European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 05, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday december 5, 1985 secrets easy to get convicted spy says Washington to l a Engineer imprisoned fur passing 1 s Mili tary secrets la inc Soviel bloc ind a Senate panel the classified documents he sold were easy o come by. James Durward Harper in. Convicted in 1984 of Selling information on the my and min Ulmar missiles in polish agents tuesday the Silicon Valley in Ca furnia is a virtual Boon town for espionage util Ity. Harper wearing Green prison garb and flanked by his two lawyers. Said it was easy to obtain documents sought by the soviets through their polish contacts including technical information and hardware. Sometimes he said information could be gathered from a Well placed Friend or by misrepresenting his own interests. Harper appeared before the Senate sub committee on investigations which is prob ing a rash of espionage casts in the United slates the Mil has arrested Lour people for spying in the past two weeks. Harper an Engineer ran his own High tech firm in the Silicon Valley the area South of san Francisco that is Home to Many firms handling government defense and research contracts. The i the area is a prime target for espionage. Asked if there was concern among his former friends Rind colleagues about the Transfer of sensitive material. Harper said. If there was any concern it was that they we in t in on it and making his head shaven. Harper said in w As paid $250.000, and two polish agents were Given medals and commendations from so Viet Leader Yuri Andropov for material he provided in the late 1970s and Early 1980s. Harper is serving a life prison term at an undisclosed location. One expert said Harper s espionage May have impaired the t a. Defense program in Lotic 21st he Lold the subcommittee he was recruited by another american also later charged with espionage and at first began funnelling non classified material that was banned from Export. Harper s activities and he was soon passing to the polish agent lop secret material obtained by his wife who worked As a Secretary at a Silicon Valley Welense contract. In in. Harper Aid his polish Contact offered to pay him $1 million if he could Kidnap a polish defector living in Sacra mento and gel him o Cuba alive. The scheme was later dropped. Sen. Daniel Moynihan . Also appeared before the committee and declared the soviets arc eavesdropping everywhere meaning no conversations at the United nations or from telephones in Washington offices Are Safe from interception. They arc going to have to pull the blinds Down at the White i Louse said Moynihan. Who has proposed legislation 10 counter inc interception of Domestic telecommunications by soviet agents. Meanwhile in Baltimore a former Navy intelligence analyst convicted of espionage for leaking three . Spy photos to a Brit ish military journal was sentenced wednes Day to to ears in prison. Samuel Morison 41, from Crof ton. Was convicted by a Federal jury oct. 17 of two counts of espionage and two counts of theft of government property each count carrying a possible 10-year term and si0.1 01 Fine. U s District judge Joseph h. Young sentenced in to two years on each count with the sentences to run concurrently. Young did not impose a Fine. Morison s attorneys have said they will Appeal the conviction. Morison was a civilian employee of the naval intelligence support Center in suit land with responsibility for analysing intelligence information about the soviet Fleet. In his trial. Morison allowed prosecutors to use his Fri statement admitting he gave Jane s defence weekly three classified . Satellite photographs of the soviet Navy s first nuclear powered aircraft Carrier under construction in july 1984. The photos were published by Jane s on aug. 11, 1984, and later by other publications and news organi Lions. Morison was also convicted of taking classified documents that described a May l k4 explosion at a soviet ammunition depot at and laying that secret information to Jane s. Prosecutors said Morison endangered National Security because inc photographs revealed to the soviet Union How a . Spy satellite worked. Voyager 2 headed for uranus voyager 1 is seen on its approach to the planet t Ranus which in this computer generated View is Only 2 hours 30 minutes away. The spacecraft will make its closest approach to the planet on Jan. 24, 1986 Nasa scientists said that when voyager 2 passes within 50,600 Miles of the giant planet at 45,000 Miles per hour it should Send Back pictures As Good As those it took of Jupiter and Saturn several years ago. Response to cuts in fares Tor Holiday disappoints airlines Chicago a major airlines say they were not overwhelmed by the response to the heavily discounted fares offered during the thanksgiving Holiday and fewer bargains will be available for Christmas. Three major carriers american. Twa and United have not announced any discounts for Christmas. But four other airlines this week began a fare War on flights from the new York area to Florida during the pc christinas travel Lull. Delta air lines Eastern airlines and people express on monday announced $49 one Way fares for limited seating on midweek flights from the new York area to Miami i Orl and three other Florida cities from dec. 3 to dec. 17. New York air followed tuesday by offering $.39 one Way weekday fares on All flights from Newark n.j., to the Honda cities of Orlando and Tampa fro dec. 5 through dec. 17 airline officials said the thanksgiving Day nights were More crowded than in previous years but did not fulfil the expectations of at least two of the carriers that offered discounts ranging up to 85 percent. The results were less than overwhelming Joe hop Kins spokesman for United airlines said tuesday. American airlines which launched the Price War for the Holiday weekend w Hen it offered discounts of up to 85 percent also said it did not carry As Many passengers a anticipated. Kab rjys1 00? set Man for american said american filled 69 percent of its scats during the three Day promo Tion Short of the 80 percent it had expected. Delta air lines is offering reduced fares for three Days at Christmas following a positive response on thanksgiving spokesman Jim Ewing said. Eastern airlines is offering smaller discounts at Christmas but most of those scats Are gone a spokesman Dod May base anti terrorist Liaison team in Europe by Norman Black Washington a defense department officials arc discussing the idea of Basing in Europe a Small Liaison team that works with the . Delta anti terror ism Force sources said i us a no final decisions have been made the sources said. The plan Doe not involve placing any of the Delta commandos out Side the United Stales. We re not moving any of the actual operatives one official added. We want them where they the sources All of whom requested anonymity were reacting to a televised report monday evening by the . Television network Abc. The network quoting unidentified officials said the Pentagon wanted to expand the Sie of the Delta Force and permanently base a Large detachment in Europe. The commando unit now based at fort Bragg n.c., can t get to the scene of terrorist attacks soon enough according to one Pentagon source who said expanding Delta will take time since the unit is seriously undermanned with fewer than 100 Comman Dos the television network reported. Some officials in the administration have privately questioned the Wisdom of head quartering the Delta Force at fort Bragg since that ensures a a Clay of More than six hours in moving the commandos to the scene of any incident in the Middle East. The defense department Lias dismissed such criticism however not no that the Force might someday have to go la another part of he world. Officials also have cited the sensitivity of Allied governments to the permanent presence of american com Mandos. One official said however that some thought is being Given to staging a Liaison team in this official explained that when a hos Tage crisis erupts a Small Advance team composed of officials from the Pentagon the Cia and other agencies moves in first to provide Liaison with the affected they play a coordination role doing some of the Spad work for the actual operatives the source said. But the Advance Leir j sent include Delta commandos they come in if an Advance team were based in Europe that could save us a Little time the source said. The official added it would be Prema Ture to discuss possible locations for Basing the team although he said Brussels Bel Gium had been mentioned As a possibility. The Headquarters of nato is in Brus Sels. The official also dismissed As inaccurate the idea that the defense depart ment wants to increase the size of the Delta Force. The source refused to say precisely How Many men have now been trained for anti terrorism work but he said there were no plans to expand the unit
