater, it is advisable that
you reflect this additional
tax calculation in your
1989 Estimate
Added Supplemental Premium
The Supplemental premium will cover 63% of the
cost and must be paid to the IRS beginning in 1989 by
all retirees eligible for Medicare Part A. Basically.the
assessment will be $22.50 a month for each $150 of
Federal Income Tax liability, with a cap of $800 per
individual. This increases to $37.50 in 1990 with a cap of
$850 and continues to increase to $42.00 in 1993 with a
cap of $1,050.
The premium rates for each $150 in tax liability are:
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Cat. $22.50 $27.14 $30.17 $30.55 $29.55
Drugs - $10.36 $9.83 $9.95 $12.45
Tot. $22.50 $37.50 $39.50 $49.50 $42.00
The supplemental premium caps will be:
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
$800.00 $850.14 $900.00 $950.00 $1050.00
Given these figures, it is apparent that Medicare
insurance alone could cost $800 in Supplemental
Premiums for 1989 plus $31.90 a month or $382.80 for
flat premiums or a total of $1,182.50. In 1993, this
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would go up to $1,432.80 (plus any increase in the basic
premium) and coverage would be no better than most
Federal retirees now have.
Adjustments for Insurance
There will be two adjustments to these premiums.
First, it is recognized that many retirees already have
catastrophic coverage, and therefore a $3.10 a month
rebate will be granted because of this overlapping
coverage. This will not show up as a reduced premium;
rather, it will be added to your retirement check.
Government Retirement Credit
The second adjustment relates to the Supplemental
Premium and recognizes the fact that Social Security
income is tax-free, whereas other Federal retirement
income is fully taxable. To equalize this situation, a
Government Retirement Credit is being allowed. In the
July and August 1988 issues, Retirement Life, the
magazine of the National Association of Retired
Government Employees (NARFE), an explanation of
the necessary computations is given, as well as
examples.
Part of the August article is reprinted below with
permission.
For federal retirees, the Government Retirement Credit is
deducted from the tax liability before computing the
Supplemental Premium. The adjusted tax liability is then
divided by $150. For each $150 the premium is $22.50 for tax
year 1989. A single federal retiree, who retired in 1984 at age
65, with tax liability in 1989 of $2,250, and no social security
income, would first deduct $900 (15% of the $6,000), then
divide by $150, and multiply that by $22.50 ($2,250 - $900 =
$1,350 divided by $150 - 9 x $22.50 = $202.50). The
supplemental premium in this case is therefore $202.50.
Examples of how the Government Retiree Credit applies to
couples who also receive Social Security follows:
Couple A. Both Medicare eligible more than 6 full months
of 1989. He is a federal annuitant, she receives Social Security.
They file a joint return. The couple's federal taxes for 1989 are
$7,000.
Credit allowance (for couple)
$9,000.00
Her Social Security
- $4,000.00
Adjusted credit allowance
$5,000.00
(15%) &-d5
$750.00
Tax liability
$7,000.00
Government Retirement Credit
- $750.00
Adjusted Tax Liability
$6,250.00
In order to figure the Supplemental Premium, $6,250.00 is
divided by $150, the result is 41, which is multiplied by $22.50.
The result is $922.50 which is the Supplemental Premium for
Couple A.
Couple B. Federal annuitant Medicare eligible, wife is not
(she is age 63). Both receive Social Security; he $1,824.00, she
$5,600 (total $7,424). Couple files joint return, federal liability
is $5,000.00.
Credit allowance (for individual)
$6,000.00
His Social Security
- $1,824.00
Adjusted credit allowance
$4,176.00
(15%) &.1.
Government Retirement Credit
$626.40
Tax liability
$2,500.00
Government Retirement Credit
- $626.40
Adjusted Tax Liability
$1,873.60
The $1,873.60 is divided by $150, which is 12, multiplied by
$22.50, resulting in a supplemental premium of $270.
If Couple B were both Medicare eligible:
Credit allowance (for couple)
$9,000.00
His Social Security for both
- $1424.00
Adjusted credit allowance
$1,576.00
(15%) g
$236.40
Tax liability
$5,000.00
Government Retirement Credit
- $236.40
Adjusted Tax Liability
$4,763.60
$4,763.60 divided by $150 = 31 x $22.50
= $697.50, the
supplemental premium amount for the couple.
If Couple B were filing separately, each member would use
$4,500.00 as the credit allowance and each would subtract 1/2
of the total Social Security amount paid to both. For example:
Credit allowance
$4,500.00
$4,500.00
1/2 Total Social Security
$3-712.00
- $3,712.00
Adjusted credit allowance
$788.00
$788.00
(15%) X-1.5
X-15
Government Retirement Credit
$118.20
$118.20
Each member of the couple would deduct $118.20, the
government retirement credit, from his/her own tax liability
before figuring the Supplemental Premium.
Tax liability is the amount of federal taxes a person owes
for the tax year. From this amount the Government
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Retirement Credit is subtracted before determining the
Supplemental Premium. The Supplemental Premium will then
be added. onto the tax liability for a total amount of taxes due
for the year.
What to do Now - Estimated Tax.
Once you have made these. calculations, it will
probably be obvious that you are going to bear a
significant tax increase beginning in 1989 to pay for
Medicare coverage. The tough part is that if you are
eligible for Part A Medicare, even though you never
applied for it, the tax is mandatory. This being the case
and recognizing that there is a penalty if your 1989
estimate does not cover 90% of your income, it is
advisable that you reflect this additional tax calculation
in your 1989 estimate.
Relief?
A small ray of hope, but probably only a very small
ray, is the fact. that the original Congressional bill
requires the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
to study the feasibility of Medigap policies. These
would be designed to complement, but not duplicate the
new Medicare benefits. The report is due to Congress
by April 1989, but don't hold your breath. Even if this
Medigap policy is free, the total health insurance bill
will be significantly greater than previously unless some
alteration in the Supplementary Premium is made.
As is usual in cases such as this there have been
several Senators and Congressmen who feel that some
adjustments. must be made, but they are facing a
difficult problem. At this juncture it will be hard to take
back some of the Medicare benefits that have so
recently been granted. Yet, in view of the budget and
debt problems it will be difficult to alter the method of
paying for this program. As Senator Lloyd Bentsen,
Senate Finance Committee chairman, and Dan Rosten-
kowski, House Ways and Means Committee chairman,
are both opposed to changing the method of financing,
changes will be difficult. Of course, the mail received by
any politician will, bear heavily on his course of action.
Where to Get Help
Page 14 and 15 of the January issue of NARFE's
Retirement Life has considerable factual information in
an article entitled, "How to Fight Catastrophic Medicare
Tax." NARFE's Washington office can be reached on
As announced in the last issue, the Texas Chapter
will serve as host of the 1989 AFIO Convention, to be
held at Houston, October 12th and 13th.
Last May, John K. Greaney, AFIO's executive
director, visited Houston. He and I visited a number of
hotels for the purpose of selecting a suitable convention
site. The Westin Hotel Galleria was selected as the
1989 convention hotel. This is not only a super location
in the heart of Houston's famous Galleria, but also a
first class hotel with excellent restaurant and convention
facilities. Members of the Texas Chapter will do their
utmost to make our fifteenth national convention a
memorable one. This year is also the tenth anniversary
-of our Texas Chapter.
Since the theme- for the 1989 convention will be
"Intelligence in the Space Age," I have had -numerous
meetings with space experts, as well as the Johnson
Space Center, in order to have top notch individuals
presenting programs on military space programs, the
civilian space program and commercial space programs.
We also hope to have a number of experts on Soviet
military and civilian space efforts at our meeting.
The Johnson Space Center will give us a V.I.P. tour
of its facilities, and we are attempting to have at least
one session at the NASA Space Center with briefings
by experts and astronauts.
We hope that we will succeed in inviting President
George Bush, one of our Texas members, as the
keynote speaker at the Saturday evening banquet.
Because we want as many members as possible from
across the US to come to Houston, we are also making
arrangements with a wholesale travel agency in order to
provide you with the very lowest cost air travel. More
information on this will be forthcoming as details are
worked out.
Be sure to mark your 1989 calendar for October
12th and 13th. You are guaranteed a first class
convention and a big Texas welcome. See you in
October in Houston!
Fred Rodell
President, Texas Chapter
234-0832. IRS publication 943 has a complete explanation 1989 estimated tax use line 13c on the worksheet for
and . work sheets for computing the Supplemental form 1040ES. Additional information is available from
Premium. To increase your withholding, use form W-4, the Federal Government Service Task Force, House
Employee's Withholding Certificate for Pension and Annex No. 2, Second and D Streets S.W., Washington,
Annuity Payments. To increase quarterly payments for D.C. ' 20515, or call [phone].
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SSA Headquarters Building to Survive;
Secrecy Dooms Other Intelligence Buildings
Secrecy necessary to protect intelligence operations
appears to have doomed most of Arlington Hall Station
to the wrecker's ball. According to a briefing arranged
by the Department of State, there is insufficient
documentation to secure historic protection for the
intelligence-related buildings on the site.
Except for the core building, the former Arlington
Hall Junior College for Girls affectionately recalled by
intelligence veterans as the "SSA Headquarters Building,"
little on the military reservation will survive demolition
slated to begin in October 1989. The only other
facilities expected to survive are two cottages and the
recently refurbished gymnasium, the briefer noted.
For the past year, supporters of what has been
described as "a monument to intelligence" have sought
preservation of the site based on the dramatic code-
breaking accomplishments that occurred there during
World War II and in the years thereafter. In fact, the
historic recognition and preservation of the site seemed
assured when the Department of Interior, in November
1988, determined:
"Arlington Hall is eligible for the National Register
mpor
ant operations took
as a historic district for its local architectual and place." He described it as yet another "catch 22" for
educational importance and for its nationally significant those who have devoted their professional careers to
role in American military intelligence operations during intelligence. One embittered attendee at the briefing
World War II. suggested that once the Department of State demolishes
"Contributing features of the historic district the intelligence buildings it "probably will sprinkle salt
include all buildings, structures, and landscape features on the ground."
constructed prior to 1946, including all temporary, Opposition to the State Department plan was not
semi-permanent and permanent World War II buildings. limited to historical intelligence concerns. Arthur J.
The boundaries of the historic district include the entire Alston, a public witness with experience in historic
86.5 acre parcel shown on the General Site Map dated rehabilitation, urged that the demolition be put on hold
February 11, 1963." until outstanding issues are resolved. He noted that the
The State Department, which intends the site for new buildings will cost two to four times the cost of
construction of a National Foreign Affairs Training fixing up the old ones. Alston estimated the value of the
Center, disagrees. It believes that, except for the core more than a million square feet of buildings presently
structure, all the intelligence-related buildings must on the site as $60 million.
make way for new construction. Under the State Department plan, he said, "We will
One of the obstacles to attaching historical signifi- tear that down and spend on the two projects, my guess
cance, hence "historical site" protection of the buildings is, about $100 million. We'll build again. We'll buy
from destruction, is the lack of public documentation. about 747,000 square feet of building space with two
According to R. Randall Vosbeck, architect in develop- projects of spanking new space, less than we had
ment of the master plan for the Training Center, "To before." He also questions the use of eighteen acres,
the best of my knowledge, where specific events took worth about $11 million, shown in the Department of
place are not easily identifiable, whether they took State's master plan as dedicated to parking spaces.
Winter 1989 Periscope
place in room such and such or in temporary building
such and such."
Such documentation is necessary, he explained, for
the Section 106 process which under the National
Historic Preservation Act is required for properties
that are included on or considered eligible for the
National Register of Historic Places. The East and
West wings of the core building, along with the other
intelligence-related buildings lack such specific doc-
umentation and are to be demolished. "I guess that
what we concluded," said Vosbeck, "was that the events
that did take place, if they could be properly documented,
and that is what part of the 106 process is now, that
some of the events that took place in any of the
buildings that are going to be destroyed would have to
be appropriately documented so that they could be part
of the 106 process. But, I don't think that we concluded
that there were any more historic events that took place
in the East Wing than anywhere else."
The Department of State, Vosbeck said, recognizes
that "Certainly the historic events that took place on
the site, with the World War II intelligence activities,
were most significant, but the buildings themselves,
from an architectural standpoint ... were of marginal
significance."
As one intelligence veteran noted, "It is ironic that
the necessity for continuing secrecy about these
important operations will lead to the destruction of the
very places where the i
t
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DCI Webster Lauds Donovan Legacy at Statue Dedication
Former Director Helms, former Director Colby,
Mrs. Casey, members of the Donovan family, our
friends here for this occasion:
I have to tell you that about fifty years ago I
received an autographed copy of Father Duffy's book
about the "Fighting Sixty-Ninth." It was an inspiration
to me then, and I can hardly believe that, a half a
century later, I have the privilege of participating in this
ceremony.
Today we recognize General William J. Donovan
for the central place he holds
in our profession.
We recognize General
Donovan as an able and inspir-
ing leader - a quality that
earned him the lifelong respect
of the unit he commanded in
World War I, the "Fighting
Sixty-Ninth." It has also earned
him the respect and admiration
of all of us in intelligence.
We understand what a
strong leader he had to be to
establish the Office of Strategic
Services in the midst of strong
resistance, to lead the OSS in
some of World War II's finest
intelligence successes and to
establish the foundations of
modern American intelligence
- foundations that we in the
Central Intelligence Agency
build upon today.
The statue we dedicate this afternoon is a symbol of
the man - a man of personal bravery, vision and broad
political and military understanding. A man who,
according to Bill Casey, was "curious about everything
and everyone."
He was unusual, Casey felt, for he "realized, earlier
and better than most, that `stranded' information was
not much good. It had to be analyzed, dissected and
fitted into the larger whole that modern warfare
required."
General Donovan was also a man who inspired
great loyalty and great deeds. General Maxwell D.
Taylor once asked an old soldier to give him a brief
definition of leadership. The man replied, "Leadership
is when your leader tells you he is going to hell and back
and you find yourself looking forward to the trip."
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Under General Donovan's leadership, the OSS
achieved much. It helped attain many Allied goals
during WWII - working with the French resistance,
facilitating the US invasion of North Africa and
infiltrating Hitler's Reich. In these efforts and in others,
General Donovan never stopped trying to persuade the
leaders of this country that intelligence, combined with
covert action, could help our nation achieve its strategic
goals without all the bloodshed he had witnessed in
both world wars.
DCI Webster unveils the Donovan statue as
sculptor Lawrence M. Ludtke and David R.
Donovan assist.
To those of us here today,
this is General Donovan's
greatest legacy. He realized
that a modern intelligence
organization must not only
provide today's tactical
intelligence, it must provide
tomorrow's long-term
assessments. He recognized
that an effective intelligence
organization must not allow
political pressures to influence
its counsel. And, finally, he
knew that no intelligence or-
ganization can succeed with-
out recognizing the import-
ance of people - people with
discretion, ingenuity, loyalty
and a deep sense of respon-
sibility to protect and promote
American values.
Bill Casey commissioned
Lawrence M. Ludtke to create
a statue of General Donovan that would be a
monument to all that he means to us and to our
organization. It was also Bill Casey's idea to place the
statue here in our main entrance hall - across from the
stars that represent Agency officers who have given
their lives in the line of duty. Both Bill Donovan and
Bill Casey deeply mourned the sacrifice of our people
- even in the cause of freedom and democracy.
It is said that President Eisenhower paid tribute to
William Donovan as "the last hero." We pay tribute to
him today because, as Bill Casey realized, he is our
own.
Let this statue remind us daily of the enormous
contributions that General Donovan made to American
intelligence. And let his life continue to be an
inspiration to us all.
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Booth as a Confederate Agent
TIDWELL, William A., with James 0. Hall and David
Winfred Gaddy. Come Retribution: The Confederate
Secret Service and the Assa s nation of Lmcobn Jackson:
University Press of Mississippi, 1988.
The putative role of the Confederate States of
America in the assassination of Presid
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William A. Tidwell, Lincoln has been a serious point of contention among
scholars for well over a century. Similarly, tales of
with James 0. Hall kidnapping plots against Lincoln continue to arise, with
one such conspiracy alleged to have been launched by
and David Winfred Gaddy senior Northern political officials fearful the President
would be too lenient with a defeated South.
To this literature can be added a new insight,
heavily documented unlike many of the earlier ones.
Come Retribution: Gen. William A. Tidwell - capably assisted by James
0. Hall and David Winfred Gaddy, authors with an
excellent track record of research and writing about the
The Confederate Secret Service period - have meshed their discoveries about the
Confederate secret services, particularly the CSA's War
Department Secret Service Bureau, with new findings
And the Assassination of Lincoln of what they project to have been the exfiltration route
intended for the kidnappers and their presidential
hostage.
In effect, this is two books in one. The first deals
Reviewed by Edward F. Sayle with the organization of intelligence by the Confederate
States; the other deals with the kidnapping plan they
contend led to the murder of Lincoln by John Wilkes
Booth. As separate entities under one cover, they are
both too short, even though the whole is over five
hundred pages. The reader's appetite longs for more
John Stalker about each aspect.
The Secret Services portion covers both the military
intelligence and covert action measures of that govern-
ment with CSA President Jefferson Davis the undoubted
The Stalker Affair principal manager of intelligence. From the raw
beginnings based on the existing efforts of the governor
of Virginia, the authors describe how the new government
met its needs for intelligence, be it tactical intelligence
Reviewed by Tom Marks or publications procurement, and how the effort was
organized and managed.
Far too little is devoted to the morale operations
directed against the Northern populace, to the para-
military operations designed to free Confederate
prisoners held in the North and to that notable covert
action known today as the Northwest Conspiracy.
Although these have been described earlier, often by
the participants themselves, they deserve retelling in a
title focused on the Confederate Secret Service.
Similarly, covert procurement efforts in Europe (yet
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another "secret service"), complete with multi-level
cover stories and initial successes until thwarted by
agents of the Federal Detective Service (as some have
called the US effort in Europe), get only scant mention.
Of course, to do so would probably double the size
of the book or mandate a separate volume, but this
would not have been a unnecessary luxury considering
the importance of the operations of the Confederate
intelligence services to the history of intelligence in
America.
It is with the second portion, the development of a
plot to kidnap President Lincoln, that the book excites
the reader's imagination. We see the creation of a
"clandestine force," for want of better words, carefully
assembled in place along the route from Washington to
the Confederate lines, a force too large for anything but
a major operation. Some the agents in the force are
seen under cover employment in local business, others
are presumably home on leave from service in the lines
defending Richmond. (How the Confederates managed
to pull large numbers of men from their units, without
detection by the opposing Union forces, is masterful in
itself and is well-described.) The creation of the force,
from its manning to the dissolution and parole of its
participants without apparent Federal understanding,
possibly knowledge, is well-documented and with little
conjecture. Standing alone, this part of the story is a
major contribution to local history of the areas
involved.
It is with the kidnap plot, the activities of John
Wilkes Booth and his associates and the fatal outcome,
that the story slips from provable fact to assembling a
mosaic with the authors attempting to fill in the missing
pieces.
Although the plot failed, Booth moved forward with
his own plan, the authors tell us, using the same
Confederate resources and escape mechanisms of the
kidnap operation, to end Lincoln's life and attempt
flight to the relative safety of the South. In other words,
a Confederate operation gone wrong. A strong case is
made, but here there are conflicts with existing
documentation. For example, in the confession of
Private Lewis Thornton Powell (alias Lewis Payne),
one of the conspirators, we find an anomaly. Although
the last abortive kidnapping effort was set for March
17, 1865 (hence Booth's switch in objective would have
to have occurred after that date), Powell confessed that
in the Winter of 1865, while Powell and Booth were
walking across the White House grounds, Booth
encouraged him to send a card to Lincoln and, on
gaining audience, to kill the President. Powell stated
that he refused and was berated by Booth for
cowardice. This, one of three opportunities described
by Powell, was not found in reading the text although
the other two incidents were.
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It might be noted here that Powell's refusal to obey
orders in the incident just cited was consistent with his
statements about another situation. Powell confessed
also that he was one of the those induced to participate
in the attempted burning of New York, but had refused
because the action would have done injury to innocent
civilians. (It was during the New York operation that he
lost an envelope, recovered by the government, giving
directions for what must have been the kidnapping plot,
but also containing a picture of Lincoln with a rope
around his neck and red ink-marks on the bosom of his
shirt. This inconsistency of purpose, violence to the
president rather than kidnapping, was not explained by
Powell. It is known, however, that a similar picture was
sent to Mrs. Lincoln prior to the assassination, a
strange act of terrorism given that if it provoked
increased security - which it didn't - the conspirators'
task would have been that much more difficult.)
This example drawn from the Powell confession
demonstrates the difficulty in drawing firm conclusions
of what went on in the mind of Booth, and when, and
raises further questions about whether Booth was
under the control of the Confederate States government,
even though employment by it might be presumed. The
runamok agent is not unknown in intelligence history.
The extent of the assassination conspiracy may be
understated in this narrative; The book, for example,
does not address the enciphered letter dated at
Washington on April 15 and sent to an unidentified
associate in North Carolina: "Dear John: I am happy to
inform you that Pet has done his work well. He is safe
and old Abe is in hell. Now sir, all eyes are on you. You
must bring Sherman - Grant is in the hands of old
Gray ere this. Red Shoes showed lack of nerve in
Seward's case but fell back in good order. Johnson must
come. Old Crook has him in charge ... No. Two will
give you this . . . [signed] No. FIVE." If the letter,
recovered and deciphered by the Union, is to be
believed, there were others in the conspiracy who were
not detected and whose targets remained to be "hit."
Such inconsistencies, of course, are to be found in
the literature of assassination, evidence the turmoil
over the conspiracy theories which continue to arise in
speculation about the assassination of President
Kennedy. To attempt to wrap the Lincoln assassination
all up in a neat little package without facts to fill in the
blanks is a bold effort, but does not close the debate. In
fact, this book may reopen the Booth "case study" to
examination by other writers who can build further on
the discoveries of Gen. Tidwell and his co-authors.
It is a significant contribution to the literature
surrounding the Lincoln assassination, but it will not be
the last word.
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history at the Defense Intelligence College.]
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Perverted Counterterrorism
clearly that a "shoot to kill" policy was being practiced
by elements of the RUC based on their own identification
STALKER, John, The StalkerAfj`air New York: Viking of "suspects. " Furthermore, the RUC individuals
Penguin, 1988.
There have been many contributions in recent years
to the mushrooming library available on low intensity
conflict and terrorism. Amidst the many, The Stalker
Affair is one of the most lucid and useful. Yet its topic,
explicitly, is neither. Rather, as stated on the dust
jacket, it is "the shocking true story of six deaths and a
notorious cover-up." Therein lies the connection. For
"Stalker" is John Stalker, the former second ranking
officer in Britain's largest provincial police force, that
of Greater Manchester; his book deals with his
attempts - as the leader of an officially designated
team - to investigate what can only be called "death
squad" activity in Northern Ireland. Actually carrying
out the murders, Stalker says, were members of the
Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC), purportedly acting
under the direction of the RUC Special Branch. He
charges that the highest members of the RUC were
turning a blind eye to these activities.
That in itself would make for quite a story. Stalker
himself, as a much-experienced detective, is at pains to
point out precisely the issue at hand: murder is murder.
To judge whether extenuating circumstances were
involved, such that killing becomes something else (self-
defense, for example) is the job of duly constituted legal
authority. It is not a decision for members of the
security force to make by themselves.
Yet this is precisely what Stalker says the RUC
Special Branch did from its position as the police unit
charged with countersubversive and counterterrorist
functions. The effort of the RUC to cover up its
misdeeds is the second facet of what the British press
has dubbed "the Stalker Affair." The lengths to which
senior officials appear to have gone in deceiving their
own investigative officers is sobering.
Still, Stalker's approach is not designed to shock.
Rather, the story carries itself. At no time does the
author become hortatory. His prose is crisp and
informative, time and time again cutting through to the
heart of the matters. This might be expected. He was,
after all, picked specially for the delicate investigation
of the RUC, not only for his police talents but also
because he had been through a number of career
broadening experiences which made him the ideal man
to consider all aspects of his task.
Perhaps that was the problem: Stalker did just that
and would not - in advance of finding out all the facts
- make allowances for the murder of individuals who
were not even official suspects (one, in fact, was a 17-
year old boy who happened to wander into an area
under surveillance and was shot down). Ultimately,
Stalker amassed evidence which demonstrated quite
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concerned, with the connivance of some of the highest
RUC police officials, lied to other members of their
own force, the security services, and the judiciary. The
evidence is clear that-they lied shamelessly under oath
in court.
What makes for the final and most thought-
provoking portion of the book are the lengths to which
the RUC went to rid itself of its investigative
tormentors. It attempted to frame Stalker - using its
own informants, who were being paid large amounts of
money to finger alleged IRA members who were, in
turn, being gunned down with apparently minimal
checking of their bonafides. What followed was a
charade of the first order, since Stalker was essentially
"clean" by anyone's standards. Ultimately, a massive
investigation into crimes of purportedly grave measure
petered out with a claim he had misused an official car
on several occasions (although he shows that he was
acting in accordance with his force's SOP).
It is heartening to report that Stalker emerged
vindicated. So soured was he by the experience and its
aftermath, though, that he ultimately resigned and now
works as a journalist.
The lessons of Stalker's narrative are fundamental
to the successful conduct of a counterinsurgency or
counterterrorism campaign. Above all, respect for the
law must be paramount, lest the defenders of society
become the spitting image of those they fight and
detest. Few question the need to deal appropriately
with identified members of the enemy order of battle.
But equally few can condone members of the security
forces gunning down those whom they feel should be
eliminated - and lying about it in court for good
measure. Due authority is completely bypassed, the
very essence of "death squad" practice. Such a spiral of
deceit and murder can have no end.
[Tom Marks is a former US military intelligence analyst who
specialized in revolutionary warfare. His articles have appeared
in the Asian Wall Street Journal and other publications.]
The deadline for book reviews,
letters and chapter reports for
the next issue of Periscope
is April 5th, 1989
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What Others Are Saying
About Intelligence
Intelligence disasters aren't the result of public
blundering in, but of Presidents and their advisers
insisting on big results in a hurry.
As long as the media aren't listening, the harshest
critics of intelligence are the professionals, who can
forgive accidents of unkind fate but not the flouting of
accepted rules of good tradecraft in the field .. .
Battling over control of the CIA is now an accepted
part of politics in Washington because the agency has
become the principal instrument for carrying out
presidential policy in foreign affairs. The old cover
story about timely information for wise decision-
making is no longer plausible; the CIA is the closest
thing any President has to a blunt instrument. When
Reagan wanted to make life tough for the Sandinistas
he didn't send in the Marines, because Congress
wouldn't let him, and he didn't rest content with
shaking his finger in State Department white papers
because the Sandinistas would have laughed at him. He
sent in the CIA, and while the Sandinistas remain in
power, their anguished cries suggest the agency drew
blood ..
The US military was the blunt instrument for the
first twenty-five years of the Cold War, until the boys
came home from Vietnam and Congress made it clear
they wouldn't be sent off again anytime soon. The CIA
was asked to take up the slack in the fifteen years since,
thereby breaking one of the oldest rules of the
intelligence business - never ask the spooks to attempt
secretly what you can't muster political support to do
openly.
Thomas Powers
in the Los Angeles Times
"Over the past two and a half years, organs of the
Soviet Committee for State Security exposed more than
twenty dangerous agents of intelligence services of
capitalist countries engaging in espionage and instituted
criminal proceedings against them. Unfortunately,
there were KGB personnel among them, too .. .
"It is necessary to admit that as a result of the
activity of Western intelligence services, our political,
military and economic interests have suffered damage."
Viktor M. Chebrikov
Former Chairman, KGB
in Pravda
IN MEMORIAM
Col. Francis J. CUNNION, (USAF-Ret.)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Mr. Gavin W. GONZALEZ
Collinsville, Illinois
COL. Frederick K. HEARN, (AUS-Ret.)
San Pedro, California
Col. Harold C. HENSCHEL, (USAF-Ret.)
Merritt Island, Florida
Mr. Samuel H. JOHNSON
Tucson, Arizona
Mr. Harry LOFINK
McLean, Virginia
Mr. Hans MOSES
Falls Church, Virginia
Mr. Felix L. RUSSO
Annapolis, Maryland
Mr. Salvatore A. TARANTINO
Fairfield, Connecticut
Mr. Joseph H. ZUKAS
San Diego, California
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Allner, Mr. Frederick A. Jr.
A Restricted member
Bates, CAPT & Mrs. Richard W.
Beyrle, Mr. Joseph R. Sr.
Borel, Mr. Paul A.
Bratten, Mr. Robert P.
Burke, Miss Maura Fitzgerald
Burke, Mr. Joseph L.
Canada, George
Caldwell, Mr. William B.
Callahan, Maj Harold H.
Carter, Mrs. Amon G. Jr.
A Restricted Member.
Christopher, Col. Stone (USAF-Ret.)
Claxon, Mrs. Helen L.
Cohen, Ms. Janet Ann
Conrad, Ms. Virginia
Corry, Mr. Cecil ? C.
Creane, Mr. Stephen F.
Davis, LTG & Mrs. John J. (USA-Ret.)
Esterline, Mr. Jake
Eifler, COL Carl F. (AUS-Ret.)
Ellwanger, Mr. Edward E.
Flannery, Mr. James E.
Forde, Chaplain Norman P.
Goodrich, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R.
Grady, Mr. 'J. William
Lupton, Mrs. William L.'
Halpern, Mr. Samuel
Hammond, Col. Steve (USAF-Ret.)
Hobbing, Mr. Enno
Huefner, Mr. Donald G.
Hurst, Mr. and- Mrs. J. B.
Isenstead, Mr. Erich W.
Kleyla, Mrs. Helen H.
Kunkel, Mr. Robert G.
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Lengel, Mr. John R.
Lyons, Ms. Mary L.
-Matthews, Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W.
Mackie, MAJ Thomas B. (AUS-Ret.)
Manchester, Col. Benjamin B. III USM
Mattison, Mrs. Alma H.
McCarthy, Mrs. Joe
McClister, Mrs. J. O.
McKenzie, Mr. K. Douglas
McMichael, LtCol George H. (USAF-Ret.)
McNamara, Mr. Francis J.
Miler, Mr. Newton S.
Moses, Mr.. Hans
Moss, Jennie E.
Ohio Chapter, AFIO
Popovich, Miss Eva M.
Parker, Mr. E. J.. Jr.
Penn, Mr. and Mrs. John Roby
Potocki, Mrs. William F. (Anita)
. Rigsbee, Ms. F. Catherine
Rankin, Mr. and Mrs. David H..
Revis, Ms: Sara
A Restricted Member and his wife
Roth, COL Robert C. (USA-Ret.)
Spera, Mrs. Agnes C.
Schmitz, Mr. Clarence W.
Sims, Mr. William S.
Tardy, COL Walter E. (USA-Ret.)
Thuermer, Mr. Angus MacLean
Toussaint, Mr. Paul A.
Waller, Mr. John H.
Wannall, Mr. and Mrs. W. Raymond
Weinbrenner, Col George R. (USAF-Ret.).,
Welles, Mr. Edward O.
Zellmer, Mr. Ernest J.
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Editor, Periscope:
Anyone who follows TV and print news on world
events and politics in Washington knows that Joe
Fernandez is a twenty-year veteran of the CIA; that he
either retired from the CIA - or was retired from it -
in late 1987; and he was the head of CIA's operations in
Costa Rica during a good part of what's become known
as the Iran-Contra affair. He has been indicted by a
grand jury on the basis of information and testimony
presented by the Special Prosecutor appointed to
investigate the affair. The indictment says he participated
in an alleged conspiracy to deprive the Congress of
information on the private resupply of military aid to
the Contras.
Joe Fernandez is the only CIA employee to be
indicted as a result of US Government involvement in
this affair. The indictment charges relate exclusively to
his conduct while he was assigned to Costa Rica, and
are based solelly on alleged violations of the Boland
Amendment. No personal greed, gain or self-
advancement under false or criminal circumstances are
alleged. No treason or violations of his oath of secrecy,
and no misconduct of service to the United States are
in question.
In the event it is not already clear, I am solidly with
the side of this issue that believes strongly that this
indictment is a personal and undeserved tragedy for Joe
Fernandez and his family. It is a reckless criminalization
of a long-standing, intense and otherwise healthy
competition between the executive and legislative
branches of government on who makes foreign policy in
and for the United States. It is particularly tragic when
seen in the light of those who know that Joe Fernandez
has served his country for many years with intense
loyalty, honesty, selflessness and at considerable
personal sacrifice - and the usual to show for it in
terms of his net worth upon retirement.
Joe Fernandez does not have the financial resources
that must be spent for his defense against the
indictment. The US Government is not paying for or
assisting in his defense. With the requisite legal advice,
friends of Joe Fernandez have established a defense
fund that will help to pay for his legal defense. Anyone
wishing to contribute to this fund can mail a check and
a letter of support - or even write to ask for more
information - and address same to: Joe Fernandez
Defense Fund, Heritage Bank, P.O. Box 7207, McLean,
Virginia 22106
John C. Platt
NEW LIFE MEMBERS
COL Nathaniel ALDERMAN, (USA-Ret.)
St. Petersburg, FL 33742
Mr. Gasper R. ALTOMARE
Albuquerque, New Mexico,
CAPT Richard W. BATES, (USN-Ret.)
Arlington, Virginia
Mr. Ralph W. BROWN
San Diego, California
James D. CALDER, Ph.D.
Boerne, Texas
Mrs. Elizabeth C. DUNLEVY
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Mr. Conrad M. FIRMENT
Vienna, Virginia
LtCol Dennis J. FLEMING, (USAF-Ret.)
Long Beach, Mississippi
Mr. Richard N. LaFAVER
The Woodlands, Texas
Mr. Warren L. LITTLE
Missoula, Montana
Mr. Allan A. SWENSON
Kennebunk, Maine
Mr. Earl R. WESSELL
Capistrano Beach, California
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To defend against the depredations of terrorists and
saboteurs, the United States requires both improved
intelligence for preemption and counteraction and
better physical defenses for particularly vulnerable
public-use facilities. Whether for our own purposes, or
for helping a friend or ally abroad, we need to bring all
our ingenuity to bear on anticipating, deterring,
preempting, or foiling such enemies.
The Working Group has studied the reports of the
Vice President's Task Force on Combating Terrorism
,
Coping With headed by Commissioner Holloway. It has consulted
with experts on terrorism and sabotage, intelligence
community personnel charged with collecting relevant
Sabotage and intelligence and state and regional officials responsible
for security against terrorists or saboteurs. We are
favorably impressed with the progress evident within
the Intelligence Community in collecting, analyzing and
Terrorism disseminating information concerning threats, but we
note, as did they, that overseas the scope of the
problem is increasing at an alarming rate and, over the
longer term, our ability to warn of impending terror or
sabotage here may prove inadequate.
Effective offensive countermeasures against sabotage
and terror depend in the first instance upon intelligence,
so that appropriate US and foreign security forces can
Excerpted fro' m the Report of the be forewarned. We believe that defensive counter-.
measures are necessary. The record of terrorism to
Regional Conflict Working Group date supports the conclusion that some classes of
targets are more vulnerable to sabotage or terrorist
of the U.S. Commisison on action than others - for example, the international air
transport system. Technology is in hand or in sight that,
Integrated Long-Term Strategy over the next decade, would permit selective hardening
of key facilities without detracting from their public
utility and without necessitating new Federal funding
programs.
Vulnerability to sabotage and terrorism can be
reduced by increasing the sharing of intelligence and
improving operational cooperation among city, state,
regional and Federal law enforcement agencies. Because
Paul, F. Gorman, Chairman of the development of communications and transportation
systems during the last twenty years, many state and
Regional Conflict Working Group local law enforcement organizations have established
effective regional support arrangements. Along the US
border, liaison between these and Federal agencies
seems to have improved as the Administration's
attempts to counter drug smuggling have intensified.
Elswhere, local officials report that their interface with
Federal counterparts is less than satisfactory. The
Federal government needs to participate in enhancing
communications interchange all around the country.
The need for better assured and more pervasive
cooperation in intelligence sharing, training and
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operational coordination among US law enforcement vulnerable public facilities. For example, for air
agencies will increase in the future, and we need to transport it appears possible to provide annular
study now the technological means of sharing information defenses, the core of which is the travel vehicle. itself,
among the intelligence and law enforcement communities. comprising networked sensors and non-intrusive surveil-
We can expect the threat of imported violence to lance devices that could overwatch activity within the
continue to mount as intercontinental communications entire facility, and even on avenues of approach to it,
become more readily available, travel times' decrease scanning continuously for weapons, explosives, contraband
and the destructiveness of terrorist weapons increases. and individuals whose behavior warrants closer inspection.
A sound mode for the requisite secure communications, Identification tags - badges or temporary passes, both
information processing capability and operational with embedded signature elements capable of being
decision aids is the computer-based communications remotely sensed - could be used to control access to
network maintained by the FBI among its six regional critical gateways (e.g., preboarding lounges or aircraft
headquarters. parking ramps). The same technology could be embedded
There can be little doubt that the use of violence by in license plates on registered vehicles (e.g., protection
terrorists will continue through the turn of the century against car bombs), opening possibilities of both.remote
and beyond, that new and more destructive weaponry is reading and recording of transit via millimeter microwave
now available to terrorists, and that state sponsors of energy. Modern techniques of computer security
terrorism include nations that have demonstrated a suggest that relatively tamper-proof tags and. license
willingness to use even proscribed weapons like toxic plates could be designed,. reducing the possibility of
chemical agents. While the report of The Vice counterfeiting or falsification. These could be supple-
President's Task Force on Combating Terrorism has mented by a mobile security force, provisions for the
been proven valuable in establishing programs to operations of which were incorporated in the construction
counter the threat of terrorism in the near term, it did of the facility.
not address the longer range strategies, such as There will be added costs for such measures; but
hardening of selected high-value targets as a passive including this new technology in new construction
means of significantly reducing vulnerability and incrementally would help reduce these costs significantly.
improving deterrence. Further, US airline passengers now pay a tax on each
While it is clear that making some facilities more air fare designed to purchase heightened security and
difficult to attack will only precipitate a reordering of these funds have not always been used to that end. If
terrorists' objectives, some classes of facilities, are, on the new defenses were effective in averting even one
the record, much more conducive to purposes of serious instance of international terrorism, their value
saboteurs or terrorists than others, and the United could be better assessed.
States is peculiarly vulnerable. Among prime sabotage' There is a need to inculcate today's architects of
targets are US power-transmission facilities, which public facilities with sound principles of security. design.
often have do back-up equipment available to replace Security can be incorporated into almost any kind of
damaged materiel. Federal oversight' bodies need to structure with minimal impact on esthetics or function.
incorporate into their standards provisions for defenses Provisions for surveillance and security force reaction,
against, and recovery'-from, sabotage. secure areas, access control, blast containment, reduction
Americans as individuals are particularly vulnerable of hazards from direct fire and fragments and similar
to terrorism at. airports and on airliners. Worldwide, - considerations should be dealt with. as a matter of
most of the terminals of the international air transport,., course in the plans. of major public facilities. A first step
system are in . a continual state of reconstruction would be. legislation requiring that, in the future, the
dictated.by expanding passenger volume, new.types of: design of any structure to be subsidized by, or to. be
aircraft and novel forms of travel services. Large sums certified for public use by any Federal agency, be
of money are spend annually on these upgrades, but reviewed for compliance with specified security standards.
almost no attention is paid in the designs to security The additional costs of such security design and review,
measures or terrorist countermeasures. Little or which would not be much, could almost certainly be off-
nothing is being spent in the United States to improve set by savings on hazard and liability insurance or paid
safeguards for passengers, baggage or the- aircraft for' by user taxes.
themselves.
Yet, there is a significant body of technology that [The Working Group's findings on tactical intelligence
could be used to enhance the physical security of such appeared in the last issue of Periscope.]
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Intelligence
and the Media
William H. Webster
Director of Central Intelligence
Excerpted from Remarks
before the
Institute for the Study of Diplomacy,
School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University
Winter 1989
I firmly believe that the oversight responsibilities
exercised by Congress are both necessary and beneficial.
There must be a dependable system of oversight and
accountability that builds, rather than erodes, trust
between those who have the intelligence responsibility
and those who are the elected representatives of the
American people.
There are, however, instances where information
pertaining to national security must not be released
outside the narrow reach of the congressional oversight
committees: this includes information that could
jeopardize lives, or information that threatens the
means by which we protect ourselves. The disclosure of
sophisticated technical systems or cryptographic informa-
tion alerts a hostile nation to the need to develop
countermeasures and can seriously hamper our intelli-
gence collection efforts. In signals intelligence, for
example, if one sensitive piece of information is
published, it could put an entire intelligence collection
system that took years to develop out of use. An
enormous amount of time, planning and money would
be required to replace it, and the loss of intelligence
collection in the meantime could be formidable.
Information that is published need not even be
accurate to do irreparable harm to our intelligence
capabilities. Let me give you an example. Not too long
ago there was a brief flurry of news stories purporting
to be based on classified intelligence - information
indicating that the Soviets had carried out certain
military experiments. The stories were largely inaccurate.
Yet comments on the situation - again mostly
inaccurate - were attributed to a number of US
officials. Some of these officials confirmed the story,
one denied it and yet another corrected the initial story.
The statements by these officials served to heighten
speculation and to sustain public focus on matters
involving highly sensitive US intelligence collection
techniques.
After these stories were published, the Soviets took
countermeasures which limited our access to this type
of intelligence. In short, even though the information
disclosed by these US officials was incorrect, the net
result was a further loss for US intelligence.
Regrettably, some view the Intelligence Community's
obligation to protect intelligence sources and methods
as a threat to a free press. But I have found that most
members of the press are more than willing to
cooperate when we have clearly stated the reasons why
certain information would jeopardize national interests.
Last fall, a reporter from a major newspaper
requested a meeting with my Public Affairs Director at
CIA to discuss extremely sensitive information that had
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come into his possession about Middle Eastern
terrorism. The CIA official advised the reporter that
without any doubt his information, if published, could
endanger a valuable source of intelligence and could
result in loss of life. The reporter agreed to withhold
the story, and to this day, has not published it. If the
reporter were ever to believe that the CIA official had
dissembled, we would have lost that trust that is so
important in dealing with the public and the Congress.
There have been other instances in which the press
has withheld stories or written them in a way that
preserved the confidentiality of intelligence sources.
This cooperation is a result of the credibility and good
faith we have worked to establish with the press.
Our policy with the media - like our policy with
Congress - is to be both candid and responsive. By
candid I don't mean that we tell them everything they
ask to hear; I mean that we will indicate clearly what we
will tell them and what we will not tell them. We
frequently schedule background briefings for reporters
who request information on international developments.
And if we cannot answer a specific question from the
media, we will tell them that we cannot answer it and
will not 'try and invent a response.
Recruitment in Place
A member of AFIO shares with us a source
recruitment letter he received recently from a correspon-
dent for a major national news magazine. The journalist
states boldly, "I picked up your name and address from
the Fall 1986 issue of Periscope, the AFIO journal."
Continues the reporter, "Retired foreign affairs
experts are among the best sources a journalist can
hope to have since they usually have no political axes to
grind and bring a storehouse of calm, mature judgment
to the area of their expertise. I wonder whether I can
call on you as a source in the future. Please write or call
collect .. .
"I have worked for Time since 1979. You can check
my name on the masthead under New York correspon-
dents. Included are a few pieces I have reported
recently.
"Looking forward to hearing from you."
Veterans of the intelligence profession are not
unfamiliar with "cold pitches," but this appears to be a
first: recruitment through a word processor's mail-
merge. At least it wasn't addressed to "Dear occupant"
nor did it carry the "carrier route sort" bulk mail
indicator.
AFIO Members Are Victors
In November Elections
The Texas Chapter is elated that one of its own,
George Herbert Walker Bush has been elected President
of the United States.
The Southwest Florida Chapter shares the victory of
member Porter Goss, who has been elected to the
House of Representatives.
In local elections, John Morris Urban, was elected
to the Horry County Council in South Carolina.
To Continue to Serve .. .
Don Harvey's Fact Sheet
on AHO Virtues
(Factual, but biased in favor of your joining)
Promotes public (even Congressional) under-
standing of need for strong US intelligence.
,/ About 3400 members nationwide, 20 local
chapters.
,/ Promotes education programs explaining im-
portance of intelligence, provides over 90 college
professors books, monographs, speakers (as they
request).
,/ Distributes quarterly on news, views and
book reviews related to intelligence and a
quarterly digest of current intelligence news
commentary.
,/ Responds to congressional requests for AFIO
views and factual data.
,/ Through local chapters, provides speakers to
civic, academic and professional groups.
,/ Provides consultation to, or participates in,
radio and TV programs on intelligence and
national security issues; responds to press inquiries.
,/ Holds annual convention with distinguished
speakers and panelists.
,/ Chartered as IRS 501.c(3) (educational) organi-
zation; dues ($25) and donations are tax-
deductible.
,/ Provides former intelligence people a means
to continue to serve.
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New Members
(New members since the last issue except for those who asked their names be restricted.)
ANDERSON, Mr. Henry V.
BERZIN, Mr. Vel
COPHER
Mr. Paul D
15-B Greeley Village
Lexington, MA 02173
12015 Circle Drive E.
Houston, TX 77071
,
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115 Sutherland Drive
Brunswick, GA 31520
ARNOLD, Dr. Hugh F.
BOTHWELL, Mr. James L.
CROW, LTC Bobby S.
USAR
1659 North Blvd
6512 11th Avenue W.
,
Rt. 5
Box 797
Houston, TX 77006
Bradenton, FL 34209
,
Alvin, TX 77511
ATKESON, MG E. B.
BRETZING, Richard T.
CVJETNICANIN, Mr. Radivoj
(USA-Ret.)
1553 E. Maple Hill Drive
110 Knightsbridge Road
202 Vassar Place
Bountiful, UT 84010
Cary
NC 27513
Alexandria, VA 22314
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BARNES, Mr. Peter J.
CALHOUN, Mr. Gilbert T. Jr.
DENZ
Mr. Robert C
19 Southfield Road
4702 Red Fox Drive
,
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P. O. Box 382
Edison, NJ 08820
Annandale, VA 22003
South Sutton, NH 03273
BARROW, Mr. George T.
6151 Bordley Drive
Houston, TX 77057
BATES, Mr. Richard L.
12137 Presidio Way
Lake Ridge, VA 22192
BAUX, Ms. Monique A.
902 S. Lincoln Avenue, #205
Urbana, IL 61801
BEARSE, Mr. Ray
P. O. Box 298
Brandon, VT 05733
BECKMAN, Mr. Charles J.
10412 El Capitan Circle
Sun City, AZ 85351
CAMERON, Mr. Richard E.
1221 Cedar Post Lane, #4-C
Houston, TX 77055
CAVANAUGH, Mr. Joseph M.
3310 Fish Canyon Road
Duarte, CA 91010
CHESTON, Major E. Burwell
P. O. Box 4168
McLean, VA 22103
CLARK, Mr. Robert M.
2039 Carrhill Road
Vienna, VA 22180
COOPER, Mr. Richard D.
4671 Dennis Way
Las Vegas, NV 89121
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FEE, Mr. Russell J.
66 Douglas St. SMW
Homosassa, FL 32646
FIRMENT, Mr. Conrad M.
204 Tapawingo Roae S.E.
Vienna, VA 22180
FISCHER, Mr. Robert C.
Hall House, Nichols College
Dudley Hill, MA 01570
FRAMPTON, Mr. Henry G.
96 Veranda Lane
Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 3208
GALLAGHER, Col Thomas K.
9914 Great Oaks Way
Fairfax, VA 22030
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New Members
(New members since the last issue except for those who asked their names be restricted.)
GARDINER, Mr. L. Keith
3313 Hemlock Drive
Falls Church, VA 22042
HOWELL, Ms. Lucille M.
4038 S.E. 73rd Avenue
Portland, OR 97206
LOWER, Mr. Michael G.
Star Route, Box 100
Eastsound, WA 98245
GLUNT, E. Merle
RD 1, Box 303
Mount Union, PA 17066
GOLDBERG, COL Robert B.,
(USA-Ret.)
7911 Birchtree Court
Springfield, VA 22152
HUDDY, Mr. Norman W.
6303 Hardy Drive
McLean, VA 22101
JONES, Mr. Edward P.
7531 Buenavista Terrace
Rockville, MD 20855
LUTHY, Mr. Raymond V.
2825 Royal Ann Lane
Concord, CA 94518
MADIGAN, Mr. Michael J.
3909 Ivy Terrace Ct NW
Washington,, DC 20007
GONCE, Mr. Chet L.
3823 S. Maryland Pkwy
#D-4
Las Vegas, NV 89119
KEAT, Mr. Augustus J.
8547 S. Zephyr
Littleton, CO 80123
MATLICK, Col. Ben M.
4000 Massachusetts Ave NW,
# 1314
Washington, DC 20016
GREENE, Mr. Charles S.
1035 Country Club Dr., #W-109
Margate, FL 33063
KOPP, Mr. Walter H.
5040 Cliffhaven Drive
Annandale, VA 22003
McBRIDE, Mr. James C.
2990 Richmond Street
Houston, TX 77098
Mr. Wesley J.
GROVE
KOSOVAC, Col. Don E.,
McCARTHY, Mr. James L.
,
12 Falling Leaf
(USAF-Ret.)
517 Baltimore Road
Houston, TX 77024
293 Colgate Avenue
Rockville, MD 20850
Kensington, CA 94708
Mr. Chalmers
HARDENBERGH
LAURENT, Mr. John P.
McGILL, Mr. Bert H.
,
2001 Beacon Street IDDS
3829 Olympia
Box 5
Brookline, MA 02146
Houston, TX 77019
Amherst, NH 03031
HATTERSLEY, Mr. Tom
4423 Emerald Street
Torrance, CA 90503
LEWIS, Mr. Sidney A.
2317 Calle de Nuevo
Las Vegas, NV 89102
McMARTIN, Ms. Carolyn A.
13309 Nickleson
Woodbridge, VA 22193
HEDDY, Mr. Marc P.
150 Appleton Street, #4C
Boston, MA 02116
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LORD, Mr. Charles R.
3114 Catrina Lane
Annapolis, MD 21403
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MILLER, Mr. Allen H.
7106 Kempton Road
Lanham, MD 20706
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New Members
(New members since the last issue except for those who asked their names be restricted.)
MILLS, Mr. Lawrence A.
25761 La Serra Street
Laguna Hills, CA 92653
MURPHY, Mr. Floyd Phillip
2411 Wroyton Road
Houston, TX 77005
NOLAN, Mr. James P. Jr.
5415 Burling Road, # I
Bethesda, MD 20814
O'CONNOR, Jeremiah V. ESQ.
69 Taylor Street
Quincy, MA 02170
O'HARA, Mr. David
Box 9763, Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas, NV 89191
OGDEN, LTC R. Keith Jr.,
(USA-Ret.)
1350 Beverly Road, Suite 115-245
McLean, VA 22101
PAULEY, Mr. Joseph F.
8740 Sleepy Hollow Lane
Potomac, MD 20854
PEARL, COL Jason E., USAR
206 Hickory Hill Road
New Britain, CT 06052
PLATT, Dr. Edward E.
325 N. Ben Franklin Road
Indiana, PA 15701
Winter 1989
POVLOVSKI, Mr. Albert K.
104 Blaisdell Street
Haverhill, MA 01832
ROMEO, Dr. William D.
1853 E. Broadway
Missoula, MT 59802
ROSETTI, Mr. Joseph R.
39 Calvary Road
Weston, CT 06883
RYLANDER, Mr. R. Lynn
9 Coleman Lane
Sterling, VA 22170
SCOTT, Mr. Richard Mark
26 Beech Street
Springfield, MA 01105
SEGAL, Wilma F.
953 Hemenway Ave N.E.
Port Charlotte, FL 33980
SHANKS, Mr. Charles W. Jr.
3000 Stony Lake Court, #2B
Richmond, VA 23235
SHEFFIELD, Col. John A.,
(USAF-Ret.)
P. O. Box 3207
APO New York, NY 09009
SHOSS, Dr. Samuel
11910 McLeods Lane
Houston, TX 77024
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SMITH, Mr. Thomas N.
900 Henderson Avenue, #1818
Houston, TX 77058
SOKOL, Mr. Sidney L.
13501 Woodchester Drive
Sugarland, TX 77478
SWENSON, Mr. Allan A.
34 Summer Street
Kennebunk, ME 04043
SWORD, Mr. Jeffrey D.
9200 Live Oak Lane
Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
TORRINGTON, Mr. Arthur E.
6 Albatross Lane
Smithtown, NY 11787
TROICKE, Mr. John A.
211 Glendale Avenue
Liverpool, NY 13088
UNSINGER, Mr. Peter Charles
1581 Elka Avenue
San Jose, CA 95129
VALLEY, Mr. Harry R.
601 Rockwell Avenue, #502
Cleveland, OH 44114
VAN WAGONER, LTC Dorothy
A., (USA-Ret.)
6251 Old Dominion Drive, #339
McLean, VA 22101
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VERVILLE, Mr. William
12236 Moinarch Circle
Seminole, FL 34642
VETTER, Ms. Elizabeth Lindsay
5335 42nd Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20015
VIAU, Mr. Robert A.
537 N. Gower Street
Los Angeles, CA 90004
WALRATH, Mr. Barry A.
8214 Robey Avenue
Annandale, VA 22003
WARRICK, Maudina C.
5428 W. State Avenue
Glendale, AZ 85301
WELSH, Mr. Michael K.
1441 Detroit Avenue, #370
Concord, CA 94520
WESSELL, Mr. Earl R.
35013 Camino Capistrano
Capistrano Beach, CA 92624
WHITED, Mr. Virgil L.
247 Sunrise West
Cadiz, KY 42211
WILTAMUTH, Mr. Richard E.
1700 Kiva Road
Silver Spring, MD 20904
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WOLF, Mr. Michael E.
28221 Ridgebrook Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48018
WOODROW, Mr. Ralph T.
8302 Brixton Street
Springfield, VA 22152
ZAVARTKAY, Ms. Sandra L.
. 2808 Tate Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44109
Purpose
AFIO was organized in 1975 by
former intelligence personnel from
the Federal military and civilian in-
telligence and security agencies. Its
purpose is to promote public under-
standing of, and support for, a
strong and responsible national in-
telligence establishment.
AFIO believes that effective in-
telligence is the nation's first line of
defense against surprise from
abroad, subversion at home and
possibly dangerous miscalculation
by our national leaders in the con-
duct of foreign and defense policy.
AFIO therefore holds that reliable
intelligence is essential to the cause
of peace.
In pursuing its objectives, AFIO
? Works closely with ap-
propriate committees of the
congress regarding legislation
affecting the intelligence
agencies, responds to congres-
sional requests for its views
and information on intel-
ligence matters, and is fre-
Periscope
quently called upon to testify
on specific legislative propos-
als.
? Through its network of local
chapters across the nation,
provides speakers for discus-
sion of national - security
issues before civic, academic
and professional groups.
? Promotes educational pro-
grams explaining the role and
importance of intelligence.
? Provides participants for net-
work and local TV and radio
programs on national security
issues.
? Is frequently consulted by
scholars, authors, journalists
and TV producers on intel-
ligence matters.
? Monitors media treatment of
intelligence and security
issues and, where inaccuracies
and distortions occur, at-
tempts to set the record
straight.
? Distributes to its members a
quarterly publication with
news, views and book reviews
relating to intelligence, and a
quarterly digest of current
news commentary.
tax exempt associa
understanding of the role of
American' intelligence as a vital
element of the security of our
nation To that:; end., :the more
members, the ;broader public;'
understanding."
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AFIO Chapters Active Nationwide
_ Arizona.
Arizona Chapter. The chapter met on Saturday,
September 29th, at the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center at Pinal Air Park, Marin, Arizona.
Fourteen members were treated to a tour of the
Center, including the firing range, classroom facilities
and the defensive driving course,
Following the tour a luncheon meeting was held in
the dining room of the Center. Members were polled to
determine how many had contacted their Congressmen
regarding the expression of opposition to HR 3822, the
48-hour notification bill. We are pleased to report that
all. attendance had . contacted their legislative
representatives!
On November 19th, the chapter met. at the new
Ramada Inn, Tucson, with eighteen members present.
President Robert Nugent called for establishing a
telephone committee to remind members of meetings.
Following the luncheon, a very timely program was
given by Major Peter Cooper, USAF, 836th Air
Division, INF. Treaty Compliance Planning. Major
Cooper heads the INF Treaty enforcement team at
Davis-Monthan AFB. He gave a complete outline of
how the USSR teams are accommodated while on their
official inspection missions. He illustrated the talk with
a slide presentation made during the Soviet team's first
verification mission at Davis-Monthan. In addition, the
slides graphically illustrated how the missiles, carriers
and launchers are being dismantled.
The Soviet team must give sixteen hours notice
prior to their arrival in San Francisco, the speaker
noted. At Davis-Monthan the escort ratio is one on
one. There can be no more than twenty on the Soviet
team. There must be 'at least two Soviets and two
Americans in each group. The teams are permitted in
only three areas: billeting, which must be on base; a
special dining room in the Officers' Club and the
Elimination Site. There are no phones in the billets.
The Soviet team must depart within four hours after
the last missile is destroyed.
Major Cooper estimated the cost of each inspection
tour to be $127,000. This does not include aircraft fuel
from San Francisco and back. He expressed the opinion
that the US is doing a good job at this end to comply
with the INF treaty and expressed the view that we are
doing a wise and prudent job to coincide with Soviet
linter 1989
compliance. Major Cooper indicated that the Soviet
team members were well-dressed and very intelligent.
The time of destruction of each missile or launcher
has been tabbed at thirty minutes each, and they are
eliminated on a twenty-four hour per day schedule for
two days. The treaty calls for inspections at three month
intervals over three years.
The Nevada Chapter currently has forty-five mem-
bers. Chapter officers for 1988 were Robert A. Nugent,
president; Donald D. Dalgleisch, vice president; and
James W. Browitt, secretary. Five meetings were held
in 1988: in Phoenix, Tucson, Casa Grande and Pinal Air
Park.
California.
San Diego Chapter One. Fifty members and their
guests visited the US Ranger (CV61) on August 26th,
and received a briefing from the Ranger's intelligence
officer. After the briefing, they enjoyed lunch in the
ship's wardroom.
In September, the Chapter joined with other defense-
oriented organizations to greet and hear General
Robert T. Herres, USAF, the Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff. The reception and luncheon was
held at the Hyatt Islandia on Mission Bay, San Diego.
The guest speaker at the October 28th meeting,
held at the Admiral Kidd Club, was Lowell Blankfort,
editor and publisher of the South Bay's Star News.
He opened his slide presentation, .c 1986, on Cuba
by stating that the Cubans are warm and friendly
towards Americans and that wherever one goes he or
she encounters music and song from the happy
populace. Yet, for those of us who remember Havana
in pre-Castro days, a city of lights and gaiety, the
obvious drabness and decay of that once magnificent
city tells otherwise.
A slide of a billboard advertising the VISA card
indicated why Cubans, including Fidel Castro, love us.
Like most of the world's impoverished peoples, the
Cubans love and long for US dollars. But, as Mr.
Blankfort explained, Americans cannot use their VISA
cards in Cuba because of our embargo which, he
explained, is "Reagan's fault." It came as no surprise
when Blankfort stated that the Cuban people are
opposed to the use of Cuban troops to prop up such
unpopular Soviet client states as Angola and Ethiopia,
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especially the former. However, in spite of the fact that
Mikhail Gorbachev would like to have Castro pull his
forces from Angola, the Cuban dictator is loathe to do
so as it is a source of hard American dollars to have
them remain. Blankfort explained it thusly: Chevron
Petroleum Company pays Angola in US dollars to allow
the company to extract oil from Angola's off-shore
deposits. With these dollars, Angola pays off Castro's
troops. There is also a tidy sum left over for propping
up Castro's sagging economy.
Since the coming of Castro's revolution, claims the
speaker, the life expectancy of Cubans has risen from
55 to 72 years. He says that one sees no homeless or
hungry people in Cuba. One of our wags asked if this
was due to the infamous Mariel boatlift. Blankfort's
reply was mumbled. Castro rules Cuba through the
"Committee for Defense of the Revolution," "ward-
heelers" who Blankfort compares with Tammany Hall's
minions in New York during the late 19th Century. This
is a poor analogy because while Tammany Hall and
others like it were essentially corrupt, they did provide
some useful services to their wards for which they
expected political loyalty; in the case of Communist
block wardens, on the other hand, loyalty to Fidel is not
only expected but demanded through fear of doing
otherwise.
While Castro is a non-believer, he is not, according
to Blankfort, "anti-religious" and churches are apparently
open, although he had no slides of people attending
them. More worrisome is the fate of some 15,000 pre-
Castro era Jews; only 1,200 Jews remain in Cuba and
these are mostly elderly.
At its November meeting, the Chapter heard former
Chapter president W.H. "Dub" Hicks, speak on
international terrorism, an appropriate background to
the Pan American Flight 103 tragedy that happened
two weeks later. "Dub" gave a history of terrorism and
the factors that motivate those who practice it.
In conjunction with the Air Force Association, the
Chapter held a Christmas Brunch at the Torrey Pines
Inn. The session was enlivened by Lee Echols' patented
(but new) jokes; his monologue was then matched by
Nick Yantsin and Keith Young. On a serious note, the
members heard of efforts by chapter secretary Ed
Learnard, a life member of the Air Force Escape and
Evasion Society and others, working with the Veterans
Administration, to find escapers and evaders who are
not entitled currently to the VA's POW benefits. It was
noted that many of them lived under worse conditions
than did the POWs, especially in Europe.
Slated for the January 20th meeting was a visit to
the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Scheduled were
a presentation by Mr. George Shore, Director of Ship
Operations at Scripps, a visit to the tide pool and
aquarium and a luncheon at the Torrey Pines Inn.
Paid chapter membership stands at 102.
Florida
Southwest Florida Chapter. Otto F. Otepka has
been elected President of the Chapter, replacing
Arnold Lee Glass, whose campaign for sheriff and
other responsibilities precluded his carrying out Chapter
duties.
The January 12th meeting was held at the Bonita
Springs Palm River Country Club, North Naples with
twenty-two members and guests in attendance.
President Optepka informed the audience that
WSFP-TV, the local affiliate of the Public Broadcasting
Service had scheduled a series of four one-hour
presentations, beginning January 23rd, on "Secret
Intelligence." He noted that the station had described
the series as: "A history of American expionage in the
20th century ," "The development of the CIA as the
President's covert army of intervention," "Learning to
say no; a look at intelligence scandals and leaks in the
1960s and 1970s" and "The Enterprise - recent CIA
activities, including the Iran-Contra Scandal."
According to the station's announcement, the
programs will be hosted by Bill Kurtis and include
interviews of William Casey, William Colby, Arthur
Schlesinger, Dean Rusk, John Erlichman and Howard
Hunt. The series was produced at KCET-TV, Los
Angelese, a PBS affiliate.
Opteka noted that members familiar with the
publications of Accuracy in Media, a media watchdog
organization, will recall that AIM has been highly
critical of some of the programs produced on PBS.
AIM has noted, he said, that although PBS is financed
in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a
government agency created by Congress and mandated
by law to give strong adherence to fairness and
objectivity, PBS has departed from such standards on
many occasions. This has been particularly true in the
discussion of intelligence-related issues. AIM, Opteka
said, has openly identified past distortions and inaccura-
cies in such shows. AIM also praised PBS in 1977 for
withdrawing a production of KCET-TV on the uses of
plutonium, a telecast viewed by PBS executives as
blatantly unfair and unbalanced.
He recalled also that, in 1983, AIM had reported
that Bill Kurtis, then a CBS broadcaster, during an
interview with Angela Davis had allowed to go
unchallenged her shocking and abusive criticism of
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President Reagan.
Otepka urged the membership to view the four
scheduled programs and to submit comments to the
chapter's executive committee for further action.
[Editor's Note: The New York Times, in reviewing
the series, observed that `Although written with a heavy
hand and narrated by Bill Kurtis as though he were
auditioning for a road-company melodrama, "Secret
Intelligence" is packed with information about America's
career in the spy game . . . " and suggested that the series
"suffers from an overdose of virtue when despite its own
evidience of the usefulness of espionage, it seems to be
asking that America be holier-than-everyone in international
hanky panky.'7
Members were also alerted to eight scheduled
sessions open to the public at the Edison Community
College, University of South Florida, during January,
February and March. The sessions are part of a
continuing series on US foreign policy sponsored by the
Foreign Policy Association and will touch on a wide
range of topics involving the foreign and domestic scene
and intelligence operations. It was noted that the series
announcement lists speakers familiar to AFIO members
as having been strongly opposed to US assistance in
Central America and to various intelligence operations.
Unfortunately, AFIO members have not been invited
as speakers for the 1988 and 1989 discussions. Chapter
members volunteered to be in the audience for this
year's sessions.
The chapter is pleased and proud that chapter
member Porter Goss was elected by a substantial
margin last November to represent the district in the
House of Representatives. In March 1988, Congressman
Goss, then a Lee County Commissioner, addressed the
chapter on vital issues concerning county administration.
It was noted that although former chapter president
Arnold Lee Glass was unsuccessful in his bid for Sheriff
of Collier County, he remains well suited for a law
enforcement post in this area where drug smuggling
and other criminal drug traffic constitute a major
problem.
It was announced that AFIO board member W.
Raymond Wannall will be the speaker at the March
meeting.
Suncoast Chapter. The Chapter met for luncheon at
the Officers' Club, MacDill AFB on December 13th
with forty-nine members and guests in attendance.
We were treated to a short, but interesting,
description of the status of veterans' affairs in Florida.
We learned that Florida has the fourth largest veteran
population in the nation, and it is increasing faster than
any other state in the Union. With the voters of Florida
approving by a large majority, last November a State
Cabinet position was created for Veterans' Affairs.
With this the welfare of the state's veterans will be
enhanced greatly, especially since a Department of
Veterans' Affairs has been established at the national
level.
Major General Earl G. Peck (USAF-Ret.), who
serves presently as the Director for Veterans' Affairs
for the State of Florida and who is a member of the Sun
Coast Chapter, was the distinguished speaker. He
noted that only about two-thirds of the Florida veterans
are taking advantage of the many things that the State
and country can do for them. We are hoping that
Governor Martinez will appoint MajGen Peck to the
new Cabinet position when it is activated on January
3rd.
New members William Verville, Jim Hardee, Carl
Garver and Earl Peck were introduced to the Chapter.
Chapter vice president Bob Sumner reported that if
our TV panel on Intelligence can cut the presentation
time down to about twenty-five minutes, the panel will
be invited to appear before some of the area service
clubs. He was already contacted the local Kiwanis Club
for this purpose.
The February 7th meeting, to be held at the
Officers' Club, MacDill AFB, was scheduled to hear
new Chapter member Carl Garver speak of his many
intelligence experiences in the Middle East and to bring
us up to date on that area.
Once again, the chapter invites any AFIO "snowbirds"
visiting the area from the "cold,North" to join in its
meetings.
New Mexico
New Mexico Chapter. At the Chapter's July 26th
meeting, LCDR Brian Thomas, USN, presented us with
a vivid picture of the logistical problems of supplying
our Naval Forces in the Arabian Gulf. He is the
Operations Officer attached to the Carrier Battle
Group then operating in the area, and just returned to
his ship's home port at Long Beach.
The Carrier Battle Group consisted of a nuclear
powered carrier, one Spruance class destroyer, one
nuclear powered cruiser, two guided missile destroyers,
two Knox class frigates, one AE (ordnance), one TAO
(tanker), one AFS (food and general supplies) and the
Wabash AOR. That totals eleven ships and 10,000
personnel.
The Wabash supplied the group with fuel, small
ordnance, food and general supplies. The Wabash,
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herself, required refueling by civilian tankers every four
days. The refueling operations required approximately
eight hours on a good day.
Atmospheric conditions can create a' number of
problems with UHF (line of sight) communications. On
occasions they could not talk to other ships 10-15 miles
away, while at other times they could communicate with
ships 100 to 200 miles away. Likewise, they had similar
problems with their radar propagation. On one
occasion, the Wabash detected radar signals normally
associated with the F-4 (which only Iran flies in the
area), indicating the rapid approach of an F-4, when the
signal disappeared suddenly. It was determined later
that the aircraft was some 100 miles away. These
anomalies are the result of frequent atmospheric
disturbances in the area. The ships also experienced
severe sand storms while 100-200 miles at sea. These
sand storms would cover the topside of the ships and
open gun mounts with fine particles of sand sufficient to
require a fresh water hose down. This use of fresh
water had the potential of considerable inconvenience
to the crew since the fresh water is made aboard ship.
In fact, with the water temperature of the gulf being 92-
94 degrees, the distillation of the sea water to fresh
water was, in itself, difficult.
The Soviet and French naval presence in the area
was not too obvious. The Soviets had a couple of ships,
but for the most part they remained at anchorage. The
flying of Helos over each other's ships and taking
photos was the most overt type of activity between the
US and the Soviets. The French, on the other hand,
would, on occasion, communicate with our ships.
LCDR Thomas elaborated on Operation Praying
Mantis. This was the operation in retaliation for the
mining of the USS Roberts on April 18th, and involved
his Battle Group and the Navy Seals in the destruction
of two oil derricks and the sinking of Iranian combatant,
the Savalon. The Savalon was sunk by a Harpoon
missile down her -stack
The Commander also touched on some of the
lighter side of duty on board the USS Wabash -
Operation Ice Cream and the deck picnic with the
crews allotted two cans of beer every forty-five days or
so.
He stated that the Battle Group received excellent
training and was able to check out a number of the
ship's systems under combat conditions. He closed by
saying that from what he had read, the press had done a
good job of reporting the events in the gulf area.
Jim McLeroy was the speaker at the Chapter's
August 23rd meeting: He spoke on "The Soviet
Penetration of Latin America." Mr. McLeroy lived and
traveled in. Latin America between 1970 and 1983. The
last seven years he was an international vice president
of the Bank of America, living in Panama and
Venezuela. He also served in Vietnam as a Special
Forces officer in 1967-68. Currently he is an-independent
financial consultant in Albuquerque.
The September meeting was to feature one of the
celebrated Navajo Code Talkers of WWII.
Nevada.
Nevada Chapter. Members of the Chapter partici-
pated in the annual POW/MIA Day ceremonies at the
Bradley Building, Las Vegas, on September 18th.
The scheduled speaker for the Chapter's September
29th meeting, held at the Nellis AFB Officers' Club,
was Senator Chic Hecht, a member of the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence.
For its October 27th meeting, held at the Country
Inn, Las Vegas, the Chapter featured Nancy Greene as
guest speaker. Ms. Greene, a supporter and associate of
the Hudson Institute and a strong advocate of SDI,
focused on Soviet active measures, including the extent
and threat of the Soviet measures both in this country
and abroad.
John Lear, a leading researcher on what are
commonly known as "unidentified flying objects" and
alien life was the Chapter's guest speaker at the
November 22nd meeting, held at the Elk's Lodge, Las
Vegas.
New York
Central New York Chapter. The Chapter reports
that it now has nine members, although it has been
unable to hold meetings of late. Currently, it is in the
exploratory stages of developing support for the AFIO
Academic Assistance Program and has made contact
with local professors whose programs include teaching
about intelligence.
Derek Lee Chapter. The chapter held a closed
meeting on January 24th at the Princeton Club, New
York City. For security reasons, the public, press and
foreign nationals were not invited.
The guest speaker was Adolfo Calero, Director,
Commander-in-Chief of the Nicaraguan Democratic
Force, the "Contras." Mr. Calero, who was elected to
that post in 1983 has worked tirelessly in his effort to
help interdict the flow of weapons into El Salvador and
to replace the Marxist-Leninist Sandinistas with a
democratic form of government. Dr. Calero received
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his BA from the University of Notre Dame, his Masters
from Syracuse University and, in 1972, was awarded his
Doctor of Law from the Central American University
in Managua. He served as Dean to the Faculty of
Administrative and Economic Sciences at that University
but, as an adversary of the Sandinistas, was forced into
exile in July. 1979. During his exile he decided' that
participation in the armed struggle was the only
alternative left to fight for the liberation of his country.
Texas
. Texas Chapter. The guest speaker for the Chapter's
September 27th meeting, held at the Westin Oaks
Galeria, was Major Augusto Villalaz. Major Villalaz, a
former top-level official of the Noriega regime who
recently defected, spoke on current affairs in Panama.
He stressed the large concentration of Cubans now
in Panama. He also noted, that Panama is an active
player in Central America, providing weapons, ammuni-
tion, money, training and wide logistical support to the
Sandinistas of Nicaragua. He also described attacks on
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aaonsnanama and the drug trade
which operates freely in that country. Major Villalaz
Marine Commandant
Addresses AFIO
charged that both terrorists and drug dealers en'o
y General A. M. Gray, Commandant of the US
government protection in Panama, recalling that when , Marine Corps was guest speaker at AFIO's Winter
a major Columbian cocaine laboratory was discovered luncheon, held December 5th at the Fort Myer
there, Noriega had all the Columbians released with no Officers' Club.
charges filed.
The Chapter's November 9th meeting featured
Ambassador Vernon A. Walters, US Permanent
Representative to the United Nations. Ambassador
Walters, who served as a special aide to Presidents
Truman, Eisenhower and Nixon and as Deputy Director
of Central Intelligence, delivered a stirring address to
over three hundred members and guests in attendance.
Chapter president Fred Rodell reports that, as a result
of the meeting, "our telephone lines were flooded days
after the meeting asking Rose when our next meeting is
going to take place and who will be the speaker."
Ambassador Walters' presentation was videotaped
and a copy is available from National for those
Chapters that wish to include it in programs.
W.T. Smith has been appointed chairman of the
Chapter's membership committee, and Richard Goldy
has been .,9--A ..L_1---- - --
General Gray's extemporaneous speech, blunt and
direct concerning the threats facing the United States,
reviewed the rebuilding of the Marine Corps, restructur-
ing of combat and intelligence units and modernization
of its ' weaponry. His off-the-cuff remarks won a
standing ovation.
the arrangement, call the River Mountain Lodge, (1-
800) 553-4456, and mention your AFIO membership.
Joining the Chapter as new members are Clifford
Elow, Don L. Frisch, David Garrison, Fred Meyer,
Marlin E. Mote and, Ms. Alicia R. Taylor.
The Chapter wishes to share the invocation delivered
by Dr. Charles Green, Pastor of the Terrace United
Methodist Church, at its September 27th meeting,
unique because it drew a standing ovation:
"Oh God, Creator of all Mankind and the
Giv
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committee. Kevin C. Swailes serves as ma a spiritual grace, teach us the lesson of the prophets of
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tor old, that there is a time to speak and a time to remain
of the Texas Periscope, the Chapter's quarterly newsletter. silent. We pray that such a lesson may be taught to
The Chapter is pleased to report that it has members of our US Congress. May they learn to weigh
arranged for all AFIO members to receive a 10% their words in respect of lives. Be present, oh God, in
discount at the River Mountain Lodge, Breckenridge, our company with each other. In your name we ra.
Colorado, including "in season." To take advantage of Amen." p y
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From ? Third World Conflicts. Detailed and anticipatory
the intelligence is mandatory if the US is to protect
---A-- anti American interests.
President's
Desk
I am sorry to report the death of Hans Moses, a
splendid man and friend of so many of us, as well as
editor of our News Commentary. Hans will be sorely
missed by all of us.
In this first Periscope of 1989, it is a pleasure to
mark 1988 as another successful year. The October
convention was very well received and, as you have read
in the last Periscope, treated many facets of intelligence
analysis in today's world. We are blessed with solid
support from the serving intelligence practitioners.
Our Academic Assistance program in support of
over 90 college professors teaching intelligence around
the country has taken root and established its own
momentum. We are currently providing our professors
with Bill Casey's book, The Secret War Against Hitler,
thanks to Mrs. Casey's generosity.
? Verification Monitoring. The INF Treaty requires
inspecting 117 Soviet facilities; a START Treaty could
involve twenty times as many. A conventional arms
treaty would be at least as stressing to intelligence in all
likelihood.
? Technology Transfer. Stemming the flow of technology
depends first on worldwide intelligence collection and
reporting.
? Soviet Bloc. Despite Gorbachev's drive, the essential
requirements for intelligence concentration on Bloc
activities have not diminished.
? Hostile Intelligence. During the past three years,
there have been more penetrations of our defense and
intelligence communities than ever before in our
history. The need for counterintelligence is obvious.
The point of all this is that AFIO's missions are as
needed and important as they were in the 1970s,
especially as the nation's requirements for intelligence
support diversify and multiply. To better fulfill our role,
we must expand our membership, broaden our programs
and reach out more widely with our message. One
simple measure every member can support is to recruit
new members - application forms are now included in
Our membership has held steady and our finances
are on solid ground. In both categories, however, we
need to exert renewed effort if we are to continue to
vigorously execute our purpose for being - education
of the nation in the importance of intelligence to strong
national security. To underscore why our endeavors to
strengthen our society's support for strong national
intelligence continue to be of vital importance, consider
some of today's national concerns:
? Drugs. Drugs cause much of our crime, especially
violent crime. The critical element of any useful
measures to stem inflow is accurate and timely
intelligence.
? Chemical and Biological Warfare. Much in the news
of late and somewhat new as a major concern. As usual,
all effective counter-measures begin with good intelli-
gence.
? Terrorism. While intelligence will not solve it, no
effectual actions to suppress terrorism is possible
without solid intelligence.
each of our publications.
Don Harvey
PERISCOPE is published quarterly by the Association
of Former Intelligence Officers, McLean Office Building,
6723 Whittier Ave., Suite 303A, McLean, VA 22101.
Phone [phone].
Officers of AFIO are:
RADM Donald P. Harvey (USN-Ret)......... President
Charles A. Briggs ...................................... Vice President
Robert J. Novak ..................................................Treasurer
Anne Mary Ingraham ......................................... Secretary
John K. Greaney ................................Executive Director
Gretchen Campbell ..................................... Administrator
Hans Moses (1980-1989).... Editor, News Commentary
Edward F. Sayle ................................ Editor of Periscope
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