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Spy who came in from the cold tells all

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Portugal —the CIA in action

. WASHINGTON — Details of
CIA subversion in Portugal, in-
cluding names and addresses of
Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) agents there, were dis-
closed August 11 by former CIA
agent Philip Agee. The letter,
Issued from London and ad-
dressed to the Portuguese peo-
ple, was released by Fifth
Estate, an anti-CIA group here.

Agee, who visited Portugal
Tecently to collect information
for the letter, is author of the
bestseller, “Inside the Com-
pany: A CIA Diary.”

“The size of the overall U.S.
government mission in Portugal
1s shocking, especially its heavy
dominance by military per-
Sonnel,” Agee’s letter says.

“The mission totals 280 per-

- Sons of whom about 160 are

Americans, with the rest being

Men in
the cold

The following is a list of
CIA operatives in Portugal
identified by ex-CIA’ agent
Philip Agee.

CIA personnel: John S.
Morgan, Chief of Station, Av.
Suica 3, Estoril; James N.
Lawler, Deputy Chief of Sta-
tion, Av. Do Brafil 28,
Cascais; Philip W. Snell, Rua
de Beira 6, Carcavelos; An-
thony Arrandondo, address
unknown; Leslie F. Hughes,
Praceta da Rua A — Lote 8N,
Cuita Da Lagoa, Carcavelos;
Frank Lowell, Praca das
Aguas, Livres 80 C Esq,
Lisboa 2.; Gerald D. Zapoli,
address unknown; Donna J.
Caldwell, Praca das Aguas,

j State Department Person-

nel are probably also engaged
in counterrevolutionary pro-
grams; Frank Carlucci, Am-
bassador; Herbert Okun,
Minister, Counselor and Dep-
uty Chief of Mission; Charles
Thomas, Political Counselor;
Hilton Lee Graham; Dale
.Povernmire, Labor Attache;
Mark Parris, James Ehrman.

Principal Officers of the
Military Assistance Advisory
Group: Admiral Frank Gor-
ley, jr.; Col. Clement H. Will;
Col! Alva Wilkerson, Capt.
John Shaw, Maj. Dennis
Clark, Lieutenant Com-
Mander Gregory Wagner,
Lieutenant Commander Den-
Nis Qverhalser, Lieutenant

John Jurcheck, Lieutenant
Col.George Thomas. __

Principal Officials in the’
Defense Attache Office: Col.
Peter Blackley, Col. Charles
Yerkes, Navy Captain Alex-
ander Thompson, Lieutenant
Colonel Edward- Grubbs,

leutenant Commander

harles Ryan, Capt. F. Dixon
Jordan.

Principal Officials of the
Us. Mission to the COM-
IVERLANT: Capt. James

acy, Lieutenant Commander
Donald Cline, Lt. Commander

harles Weir, Ensign James
tuddard, Commander David

Udge, Lieutenant Colonel

illiam B. McCloskey, Com-
Mander Anthony P. Pirrone,

leutenant Commander A. A.

Core, Ensign -Kenneth

¢Graime, Capt. Gregory

akal, Lt. Michael Schmitt.

Portuguese employes. Ot the
Americans, 105 are military
personnel assigned mainly to the
Military Assistance Advisory
Group, the office of the Defense
attache, and the COMIVER-
LANT command of NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Or-
ganization).”

His letter continues:

“Of the approximately 50
American civilians in the mis-
sion, about 10, I believe, are
employes of the CIA. No less
than 10 additional CIA func:
tionaries are probably working
in Lisbon and other cities, having
been assigned ostensibly for
temporary duties so that their
presence is not included on em-
bassy personnel lists, nor
reported to the Portuguese
Foreign Ministry.

“One must also assume that
additional CIA operations of-
ficers have been placed under
-cover in American military units
in Portugal, where their experi-
ence in political operations — far
superior to that of their military
colleagues — will be most effec-
tive. While efforts to divert
the revolution through General
Spinola have failed, new efforts
are being made daily in the
struggle to stop the revolution.

PRIORITY

“Without doubt, the CIA offi-
cers in other U.S. embassies
most likely in Madrid, Paris and
London, have personnel assigned
to Portuguese operations that
are undertaken in those coun-
tries rather than in Portugal

proper. The most sensitive

operations of the CIA probably
are occurring in other European
cities rather than‘in Lisbon.

“The CIA is only one of the
various U.S. agencies working
against the revolution, under the
guidance of Ambassador Carluc-
ci. Although Carlucci is not a
CIA man, he must carefully
direct and coordinate all U.S.
counterrevolutionary operations,
including those of the military
services.

“His top level ‘team includes:
Herbert Okun, his_ min-
ister/counselor and Deputy
Chief of Mission; John Morgan,
chief of the CIA; Admiral Frank
Corley, Chief of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group; Col-
onel Peter Blakley, chief of the
Defense Attache Office; and
Charles Thomas, Counselor. for
Political Affairs; and Navy Cap-
tain James Lacey, senior U.S.
military representative on the
COMIVERLAND NATO Com-
mand. :

“Each of the U.S. military
units along with CIA and State
Department personnel are re-
sponsible for one or more of the
specific  counter-revolutionary
programs.

“What specifically is the CIA
doing in Portugal? The first
priority is to penetrate the
Armed Forces Movement in or-
der to collect information on its
plans, its weaknesses and its in-
ternal struggles; to identify the
so-called moderates and others
who would be favorable to west-
ern strategic interests. The CIA
would use information collected
from within the MFA for propa-
ganda inside and outside Portu-
gal designed to divide and
weaken the MFA.

“Other CIA tasks include: false

‘documents and rumor cam-

paigns, fomenting of strife, en-
couraging conflict and jealousy.
Moderates are being assisted
where possible in their efforts to
restrain the pace of revolu-
tionary ‘developments towards

THE ABOVE map is from Avante, weekly newspaper of the Por-
tuguese Communist party. Avante points out how close together
are sites of the anti-communist activities being carried out in Portu-
gal. “Surprisingly,” writes Avante, “it is not in Tras Os Montes,
Minho or Alto Beira (in the extreme North near the border — ed.)
where fascist bossism still rules that we find real assaults against the
seats of the revolutionary parties. Why is this offensive concentrated
in cities near each other such as Alcanena, Alcobraca, Rio Maior,
Minde, even Aveiro, a city of old democratic traditions? Because this
is a test. Reaction knows the country’s political map. It knows the
South is revolutionary as it knows the North is its stronghold. So it .
attacks in the zone of equilibrium. . . If this offensive is not stopped

' it will extend itself.” Therefore the PCP has been holding a series of

rallies attended by thousands in precisely the same areas, to regain

the political offensive against Social democracy and the Right.

socialism. The final goal is for the
so-called moderates to take con-
trol of the MFA and all Portu-
guese military institutions.

“U.S. military schools have
trained over 3,000 Portuguese
military personnel since 1950.
Detailed files have been accu-
mulated on every one of them —
their personalities, politics, likes
and dislikes, strengths, weak-
nesses and vulnerabilities. Many
of these will have already been
selected as contacts to be de-
veloped within the Portuguese
military establishment, with em-
phasis on developing close rela-
tions with as many MFA mem-
bers as possible.

POLITICAL GROUPS
“Significant efforts have al-
ready been made — and these,
too, have. failed to date — to
strengthen Social ‘ Democratic
and. Christian Democratic po-
litical parties. The CIA’s normal
procedure is to maintain friendly
relations (and often to give fi-
nancial support) to leaders of
“moderate” opposition political
parties who are forced to live in
exile. The purpose is to reap
large benefits when such politi-
cians return home. Often paid
agents are infiltrated into these

exile groups in order to obtain
additional information.

“The CIA may have interven-
ed in a recent electoral campaign
to assure that the results would
‘prove’ that the majority of
Portuguese favor a more ‘mod-
erate’ pace for the revolution.

“These activities are similar to
what I did in the CIA for more
than 10 years during the 1950's
and 60s... .

“In the Azores as well as in
Portugal, in the Catholic Church,
in political parties and even
within the Armed Forces, the
CIA and its allies are working to
create enough chaos to justify an
attempt by the so-called mod-

-erates to take over the revolu-

tionary government.

“Since the fall. of fascism in
Portugal, I have tried to follow
developments, and have twice
visited your country. While my
study of the visible signs of CIA
intervention is still incomplete
there is good reason to alert you
to what I have seen.

_ “Last week, a U.S. Senator
announced that the Communist
party of Portugal is receiving 10
million dollars per month from
the Soviet Union, a figure he at-
tributed to the CIA. Two days
later, Deputy CIA director Gen-

eral Vernon Walters (who vis-
ited Lisbon to survey the po-
litical situation in August of
1974) confirmed the Senator's
claim. Secretary of State Kis-
singer, for his part, publicly
warned the Soviet Union recent-
ly that assistance by them to the
Portuguese revolutionary pro-
cess was endangering detente.
These statements suggest that
the American people are being
prepared for another secret for-
eign adventure by the CIA.”

(Agee went on to describe
U.S. actions tn post-World War
IT Italy, Greece, France and, in
which the U.S. was able to get
governments submissive to
American economic interests in
those countries.)

“The chosen solution in that
era was predominantly Christian
Democracy or Social Democracy
and the trade union movements
corresponding to each. The pro-
motion of these same forces in
Portugal since April 1947 sug-
gests to me that the CIA prob-
ably in coordination with other
Western European intelligence
services, is attempting the same
solutions that were successful in
other countries following World
War II.

TRADE UNIONS

“In trade unions (in Portugal)
the CIA has also been un-
successful so far, but obvious
efforts continue.

“As in Italy and France after
World War II, the CIA is trying
to split the trade union move-
ment by establishing an affiliate
of the International Con-
federation of Free Trade Unions,
and by promoting ties between
Portuguese industrial unions and
the International Trade Sec-
retariats.

“Michael Boggs and Irving
Brown, both officials of the
AFL-CIO with notorious ties to
the CIA, visited Portugal last
year. Although the capitalist-
controlled trade union insti-
tutions failed to establish
footholds when the trade union
law was approved in January,
the ICFTU is still trying through
its representative in Portugal,
Manuel Simon.

“The CIA is also using the
Roman Catholic Church for its
ends. Recently, a reliable source
in Washington told me that large
amounts of money are going from
the U.S. to the Catholic Church
for combatting the revolution in

’ Portugal. The Church’s op-

position to the workers control
of Radio Renascenca should alert
us to the identity of interest be-
tween the Church and American
economic concerns.

“Propaganda campaigns are
central for all important CIA
political operations. These cam-
paigns prepare public opinion by
creating fear, uncertainty, re-
sentment, hostility, division,
and weakness. Newspapers, ra-
dio, television, wallpainting,
postering, flysheets, and falsified
documents of all kinds — the CIA
uses many different techniques.

“In Portugal these have had
little success so far, mainly be-
cause workers have taken con-
trol of the public information
media. But the CIA must con-
tinue to aid — in every possible
way — the efforts of ‘moderate’
political forces to establish and
maintain media outlets that the
CIA can use for placing its ma-
terials.

“Outside Portugal the cam-
paign to discredit the revolu-
tion is having success.

“These propaganda themes are

See PORTUGAL, page 11

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