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GAMBLE WITH PROCTOR

Red Weekly No. 180, 1976 · p. 12 of the scan · 571 words

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page 12 of the scan

will stop pacing his Britain has been accomplished Agee. Agee is out.

At least that, and not the snow. is what Dr Edward W Proctor, the new CIA station chief in Britain. will be dreaming of this Christmas. It is now widey accented mal denevine the deportations of Agee and Proctor's first assignments here since he slipped in last TRAINING Proctor's training MaKeS him eminently suitable wish cone tons. An econo mics expert with a PhD from Marvare. nes a tormer CA Deputy Director for Intelligence - one or the seven To eight top ranking officials at CIA headauarters.

As Deputy Director for Intelligence, and now as Chief of Station, Proctor has a key role in preparing and answering the so-called Key Intelligence Questions, These are a list of what Washington most wants to KnOW the priority goals for all American. Intelligence, Goer covert. They are distributed over the signature of the US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger.

INFORMATION In June 1976 Philip Agee received a copy of the KiQs for 1974-75 through the post. Two of the KIQs asked specifically for information on the economic performance of major non-Communist industrial Hallouis, particularly Western Europe and Japan, and on the positions these countries were likely to take in forthcoming international trade and financial negotiations.

In the wake of the IMF loan Sometime on Tuesday 11 January a pipe-smoking gentleman room on the third floor of the American Embassy in London. The phone will ring. After he has answered Dirginiao De will tells his paymasters at has mine Virginia. He will tell his paymasters that his first mission - an appeals tribunal confirmed the deportation order served on ex-CIA agent Philip conditions to Britain, this can only neignten speculation that Agee is more of an export than a depon.

'LIBERAL'

Unlike his Cord Meyer Jnr, Proctor is no dirty trickster slob his secretaries meet ing secretaries. Indeed, well as being something of an intellectual. he has also acquired a reputation as a liD for eral in the course year stay with the CIA.

October 1975, ample, Proctor helped to host two-day conference placement officers inside CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The purpose placement officers recommeno careers black college graduates and to spread the word that the CIA is an equal opportunity employper cent of the Sits pro cent CIA's tessionai are back unlike most of their victims.

testified in court in favour of ine censorsno or ne cia ane the Cult of Intelligence by Victor Marchetti and John Marks which subsequently appeared with nearly 200 deletions. This was a unique case in American lecal History less. Marchetti, an outspoken CELICOR CIne ently forgives Proctor personally and continues to believe that his former colleague is 'as pure as une ariven snow ICING But Proctor's appointment in London is simply a case of the CIA changing the icing on the cake. He will continue to head the 60-70 agents who predecessor, who of his 23for exfor to get to prooperate TAC alone, and will continue to rely on the protessional dirty trick Neverthe- sters like Deputy am monow Meanee appar- the longest serving CIA operaLives in ontain less accessible information.

bably be hiah level liaison with British Intelligence and watching out cussions of Britain's declining Watch . Out About MICK GOSLING After his speech at the NUS conference, Philip Agee received a five minute standing ovation.

Embass Chief Wilone o WEEKLY

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