European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Pentagon wants to tighten Security Access by Norman Black Washington a with More than Mil lion americans cleared to read government the Pentagon has been studying for three years ways of tightening its procedures for awarding Security Clear but has yet to make any specific Michael the pentagons top said the problem of maintaining Security has been exacerbated by Sharp increases in the number of people requiring clearances and in the amount of material that is the defense department began a study in 1982 be cause so Many people had Access to various categories of classified and because its a monumental task in trying to keep up with the Security Burch he agreed to discuss Security procedures in Light of a growing Navy spy four men have been arrested three retired Navy personnel and one on Active All four held either secret or to secret Burch said that even if the Pentagon had begun reducing the number of people with Security clearances years the four might not have been affected because of the types of jobs that these individuals two of the four men arrested in the Navy spy Case including the alleged ring John Anthony Walker and Jerry Whitworth worked in sensitive radio communications posts before a retired Arthur James spent much of his Navy career on submarines and continued to hold a secret clearance after retirement because he worked for a defense the John walkers was a clerk in the operations department of the nuclear powered aircraft car Rier Nimitz before his Burch said More than million people hold either secret or to secret clearances to handle military documents a dramatic expansion Over the 3 million who held clearances in those figures include Active reserves and civil Ian employees of the defense department and congressional staffers who work for committees that oversee the Pentagon and civilian employees of defense the spokesman More than hold to secret another million hold secret Burch said the defense investigative service has been unable to keep up with the five year renewal investigations that Are supposed to be performed on those who get he said he did not know whether any of the walkers or Whitworth had the faced the five year he said one idea being explored is to revoke clearances when a person moves into a new Job that Doest require Access to secret he there tends to be a practice of once you have a clearance and go through the background of going ahead and keeping that Burch also noted the Pentagon is experimenting with using lie detectors for people working in the mos Sensi Tive Burch said the defense investigative service has agents to conduct personnel Security i Vestiga because of the continuing increase in the number of people needing clearances More than last year the agents fell Well Short of their goal of per forming five year renewal he instead of completing such the service completed Only about in fiscal during the first half of this it has been Able to Complete Only about leaving a Trail to the Moon a Jet passing Over appears headed for the Moon in this picture taken with a 600mm the Long Lens makes the Moon and Jet appear close the Dee Blue sky darkens to Black in High contrast Reagan seeks promotion for Nicholson Washington a president Rea Gan has asked the Senate to approve a posthumous promotion to lieutenant colonel for Arthur Nicholson the army officer who was shot and killed by a soviet sentry last the Pentagon said was killed March 24 while on a routine Mission for the military Liaison Mission in East Mem Bers of the Mission Are allowed to travel throughout East Germany under the terms of a 1947 Nicholson was survived by a wife and the posthumous promotion will have no on the indemnity compensation that is paid to survivors of a Tiv duty soldiers who die in the line of this is primarily an honorary thing that the president decided to said Dick a Pentagon according to Elaine an army Nicholson was promoted to the rank of major in october he would have become eligible for the first time this july to be considered for promo Tion to lieutenant she from Gold washed knives to fresh fish report lists general dynamics gifts to Rickover Washington a the general dynamics in what executives described As a desire to facilitate working relations with Hyman provided him an extraordinary Range of gifts and services ranging from custom made fruit knives washed in Gold to free dry cleaning services and special deliveries of fresh an investigative report known As the father of the nuclear Navy before his retirement in also received free chauffeur services when he visited general dynamics facilities and gifts of a used encyclopedia special italian appliances and a Type of Shower curtain he had admired in a general dynamics officials ran personal errands for Rickover such As picking up his sons belongings at Yale University and dispatching an employee to Washington to pick up jewelry for the company also constructed custom wooden mailboxes for his then Fiance and provided him five to eight hardbound books selected from the new York times bestseller list during each sea trial of a nuclear the disclosure of the gifts and services provided to Rickover Between 1961 and 1977 is set out in a 45page memorandum to the Secretary of the Navy written by the and hoc gratuities a panel of three top Navy officials created last november to investigate the Navy Secretary John Lehman disclosed May 21 that general dynamics had provided Rickover with gifts and services valued at and that As a he had cancelled two contracts with the firm and placed a letter of censure in Rickover service Lehman declined at the time to release the boards saying that would not be done until general dynamics had responded to the general dynamics subsequently decided to pay a Fine of 10 times the amount of the to Settle the the Navy announced monday it had received that then agreed tuesday to release the investigative while Many of the items listed in the document Are not valued As the list portrays an unusually close relationship Between the company and Rickover that was marked by frequent personal requests and personalized for the Board wrote that general dynamics had been asked to produce a Quantity of 12 Small fruit knives with water Buffalo Horn handles based upon a Sam ple of a knife provided by while the Board said it had valued the gift at Only the report highlights the lengths to which the company went to satisfy the report states the company produced twelve knives after testing Rickover Sample for Metal had them washed in Gold by a commercial dispatched an employee to new York City to buy two asian water Buffalo then presented the completed knives in a specially constructed wooden Box with Green Felt Rickover also put in a request sometime in the mid 1960s for a combination hot plate and the company bought one dozen of the italia made a the report other improper gratuities listed included free dry cleaning services whenever Rickover went out on sea trials with a new along with an electric Lemon drop Candy and 25 to 30 pounds of fresh fish and a variety of fresh fruit for each sea an electric boat employee also delivered fish to Rickover office in two or three times per year Between 1973 and the report the report further recounts testimony from several top company officials to the effect they never nor saw any that the dispensing of gifts would influence Rickover professional the Admiral was a uniquely difficult respected but one with whom no one of general dynamics management team was Able to work on a Normal business like outgoing company chairman David Lewis is quoted As Joseph a former general manager of general dynamics electric boat division added i had favors done for Rickover in order to improve his working or because of my personal respect for him or because of a desire to facilitate working relations with him so that both he and the company could work together More effectively and with less