CIA DIRECTOR TELLS OF SPY WITH IN RUSSIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00161R000400210083-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2014
• Sequence Number: 83
• Publication Date: April 15, 1971
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON ? The Ceti-
. tral Intellig,ence lloencv stated
Wednesday that ir has pene-
tatted the Soviet government
with a "number of well-
placed" Russisoi spies.
Richard M. ? Helms, in his
first public spsech in five
years as director of die CIA,
cited the spies I:ey role in die
1912. Cuban missile crisis snd
implied that some of them are
still operatiug io the Soviet
Union. ?
i By surfacing the statemcat
I at this time, Helms apparently
IsouOt to serve notice to the
Kremlin that the United Steles
has secret Ways of cheakino on
Soviet good faith in current ne-
gotiations on strategic wea-
pons, the Middle East and
other critical issues.
Speaking to the American
Society of Newspaper Editors,
Helms said the CIA was able
to detect Russian missiVls in
Cuba in 1912 "thanks tu 15-2
photography of the Soviet
. Union and to a number of well-
placed and courageous Rus-
sians" who provided crucial
details on Soviet missile sys-
. tents.
Refers to Penkovsky?
Helms was asked lator if he .
was referring to Col. Oleg V. ,
Penkovsky, the Soviet military '
intelligence official, - who?
. served As a double agent for
both the CIN and British In-
. telligence. liehns replied that ?
his remarls covered Pen-
kovsky and -others." ?
Penkovs'os; ?ons arrested Oct.
22, 1902, at the heioht of the
Cuban missile crisis, and exe-
? cukd M.ly Ili, F.";:l. But t:1,3 So--
: %let govcrtm: ha-, made no
public mention of additional
spies in the case.
Helms' speech thus left the
. implication that "other" CIA
agents remain in place iniI-
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Declassified and Approv
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CIA direc:os c:Iishord Helms
addresses annual conven-
tion of the American Soc-
iety of Nawspaper Editors
in Washington. (API
the Soviet Union.
Helms obtained clearance
from President Nixon before
accepting the invitation to
speak before the annual con-
vention of.ASNE.
Herbert G. Klein, the Presi-
dent's communications direc-
tor, saw nothing unusual in the
CIA making a public defense
of its operations at this time.
)on.% target on Americans
"We do nor target on Ameri-
can citizens," he ssrid.
? Helms acknowledged that
the CIA collects "foreign in-
telligence in this country" by
tapping university experts and
interviewing, persoos who trav-
el to Communist countries.
"The trouble," he lamented,
"is that to those who insist on
seeing us as a pernicious and
pervasive secret government,
our words 'interview' and
'hire' translate into suborn,
subvert and seduoe or some-
thing worse."
Calls charge viciatis
He denied a.,7 "olcious" a
charge that the CIA is involoed
in the world drog traf?ic.
Sen. Genre S. McGovern
(0-1-;.D.) dem tided Wednes-
day thsz the CIA and the State
Dooartment investigno: allega-
tions by Ramparts ISlooazine
that the CIA facilitates the
movement or. opium out of
Southeast Asia.
Helms conceded, on the
other hand:
"Our mission, in the eye; of
many thoughtful Americans;
. may appear to be in conflict
with some of the traditions and
ideals of a free society ... as-
sertions that the Central In-
telligence Agency is an .'invis-
ible government, a law unto it-
self, engaged in provocative
covert activities repugnant to
a democratic society and sub-
? jeCI to no contiols
"It Is difficult for me to
agree with this view. but I re-
f spect it."
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But Helms' speech created a
considerable stir in view of the
current clamor over Army and
FBI "spying" on civilians.
Helms went to great lengths to
insist that the CIA has "no do-
mestic security role."
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