European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and sir ipes tuesday october 11,1988 never judge a spy by his cover Case studies reveal Model traits by Crystal Laureano stall writer Heidelberg West Germany alleged spy Clyde Lee Conrad worked Long hours volunteered Tor additional duties and was a Model Soldier specific traits of a spy. Army intelligence officials say. Convicted spy John a. Walker or. Also possessed those attributes in addition to a powerful ego that allowed him to think that he was smart enough to get away with his crime said an intelligence official who asked not lobe identified. Successful spies go out of their Way to maintain a spotless record and slay out of trouble in order to appear trustworthy above reproach and indispensable within their organizations he said. The conspicuous and unexplainable Cash flow exhibited by Conrad and Walker along with their obsessive work habits should have signalled danger to friends and co workers but most government employees suffer from Nai Vete the official said. While most people Don t doubt the presence of spies in Europe they find it hard to believe that a Friend or co worker could be involve Din espionage. And some people just Don t want to get involved he said. There should be no doubt that in this Heater is where it is  after Conrad s arrest in late August his neighbors in Rosenheim West Germany told the stars and stripes they wondered How the family could afford its expensive apartment lavish furniture and lots of Gold  but none had been suspicious nor did they have anything derogatory to say about Conrad As a father husband or neighbor. Conrad a retired sergeant first class spent 16 of his 20 army years in Germany. Me last served at 8th in div Headquarters in bad Kreuz Nach from 1980 until his retirement in 198s. Walker a former . Navy warrant officer sold vital and secret Navy information to the soviets for 16 years. There Are an estimated 2,000 East bloc agent operating in West Germany according to intelligence officials. The agents target soldiers civilian employees an local National employees to obtain unclassified data As Well As classified information. Many foreign spies Are operating on a Small scale successful spies go out of their Way to maintain a spotless record and stay out of trouble. The official said. A taxi Driver or restaurant owner could be a once a year Contact for routine information such As exercise Dales a tort procedures and equipment delivery dates. In 1984, Ernst Forbrich a West German Auto me chanic was convicted of espionage on behalf of the East German government and sentenced to 15 years by a . Federal court. Forbrich had no direct Access to sensitive information but through soldiers and government civilians he was Able to deliver an impressive Quantity of data to a hostile intelligence service for 14 Yean. Hostile agent commonly approach frequent trav Elers to East bloc countries. Often the person or their spouse has a relative in the country they visit. It is not uncommon for agents to approach the resident family after the visitors leave to Rylo get them to set up a meeting during the next visit the intelligence official said. Another tactic employed by hostile agent particularly Warsaw pact agents is to entice westerners into misconduct. Sexual indiscretions Black Market trading and currency violations can be used to Black mail tourist into cooperating with agents. Soviet intelligence officer trained to establish so Cial and business relationships with Allied military personnel operate most East German Border Check Points. The Only motive of these courteous and Friendly agents is to Snag a Western Contact the intelligence official said. The difficulty in catching a spy is similar to the problem of catching any other criminal he.  the spy must be caught in the act of acquiring or passing information a process which can take months or even years of intelligence gathering he tji id. Army intelligence officials in Europe receive an average of 160 reports of suspected spy activities per year he said. Of those about 10 percent Are Vali dated As actual incidents. Some unfounded reports Are filed in the event a report is made against the same party in the future. Intelligence officials suspect that the number of reported incidents is much lower than the actual number of attempted contacts by hostile agents the official said. News updates russian Premier Moscow a Alexander Vlasov who was promoted recently to non voting membership on the ruling politburo and elected Premier of the russian Republic was relieved monday of his duties As Interior minister Tass said the official news Agency said the decision was made by the presidium of the supreme soviet the country s highest executive body but did not say who would replace Vlasov k the soviet Union s top uniformed police official. Vlasov replaced Vitaly Voroni Kov As Premier of the largest of the 15 republics that make up the soviet Union. To Sotnikov was moved to the largely ceremonial Job of presi Dent of he russian Republic. Hirohito stable Tokyo a emperor Hirohito bedridden for the past three weeks remained in stable condition monday after receiving another blood transfusion. Vandals monday dripped red paint on a table holding a Register signed by the emperor s Well wishers in a shinto shrine in Southern Fuku Oka prefecture local police said. Leaflets strewn at the site demanded an end to Japan s monarchy. Also monday police near the Imperial Palace in Tokyo detained a University student who tried to put up a poster accusing the government of using Hirohito s illness to fuel rightist support for military expansion. A police official said the Stu Dent was released after questioning. The 87-year-old emperor received 0.42 pint of blood sunday. Hirohito s Ever stood at 99 de Grees monday morning unchanged from his temperature sunday evening according Loim Perial household Agency spokes Man Ken Imaeda. Greek court orders Plo member sent to . To face bomb charges Athens Greece a a judicial Council decided monday to extradite to the United Stales a palestinian accused of planting a bomb that killed a Japa Nese teen Ager and injured 15 people aboard a pan am jetliner Over Hawaii in 1982. However defense lawyers appealed to the areas Pagos Greece s supreme court to revoke the decision against Mohammed Rashid 39. The country s highest judicial body Wilt hear the Case within a month. There is a majority decision by the Council for extradition. Its decision is based on a portion of the . Request appeals court judge Slavics Gardikiotis said. Under greek Law the appeals court examines cases that involve crimes committed outside Greece. Gardikiotis said there was enough evidence presented by the United slates to support its charges thai Rashid planted a bomb aboard the jetliner. The palestinian was arrested at the Athens Airport May 29 after a tip from the us. Embassy. He was sentenced to seven months imprisonment july 14 for entering Greece on a forged syrian passport. The Council rejected As insufficient other . Claims linking Rashid to the attempted 19s2 bombing of another pan am jetliner in Rio de Janeiro Bra Zil. No details of the alleged bombing attempt were released in court. The Council had twice postponed hearing the extradition request for Rashid a member of the Palestine liberation organization and delayed issuing its decision for one week. This decision is a blow to the Plo Rashid said. I will repeat once again that neither i nor the Plo engage in terrorism. I Trust the greek Justice system and will be vindicated by the areas  Rashid also May be linked to an at tack aboard the greek cruise ship july 11 that kilted nine people and injured 98. Police theorize the attack May have been a botched attempt to take the ship hostage and Force Rashid s release. In a separate hearing monday an appeals court upheld Rashid s passport conviction but reduced the sentence to five months. He was allowed to pay a $400 Fine instead of serving the sen tence. This does t mean he can go free. He continues to be held until the extradition request is heard by the areas Pagos said Rashid s lawyer Spyros Fitrakis. He said the defense will argue that the greek Constitution forbids the extradition of aliens prosecuted for their action As Freedom  As a member of the Plo my client is a Freedom  Fitrakis said. The United Stales considers the Plo to be a terrorist organization. . Officials have claimed Rashid also was involved in the 1986 bombing of a Twa jetliner flying Over Southern Greece that killed four americans the Twa blast is not mentioned in the extradition request. Allies aware of soviet threat Taft says Rome a a . Government official monday said there is a shared understanding among defense officials of Allied countries that soviet defense capabilities remain a threat to euro Pean Security. William h. Tall in . Deputy Secretary of defense met with italian de sense undersecretary Giuseppe Pas Anu to discuss Allied relations and Burden sharing among nato countries Taft is completing a tour of euro Pean nato allies. Taft meeting with reporters afterwards said that although All the officials he s met with on ibis trip agree that nato efforts should be continued Public opinion in some of these countries does not agree. They Sec the .-Sovicl missile reductions which 1 believe Are the re sult of keeping t Strong defense and want to use them As an excuse to de crease defense spending.1 when questioned about . Finan Cial support of nato Taft said we believe that the . Should continue to support nato expenses and even in crease its financial support. The continuation of the soviet Mili tary threat Calls for it and we can afford  Taft also praised Italy As having a Good nato record. Our friends in Italy have developed a defense program that will increase the capabilities of the european armed forces and make a More effective contribution to nato he said