European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Friday october 30,1992 papers show Cia knew Iraq military got gear Washington a the Cia was monitoring Iraq s technology purchases in the United states before the persian Gulf War and knew Many of the items were destined for the iraqi military Industry according to documents and interviews obtained by the associated press. Congressional investigators Are trying to determine whether the Cia passed along its information to the Commerce department which approved $1.5 billion in exports to Iraq in the 1980s. The Commerce depart ment said the exports were not specifically designated for military use. In 1989, the intelligence Agency identified several iraqi companies posing As buying agents for the iraqi government s civilian industries the documents and interviews show. The Cia s stated position to me was that the wanted it to go on forever As a source of information said Jerry Kowalsky who was approached in 1988 by members of an iraqi procurement network seeking nuclear triggers. Congressional investigators lawyers familiar wit Iraq s operations in the United states and former government officials supported Kowalsky s account. Cia spokesman Peter Ernest would not comment wednes Day. Kowalsky then president of Sci technologies in Sandiego said he reported the iraqi approach to the Cia. The intelligence Agency suggested he Call the customs service but also asked that he keep it informed of developments. Kowalsky said he met with Cia officials periodically while taking part in a sting operation wit customs. . And British customs agents subsequently intercepted a shipment of nuclear triggers destined for Iraq and arrested several iraqi procurement agents. Documents relating to the sting operation show that Pentagon probe targets License in iraqi super gun by the los Angeles times Washington the Pentagon has begun an internal review to determine How artillery de signer Gerald Bull obtained a . Export License for computers used in the design of Iraq s Supergan sources said wednesday. Earlier this week news reports said that one of Bull s companies received the License in septem Ber 1989 for computers that it said were to be used in the country s automotive factory. But ultimately they helped design the super gun As Well As an iraqi ballistic missile and self propelled howitzers the reports said. Although the super gun was never used it had the potential to fire nuclear chemical and biological warheads. . Intelligence knew in october 1989 that matrix Churchill a Small tool company in a suburb of Cleve land was an iraqi military procurement firm posing As a civilian buying agent. According to records matrix Churchill became the focal Point for Iraq s procurement network in the United states at the end of 1988. For two years until it was shut Down by . Custom sin september 1990, the tiny firm contracted with some 50 . Manufacturers to buy material and technology for use in everything from ballistic missiles to uranium enrichment plants. Hiss did t spy russian general says new York a Alger Hiss the state depart ment lawyer accused of espionage during the Mccarthy Era never spied for the soviets says a High ranking russian general. Gen. Dmitri a. To Logonov called the allegations against Hiss completely groundless in a statement Given to John Lowenthal a . Historian and filmmaker who has studied the Case. To Logonov is chairman of Russia s military Intelli gence archives. And in a videotaped statement made for Lowenthal to Logonov elaborated on his findings the fact that he was convicted in the 50s was a result of either false information or judicial error. You Gan Tell Alger Hiss that the heavy weight should be lifted from his  to Logonov s statements appeared in the new York times on thursday. The 87-year-old Hiss who has maintained his inno Cence for 44 years said in the times it won t Settle things for people i be regarded As prejudiced from the beginning but i think this is a final verdict on the  Hiss was accused of spying for the soviet Union by Whittaker Chambers a time Magazine editor who had been a communist party member in the 1930s. Cham Bers died in 196.1. Chambers claimed Hiss had Given him classified in formation to be sent to the soviets. In 1948, Chambers produced microfilmed documents from a hollowed out pumpkin on his Maryland farm that connected Hiss to party activities a decade earlier. Hiss was never charged with espionage but was convicted of lying to the House in american activities committee by denying under oath that he had ferried the pumpkin papers to Chambers in 1938. He served four years in Federal prison and has sought since Trento Clear his name. The Hiss Case made a National figure out of Richard m. Nixon the former president who at the time was a California congressman who sided with Chambers. To Logonov said his research found no evidence that Chambers had Contact with soviet intelligence. Scholars interviewed by the times said to Logonov is a respected historian and key adviser to russian president Boris Yeltsin. But they cautioned that his assurances May not be the final word. I Don t doubt that he s Given an honest report on a file Alger Hiss seated testifies before the House in Ameri can activities committee in 1948. At left is e. Stripling who was conducting the questioning. What he saw but there Are a lot of things he might not have seen said Richard pipes a scholar of soviet studies at Harvard University. There Are archives within archives within archives. To say there is no Evi Dence in any of the archives is not very responsible on his  the Case was reopened when Hiss asked to Logonov and other russian officials to Sech for records about the Case. Astronauts expose items to atomic oxygen in orbit from wire reports space Center Houston Columbia astronauts stuck various materials outside the shuttle and exposed them to the Rigours of space thursday to see How Well they might hold up As part of a satellite or space  than 350 samples were mounted on the shuttle s 50-foot robot Arm and extended from the payload  want to see How different materials hold up to atomic oxygen in orbit. Scientists suspect that atomic oxygen causes such materials As plastics and composites to lose mass strength stiffness and. Stability in space. North got his Way with Cia Washington former White House aide Oliver North wielded extraordinary influence overtop Cia officials in the mid-1980s, a former Cia official testified wednesday in the Iran Contra trial of Clair  Fiers who headed the Cia s Central american task Force during that time said that whenever he attempted to defy North s wishes he quickly would be called on the carpet by top Cia officials including director William Casey Deputy Robert Gates and George head of spy  discovered that when i did t do something that Oliver North wanted he had the ability to work Down my Chain of command and to override me Fiers said. Fiers is the chief prosecution witness in the Cas against George who is charged with seven counts of perjury making false statements and obstructing investigators who were looking into the Iran Contr affair. Fra warning about drug Washington the food and drug administration on monday warned against taking the prescription Antihistamine his Manal with two anti fungal drugs or an Antibiotic because the combination can cause dangerous heart rhythm problems. Janssen pharmaceutical which makes his Manal has agreed to Send letters to doctors and other health professionals cautioning them about the risk of serious heart rhythm abnormalities in patients who use his Manal with the anti fungal  or Traco Azole or the Antibiotic erythromycin the Fra said. His Manal also known As Aste Mazole is a non sedating Antihistamine prescribed to treat seasonal allergies and hives. Iraq May get zapped food Orlando Fla. The first Batch of chickens zapped with radiation to kill bacteria May be headed to Iraq an official of vindicator inc. Of Plant Cit said. Vindicator the nation s Only food irradiation Plant is negotiating with . Harvest technologies of Baltimore to ship up to 25,000 tons of the Chicken to Iraq said Sam Whitney vindicator  Plant will begin treating chickens in about Ivi weeks he said. The shipment would need the permission of the United nations which has supervised an embargo of Iraq since the Gulf War but allows shipments of food. Grocer wife held in fraud los Angeles a grocer and his wife we rearrested wednesday on charges that they encouraged looters to Burn Down their financially troubled store during the riots then filed a false insurance claim. Kyu Shup Lee 43, and his wife Kyung sin Lee 39, were charged with arson insurance fraud an grand theft. Deputy District attorney Michael Cabral said that after Lee and his wife cleared most of the goods out of their Market they told looters to take whatever s left and Burn the place  beaten trucker files claim los Angeles the truck Driver whose beating became one of the indelible images of the riots filed a claim against the City saying the police failed to protect him. The claim filed tuesday by Reginald Denny 36, suburban Covina is a first step toward a multimillion Dollar lawsuit said his attorney Eric Errer. Denny was pulled from his Rig and beaten As he drove in South Central los Angeles on april 29