European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 27, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 secrets easy to steal says convicted spy London a . Navy secrets Are easier to steal than toothpaste from a department store former Navy radioman and convicted spy John a. Walker said in an interview broadcast wednesday night. I have to say that k Mart Security is better than anything the Navy would have. I mean k Mart protects their toothpaste better than the Navy protects their top secrets said Walker who was a chief warrant officer wit top secret clearance. Walker spoke in an interview filmed in the Federal prison in Marion 111., where he is serving a life term for run Ning a soviet spy ring. The Commer Cial Channel 4 television program dispatches calling him Ameri Ca s most Noto rious spy said it was the first time he had been inter viewed. Walker said the Walker lax Security enabled him to photograph decoding material and technical manuals at . Navy bases and on warships from which the soviets were Able to build copies of the latest cryptographic machines. He said that when he offered some of the material the soviets told him not to bother indicating they had other spies at work. They were Proba Bly paying for the stuff five times Walker said. Walker said he was interviewed by the National Security Agency and the boys went Pale when he told them the soviets wanted nothing on machines that went into service in the Early 1980s with the . Navy and nato indicating they already had what the needed. The program said Walker s spying activities would have compromised secret material of All the navies in the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization. It said the soviets read millions of secret messages exchanged Between the various navies. The balding bespectacled and bearded spy looked relaxed and confident and was smoking a pipe. The pro Gram said he insisted on being inter viewed in civilian and not prison garb. Walker said his espionage even included updating his own Security Clear Ance and inserting it in his Navy re cords. The fact of the matter is i did perfect work for both governments at the same time. My work for the . Navy was extraordinary exemplary. My work for the soviets was also exem Plary he said. The program said the soviets paid Walker $ 1 million for supplying them with code breaking information over18 years. Walker showed no remorse in the interview and often smiled and laughed but he said at the end i m very sorry sorry for the Navy for  the Walker spy ring is behind bars but there Are still More than 4 million americans cleared for Access to More than a trillion classified documents. In the past eight years alone 40 traitors have been caught trying to sell secrets the program said. Walker said in conclusion you have to assume they Are not arresting everybody. What percentage do you think they Are arresting half a third 1 percent i Don t  tall likeness Dpi British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and . Ambassador to Brit Ain Charles s. Price 2nd unveil a statue of Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower in a Cere Mony at London s Grosvenor Square. The sculpture was commissioned to Honor Eisenhower s contributions to Anglo american relations during world War ii before he became the 34th presi Dent of the United states. Defense Confra for selects Carlucci for company Board Pittsburgh a Westinghouse elec tric corp., a major defense contractor said it elected former defense Secretary Frank c. Car Lucci to its Board of directors wednesday. About 20 percent of the company s annual sales of nearly $ 11 billion comes from business with the Pentagon. Carlucci 58, de parted from govern ment service Friday with the inauguration of president Bush and be came vice chairman of the Carlyle group Washington based take Over specialists. In january 1983, he became vice chairman at Sears world Trade inc., an International trading Arm that the giant retailer Sears formed and later shut Carlucci Down. He Rose to chairman in october 1984. Carlucci became defense Secretary under president Reagan in november 1987. We Are extremely pleased to have a distinguished executive of or. Carlucci s stature join the Westinghouse Board said chairman Johnc. Marous. Westinghouse set defense sales and profit re cords in 1987 with the help of $3 billion in sales of radar for the f-16 fighter plane the largest defense contract in the company s history. Australia official voices concern on future of . Philippine bases Manila Philippines a the australian government is concerned about unforeseeable consequences for regional Security if the Philippines closes . Military bases Here in two years the country foreign minister said thursday. Foreign minister Gareth Evans also said he raised concerns about human rights violations in Manila Dur ing talks with president Corazon Aquino foreign Secretary Raul Mang Lapus and defense Secretary fide Ramos. Evans who arrived tuesday on a three Day visit called the responses credible and said he hoped government institutions would be effective in curbing buses. Evans said during a press conference that the future of the six . Bases was a Complex Issue facing the governments in Washington and Manila because of opposition to the installations among filipino nationalists. The australian View As i be also said is for the bases to be maintained because of the contribution they have represented and will represent in the future to the larger International Security and stability Evans said. He acknowledged that improvements in .-soviet relations May in the future remove the need for the bases but that for the time being Australia hoped the would remain. It s not so much a fear of any particular Conse Quence of the bases closing As much As unforeseeable consequences that can flow when we fundamentally change the balance of Security the balance of the Force of Power in a particular Region Evans added. Last october the Philippines and the United states reached agreement allowing Clark a the naval facilities at Subic Bay and four smaller installations to re main until september 1991 in return for $962 million in . Economic and military Aid Over two years. Any Extension after 1991 must be approved by two thirds of the 23-member Senate where opposition is Strong. Aquino refuses to say whether she will support an Extension. Evans also said human rights figured prominently in his talks with Aquino and others. Last year amnesty International and other human rights organizations charged that hundreds had been slain in Manila and scores of human rights activists have disappeared be cause of suspected links to the rebel new people army. A group of foreigners including australian sen. Josephine Valentine complained last week that troops prevented them from staging an anti bases rally at Olon Gapo Home of the Subic Bay naval facilities. Evans said he had no doubt that Aquino and others were committed to protecting human rights As the government Steps up its 20-year War against communist rebels. Evans said he had found some grounds for Confidence that the government was gaining the upper hand against the rebels. But he said the. Human rights Issue was one of legitimate International concern be cause it affects the reputation of the Philippines at a time when the country is actively seeking a flow of private  Evans said that military officials told him they blocked the peace caravan of anti base protesters to prevent a major confrontation with thousands of Olon Gapo residents most of whom rely on the base for their livelihood. It s always possible for people to have different views at the margin about these things Evans said. But he added i believe it is important that in any flourishing democracy people have the right to dissent to protest