European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes saturday septembers. 19bb cold War continues Kab chief says . Accused of bugging phone cables Moscow a soviet secret police chief Viktor Chubrikov say inc United slates planted nuclear powered monitoring devices on the Ocean floor to Monitor inc National Telephone Calls in and Gui of the soviet Union. Pravda said Friday. Offering a rare Peak at soviet coun  operations the Kab chief said in an interview with the communist i arly daily Hal his agents Hare caught 20 spies in the last 21/ years some of them within the Kab s own ranks. The 65-year-old member of the party s ruling politburo made it Clear that de Spile the warming trend in East West re Illions the cold Ivar continues Between superpower intelligence agencies. Certain circles of imperialism have not abandoned the course toward confrontation Chubrikov said in what appears to be his first interview on the operations of the committee for stale Security whose russian initials Are Kab. Chubrikov disclosed that his Agency discovered the monitoring devices on an underwater Telephone Cable in the okhotsk sea about 37 Miles off the soviet East coast and North of Japan. Each Container weighed 6 tons and was stuffed with american reconnaissance equipment for interception of in formation from the underwater Cable of the soviet Union s  he said. Chubrikov said the equipment was a threat to the environment because of radioactivity emitted by plutonium 238 used to Supply Power the Complex was designed for registering during a year All information transmitted by the underwater communication Cable. There was also a Beacon that helped the american intelligence service to quickly detect it for taking in the accumulated information he said. Chubrikov also said the Kab has Cap tured 20 spies in the past couple of years among them some Kab officers working As double agents. He said More than 50 diplomats and correspondents were expelled from the soviet Union Between 1986 and 1987 for activities incompatible with their diplomatic status and some were caught in the act of carry ing out agent s  Chubrikov said the soviet system also is threatened by ideological sabotage from subversives supported by foreign agencies. They try to stimulate the Organiza Tion of various kinds of Clandestine sem illegal and even Legal associations in our country which would act at their bid Ding he was quoted As saying. Chubrikov acknowledged that the so Viet secret police apparatus has Bee guilty of repression on the Domestic front but he gave no details other than to mention some former officials of the Security Agency who were kilted Tor re sisting stalinist repressions. He said a key goal of his Agency now is to train agents to adhere strictly to soviet Law. Referring to purges carried out by inc dictator Josef Stalin Chubrikov said More than 20,020 agents who resisted Don t leave Home without him mister credit card also known us Walter Cavanugh of Santa Clara Calif would be a a Miry nun to have along on a trip wound the world or through your of Moric  shopping mall. Id Hamburg West Germany the plastic Money run displays his collection claimed la be he world s largest of valid credit cards which he gathered after nuking � bet with a Friend. Even though Cav Anasih has 1,199 cards he says a needs Only one or two of them. Orders from superiors to violate soviet Law fell victim to repressions As a result of false  the front Page newspaper interview apparently was in response to recent Calls for More information about the oils of top soviet leaders. Chubrikov Kab head since 1982, be came a voting member of the 1 a member politburo in 1985 and has made Public appearances in connection with his port on the ruling body but he rarely has talked publicly about the Workings of his secretive Agency. Chubrikov said officials Are in the pro Cess of trying to define the Kab i role adding Hal he is working on refolding thinking and renouncing stereotypes within the Kab s ranks. He said the Agency s primary goal is to uncover and Slop intelligence gathering and subversive activities by foreign secret services As Well As hostile action by anti soviet and anti socialist minded persons inside the country and actions which arc aimed at undermining and eliminating the existing  . Aiding Germany in 2 suspects probe Frankfurt West Germany a Wesl German officials said Friday Hal . Investigators had joined a probe of two suspected Ira members. British television report said one of them May be a major arms buyer for the outlawed guerrilla group. West German police captured the heavily armed men late tuesday after they crossed inc dutch Border into West Germany near the town of Wald Frucht about 45 Miles Northwest of Cologne British Mili tary installations arc located in inc area. West Germany s supreme court on wednesday issued an arrest warrant Nam ing the pair Gerard Thomas Hanratty 29,and Terence Gerard Mcgeough 30, As prime suspects in recent bomb attacks at British military bases in West Germany. Investigators from four countries have joined the probe of the suspects who May have taken part in criminal activities out Side West Germany the chief West Ger Man Federal prosecutor s of tick said. We arc currently working with investigators from great Britain inc Netherlands Belgium and the United slates chief Feder Al prosecutor spokesman Alexander Rcch act told the associated press in a Telephone interview from his Soltice in Karlsruhe. Asked specifically whether the Fri was involved Prechtel said we arc starting to make Contact with the Fri. The men Are being sought in the United states for illegal Possession of weapons As far As i  but . Authorities in West Germany were unable to confirm or deny the involvement of . Investigators. People Here who follow such matters Don t know of any such connection at the present  . Embassy spokesman Bob Halh told the a. Britain s Independent television news said thursday night that Mcgeough May be a top arms buyer for the Irish Republican army and that he is suspected of organizing recent arms shipments from Libya. Col. Moa mar Qadhafi s Radical North african government reportedly has backed the Ira for several Yean. Prechtel asked about the ten report cautioned we have no official information about the men s role in the Ira. We arc currently working with British authorities Lotry to establish  British authorities have told us that Mcgeough and Hanratty bad been on the run for years Prechtel added. Mcge Ouji and Han rally Are currently being held in a maximum Security Pris on. Prechtel said. The mainly roman Catholic Ira in a gating to end British Rule in predominantly protestant Northern Ireland and unite in with the 9 5 Percy no roman Cath Olic Republic of Ireland. Co discoverer of vaccine for whooping cough Dies grand rapids Mich