European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. September 14.1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 Cia chief reportedly orders shake up housecleaning following a scandal Washington Dpi Cia counter terrorism chief Dunne Clarridge a figure in the Iran Contra affair is among a handful of Agency officials being forced Inlo retirement As part of a Nous cleaning by new spy chief William Webster according to . Intelligence sources. The sources told United press International that Webster and other senior Cia officials were dissatisfied with Clarridge s Lack of Candor in his 1984 and 1986 testimony before inc House and Senate Intelli gence committees about inc Agency s role in Central America. One source said that parts of Clamp a s testimony on subjects including the Agency s mining of Nicara Gua s harbours and a Cia manual encouraging the assassination of sandinista Village officials were found in House not to be  the sources described the shake up As both a typical shuffle by a new Agency director and a House cleaning following a scandal in which employees who had been deceitful or misleading in congressional testimony will be asked to leave. While Webster was Fri director last year Bureau officials also found Clarridge to be less than forthright during a criminal investigation into an alleged presidential assassination threat by a former Cia employee. Jack Terrell the sources told up. Fri officials suspected Clarridge was seeking to protect former Cia employees including some who had worked for him and who we c associated with Terrell in one of several private efforts to assist the Nicara Guan Contra rebels the sources said. It could not be Learned precisely when Clarridge who appeared before the congressional Iran Contra committees in Early August was asked to take Early retirement but sources said several other Cia employees arc expected to be pressed to step Down. Clarridge could not be reached for comment. A Cia spokesperson declined to acknowledge he Ever worked for the Agency although transcripts of his recent closed door testimony have been made Public. It was during the investigation of Terrell sources said that Webster and other Fri officials began to focus on Clarridge s Central american role. Terrell a disaffected member of the private civilian military assistance group was one of the first to publicly accuse former National Security aide it. Col. Oliver North of managing a private Contra Aid network. The pm a was a spinoff of the primary network Over seen by North an operation run by retired air Force maj. Gen. Richard Accord. Some intelligence sources alleged As had Terrell William Webster few Prolo that the joint 1986 Fri secret service inquiry was initiated to discredit him and that the Only evidence to trigger the investigation was a second hand remark in an intercepted Telephone Call. A Justice department source said that although the assassination investigation did t pan out during the inquiry Webster first Learned of North. Clarridge the Gray area in the . Government that was supporting the contras and the Cha group. At the time Congress had banned . Officials from providing military Aid to the contras. One source said that at the Fri s request Clarridge gave investigators a heavily deleted file on Terrell s former associates saying that he had provided All available materials. But other Cia employees tipped the Justice depart ment that another file existed which was the real thing a knowledgeable source said. Armed with the file number Fri agents returned to the Cia asking to Sec the material the source said. The Cia refused according to inc source replying Well Sec you in  sources said Fri officials fell Clarridge was acting under orders from Cia director William Casey in withholding the files. The Fri dropped its Pursuit of the matter because its real Mission was to neutralize Terrell not uncover what the Agency was  once it had been deter mined Terrell was not a threat to the president the inquiry was dropped. Reports conflict on How the Terrell investigation was triggered. An intelligence source said the Fri intercepted a phone Call from Central America to the honduran embassy in Washington in which one of those on the line described him As dangerous. The Basic thrust was he s coming to Washington and he s such a crazy Guy he could probably shoot inc president " the source said. When the Bureau alerted inc secret service the source said the presid Colial Security Force really wanted to jump on the  but National Security Council documents released by the Iran Contra committees last week suggested that North May have asked the Fri to  Ter Rell after receiving reports that he was dangerous from members of a pro Contra group. The memos showed that North was kept apprised of the inquiry. In one memo then National Security adviser John poin Dix tar even informed president Reagan about Ter Rell s offer to assassinate the  Robert White former . Ambassador to Al Salva Dor and Paraguay who now pm toys Terrell at a Liberal non profit think tank based in Washington has charged the investigation was started solely to Blacken Terrell s name because they were extremely worried about his  in a twist of Fate Webster became Cia director two months ago. When Webster came in and started to clean House there was no Choice but to say take Early retire ment " a source in the Justice department said. In  s private congressional testimony re leased thursday he alleged that Clarridge knew of North s pro Contra activities. North has testified that Clarridge occasionally advised him. Clarridge has de Nied any awareness of details of North s pro Contra activities. In 1978, when members of the Cia station in tur key were expelled because of frictions Clarridge was sent in to pick up the pieces and succeeded one colleague said. One Justice department source identified Clarridge As the Mastermind behind the mining of Nicaragua s harbours in 1984. Uninvited observers at War games the British Royal air Force has released this photo graph of a soviet Kashin class destroyer being re fuelled by a Supply vessel in he North Atlantic Ocean. The ship is part of soviet forces that Are observing nato Maneu vers in the area. Operation safari As the simulated War games Are called involve naval and air forces from the following coun tries the United Stales Britain France Germany the Netherlands Italy Belgium Canada Norway Portugal and Spain. The soviets have been Shadow ing the Western ships during the three week games