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/ state Battalion/Page 3 July 20, 1982 c y- Hein nakiti; iddle | 1 totally ‘ttion, the pres °cutcloi t and uder t impn)| '""g, has bijinj hlinesiJ he waru ased. i origin lousing | ias hadaj istransfai ts" into I the prt ectprop liave al to musl e countv Ex-agent says CIA menaces freedom John Stockwell staff photo by John Ryan by Cyndy Davis Battalion Staff “The Soviet Union or KGB with its secret armies could nev er take away free speech and free press in the United States, but the CIA can,“an ex-Central Intelligence Agency agent said Monday night. John Stockwell told an audi ence in Rudder Theater: “We have a system of government based on the need for enemies.” The MSC Great Issues Com mittee sponsored Stockwell’s appearance. He wrote “In Search of Enemies,” a book ex posing CIA “dirty tricks.” Since the publication of his controversial book, the federal government has obtained an in junction against him, requiring him to submit all future writings for CIA approval. The injunction includes lec ture notes, and rather than sub mit his notes for CIA approval, Stockwell delivered his speech extemporeaneously. Stockwell spent 19 years in the Marine Corps and reserves and 13 years as a CIA agent. Some CIA activities that Stockwell claimed to have disco vered while an agent include: •About 5,000 university pro fessors have given student files to CIA agents. •Some 400 journalists have printed propaganda in connec tion with the CIA and 2,000 books have been published by the CIA with no indication that they were CIA material. Ballet teacher denies influencing ‘defection’ ■ United Press International FQRT WORTH — Although tlk dancer-teacher William (artm-Viscount is now guar- and sponsor of China’s best f dancer, he denies influenc- ;he star’s decision to seek lission to stay in America, ftnd Martin-Viscount says he 5 the consequences of in rate reports that he and ihu VVey Ling, 24, met private- JChina to plan what has been fiirted as Ling’s “defection” efore the final round of the In- ■ational Ballet Competition J, kson, Miss., last month. ■‘When you talk about his laiiting to stay in this country sliot defection, because that’s olitical asylum,” he said. “That something he did not request. 1? simply requested third pre-' ference, which is to live and work here to study here, which is a big difference from political asylum. “Defection gives the wrong connotation and that’s what cre ates the tension between the two countries.” In his first interview since he has been linked with Ling’s dis appearance, the director of the Southwest Ballet Center and Fort Worth City Ballet said Sun day he had no prior knowledge of Ling’s plans. However, he said the Shan ghai Ballet in 1981 asked him to allow Ling, considered to be China’s top male dancer, to study in Fort Worth but with drew permission a few months after Ling’s visa was approved by U.S. authorities, citing sche duled commitments. The day after his disappear ance, Ling went to the Immigra tion and Naturalization Service office in New Orleans, seeking permission to dance and study in the United States. He was accompanied by a man some speculated to be Mar tin-Viscount. Martin-Viscount had spent a total of four months working with the Shanghai Bal let Company to prepare mem bers for the Jackson competi tion, was in Jackson to coach his own students and spoke Man darin. “There is no foundation to that,” Martin-Viscount said. “It is a complete fallacy.” He said he left the competi tion before Ling disappeared and returned to heavy involve ment directing a ballet summer workshop so he did not know of Ling’s decision until two days la ter when New Orleans Immigra tion authorities informed him that Ling, who speaks some En glish, wanted to apply to study with him. He said he met Ling at the Dallas INS office but was so in volved in federal formalities he did not ask him how or why he left his colleagues behind. The Chinese embassy said Ling could remain in the United States, but asked that he return to finish the competition. Ling declined, Martin-Viscount said. Ling is in seclusion at an un disclosed Texas location and guarded by a security service — fearing contact from Chinese officials and others — but next month begins rehearsals for an Aug. 13 performance with the Fort Worth City Ballet. Martin-Viscount said he fears for Ling’s family. “I’m afraid after all these re ports the next thing they’ll do is go to his family in China and say ‘Where did they meet privately?’ This is unfair to him, unfair to his family, to the government and to me,” he said. “I would hate for anyone to be incarcerated or his family to be incarcrated just because he was wanting higher knowledge and to improve himself,” Martin- Viscount said. “I don’t think it will happen but it could happen because of commentaries that are very unjust in these papers here.” Martin-Viscount said he also fears the reports will ruin his negotiations to stage a ballet in Peking later this year and block the applications of 20 other Chinese students who want to study with him. •In a Florida city, residents were involuntarily exposed to whooping-cough germs by the CIA. •During the Vietnam War, the CIA used 3,000 South Viet namese as spies, he said. When North Vietnam invaded the south, Americans evacuated some 147,000 South Viet namese, but refused to take the 3,000 spies. These spies were captured by the Communists and later killed, he said. •Through propaganda and other methods, the CIA has managed to eliminate the “un desirable” Chinese population in Indonesia, Stockwell said. He compared that to the elimina tion of Jews during World War II. COPIES 2V 2 < kinko's copies Your Danskin Headquarters Manor East Mall 779-6718 to I college Main 846-8711 Sale Price July 19-31 Only brmer CIA agent, others indicted bn charges of smuggling explosives United Press International HOUSTON — A federal ndjury Monday indicted for- |rCIA agent Edwin P. Wilson p two other men for allegedly uggling 40,000 pounds of ex- fosives from Houston to Libya five years ago. M Charged with conspiracy to | itHffxport defense articles without "“'Maining a State Department Jfcnse were Wilson, currently jjleld in Washington, D.C., on a litnilar indictment; attorney Ed ward Bloom, Pomona, Calif.; Id Donald Thresher, presi dent of the Shay Co., Houston. U.S. Attorney Donald dges said the grand jury had jpediied three charges, includ ing conspiracy to present a false Ktoms’ cost declaration and | ^ conspiracy to transport hazar- | 0 ^ ous mater ials without labeling. I Shay is a Houston freight for- Irderand Bloom is legal coun- jijflfSel to J.S. Brower and Associ- olUUI ates, an explosives manufactur er and distributing firm based in Pomona, Calif. 1 The president of J.S. Brower, Berome S. Brower of Pomona, ‘troleuniHp one of three unindicted ts nrocess# C()ns pi rators named in the in- Hctment. Also named were Re- ^ ] ( | K ginald Slocombe of Canada, u lie revie# president of Around World Shipping and Chartering Co., a ie a PF®leight forwarding company entajrt which did business in Washing- any jun* ton and Houston, permit'| The indictment said 18,350 ^our< pounds of explosives were diis plM 1 bought from GOEX Inc. of Cle- tnd arou# 1 ™ 6 '- 16,350 pounds bought lom C.I.L. Ammunition; and I dress’58^00 pounds from Technical laire, Te se given mroe Explosives Inc. of Harvey, La., during August 1977. The indictment said Bloom and Thresher leased a DC-8 to carry the explosives from J.F.C. Enterprises Inc. of Miami. The investigation capped a several month-probe by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and was a spinoff in vestigation from the Justice De partment’s look into the alleged activities of Wilson and former CIA agent Frank Terpil. Terpil remains at large but Wilson is in custody following his June 15 arrest at Kennedy ! International Airport in New York. He was tricked into leav ing Libya and was jailed in lieu ■ of $20 million bond. A Washing ton federal grand jury in April 1980 indicted Wilson and Terpil on charges of illegally shipping explosives to Libya and of train ing terrorists. The Houston indictment charged Wilson and the two other men labeled the explosives as drilling mud in their con tinuing effort to help Libyan strongman Moammar Khadafy support terrorist activites. Wilson and Bloom could re ceive sentences of up to 17 years in prison and fines totaling $145,000 each if convicted on al! charges. The operation from Houston to Libya was reportedly the largest illegal movement of ex plosives ever investigated by the U.S. government. The Washington grand jury had focused on earlier, smaller shipments. In 1976, Wilson and Terpil telligence and trained personnel supposedly began supplying — including ex-servicemen and Libya with arms, explosives, in- former CIA agents. ‘We Heed Your Head to Run Our Business!" 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