Show The HeraldJournal Logan Utah Thursday February 4 1988 — 9 Glasnost brings Soviet science out of the closet - WASHINGTON (UPI) On Jan 27 1958 the United States and the Soviet Union signed their first exchange agreement to facilitate the swap of scholars artists and ideas Thirty years later after a turbulent history there are signs that “glasnost” and new exchange agreements may at last start lifting the scientific iron curtain The idea behind scientific exchange is simple: Both countries benefit by swapping visitors and ideas advancing the sciences and coincidentally promoting trust and peace But until very recently politics fear and bureaucracy prevailed over this simple proposition and limited the US Information Agency's umbrella agreement under which several federal agencies promulgated their own pacts — expire following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Frank Press head of the US National Academy of Sciences said for example the invasion blocked exchanges that would have been facilitated by the US and Soviet academies In addition many US scientists made a personal decision to decline exchanges to protest treatment of Andrei Sakharov and other “refusenik” (UPI) appear to be a new umbrella agreement was signed and specific agreements are just completed or are in the works “Because of the recent summit meeting and also the progress made in the Soviet Union on refuseniks and dissident scientists the environment for cooperation has cer- tape that made visits unpredictable at best and impossible at worst Scientists who tried to arrange exchanges said the Russians may have feared their citizens would defect once 1985 tainly improved” said Press in a telephone interview with Yankee shores and suspected that US visitors came to the USSR to advance a political rather than scientific American scientists agenda feared they would be hassled in the Soviet Union and that Soviet visitors to the United States came to steal secrets on FBI violations ‘difficult’ to stop WASHINGTON But things changing In As a result Soviet scientific visits to the United States slowed to a trickle and the few intrepid Americans who sought to go to the Soviet Union to do research found a wall of red number and quality of exchanges In 1979 the US government let the General Exchanges Agreement — the 10-- 9 Shop weekdays UPI two weeks alter signing a new agreement in Moscow on exchanges with the Soviets The agreement between the two countries' academies will run for two years with a review and possible extension for an additional three years if things work out It will expand exchanges of individual scientists cooperative research and bilateral workshops on topics where both the USSR and the United States stand to profit Saturday Press said “We're not talking about technology transfer" said Press “The agreement is in areas” non-sensiti- ve This seems to be a key concern in exchanges with the Soviets — opening the door wide enough to permit swaps of basic scientific information but not wide enough to allow leaks of information that could be used to improve weapons or technology 10-- 7 - FBI Director William Sessions admits that stopping civil rights abuses by overzealous agents is “very difficult even in a relatively small opera- tion" Sessions acknowledged Tuesday that agents may have gone too far in a controversial undercover investigation of US citizens opposed to administration policy in Central America After a briefing for reporters Sessions said the operation “was not properly directed” in some areas of the country Enjoy today’s best savings on our wide selection apparel accessories for men and boys and where bureaus were overzealous and apparently misinterpreted orders from headquarters At the same time the director said such abuses are difficult to prevent “I think you would have to say that in some instances had the matter been reviewed at that time and sensed at that time that there might have been direction that would have been different” Sessions said “I would hope that it would have been caught” he said “I would have hoped that it would have been directed differently But that of course is very difficult even in a relatively small investigation” Sessions later briefed the Senate Intelligence Committee on the allegations of misconduct making his first official appearance before the panel after three months on the job Leaders of the intelligence panel reacted cautiously saying they had asked for all pertinent FBI documents so they could conduct a “careful thorough" investigation “Allegations have been made We make no prejudgment at all whether those allegations are true or false” said Committee Chairman David Boren “If indeed the resources of the FBI were utiUtized improperly to interfere with the rightful political activities of any American citizen that would be a matter that I personally would take seriously and a matter that other members of the committee would take seriously” Boren added The allegations of misconduct were made by the nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights on the basis of more than 1000 pages of FBI documents it obtained under the Freedom of Information Act The group claimed the FBI conducted a massive probe of groups opposed to President Reagan's policy in Central America and sought to stifle dissent from 1981 to 1985 The operation said to have disseminated thousands of photographs of people at rallies spied on college campuses and created files on scores of organizations and their members was closed down in 1985 without finding any proof of subversive activity Sessions however defended the investigation of groups connected to CISPES the Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador as legitimately founded on la from various sources that the group was linked to a terrorist organization the FMLN “On repeated occasions the investigation FBI headquarters explicitly instructed our field agents that the investigation must not interfere with the exercise of First Amendment rights of throughout those CISPES members who politically opposed US policy in Central America” Sessions said He conceded however that in at least one instance agents went too far “The language in the New Orleans communication was intemperate and recommended a strategy that was rot considered or adopted by the FBI headquarters in any form” said Lane Bonner an FBI spokesman Tuesday Men’s 100 polyester A Reg I ISM 175 Lett's 501and boot-cu-t suits two-pa- nt and solid and stripes navy brown and grey in sizes 5 Save on polyester two-paReg aults In larger sizes Value Men's Clothing Easy-car- c D Choose from the suits in g shrink-to-fi- 1165-119- $125 48-5- 2 Long-sleev- 501 Jeans in tough t B Reg S 1 8 Look your best in our assortment of white basic broadcloth dress shins from Marc Lewis and others all tailored Value Men's Furnishings 7 All men’s winter C Reg H6-I2- 0 Great looks and now at levCs king sleeve plaids and knits in several styles and colors ML XI short-sleev- e a great price! solid-coki- r 28-3- 6 Hanes Men’s white dress short-sleev- e K Reg 615618 shirts dress shirts A great assortment L Reg 610 FulyAilk blends In your parkas and jackets 5 jU" £££? 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