CIA DIRECTOR STANSFIELD TURNER HAS DISCOVERED THAT HIS PURGE OF CLANDESTINE OPERATIVES LAST FALL-THE SO-CALLED HALLOWEEN MASSACRE-HAS LEFT THE AGENCY WITH TOO FEW QUALIFIED OFFICERS FOR IMPORTANT OVERSEAS POSTS.

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General CIA Records

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CIA-RDP91-00561R000100080057-1

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December 22, 2016

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February 23, 2012

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April 3, 1978

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STAT Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100080057-1 ARTICLE APPEARED U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT ON PA - E_:- 3 April 1978 CIA Director Stansfield Turner has discovered that his purge of clandes- tine operatives last fall-the so-called Halloween massacre--has left the agency with too few qualified officers for important overseas posts. Result: Turner has backtracked sharply on retrenchment plans that originally called for dismissal of 820 agents. Top intelligence officials are con- cerned about large-scale and rapidly increasing theft of technical secrets by Russian spies invading the U.S. under cover of cultural-exchange pro- grams. A secret report by the CIA describing stolen secrets is said to be several inches thick. Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/02/23: CIA-RDP91-00561 R000100080057-1

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CIA DIRECTOR STANSFIELD TURNER HAS DISCOVERED THAT HIS PURGE OF CLANDESTINE OPERATIVES LAST FALL-THE SO-CALLED HALLOWEEN MASSACRE-HAS LEFT THE AGENCY WITH TOO FEW QUALIFIED OFFICERS FOR IMPORTANT OVERSEAS POSTS.