European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16 the stars and stripes june 1985 daily Magazine Walters Steps in to replace Kirkpatrick by Elaine Sciolino new York times the new United states Delegate to the United Vernon says his top priority will be to increase support for american positions by refusing to tolerate unfair criticism of the United while at the same time paying attention to developing the United nations has become a place where Many countries seek to achieve a Lynching of the United states by the retired general asserted in an inter it is a most shamefully unfair attitude and one that arouses serious opposition from As for diplomatic tactics toward the developing a he you can try to enlighten them to the True motives of the United states you can show them How its to their advantage to vote with us and you can make Plain that voting against us will have some Cost in our bilateral withholding of Aid should be considered on a Case Byase he but i would certainly never advocate withholding Aid from starving Walters was reluctant to discuss How his style would differ from that of his Jeane she came from Academia and i come from an army he but i think we Are entirely on the same Wavelength in the defense of the and its values and its one area that Walters said he would have to learn More about is the Middle this problem is the biggest single Challenge in the he Ive sought to avoid it in the but i wont be Able to avoid it despite what he said was a lifelong belief in the value of talking to ones Walters said he would have no dealings with the Palestine liberation organization at the United the fact he the Plo is committed to the destruction of Israel and therefore we cannot Deal with on the subject of apartheid in South Walters called it a doctrine that is abhorrent to every Freedom Loving but How he deals with the matter at the United a he will depend on How the Issue 68 years who visited 108 countries in the past four years As president reagans ambassador at Speaks seven foreign five of them fluent and whenever possible intends to speak to colleagues in their own unlike he said he planned to spend a photo new ambassador to Vernon Walters time socializing with colleagues in the delegates and he said he would attend As Many meetings of the Security Council As he and not just when he made a that what i came Here he Walters said he is confident that his background As Dep Uty director of Central intelligence would not Hurt his ability to Deal with his Ive dealt with some people very hostile to the United he it didst seem to bother after they run fairly Large intelligence services of their he did he believe that the transition from secret diplomacy to one of the most highly visible diplomatic posts in the world would be in not intimidated and i dont have he in not a timid Man nor a modest id describe myself As a pragmatist tinged with Ideal he he said he was slightly right of not a super a a believer in the values of the and criticized those who characterize him As an calling them Chic if youre not in that he youre an a roman Walters says he draws inspiration from a paraphrased version of what is called the serenity prayer enable me to change the things i the ability to live with the things i but above give me the Wisdom to know the so i dont waste my time beating my head against a Stone As for his Jesus Christ stands at the head of the he also admires sir Winston Dwight Eisenhower and Charles de Gaulle As men of he Calls Reagan a Man who has Given the country Back a Pride of being Walters said he feels More strongly than Ever that the Vietnam War As he wrote in his one of the noblest and most unselfish wars in american when american bombs were falling everywhere in when there was fighting in every when All the Young men were drafted into the South Vietnam Ese there were no boat he it took the coming of a communist government in Saigon to drive 2 million people to the sea in open he said he remained committed to the use of Covert action if we use it he went on the Only problem is that it is difficult to use in the United when the soviet Union lands a tank battalion in that if we landed a battalion of tanks to support the contras it would be one of the greatest storms of modern theres an inequity defense department inundated with requests for official clearance by Joel Brinkley new York times so Many people Are now asking for official clearance to handle secret and top secret mate government officials that it is impossible to investigate the applications More than people applied for Clear Ance to handle classified information last so per cent More than a decade Federal officials say one reason for the growth in such requests is that the number of classified documents and related materials has grown dramatically in the last few the spy Case involving three members of the Walker who had All been cleared by the Navy for Access to classified has focused attention on Security Many Federal officials Are saying that Clear Ance investigations must be John Walker his brother and his who Are charged with spying for the soviet had secret or top secret clearance while in the the two elder walkers received their clearance Many years some officials say the Walker Case May be the most serious in recent the defense which handles 90 percent of the governments Security is sup posed to re investigate everyone cleared for Access to top secret material every five but the department says it is so overwhelmed with new applications that the Rev estimations Are being conducted Only once every 17 on the in not impressed with the Steps that have been taken to Deal with the increase in said Patrick the Vermont Democrat who is vice chairman of the Senate select committee on Intel in recent congressional testimony Bill the general accounting offices Deputy director for National Security said the governments Security clearance program suffered from inconsistent and erratic investigative a Lack of periodic reinvest Gatins of most cleared personnel and failure to control the increasing number of clearance the Gao is an investigative Arm of Britt the defense departments director of counterintelligence and Security we dont entirely the problem being our resources and the huge number of people applying for Thurman criticized the Navy for failing to heed numerous recommendations from his and other agencies that it assign one office the Job of deciding who should be now the decisions Are made by different people among the navys commands around the he Navy officials have said they prefer to leave the Deci Sions to local commanders because they know their own but Snider said the defense has been urging the Navy to centralize the partly because some local commanders May not be familiar enough with All the of the million people who have Clear Ance to handle classified More than Are soviet emigres who Are of special concern to the Feder Al Bureau of Edward head of the bureaus intelligence they work for military contractors All Over the Omalley were not saying All these people Are but he we do know that the soviet intelligence officers target these most have relatives in the soviet Union and might be coerced into cooperating with soviet he the defense department had about investigators to process the applications for Security clearance it received last although the number of investigators has grown in recent we still have fairly limited Snider Snider said the defense department was about to begin experimenting with lie Detector tests for people in the most sensitive but he acknowledged that under that none of the walkers would have had to be for the More than million people cleared for secret the defense department checks the files of the the internal Revenue service and other Federal agencies to see if any of them contain derogatory More than people have clearance for top secret and Snider said the department recently added a personal interview to those in addition to the checks of government the depart ment checks these applicants credit foreign travels and other activities for the previous five for the More than people applying for Access to sensitive compartment de the most highly classified intelligence investigators Check foreign travel and other activities for the preceding is and they interview friends and