European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december so. 198b the stars and stripes Page 3 stranger them fiction spy tale unfolds from Page 1 three More meetings in Zurich and Lucerne Switzer land Over the count of the year court document show. After inc fourth meeting however the Brothers can a Clad future contacts having become frightened by news thai the hungarian secret service was Wise to them. The court report also said the american Contact was growing unhappy with the Quality of secrets the Brothers were providing. The court acquitted the pc Rasiks of charges relate to the Cia Contact because the letters they wrote on swedish soil could not be considered part of an organized intelligence act. It also acquitted inc physicians of charges of work ing for czech intelligence As it found they had carried unspecified material to Czechoslovakia for Conrad Only three  of the Korcsik trial were conducted behind closed doors a decision prosecutor Sven Olof Hakans son said he made Tor Security and personal reasons on which he would not elaborate. Details of Hose proceedings were not included in the 35-Page court report. When asked about the a Ercsik . Connection a Cia spokesman in Washington said he could not com ment on a matter covered by another country s courts. However Alexander Prechtel a spokesman for the West German Federal prosecutor s office in Karlsruhe said the Korcsik trial provided information very help Ful to inc prosecution s Case against Conrad. Try did say a lot. They told us How All these things worked Prechtel said. By making Confes Sions they treated a lol of evidence for our  based on the importance of inc . And nato documents Conrad allegedly compromised officials Are now considering charging the former sergeant with treason instead of espionage Prechtel said an espionage conviction carries a maximum 10-Yearprison sentence compared to life for treason. We think we now can prove that the Quality of  is rather serious i acc Helcl said. Conrad s Case could come 10 trial in february he said. Soon after Conrad s arrest some a Solti vials com pared the damage he allegedly caused Over 10 years to that of convicted spy John a Walker jr., who sold Navy secrets to the soviets for 17 years. However sources in the Pentagon told the stars and stripes in August that Conrad would t have had Access Tonato level secrets at the 8ih inf div he in dad Kreuz Znaco where be worked until september 1985. Upon hearing of possible treason charges one unnamed Pentagon source speculated More serious charges might be considered for their deterrent effector to reflect the Long period Over which he s said to have piped secrets to the soviet Union. Conrad is believed to have solicited information for the soviets front another . Soldier whom authorities have not named. He also is alleged to have had another East bloc Contact in Austria who cannot be. Arrested because his crimes were against West Ger Many and the United states not Austria or Conte said. Swiss prosecutors also have launched an investigation into activities that look place in Switzerland. Conrad s wife Anja was cleared of any connection with the espionage activities proc hell said she still resides Wilh i hair teen age son Andre in bosc Nchim West Germany a wine Village less than a mile cast of bad Kreuz Znaco. Although Conrad s arrest captured headlines in a Way unmatched since the 1985 Walker Case i9ss also boasted the arrest of a warrant officer spy suspect who spent most of his 12 army years in West Germany the Sandor Hercsik conviction of one spy and the initiation of an army spy hot line in Europe warrant officer James w. Hall Iii. 30, is being held in or curia confinement on suspicion of espionage a fort Mcade my. He was arrested dec. 21 at fort Stewart a where he had worked with a 24th inf div intelligence unit since jul y. A Washington military District spokesman said he expected Hall to be charged during his first 30-Day pretrial confinement period. According to affidavits Hall told an Fri agent that he had been passing highly sensitive signal intelligence documents to the soviet Union and East German since 1982. Defense department officials however have Noi yet determined he seriousness of Hall s alleged espionage activity. Hall who holds a top secret clearance has spent most of his career working As a signals intelligence electronics warfare analyst specializing in intercepted enemy communications. He was assigned to inc 326tharmy Security Agency co in Schnec Borg West Ger Many from 197710 1981, and served at Field station Berlin until 1985, when he was transferred to fort Monmouth . He resumed to West Germany the following year ultimately becoming a Section chief for the 302nd military intelligence in. He left in february of this year to attend the Basic warrant officers course in another espionage Case former soviet citizen Svitlana Tumanova was sentenced to in months in a West German court for trying to recruit an army civil Ian employee in Munich. The employee s Soldier Hus band reported the incident thai led to Tumanova s arc so. The former language instructor is now on pro Bation a Munich Federal prosecutor said. Although Tumanova was arrested in september 1987 before Usa eur stalled ils spy hot line her Clyde Lee Cunrad Case represents the Type that could have been cracked simply by having someone phone in suspicious activity said Cape. Mark Wally a spokesman for inc 66lh military intelligence  dial a spy program which is run by the 527th military intelligence in in kaisers Lauvern West Ger Many was started after a Simitar stateside hot Lin proved successful Wally said. In its first year the Usa eur. Line received 312 Calls that led to 30 investigations. Wally could not reveal How Many of the 30 investigations led to arrests we arc very pleased with the information that behave gotten thai is directly attributable 10 inc spy hoi line he said.  to thu report sub Winton Flam Birtman and Chuck a mob in Wain Lonj. Edfors choose 7988 s Fop 10 stories new York a Here is the list of the top news stories of 1988, according to editors around the world polled by the associated press. The poll was taken before the bombing of Anam flight 103 on dec. 21. The results Are based on 89 ballots from 41 coun tries with to Points for a first place ballot to one Point for a 10th place first place ballots in parentheses. 1. The .-sovict Summit in Moscow and the Stan of implementation of the inic Michiale Range nuclear forces treaty 40671 Points. I the Iran Iraq War and cease fire 17593. 3. Soviet party shake up Mikhail Gorbachev named president soviet reforms continue 14567.4. Afghan accords reached soviets begin troop pullout 04485. The . Presidential election 5444, 6. The palestinian uprising in the israeli occupied Terri lyrics 3306. 7. Iran air passenger plane shot Down by .forces in Gulf 2287,8. Armenian azerbaijani unrest hits. Soviet Union 0206. 9. Chile s Gen. Augusto Pinochet rejected in referendum on another eight year presidential terma195. -., 10. Mysterious plane crash kills Pakistan presi Dent Mohammad Ziaul Haq Binazir Bhutto named prime minister after free elections 2139. Stu cry of 54 . Spies ranks agreed As lop motive a look Back at by Charlie Bowde Munich Bureau american turncoat Are motivated More by greed than ideology blackmail or threats a de sense intelligence Agency studyof54u.s.iraitorsconcludes. The study titled the espionage threat and released in september was compiled by analyst Lawrence p. Jopson and summarized this month in a Usa eur bulletin distributed to information an personnel Security managers in the command. The j4 Case studies begin with former National Security Agency Shaffer Joseph s. Petersen jr., the first american convicted of espionage after the end of world War it and end in december 1987 with Michael l. Walker sentenced to 25 years in prison for helping his father sell Navy communication secrets to the soviets. Greed for Money  and adventure rank High As motivating factors in the 1980s," the re port s summary said. Of nine primary motives listed As spurring espionage or attempted espionage 33 of the 54 Case studies revealed Money As the main stimulus. Ideology and  or revenge ranked a Distant second and five Case studies each cited those As primary factors behind the acts., Only two studies revealed blackmail or threats As a Factor. Of inc cases studied by Jopson 80 percent showed some involvement by East bloc intelligence services and there was a noted increase this decade Over pre Vious  that involvement apparently requires Little More than sitting Back and waving the greenbacks As a lure the study concluded. One of inc most important observations in this study is the increasing tendency of individuals to Volunteer their services for espionage purposes the Usa eur summary stated. From a demographic standpoint the majority of those involved were Middle aged had at least a High school diploma and were married. In 35 of the 54 cases the individuals were on Active military duly when they first began spying. Of those five were officers two were warrant offi cers 19 were non commissioned officers and the rest Junior enlisted soldiers. Six of those convicted were foreign bom and seven had a wife or mistress who was foreign born. Most were caught As a result of lips from confidential sources other . Citizens or co workers or by investigators surveillance. Six were unveiled by defectors or apprehended agents and two were turned in by their spouses