Show Report From Congo Cong Burton Spy Program Huge But Out Worth It By y Rep Laurence J. J Burton The release of the Pueblo crew a few weeks ago ended a year long debate between the United States and North Korea over ver the alleged intrusion Into North Korean territorial waters by an American spy spy ship Although the ship will probably probably pro pro- bably never be returned to the United States others will take its ts place on the high seas to do dohe dothe dothe the he sa same e job keep one step ahead of potential enemies bythe by bythe the ocean by land and in the theair I air HERE IN Washington there are ire 30 people working round the clock at the Pentagon Pentagon Penta Penta- gon circulating orders filing reports keeping our armed forces forces for for- ces at at the ready In the Pentagons Pentagon's Pentagons Pentagon's Pen Pen- tagon's agon s war war room or as it its it's s officially known Army Operations Oper Center decisions ar armade are made nade concerning world world wide wide intelligence intelligence in in- Diligence missions Where once England was the world power it is now the United States and Russia We Weare Weare are lire kept up to date on Russia's movements and they on ours through various spying methods planes Janes ships satellites etc Even if Russia is not as candid candid can can- did about their spying devices as we are we know quite a alot alot alot lot about them vessels vessels Russia's Russia s fishing seen off the California coast regularly usually regularly usually have more electronic gear a aboard board than fishing nets At one time there were 82 such fishing vessels off Kodiak Harbor Alaska and another 10 fishing vessels off Cape Cod near Boston Several Russian trawlers shadow American Amerlean Amer Amer- Ican lean ships at sea sometimes sea sometimes as in the Sea of Japan in 1961 they are so close they collide Its It's an unwritten law between the two nations to live and let live in the spy game some game some something thing the North Koreans didn't observe SINCE national security is observed through secrecy the National Security Agency will not give specific details on how many spy ships ships ships-or or Intelligence vessels as official sources want to call them them are are doing their spying around the globe One source estimated there are three ships similar to the Pueblo Pueblo all all equipped with million worth of electronic gear The Navy has also converted converted con con- five larger ships into spy vessels one of which is the Liberty the ship that was strafed by Israeli fighter planes during the Middle East War two years ago The United States gains information information information in in- formation by several other means of course Our fleet of nuclear powered nuclear powered Polaris submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines now total over 40 carI carrying car car- deadly nuclear missiles missiles missiles mis mis- siles and each sub has an underwater underwater under under- I water listening device These devices can point pin activity from other submarines specifically specifically specifically specific specific- ally aimed at seeking out the Russians Russian's s 15 IS nuclear powdered nuclear powdered subs The Poseidon submarine with particular stages being built in Utah plants is scheduled for 1970 and will have even more sophisticated listening devices and will be able to travel farther far farther ther than the Polaris I ITHE THE CENTRAL Intelligence II Agency is still spending spending- its itsU U U 2 2 and A ll planes abroad from bases in Florida and Vietnam Viet Viet- nam There was a slow slowdown slow down in number of U U 2 2 missions followIng following following follow follow- ing the Gary Powers incident in 1960 when Powers and his U 2 were shot down over the Soviet Union but today the U 2 and andAll andAll A All have increased their activity activity activity act act- over the troubled areas of the world The Strategic Air Command operates its long range long range highflying highflying high high- flying bombers to gather information information inform inform- from where they are based all over the world There are other reconnaissance planes used by the U US U.S. S but most data is classified THE REAL spying done today today today to to- day however is by air with air with the use of satellites The AmerI Amerlean Amer Amer- lean ican Samos and the Russians Russians' I i counterpart are whirling above the earth snapping pictures with such clarity that one military mill mill- tary official said a newspaper could be read through the cameras camera cameras camera's cam cam- I era eras era's s eye from orbital altitudes Ultra UHra modern radar penetrates cloud cover and forest vegetation atlon to reveal hidden Installations Install Install- The satellites snap pictures pictures pic pic- tures of troop movements military military military mil mil- installations cities cities and and this is 24 hour 24 hour procedure Infrared Infrared Infrared In In- sensors in satellites can uncover hot objects such as asa asa asa a missile or even an automobiles automobile's s motor running THERE ARE more than classified satellites in the air penetrating ng the skies over Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia and anywhere else in the world Officials report that the life of a spy satellite is 25 days and there is always another satellite satellite satellite sat sat- on the launching pad at Air Force Base California for immediate firing into space The cost of our spy program is huge but in my opinion worth it We must know what our neighbors are doing in order to be able to deter any aggression which might come forth The United States and Russia haven't haven t been able to work out outa a mutual disarmament program program pro pro- gram because of the problems of land inspection teams But once our satellites are highly sophisticated sophisticated and and we were we're re reaching reaching reach reach- ing that point rapidly rapidly perhaps perhaps the satellites will be able to do dothe dothe dothe the inspecting for both nations Once this is accomplished our spy games will turn from a cloak dagger cloak and dagger mission to a surveillance for peace |