Evening star., 1960-09-06

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In response to a question
from a correspondent for tn,
Soviet Communist Party organ
Pravda. they said all their allie
cations that the United State
is using money and military ali
to manipulate and overthrow
other governments was baset
on an information lecture whicl
they and about 100 other per
sonnel of the NSA were givel
shortly after being employed.
They said they had heard tn,
Peron regime in Argentin;
mentioned as an example
Mitchell said he could-not giv'
any more examples "becauS,
we have very little information
on this"
Talked With Congressman
AT one point the two said the!
had had a long talk with a Con
gresham who shared thei
doubts concerning American
policy and was distressed tina
the executive branch did no
take the Congress into its conf
dence. j. - ~.
Asked to identify the Con
gresham. Mitchell replied:
Il prefer not to mention hi
name. he can name himsel
| If he wants to-"
The two were chiefly cliti,
cal Of spy flights over terri
tories of the Soviet Union anc
Communist China.
They said they had known o
such flights since 1852 whei
they were stationed as commu
nication technicians at tn,
Kanasea base near Yokohama
in Japan. (They apparently
referred to the Kamiseya nava
base in that area. A Navy, Sc
curity group is stationed there,
They said that in advance OF
each reconnaissance fight neal
the Chinese or Soviet border
secret messages were sent tc
stations like Kanasea SO that
at designated times they could
tune in on Chinese and Soviet
radar facilities.
They cited one flight in par
ticular. They said that in Sep
tember. 1858, a C-130 flew over
the border from Turkey into
Soviet Armenia and never re-
turned. The United States
claimed it was shot down while
on a scientific mission during
which it accidentally crossed
the border. The Soviet Union
merely said that the plane had
crashed.
Mitchell said that in Febru-
ary, 1859. the State Depart
ment released a recording in
the Russian language which it
said supported its charges.
The graphic tape recording
of conversation between two
Soviet jet pilots as the Ameri-
can plane was shot down was
made public by the, State De-
partment February S, 1859. At
the same time. the State De-
partment for the first time
publicly accused Russia of
shooting down the plane. Pre-
the United States had
said only that the plane burned
and crashed after being inter-
cepted by Soviet fighters.
Mitchell said that on the late
afternoon of February 10, 1859,
1t. Gen. John Sanford, NSA
commander. suggested that his
personnel refrain from COM
ment. The two said it was
clear that if the C-130 had been
on a scientific fight the NSA
would have had nothing to
conceal. Mitchell said that
nevertheless NSA employees did
discuss among themselves the
possibility Of far-reaching con-
sequences from this flight.
Worried by Humphrey Talk
Martin said that a high Off
cial, otherwise unidentified,
told him the plane carried
instruments and electronic ex-
pertS for close-range tracking
Of Soviet radar stations. He
said this official told him that
the plane had deliberately
crossed the Soviet-Turkish
frontier. He said it should be
clear even to the layman that
such a flight had no bearing
on finding out if the Soviet
Union was planning a surprise
attack but only to sniff out its
defense installations.
He said that a speech by Sen
ator Hubert Humphrey. DEM
ocrat of Minnesota, supporting
the State Department version
was what got them worried and
caused them to seek the apoint-
ment with the unnamed Con-
gresham in order to set the
Congress right.
Martin said they discussed
Senator Humphreys statement
with this Congressman, ex-
planned the real mission of the
C-130 to him and told him
how dangerous such flights
were to world peace.
China Missions Reported
Martin said they were inter-
rupted when William McCom-
ber, Assistant Secretary OF
State for Congressional Affairs
phoned and asked the Con-
gress m a n to refrain from