European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes monday june 11,1990cia role claimed in Mandela arrested official recalls tip Given 28 years ago a a Plant a Ltd a a cd a tip 28 yours ago to South african intelligence agents led to the arrest that put Black nationalist Leader Nelson Mandela in prison for most of his adult life a report said sunday a former official of the Central intelligence Agency revealed th3t he has known of the Cla role since Mandela was seized but agents of the South african police special Branch aug. 5, l�62. The Atlanta j o u m a i c o n s 111 u t i o n a i d. The retired official who requested anonymity. Said that within hours after Mandela s arrest Paul Eckel a senior Cia operative came to his office to Tell him about . Involvement in the apprehension Quot we have turned Mandela Over to the South afcan Security  the official said summarizing Eckels comments. Quot we gave them every detail what he would be wearing the time of Day just where he would be. They have picked him up. It is one of our greatest  Eckel who retired in Atlanta 10 years co. Died m l �8rv a Mandela 71. Was released from prison in february after serving a 28-year term. He is scheduled to arrive in the United states june 20 As part of an International tour to rally support for the anti apartheid movement the retired Cia official told reporters in the Atlanta newspaper s Washington Bureau that he came Forward with the information because with Mandela out of prison there is no longer a valid reason for secrecy. He called the american role in the affair Quot one of the most shameful utterly horrid Quot incidents of the cold War struggle Between the soviet l Nion and the l United states for influence in the third world. Though Mandela was not yet an International figure in 1962. South Africa was one of several global hot spots where the . Was conducting Covert cold War activities the newspaper said. In Johannesburg the Cia s Covert Branch saw the african National Congress As a threat to the stability of a Friendly South african government the report said. At the time the country a government had signed a militai7 cooperation agreement with the United states and served As an important uranium source. Five years earlier the . Embassy in Pretoria cabled Washington that South Africa s educated Black elite was a psychologically susceptible to the extremes of Black nationalism or communism and had influence a extending beyond the Borders of South Africa into and among the native leadership of other african  the Cable warned Quot a bitter open conflict pitting these Blacks against Whites in South Africa could become a Cardinal threat to american  it is unclear what Mandela knows about Cia involvement in his arrest a subject of Rumor since the mid-1980s. His associates say they have known Only that on aug 4, 1962, the night before his arrest he came out of hiding to attend a dinner party in Durban with 12 to 15 longtime confidants affiliated with the local Anc Branch. Gerard Ludi. A retired South afcan intelligence operative said he does no to know if the arrest resulted from inform Tion the Cia obtained from its do a deep cover agent. To it Urban but Ludi said that at the time Nofu arrest the Cia had a highly such i agent to the inner Circle of the s Branch to Durban. L asked to comment about the tin led to Mandela a arrest Cia spokesman Mark Mansfield said a your policy is n j to comment on such  Mandela Deputy president of the african National Congress and one of the world s Best known political prisoners to be honoured during his trip to the Urivi de states with a ticker tape Parade in new York. Quot he also plans to address a joint session of Congress and travel to at least a dozen major cities including Atlanta where he plans to Lay a Wreath on the Brave of Martin Luther King j r. One of Mandela a scheduled events is a luncheon at the John f. Kennedy la. Barry in Boston which is a repository for still classified National Security Council papers and . Intelligence cables from Africa covering the period when he was arrested. Hundreds rescued after cruise ship slams into rocks Woods Hole. Mass. I up a hundreds of cruise s r passengers had to to  ashore sunday after Tresh n ran aground n heavy fog and began taking on a a a Are. A pare was a1 erred and no in tones were repented re Tri acc Bermuda Star gashed us huh when .Ammed into so emerged rocks about two modes from the huge seaport of vend it Hole coast guard officials sad Quot no lives Are jeopard., As tar As 1 knew Quot said o Oast Guana it. Peter Keane. Quot 1 re re was no name on a a a a easy Hopes that the ship could hip into Harbor Tor rums utter being hauled off the Rooks with tugboats were dashed when the tugs working for 4> minutes. A . Hoe it. Pet to officer 1st class Dan were Una Rte Quot it s pretty  he sad. I re  passengers aboard and some Crew members were being taken by commercial fees across Buz cards Bay to new Bedford. Booms wore Strung to Corral of  from the ship s engine area. The coast guard got a distress Call shortly after s . When the ship ran aground possible on a Rodov ledge m water less than to feet deep. Al Pesiri said. A fog had Cut visibility to about a Quarter mile when the ship hit Bottom officials said the ship was or route from new York to Halifax Nova soot a. A Stop had been planned for sunday in province own on the Northern tip of Cape cod. Quot it was no laughing matter Bat jokers Pat of a Good face to mask their sadness daring an auction at Little Jack homers joke and magic shop in Postern. The jokes Over which closed last week after More fun 30 years is Bosia Ess. Prospective bidders Wear Bike noses and glasses As they watch shop items disappear. Diver to photograph sunken civil War ship Ashing ton i \p1 Nave re care a Liri of civil War buffs May soon Union ship Monitor which ._,.i m i Gate off the North Carolina coast 128 years ago after its celebrated Battle with the Confederate ship Mere Mack. For the first time in 11 years the government is  an undersea photographer to dive to the wreck la Miles off Cape Hatteras. Photographer and author Rod Farb of Cedar Grove n  at the site with a film Crew last week beating out a Philadelphia rival seeking to become the first to dive to the wreck since French explorer Jacques Cousteau did it in 19"�?T9 Cousteau a expedition was hampered by bad weather and poor visibility and Little or no usable footage was produced. Government scientists disposed in interviews last week that portions of the ships Hull have collapsed but that the wreck is  some Scuta divers Tad expressed tears that the wreck was in danger of collapsing the wreck of the Monitor was discovered by researchers in 1973. The Merrimack renamed the Virginia was destroyed by its Crew to keep it from being captured by the Union. The National oceanic and atmospheric administration which is responsible for safeguarding the wreckage said Farb was blessed with Good conditions w Hen he and his Crew made their first dive. The Noaa refused to allow private Monitor expeditions after Cousteau a dive saying that the 220-foot dept posed a a serious and unreasonable risk Quot that its own v Eis would not take. The concerns were based on Tricky currents and the knowledge that at certain Depths nitrogen in the breathing air can impede diverse motor skills. The Agency reversed its position after one of its administrative Law judges ruled last november that it had exaggerated the nitrogen problem. Before permitting farbs dive Noaa researchers disclosed Friday that they descended to the wreck in a submarine on june 1 and 2 to make a a visual record to ensure that artefacts Are not tampered with. Tim Keeney. Noaa director of Ocean and coastal resources said Al 0-foot Tiger Stark was patrolling the wreck Quot the Best weird to describe the condition is that1w believe its  Keeney said of the ship. A the Nuu of the vessel is not made of thick Metal and there arc parts that have caved in. However there is Armor plat my surrounding the vessel and that is almost totally intact on the port  Irv Garrison an Noaa Marine archaeologist who we on the submarine said the Monitor is a pretty beat up it even for the 12s years it has spent at the Bottom of the a time is one thing Quot Garrison said. A but Shes Al right in the area of a shipping Lane and every estr0,l that went by May have dropped a Load on her. A might have been depth charged which would of ironic Fate for an old civil War