'A MATTER OF RISK' BY ROY VARNER AND WAYNE COLLIER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88-01350R000200030012-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2005
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: December 26, 1978
• Content Type: TRANS

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RAD10 TV REPORTS, INC.
The Larry King Show
STATION WTOP Radio
Mutural Network
December 26, 1978 12:05 AM CITY Washington, D.C.
"A Matter of Risk" by Roy Varner and Wayne Collier
LARRY KING: An extraordinary new book has just
been published by Random House. It's titled "A Matter of
Risk." The subtitle, "The Incredible Inside Story of the
CIA's Hughes Glomar Explorer Mission to Raise a Russian
Submarine." The book is written by Roy Varner and Wayne
Collier, and both gentlemen are in the studios with us here
at Mutual. Mr. Varner has received a communications degree
from the University of Texas, has written industrial training
programs and produced video and television broadcasts. Wayne
Collier is a former Global Marine, Incorporated employee in
charge of recruiting personnel for this particular mission.
He previously worked as an undercover narcotic agent for the
Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Agency.
Before we talk about the book, let's find out a
little bit about the guys.
Roy this is, I guess, your first book.
ROY VARNER: Yes, this is the first book I've
KING: How did it come about for you?
VARNER: Wayne contacted me. He was looking for
someone who could do an honest job of writing the story ob-
jectively and not have an ax to grind about the CIA, and he
contacted me in Houston as a freelance writer. We worked
together for a couple of weeks and finally decided it was a
good match.
KING: What, generally, do you do? Are you going to
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