European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 2, 1986 the stars and stripes a Paga 7 Whitworth did t know buyers Walker says san Francisco a confessed spy John Walter in testimony thai could undermine the mom serious charges Agi Pinsl Csepi Orinc defendant Jerry White North has said lit never told Whitworth inc soviet Union a i in1 destination of inc secrets Lac  never used Ilie word soviets or rus sians with or. Whitworth Walker said wednesday at Ilie end of a third any of testimony. It new s Iid Whitworth gave him secret Docu merits about Navy forays into soviet airspace and vietnamese Waters. Walker also testified thai Whitworth s production of information about code keys and equipment was so Good in he late 1970s that the soviets doubled Whitworth s salary to 14,000 a month and financed a $10,000 Van for Clandestine photography. Whitworth. 46 of Davis Calif is charged with furnishing secret documents about Navy code and communications sys tems to walk or for 1332,000, knowing that Walker would relay the information to the soviet Union. Seven of the 13 charges against Whitworth carry potential life sentences. If the jury finds that Whitworth was unaware of the destination or the secrets he is accused of stealing he could be acquitted of the most serious charges. However the prosecution contends it would be enough to prove that he knew the material would be used to harm he United states or help another country. Walk or has admitted leading a soviet con i rolled espionage operation Tor 17 years. He testified earlier this week that when he recruited while Worth in 1974, he implied that the secret information was being bought by Israel the mafia or a British publication. Walker said wednesday that Whitworth asked six or seven times Over the years who the buyer was. I saw no Point in telling him who the buyer a us Long As. The material was flow ing Walker said. He said he told Whitworth that if we were caught red handed we were to explain that he material was being sold to a Friendly nation or an  Walker pleaded guilty in Baltimore fed eral court last october to directing for it years a soviet spy ring that involved his son and brother. He has spent the week re counting his recruitment of Whitworth in 1974. Whitworth Over the next nine years was his chief supplier of documents Walker has testified. Walker also Saiid Whitworth often complained he was underpaid. Walker said he agreed and once told the soviets he wanted to get $ i million for while world. Walker said Whitworth s work declined in 1982 after a promotion left him with reduced Access to Cade material. He said Whitworth then got u three year assign ment on the Carrier Enterprise but reported he could t gel to the ship s code systems. However in june 1983 Whitworth gave him a packet of documents and photo graphs from the Enterprise Walker in id. He said one document referred to an intrusion into soviet territory by f-14 fighter pintle and another mentioned the Carrier penetrating vietnamese territorial Waters and receiving a  those documents could indicate thai while world knew who Walker s unnamed buyers were Walker said at another Point however that when he was discussing future plans with while world the word soviets of course was not used by or.  in january 1984, Walker said Whit Worth told him he had retired from the Navy but hoped to gel a government Job it a communications Center where he could continue espionage work. V. Joker said he relayed that information to a soviet agent who had reservations that or. Whitworth would continue at  protests planned novel Pentagon official drops . Potboiler by Norman Black a military writer Washington a High ranking Pentagon official says he is ending negotiations with publishers for a novel on life in the corridors of Power saying a could t afford even the appear once of  Richard n. Pc rec inc assistant defense Secretary for International Security policy adamantly denied in a two Page statement released wednesday that he had Ever contemplated writing a novel that would reveal sensitive or classified information or to relate the views of individual government officials on matters of National policy.1 dismissing complaints by sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., whose protests touched off a conflict of interest inquiry by inc Pentagon s general counsel Perle wrote any impression that i would write a Memoir that would violate the Confidence and Trust placed in me by the president and the Secretary of defense is profoundly mis taken. At no time have i kept records of meetings conversations or events for use in the Book. Even the appearance of impropriety however lib substantial in fact can Only diminish my effectiveness the statement said and the controversy that has devel oped concerning my negotiations with publishers would if continued impair my ability to serve the department of defense and the Security interests of our country. I have therefore decided la terminate my uncompleted negotiations with interested publishers while i remain at the pleasure of the president at the department of  pc rec s decision was considered Likely to Cut Short the preliminary investigation by the Pentagon s general coun Sel which defense spokesman Robert Sims disclosed last week. There was no immediate comment from the Penta gon. Perl for his part said wednesday he had discussed the matter with Pentagon lawyers last november and been assured hat his negotiations would not pose any conflict. Secretary Richard n. Pc rec. Probe May be hatted three weeks ago the Washington Post reported Perle was negotiating with publishers for a novel that would focus on life in Washington and involve characters from the White House defense and state departments the paper said he was seeking 1300,000 or More for the Book rights. Considered an arms control hardliner Perle is known to have engaged in a running Battle through most of the Reagan administration with his counterpart at he slate department Farmer assistant Secretary of state Richard Hurt now . Ambassador to West Germany. According to Nim who hied a protest with president Reagan the novel that Perle was attempting to sell was to focus on a supposedly fictional struggle Between two assistant secretaries of defense and state.". In a letter to Reagan april 10, Nunn noted reports that Perl had assured publishers he would alter real events Only As much As needed to nudge them into the realm of fiction adding i must say that if this Story is accurate Secretary Perle is violating a fundamental Public tryst and endangering the confidentiality of Imp Orlam National Security inter ests.". Porte suggested that Nunn s complaint was based on an improper misapprehension about his intent. While lire setting of the Book was 10 be contemporary the Phenomena involved were those i have observed in my 17 years experience in Washington in both the legislative and executive branches of  he said. The Book was to take the form of fictional memoranda from government officials members of Congress and their staffs the Washington press corps and others i have never had the intention to reveal sensitive or classified information or to relate the views of individual government officials on matters of National  Perl also said that in accordance with guidelines suggested by Pentagon attorneys last fall he had made Clear to the publishers that he would write the Book Only after leaving government service would not accept any payment until he left the government and would not use any actual government documents. Lucy Nowlon a spokeswoman for Nunn said wednes Day the senator had not heard of Pyrle s decision and would have no immediate comment. Duster s troopers to be reburied at Little Bighorn Helena Mont a the skeletal remains of about three dozen 7th Cav troopers will be formally Laid to rest this june 110 years to the Day after they died in the Bailie of the Little Bighorn. The ceremony is scheduled for june 25 at Custer Battlefield National Monument in Southeastern Montana a military cemetery a few Hundred Yards from the Hill where Many of the soldiers made their last stand. The reburial will Mark the 110th anniversary of the defeat of u. Col. George Armstrong Cutler and about 260 troopers by thousands of Sioux and Cheyenne indians Ball Lefkin superintendent James court said. He said Little Lahorn observances will last the week in the Region and will include a world Day of peace sponsored by the Northern Cheyenne tribe on june 25. The reburial is scheduled for 4 p.m., because that was about the Lime the Battle was ending up on Custer Ridge on a hot Dusty sunday afternoon in 1876, court said. Custer s troops attacked the Indian Camp As part of a u.5. Army Mission to Lake them to reservations. Most of the skeletal remains were found during archaeological digs at the Custer Battlefield the past two sum mers. Teams of volunteers led by National Park service archaeologist Douglas d. Scott went through key areas of the Battlefield with Metal detectors. They found about 400 Bones mostly fingers and Loes bul one nearly Complete Torso according to Scott the remains were studied at the Park service s Midwest archaeological Center in Lincoln neb., and will be re interred in three special plastic canisters. As an archaeologist the remains Are important Tor research but at the same Lime they Are remains of human beings and will be treated with appropriate respect Scott said. Scott estimate that the remains of 34 troopers were found during the two digs and Bones of several others have been found Over the years at the site most of the troopers were buried where they fell a few Days after the Battle. Most were reburied in a mass grave at the Battlefield in 1881, but Scott says some Bones prob ably were missed. Scott said teams of anthropologists and forensic Patho Logist determined the Bones were those of while males. The pathologists included or. Clyde Snow of the Oklahoma medical examiner s office who was asked to examine the remains of nazi or. Josef Menete and More recently the american astronauts killed in the explosion of the space shuttle challenger archaeologists have used the Bones bullets clothing scraps and other artefacts found on the Battleground to try to Trace the movements of Custer s troops and Clear up some of he mystery surrounding the Battle including Why he attacked when he did. They plan to spend this year analysing their findings and making heir report but Scott said even the preliminary findings add substantial knowledge about the Battle including the fact that the indians had firearms. Both Scott and court would like to see More archaeological excavation at the Battlefield. We think there Are still things to be found court said