WashIngtoo Star Staff Writer 6'0 YQV;CJ P43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PLAINS, Ga. - Though President Latery Nurnber on,54Z Car I dra-QD Cie b fun. tEMMMI, ~boo,FWX4~b*W~- MiR( 64466 his ebatitle Vili, Congress over. the' . waterways may not be over yet. "I would be surprised if we've seen the last'of the water projects - even Tu r n e r ri I e S, this yeari" a senior White House offi- 471 cial said yesterday. r CIA ou np i At this joint,. it is up to the Presi- g, V dent to ta e the next step in 'the con troversy qver the expensive water 14111~11, Viv rojects, ones that Congress wants to A. OS, so ave built and that Carter feels are "eremish O'Leary X By cost ineffective.. Washington Star Stall Writ" There seem to be two options for the President, if he decides to take CIA Director Stansfield Turner toddy denie 5 that U.S. intelligeince .an action at. all. He could seek to, a 'deier funding for the 10 projects, and agents bugged Vile South Korean gov- his deferral would take effect auto. ernment's "B JUe4 House" or had, ta"~ matically unless Congress voted to recordings of the- conversatlons 0- override it. President Park Chung Hm It'was the first time Me new 6rer- Or he could attempt to rescind the . ....... t6r of central intelligence has spoir-en funding altogether. Should he choose on the record about per~ist-_nt re- that option, he would need an affirm- orts that the VA at one time had in ongress for the ative vote C Eugged the Korean presidentii! resi- T projects to die and such a vote is dence and found evidence of P _X& an unlikely prospect. scheme to influence U.S. k 11-471~',,~mrw 4", "There wer no tapes, no bugs," "I note that this bill contains fund. ,-, ; ~~ . : 7 -3 Turner said.. "I'm speaking for Of,? Ing for 10 projects for which I recom I i _") entire intelligence community, not mended deletion of funds," he. said. log "I remain very concerned about just CIA." But he declined to expand ft these projects." on his answer when, reporters d pressed him as to whether the Unite States had intercepted m6ssagnn_ ~J WHEN HE'INITIALLY raised the V-S being sent over the airwa issue of the waterways several J mo and Washington. Seoul nths ago, the President sought to kill 31 of the projects,, and he later trimmed the list t9'19. He succeeded TURNER SAID the CIA LPF nD At#d Press ,ed open- in halting funds for nine projects and agreement with the Korean Central reducing funding for four more. Intelligence Agency or other ioreign lays, the t how 'hey oper-ate governments abou ~M ~orhoods According to.Carteri the elimina- in the United StMes. There nre ne ~urh'Tu" ork ha (ork has tion of some waterways- was "a deals about wha't'thcy do ihere 0111 111---~-Ir 4 atlon~ ation. precedent-setting first step in trim, what U.S. agents. do in foreign coun ming spending on unnecessary, ny U.S. ies, he said, a".'ing ti~'a' a, expensive and environmentally activities of Savak (the Irarian se- Z~ damaging., construction projects . . . cret police), DINA (the Chilepn Se- A '!'r P this is unprecedented progress. cret aFency) and others are the prov- in ince of the FBI. "Much remains to be done to TurnW said that the CIA -has accomplish lasting reform in water I governor 'is resources policy," he said. "My ad- turned 6ver to Sen. Adlai E. Stever ,ern. Shore ministration is . developing water son,, D-111., and chairman 5f the Senate Ethics Committee, all docu policy reform proposals and will con npny from tinue to scrutinize rcarefully. all ongo- ments in the CIA's possession re s evidence garding the committee's prospective ing and proposed water projects." is own ap. investigation of Korean influence- destroKed Whatever broad action he -might peddling, But Turner refused to go i0i, 4andel- ad take to curb the construction of water -beyond the mere acknewlec6gment v ieeting be projects, it is.certain to be met with that these sensiti' c documents, to pass howls in Congress. Many senators which might implicate senaiors in egislation. and House members appear to re- the scandal, had been handed over to. gard the waterways as a necessary the committee. Aer was a Fork barrel, and thus Carter's first The implication of Turner's R!atc. 0 Ur .4t" , I's, Weiner ray against the projects cooled his ment today is that none of these ,A F4 numerous documents relations with Congress. 's tile resull.~ of clectrori- r 'ue House. andel ove In his statement yesterday, issued surveillance of the Bl iat Snyder, as he vacationed in his hometown, ON OTHER matters, Turner )r force be Carter noted that the a pro riations clared: ierride of -a ilrion P. 0 ,r of a bill bill provides S5GO m \"for re- He has taken the advice of Sen. Ed- search and development onbreeder ward M. Kenneey, D-Mass, and is ~, lace Track #M- reactors and other advanced nuclear notifying all involved universities, of annually to 0514 li~wer technologies." their unwitting association with. the ,NDE~. A-6 See CARTER, A-7 L-~ R LN E R , ~A, -S X Approved For Release 2000/08/10 CIA-RDP96-0.0791 R0002( 4'DREW TURN"S INTO A 'N,!GFI~~-DAAARE infor;~a"t'i"o"n"a"'va~'i'i'aCi'e M'rMj=s"e f~ o"bil'a"in' P"'a"r"It"s, testiniony nt the cr;mi .tice. He investigation"of the Jusctice'oe U,6 corhmittee"s blanket request Lo nal e racing fedeg4A f _i_ 9, he Alarl. P7rg 1 that rrrjWP9VYM _11~009#%§ MOP 01A q ~e q M R faffi 9 eel -de~ senators. early press accounts of his activitie of front '14 Among, the documents apparently involving members of Congress and ro 'do6u- made available was a'list containing is believed to be living in England. the names of i, numbe'r~ of federal- tied that As part of the effort to obtain officials who allegedly received P'a Park's testimony, Bell said, high id- Jan. 7, ments from Tongsun Park,,,the 1. General ninistration officials have sought tive Korean businessman whose ac- gene B. help from the Korean government in tivities prompt6d the. Justice ,million- Seoul.'He confirmed that Presi dent Department's, investigation. '~4 ent and Carter "has had some role" in these 'THE LISTi.which also.was made communications, as has Secretary of 412 available to the House Ethics (Stand State Cyrus Vance. -'V: letter, ards'of Official Conduct) Committee 4- Although the- attorney generat S, lie 'mail last week, reportedly was obtained tatements seemed to underscore afted by b~ federal agents from Jay Shin Rye, s Park's importance 'to both the crimi.~ =ies at a former associate of Park. 1, nal and congressional investigations, of Tid6- At his news conference, Stevenson cu he told reporters that some prose Inc., -a declined to say whether the list con 4 tions still could be brought thout Rodgers tained the names of any current or the Korean's testiniony. 4 past members of the Senate. In fact, -Z'-,7 ii", .711 the let- 9% plefe and "sanitized" versions of all in con- documents related to the drugs-test- and at TURNER ing project. Turner said the Ford :it does administration's Rockefeller Cc rn - ggestto mission, which investigated allega- a Cory Continued From,A-1 tions of CIA abuses, had all this rna.- y, poor secret. MK-ULTRA ~drug-tes_ting terial, too, well before the recent dis- 1 does- proj,ect now coming to public atten- closures of experiments on mind con- O~ in life tidn. ',But h6 complained that some trol. Turner said A20 of the 114D W- on,just universities have been "unaca. projects were'the kind "you wouldn't tlz demic" in their treatment of individ- mind having yout, children involved uals who had even a small associa- in." The CIA is trying - so far wi.Ul ,y Gene tion with the CIA in the past. out success - to find the unwitting,: itted,'it He has ordered new moves to victims of tile tests. ;ey and reduce, the CIA Operations Division All documents on INIK-ULTRA also AE" p saying by about 800 employes, largely from have gone to the justice DepaIrtment, an overstaffing that grew during the which must determine whether arlv_ w4r in VietnaM. lie also- has ordered one connected with the tests shou!d s argu ,e R__ screening and exercise pro- b-e prosecuted. ob. new keys an, grams so that the agency will get Turner said the CIA also had uctions "lean and mean." . . undertaken tests on parapsychoiogy jury~on e He. is not cleAring all secret intelli- several years ago. The intelligence gence operations in a6ance with the director said the agency had a mar, )ns. Senate Intelligence Committee, al gifted with what he called "v;sio-,)cr- iaka slative branch is being ception" of places he had ne attor. though the legi ver seer, 0 A ,ss had notified. but added with a smile that the man A com- The Senate committees working on died two years ago "and we haven't MK.ULTRA ere given both.com- heard from him since." % 4; M i App~ 0: CIA-RDP96-00791 Wd 061,40001 - t Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791 R000200140001 -1 SG1 I ORM 1395A UNCLASSHUD Cover? Request Date Library use Only Yes C:] 7 June 1995 Due Date No adge Number SG1A USERID Needed By Call N%/:) M I August 1995 V r/Off/Div Room/Bldg. Phone SG1A ORDAIX 809 AMES Black Secure 30134 tle Of Publication (For A Journal: Include Vol., Issue, Page(s)) "Turner Denies CIA Bugging of South Korea's Park" The Washington Star, 9 August 1977 iblicationDate ithor iblisher ~rnarks (ISSN, SBN, Source of Citation, Etc.) 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