Sandinistas who now occupy the oli dictator's bunker, he fought on th gi)ound rather than from a safe sanykp proved tuary. In the letter to President Reagan, Mr. Pastora. thanks the president for his past support and outlines his movement's objectives: *"Withdrawal of Cuban, Soviet and other communist forces from Nicaragua". e "Reduction of Nicaragua's com- munist armed forces, which oppress the Nicaraguan people and threaten Nicaragua's neighbors". WAn end to the export of subver- Iro sion IF m Nicaragua, which would be the logical consequence or' achieving the first two objectives." In the bluntest possible language, Mr. Pastora also warns the president THE WASHINGTON TIMES The US. Embassy in Moscow "is riddled with KGB operatives" who are operating under the cover of sup- nort and maintenance workers. according to White House and con- gressional sources. These sources told The Washing- ton Times that there are between 100 and 1-10 Soviets working at the U.S. Embassy at any given time. They handle routine maintenance, electri- cal and plumbing repairs, do the building cleaning and, until recently, answered the teleohones. Soviet personnel also are used as auto mechanics and drivers for U.S. By WarTen Strobel THE WASHINGTON TIMES A_:,w- @A ragua. L 'pal q9101 "Why would the junta deal with do le ese r 991iters if they v J,e@@-,MRDP96 00788RCMnTff#%MTf' o@v @@e 'Oes (A\P- .. affly? Can any- @O axe dve00"', @kOv one find an example of communist t, S SkNq- JOIJ ?S1 "S\ I . concessions to a weak k)pponent?" \\e,,4e , S\@\V .11e@\ or, Mr. Pastora's quesil .ons are not %0 \evde, -.\\ 916 .@ess- 1'01@\461 1 NNk - @@k 0 those of a diplomat or even a profes- G12L@, , %O@ do,ir,o r ional manager of violence engaged s in low-intensity conflict. He is, after aq?@, ovp P6 lo@ all, engaged in a life-and-death (DO C@,c aLde I 2,f,,d @O struggle that for him has only win- oeopl age , . I I - 9 ners and losers. He also has thb -0 aV advantage of knowing his former colleagues far better than anyone -ican else does - in or out of the Amei government. "The communist objective is to destroy us, and negotiations are one diplomats. They run the food- service operations and man the kiosk in the embassy where liquor is sold. U.S counterintelligence officials say that these Soviets, who are assigned their tasks by the Kremlin, also take orders from and report to the KGB on goings-on at the embassy. CBS quoted one intelligence offi- cer as saying the potenti I for com- ia promising sensitive information should be viewed with "considerable seriousness U.S. officials have been warning for several years of the security' risks associated with employing Soviet nationals in the embassy. But, they report, the State Depart- ment has not felt sufficiently. con- cerned to warran ,t changing the situation. I I "It's an outrage,' one senior see KGB, page 8A wi h no p%tion D_zf the most f- 788 =A PF9 toV"" A cameo, FGr Rejea"S -tv b see pp '. @ . . - I - @ M /oW. see PASTORA, page 6A By Ted Agres THE WASHINGTON TIMES As the Soviet Union attempts to steal high-technology from the United States, the government pro- tectors of America's most precious technological ser-- --- with each oth DLZL@, e- The oppos@ Ll mally staid 0 pitted against and its ally, toms Service. Each depai other with h management LNDEX Wednesday, March 27,1985 Volume 4, Number 62 5 Sections, 48 pages FOOD -5 101OW6 poof massive leaks of highly information to the Soviets. And each department is for turf in the high-tecl review and enforcement pt For starters, here are soi vprh-- --Iv,,)s: Commerce Dep4 -,ently to have dc C) ewspaper writerz. 'jaab, US. Cu,,- mer. ! United Sta I nake that asse,@Ll W a candidatefi @@ar Award. TheT. or there [in Cus Mengelie new ene By John Holmies THE VO@%CaNGION TIMES Eden Pastora, Nicaragua's and conviction of Mengele. re ennedy has written to the Sen- \ppropriations Committee to kat tile measure. be included in aspokesman said yesterday Kennedy's sentiments were d by Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, Who called Tile Times' ges- an excellent idea." y1hing to further the cause, to the search fox, and seizure of @-le is all for the better," said YArnato, one of the senators active in seeking Nazi. war ials. micy General Edwin Meese ,@d the reward as "a further ,le of concern the people have country, which is reflected in tion, We have several of our ,es cooperating with other ies to locate anti apprehend le:, Justice Department joined irch for Mengele last month former U.S. Army c6unfer @ence officer said he believed nerican intelligence servip'es rrested, questioned and d Mengele in Austria in 1947. Attorney General William Smith initiated the investiga- Iuch Mr. Meese, who suc- him, has continued. pokesman for the West an Embassy said it had !d no official word from Bonn matter yesterday He noted, er, that "since our legal aics have put out tile reward, il see 1%re have every interest lengele can be found and this preciate tile offer of ap 1, it is a warm, resonant affir- of decency," said Mr Perl- of the Anti-Defamation @.,,Over tile decades, the con- Nith the apprehension of kable beasts like, Mengele en lonely and anguished- 'Ib .)aper of the stature of The ,g ton Times do this is reassur- )i Hier said some (if the infor- the Viesenthal Center has A since posting its reward to be valuable," but he urged vipaper to exercise clire and e in sifting through any infor- it receives. missiles nor explained how tay for them at a time of $200 ,L,derfil deficits. time has come to stop show- i other how tough we are:' ,iit said. "The time has come. )n together and make an ,3nt of peace for all man- Approv, -s argued that instead of te MX as a bargaining chip in Low -4 cin Jan, 21 7@,77-@ 7`@`7j;@ 2,01 .... 3.99 11,53-1972 Geneva 55;40pc Seoul 511136C Yoswdayspredp4tation:.OQNomw~:.-Ii July 4.09 ---- 3.88 11.06-1945 Helsinki 3419st Stockholm 36:33sts Fooora 2. 16 in 1078 August 2.30 -- 4.40 14,4-1928 Hong Kong 7,3i67c Sydney 72162pt Man-@Ih Ixvcobfiw@: proved For@ Cl ".,13PQ15oD1V48R0%,19006 iis 200 42 1985 predpltaflon: .8 Noveiriber 3.66 ---- 2 82 6.70-1963 London 44,40sh Vienna 517,38311 Air Ouslity Index: Good (35) Decernber 1.16 ---- 3.1 S' 6,54-1969 Madrid 59131pc Warsaw 5812c KGB From page ]A administration official said. "When a Russian dissident, or People wanting to give us infortna- tion, called the U.S. Embassy in Mos- cow, his call would be answered by a KGB switchboard operator." The situation has prompted sev- eral high-level investigations, the source% said. A counterintelligence specialist was dispatched to Moscow earlier this -year to study the embassy staffing situation firsthand. His report was said to include the following: - 0Soviet nationals. operate the embassy carpool and also are tile auto mechanics. In this capacity they have access to the diplomatic fle&, Officials suspect that bugs may have been planted in the various vehicles, Even if they haven't, having a Soviet driver should make confi- dential conversation impossible. v The kiosk in the embassy, which sells liquor as well as sundries, is 1 staffed by Soviet national S. hese r people can observe who it the I embassy may have a drinking rob- p lem - important informad n to KGB recruitment or blackmail efforts. *The person operating the embassy canteen is said to be a Chil- can by birth married to a Soviet citi- zen. "Pablo," as he is called, is friendly with many American diplo- mats But, as one source saidi "What s he doing at tile embassy in Mos- cow if he is not a Chilean commu- nist? "Pablo, along with Soviets working in the kitchen, can observe who is having lunch with whom, who is flirting with whom, and so on:'the source said. Again, this is said to be useful information to the KGB. 9 Tile embassy telephone oper- ators are Soviets. This gives them first.hand knowledge of who is call- ing in and the potential to monitor conversations. one source said this situation, at least, may have changed since the counterintelligence offi- cer's report. Having Soviet nationals roaming the U.S. Embassy has long worried some Reagan administration offi- cials The President's Foreign Intel- ligence Advisory Board WFIAB) launched its own investigation of the embassy staffing situation in 1983. According to a source familiar with the PFIAB probe, State Depart- ment and other officials were a sked to explain the rationale for employ- ing Soviets rather than American citizens. Secretary of State George Shultz reportedly told PFIAB that he was not personally aware of the embassy situation.The panel also asked Rich- ard Combs, who was deputy director Of the State Department's Soviet Desk, for an explanation. Mr. Combs reportedly replied that it was standard practice to employ Soviet nationals for menial andsup- port work at the embassy. The rea- ged on son, lie reportedly said, hin both budgetary and policy reasons. I[ Americans were hired to do the work it would cost the taxpayer far more, Mr. Combs reportedly.-said. Furthermore, these 1()wci@ ievel workers would be subject to recruitment by the K(313 and would represent a Security risk, According to this source, it was felt safer to have "known" KGB operativesaround the embassy than unknown operatives. "Their'thinking was that at least you knew who the KGB was with tile Soviets there," the source said. "But if the KGB recruited an American, you wouldn't necessarily know about it", Thig logic apparently irritated several PFIAB members, who chal- lenged Mr. Combs. "By this reason- ing, you would say it Would be best if all Our embassy positions were staffed by the KGB:' one member charged. Mr. Combs, who is now director of the State Department's Office of East European Affairs, declined yes- terday to comment on the situation. " I did speak to PFIAB two or three years ago," Mr. Combs said, "but what you areasking about is all very, classified information. We just can't comment oil it. It's highly sensitive PFIAB is a presidentially- appointed civilian panel whose pur- pose is to advise tile, president oil intel ligence matters. 'Ibd Agres Peter Stem*e r For Release 2001/03/07 . I I--- 4" -7 4:_ 7"1*. Approved For Release 2001/03/07 : CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1900650007-5 Embass Tv"ewriter B Blamed on Routine Shipment Y u9P119 By David Hoffman Washington Post Staff Writer Typewriters bugged by the So- viets in the U.S. Embassy in Mos- Acow had been shipped through "nor-, mal channels" instead of receiving allow- special diplomatic handling ing electronic devices to b@ placed in them, intelligence sources said. yesterday. They speculated that the bugs were fassive" devices 'that re vef @trans flect@ @ signals@ t6 lowel 14 mitters hidden in identified, said yesterday"I don't regard it as embassy walls, that the terribly se- Soviets to @ rious," the source said presumably allowing Soviets probably did of the bug- the not gather . ,, ging, suggesting that monitor what was writtenmuch valuable U.S. the security on the intelligence by y typewriters. bugging the typewritersbreach is not as threatening because to the e Administration officials.,-little of the mostUnited States as other con- highly sensitive intelligence,' firmed this week that..material would be losses to the Soviets the Soviets . kept in the Mos- in recent' " - 'cow embassy. years. had penetrated security at the em. bassy for at least In addition, this An administration official a year, and per-. source said, ma- said, haps longer, by "liftingAerial kept there "The trouble is that things off is handled careful- you never know typewriters." They ly in special areas exactly what they did said the bugging that have been get" with the, . was ended after being"swept" for listeningdevices i discovered devices, mak- n typewriters,, The incident last year. ing it impo We for "was taken seriow by the typewriter U.S offi- One source, who askedk I h not wor, cia s, e sai to 07 W Approved For Release 2001/03/07 CIA-RDP96-00788ROO1900650007-5