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• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: May 19, 1977
• Content Type: NOTES

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19 May 1977
The attached article provoked me to ask
what guidance your DCD people have for discussing
their activities with the press. Obviously, the
authors of this piece were determined to make
us look as bad as possible. Nevertheless, it
does seem to me that if our people are going
to say anything more than "no continent", they
should be able to p rovide the same kind of
25X1 information that Hetu's
office gives out here. What are the facts and
what are your views?
Attachment:
The Minneapolis Star article
dtd 28 April 1977
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EDITOR'S NOTE: What Is the
CIA doing in Minneapolis? Where
is its office? Who are the agents
=n OO work in the Twin Cities for
the nation's most secret organiza-
tion? The Minneapolis Star as-
signed reporters Patrick Marx and
candy Furst to find out. One
e ent, Bob Wallace, is running for
the Citizens League board and the
issues in his case are especially in-
triguing. An article on Wallace ap-
pears on Page 2A.
By PATRICK MARX
and RANDY FURST
Minneapolis Star Staff Writers
THE MINI'iEAPOLIS STAR
28 April 1977
traordinarily secretive about its
operations and has gone to con-
siderable length to hide its pres-
ence in the Twin Cities. Efforts
by The Star to obtain the most
rudimentary information about
"the CIA here proved difficult.
The only bit of public informa-.
tion given out by the CIA is its
telephone number, which is list-
ed-without an address- in the
Minneapolis and St. Paul tele-
phone directories.
The CIA will not say how many
agents it has on the payroll here
nor how large its office is. It re-
fused a request by The Star to
tour its offices.
There's no name on the door. I THE STAR found the CIA office
Inside, there's a small reception i only after a number of phone
room with a glass window at one calls, tailing a CIA agent and a
end with a yellow curtain cover- floor-by-floor search of the Fort
i ng it.
ildin
b
g.
u
.Snelling federal office
When you enter the room, a rt is the first time the present
woman behind the glass window. bff ice has been publicly disclosed.
pulls aside the curtain just enough The CIA has its subscription to
to see who's there. On her desk is the Minneapolis Tribune sent to
a arge booklet. with, "SECRET"
,on it. - the Fort Snelling office building,
addressed to the "P.R. Hendrick-
"What do you want?" she asks. son Co." Paul R. , Hendrickson is
the regional director. There is no
John Webster and rnomas Juiu
You- tell her. She looks suspi- P -
ciousP.R. Hendrickson Co. van.
d to meet
f
I
l
use
Hendrickson re
gi
. the CIA reona YOU'RE IN Federal Building with Star reporters until they Hendrickson,
Room 507 at Fort Snelling and it's confronted him as he was coming director, -has been with the. CIA
supposed to be secret. Room 507 to work one morning. He spoke since 1953, first as an economic
',louses the local offices of the briefly with the reporters in the . analyst, then as a' collection spe-
CIA. It is just down the hall from cialist. He is a thin man with
i CIA s small lobby.
the offices of the Upper Mississip- The identity of the CIA office is glasses-and was wearing a nar-
pi River Basin Commission. not even known by some General row -lapel suit when.Star report-
Paul Hendrickson, CIA regional Services Administration - (GSA) i ers met him in the hall. He lives I
director, ' claims the CIA office personnel who work' in. the Fort a in Edina.
Webster, a black, was in his of-
_?lere is not involved in any covert Snelling office building and are in smoking the cigar when The
activities! He says there are no charge of government supplies fife Star smokithe CIA offiche a sec i
visited -!
cloak-and-dagger operations and and equipment. Some GSA em- and tim
e. After some coaxing. he
no domestic surveillance of Twin came out to the lobby. . -1
Cities individuals. 'y,d he was formerly with
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only function is to interview per- with the agency since August. w_ 1
sons who live in the area who
may have information about fttr_
ployees refer to the office as
EOB"-the Executive Office-
Building of the president. 11
Hendrickson said the office log=
by the CIA because it might lead.
to demonstrations outside the of-
fice and "nut visits:'
, "The last thing we want to re-
ceive in person are those who
bring messages from outer space
or those who have secret mes-
sages implanted in their teeth," he '',
said.
LOCAL CIA officers refuse tej
discuss in any detail what they do
here. They refer all questions
about local activity to a public in-
formation officer at CIA head-.
quarters in Langley, Va., who-'..
isn't very helpful either.
Much of what local offices-do is
shrouded in secrecy for fear that
.agents and the offices might- be`
harmed, the CIA maintains-
However. _._The---.Star ..,.learn"
some things about the CIA during
there are at least three other local
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Cities In 1971, two years before
the CIA moved its offices to Fort"'
Snelling. Sando is now Stationed
somewhere in the Midwest, but ;
the CIA won't say where.
About 125, persons a year are
recruited as CIA employees from
this region, which includes Min
nesota, South Dakota, North Da;
kota, Wisconsin and a portion of
Michigan, according- to Clow, the
former CIA recruiter.
THE CIA will not hire homo-
sexuals because the agency - be-
Neves they, could be blackmailed.
Clow said. A prohibition against
:marijuana users was dropped in,
the early 1970s because most of
the people the CIA was interested
In had at least experimented with
drugs.
Clow said that a number of CIA
employees have news media ex-
perience. He said the information-
gathering skills of CIA agents and
reporters are largely the same. He
said a prominent person from the
Twin Cities news media applied
for a CIA job recently, but the
man took a job promotion within
his own organization instead.
Clow said, he left the CIA in
1975 because he did not want to
be transferred back to, Washing-
ton.
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 THE MINNEAPOLIS STAR
28 April 1977
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EDITOR'S NOTE: What Is the
CIA doing in Minneapolis? Where
is its of ice? Who are the agents
-rho work in the Twin Cities for
the nation's most secret organiza-
tion? The Minneapolis Star as-
signed reporters Patrick Marx and
Randy Furst to find out. One
agent, Bob Wallace, is running for
the Citizens League board and the
i_snes in his case are especially i.n-
triguing. An article on Wallace ap-
pears on Page 2A.
By PATRICK MARX
and RANDY FURST
Minneapolis Star Stiff Writers
There's no name on the door.
Inside, there's a small reception
room with a glass window at one
end with a yellow curtain cover-
in g it.
When you enter the room, a
woman behind the glass window
pulls aside the curtain just enough
to see who's there. On her desk is
a large booklet. with, "SECRET"
'on it.
"What do you want?" she asks.
YOu tell her. She looks suspi-
cious.
YOU'RE IN Federal Building
Room 507 at Fort Snelling and it's
supposed to be secret. Room 507
houses the local offices of the
CIA. It is just down the hall from
the offices of the Upper Mississip-
pi River Basin Commission.
Paul Hendrickson, CIA regional
director, claims the CIA office
'sere is not involved in any covert i
activities! He says there are no
cloak-and-dagger operations and
no domestic surveillance of Twin
Cities individuals.
traordinarily secretive about its
operations and has gone to con-
siderable length to hide its pres-
ence in the Twin Cities. Efforts
by The Star to obtain the most,
rudimentary information about
-'the CIA here proved difficult.
The only bit of public informa-
tion given out by the CIA is its'
telephone number, which is list-
ed-without an address- in the
Minneapolis and St. Paul tele-
phone directories.
The CIA will not say how many
agents it has on the payroll here
nor how large its office is. It re-
fused a request by The Star to
tour its offices.
. THE STAR found the CIA office
only after a number of phone
calls, tailing a CIA agent and a
floor-by-floor search of the Fort
..Snelling federal ' office building.
' rt is the first time the present
office has been publicly disclosed.
The CIA has its subscription to
the Minneapolis Tribune sent to
the Fort Snelling office building,
addressed to the "P.R. Hendrick-
.son Co." Paul R., Hendrickson is
the regional director. There is no
P.R. Hendrickson Co.
Hendrickson refused to meet.
with Star reporters until they
confronted him as he was coming
to work one morning. He spoke
briefly with the reporters in the
CIA's small lobby.
The identity of the CIA office is
not even known by some General
Services Administration- (GSA)
personnel who work' in. the Fort
Snelling office building and are in
charge of government supplies
and equipment. Some GSA em-
ployees refer to the office as "thy
EOB"-the Executive Office-:
Building of the president.
Hendrickson said the office log'
cation has not been made public
by the CIA because it might lead
to demonstrations outside the of-
fice and "nut visits:'
"The last thing we want to re-
ceive in person are those who
bring messages from outer space
or those who have secret mes-
sages implanted in their teeth," he
said.
LOCAL CIA officers refuse to.,
discuss in any detail what they do
here. They refer all questions I
about local activity to a public in-
formation officer at CIA head-.<
quarters in Langley, Va., who.- I
isn't very helpful either.
Much of what local offices-do. is_
shrouded in secrecy for fear that
.agents and the offices might- be-..'
harmed, the CIA maintains.
Howeve_r._._The---.Star. :_.learnod
some things about the CIA during,
a two-week investigation.
In addition to Hendrickson 1
there are at least three other local
CIA agents-Robert . Wallace,1
John Webster and Thomas Sulli-
Hendrickson, the CIA regional
director, -has been with- the. CIA
since 1953, first as an economic
analyst, then as a' collection spe-
cialist.. He is a thin man with
glasses-and was wearing a nar- S
Star report-
el suit when
w-la
.
p
ro
I ers met him in the hall. He lives
in Edina-. -
Webster, a black, was in his of-
lice smoking a cigar when The
Star visited the CIA -offices a see-.
and time. After some coaxing, he 1
came out to the lobby. _ .-.
The agency maintainsA tpjje For Release 2005/05/24: CIA-RDP80MO
only function is to interview per-1
sons who live in the area who
may have information ahnnt for-
with the agency since.August. ~_ 1
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?
Cities In 1971, two years before
the CIA moved its offices to Fort :
Snelling. Sando is now stationed.
somewhere in the midwest, but
the CIA won't say where.
About 125 persons a year are
recruited as CIA employees from
this region, which includes Min-.
nesota, South Dakota, North Da
kota, Wisconsin and a portion of
Michigan, according. to Clow, the
former CIA recruiter.
THE CIA will not hire homo-
sexuals because the agency - be-
lieves they, could be blackmailed.
Clow said. A prohibition against
:marijuana users was dropped in
the early 1970s because most of
the people the CIA was interested
in had at least experimented with
drugs.
Clow said that a number of CIA
employees have news media ex-
perience. He said the information-
gathering skills of CIA agents and
reporters are largely the same. He
said a prominent person from the
Twin Cities news media applied
for a CIA job recently, but the
man took a job promotion within
his own organization instead.
Clow said, he left the CIA in
1975 because he did not want to
be transferred back to Washing-'
ton. ,
PAUL HENDRICKSON
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