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    Waihopai ction 1994

    A pi i ipi pb v w b i i p di wi v i i di b wbd

    In this issue:p

    .. The Return of

    .. NZ Army still practicing control of ciilian protest A many questions and die? . James Rusbridger Sado-masochist or another victim? The secret US ba that never happened not here anyway 5. ASIS in the Philippines Wendy Holland Austalian spy in New Zealand 9"* Book Review British Intelligence Private dicks and dirty tricks Spooky bits

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    Rur of P s

    You will have noticed (we hope) that ha been in ces, ad e thank youfor your paience. We won't try to explain the

    long hiatu xcept to ay Ihat the editors ran outof steam fo variou reasn one even rd

    Siria for a hile); e have done ome erou

    hinking about the future of PR and made ome

    deciion

    il connue 3 to 4 issues peryear) as the newslette r-cum-journal of th eChritchurch Anti-Bae Campaign under theditorship of arren Thomon and Bob Leonardith some continuing help from veteran editor

    Dennis Smal l The END coll ective a PR

    publihing pin off o the former Nuclear FreeZone Committee has disbanded n its fo mer

    incarnation 3 4 isue of PR were publishedbegining n 1983 Number 35 the econd repoof the Alteative Committee on Nuclear Ship

    Viit will be the lat of he old ees d i due o be completed oon t ill e miled to allubcbers

    he ne magazine will be omewhat hore han

    in he pat nd the aricle le turid although

    e may publih longer search arile f ime

    to time A an antibae publi cation PR will

    focu on the four baes in Aoteara US militaryat Chrtchurch Airport ahopai angimoana

    and Blak Birch the later soon t be closed) wihtmely overage of overea ba iues as eyae But oher peace and oerignty topic mayao be covred So overa he avour of he old

    ag may not change all that much

    F o l k w h o p a i d u b s t o P R f o r 9 93 o r

    ubequeny will receive the joual hroughout994 No new ub notices ill en unil 995.hak for your continuing uppor

    Vigil: No More Hiroshimas

    Demilitarize Harewood

    Wkl vigilsagaint SAF Starlfer ight through Harewood airpor to Pne Gap nd Nurungar - USbae in Autralia y Suny u to Hioshim Dy, to m t th Totm Pol ounout.

    Faith and Resistance Retreat

    August : m

    H tlk on th US mility ontio t Hwooat the Caholic oer 8A Coeril Seet, Addingon, Chch

    Transfiguration Faith and ResistanceAugust 6 Om

    A tlk y Co 'Rillyat he Caolic oe 8 Cottel Seet, Addingon

    Lunch at Cathoc oer foloed by a gthering at Harewood at pmo a vig nd actio

    Catholi orker phone 338705

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    NZ Army Still Practising Control ofCivilian Protest.

    Ever ine he 98 Springbo Tor hen he Ne

    ealand arm a moved in o provide exenivebacp o poice operaion civiian conro exerciehave been a prominen par of arm raining And inpie of idepread riicim, he pracice coninen Febrar of hi ear, he 2nd aaion annaexercie involved confroning civi dirbane inhe Nelon Lae iri, here a righ ing gropa demanding independen for he e Coa Thilae exerie i one of a nmber in he la en earha have pecical argeed proeing civilian ahe enemhen qeion ere raied abo he nare of heoperaion a arm poeperon aid The arm havoed no o repea he enario of a Terriorial Foreexercie no nder a in he Soh land in hiholdier are piched again Ne Zeaand ivilianPre Feb 8 994 A hi ha been a onienheme ine 98 i i nie o hange, ahoghe can expec more amoflage and le overdecripion of civiian onrolA enni Sma ha hon in earlier ediion of Peaceeearher, [ee nmber 29 and 30] or armed foreare in earch of a role ha f heir bdge onrain

    and Lo neni Conic cenario ha reqire lilein he a of heav armamen he biA enni ha alo learl hon he raegenangle LIS ighl ino he reore ar raegieoUS miiar planner, here afegarding raegimaerial and area inviabl invove repreingdiiden ocaUnder he ne GATT regime, ocal reore ar mabecome even more prevaen, and ivilian onro

    exerie ie he one in Neon ma rn ino he rea

    hing Anoher poibii i for naiona nre ariingfrom omehing ie he Seafarer crren halengeo he Empomen Conrac Aco rel in he armeing depoed Oil he Picon and elingon haen a November 989 arm exercie he aiviieenaied civiian rebeling again mlinaional hohad bogh loa fore Shade of Maaanaland)The proeer peled oldier ih egg and laecarried o ac of aboage and iled ome odierThe cenario ied ogeher goba reorce ie andconrol of NZ diidenThe ae raining a direed again a righ inggrop perhap o foreall liberal criicim, bcerain a deai nie o be ignifican o ongaggreivel rained odier One of he r hexerie in March 983 a peical aimed aociai)The onien paern of oldier being rained o dealih diiden hold be a real conern o progreivegrop One f he onan of em iner ledeocrac ch a i i ha been he abence ofarmed force inervenion in poiic ene herelaive e in oping ih idepread

    divergence of opinion iho bloodhedhen oldier are agh he have he poer orepre dien and conro ivilian proe i i a verho ep o fll inerceion in he poliical proceThe hroing of egg ro and even occaiona aMoloov Cocail, a in hee eerie doe noonie a cenario ha jie he impoiion ofmarial la Sodier m no be agh ha i doe

    THE' POtlTICAN ' . ByDavid FletcrSO FRM NLl GEC H S YU

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    ASK TOO MANY QUETIO - AND DIE?I te secod week of A ths e Btsh MP off motow d ws ked s wfe ws d uedAccodg to coces eessed ece moemet eoe the UK thee e suscous cumstces thew tht the c oed off the odThe MP ws Bo e ou Meme fo Bdfod South. Two weeks efoe the ccdet e hd eesg questos t Westmste out the oetos of the Mewth S Bse. Aswe s o see eousoccsos whe e d sed the ssue cme thee oe O oe t fom the usu d ssuces ofo ccouttThe Mste of Stte fo the Amed oces Jeem e sd hs esose to the questos I stess thtMewth oetes wth the fu kowedge d coset of the Uted Kgdom oeme" Ths s ews tosome ecuse s e eeed oe Mste t the Detmet of Defece sd he hd thought Mewth ws w stto d o eed the tut whe hs stff hd to ehm fo the dete o es questosSome of the wome the gou wokg to eose Mewth he eessed deeseted fes oe the dethof Bo e. Does skg too m questos te etuto fom the coet m of the stte

    JAMS RUSBRDGR O SDO

    MOCHST OR NOTHR VCTM?I eu the deth of mes Rusdge wseoted wth hs od foud zeccumstces" Rusdge ws usessm wte d fomeMI get e wote The Itegece meushed ook whch s dee ctc ofBtsh Itegece d ses mott questosout the ue ofhe whoe s estshmet.

    The Btsh Sud Tmes scthg ce outRusdge deg tht he hd ee hd coecto wth Btsh Itegece d egg ttThe Itegece me ws tteed wth fctuccuces d msedg fomto See NZSud Tmes e 27 4Such deoucto woud c some weght utfo two ots The fst s tht much of whtRusdge sd s cked u othe commettosd the secod s tht MI hs ee oed sees of uc fomto eecses the st few

    moths whch ook suscous ke ochesttedtemt to moe ts mgeTeeso teews wth fome seo ocs d ume of ess tces he foowed theestshmet of M I Sttute The med mteushes cosstt oste messge d thee hsee te eette questog of ogstoekow t est hstoc fo ts gs s much ts successesRusdge ws foud hgg fom ue sstem hs cottge eg og ck osk d gsmsk e ws sd ed to he eseu tstes the oce dd ot tet the deth ssuscous emog the eed fo estgto

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    Accodg to ce the hstchuch Pess e] ITN Teeso eesed ette ut fomRusdge whch he commets tht fetshsmog stguto s ot ucommoThs m e ust othe cse of the eccetc seuhts of te Egs ue mdde css wth theoddt eg tht ths cse tht Rusdge ws ot To MP

    O the othe hd thee m e moe to the dethth the uc w ee d out. At the e estBtsh Itegece hd good eso to ckRusdges me d to ttemt to dscedt hsstoes.

    The Intelligence GameDavid Langes Quotable Quotes

    O stete sg I dot cocee tht NewZed shoud he oe fo tht Its ke tg

    to get cu of wte fom the Ng s Itwoud o ee . st mout of cheout cet fete d soc occsos d . .soute othg eet to secutcosdetos" Post ofeece Pessofeece Mch eoted PR No]Tgmo: A get de of fomto outTgmo d the ost tht eced teetu foud ts w to the uc dom"Nuce ee the NZ W I Note meto of Who oded ee

    though he tks out Tgmo s the ecemoemets foued tget.

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    The secret US bas that neverhppened - n here anyway

    by Owen Wilkes

    Does camaigig agaist foreig asesachieve aythig? The atiases camaig i thiscoutry celerated its twety-h irhday o 24 uelast year It was i ue 198 that a hristchurchased camaig was lauched which was ultimatelysuccessful i keeig the US Navys Omegaavigatio trasmitter out of Aotearoa A follow-ucamaig succeeded i gettig a earlierestalishedad very secret ase - Proect Logak atWoodoure closed dow Sice the various aseshave come ad goe ut there has always ee somedout as to whether it was the camaigig that madethem go or whether they simly ecame osolete adwet of their ow accord eraily the oe ase thatthe US military aaretly have most eed of - theOeratio Deefreeze comle at hristchurchAirort - seems to go o ad o forever desiteedless camaigigThe frst 25 years of the Ati-Bases amaig AB)were reviewed i a theme issue of Peacelik i ue1993 That review icludes a chroology of sigicatwis ad losses i the camaig

    Old secretsA old secret ile which recetly ecame availale ithe NZ Natioal Archives i Welligto shows thatthe camaig has had at least oe ivisile success itever eve guessed at There was oe US ase thatthe US military wated to uild i Aotearoa ut whichthey evetually uilt i a less suitale lace atcosideraly greater cost rather tha coted withatiase camaigig i AotearoaThe le a very slim oe is i a collectio of old secretles foud i the asemet of the DSIR head ofce

    shorly efore that orgaisatio was dismemered yth e assetstri ers of the reset Natioalovermet The les cover a multitude of secret adtosecret research activities eig uderake durigWorld War II ad old War I i the 1940s ad 50sAaretly the Govermet was i such a hurry todestroy the DSIR that it didt otice that oe of themore loyal ad riciled ofcers of the DSIR hadsaved these fs from almost certai destructioaritrarily declassied them ad dumed them iNatioal Arch ives where ayoe ca ow look at

    them Aaretly there has ee a it of a stir withithe deths of th security! secrecy! araoia! hysteria

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    estalishmet aout ordiary eole eig allowedto look at the secrets of yesteryear ut it was evethe too late to withdraw the material from vulgargaze The full story aout this stir has ot come outut somethig called The Iterdeartmetalommittee o Security has declared the old DSIR tohave ee at fault i trasferrig this material [tothe Nat Archives] efore it had ee declassiedThis articular fle is amed Sace research 198"ad is registered as AAO W3424 Bo 1 48/5!-SThe " is for SERET Withi the le is a twoagememo to the Prime Miister dated 7 Novemer 198etitled Proosed Uited States Istallatio o NorhIslad" writte y eorge Lakig the the Secretaryof Eteral Affairs.

    USAF wanted a "relatielyinconspicuous base

    Accordig to Lakig the US Emassy had aroachedthe Eteal Affairs Deartmet for ermissio toestal ish a eerimetal receiver as art of efforsto imrove the 440-L over-the-horizo radar systemThe 440-L system was a etwok of gigatictrasmitters located alog the Pacic edge of Asiawhich set owerful high-freuecy radar ulsesoucig across the Eurasia lad mass to emoitored y a chai of receivers i Euroe As theulses ouced u ad dow etwee the lad surfacead the iooshere they were suosed to detect ayitercotietal allistic missiles which the SovietUio might e either testig or lauchig at the USAaretly the receivers were ot very effective atcertai times of day ad the USA was woderigwhether it m igh ot e etter to site the receivers at

    the atiodal oit where the radiowaves would sortof uch-u aer havig ouced all the way to theoosite side of the world from Euroe Dear oldEzed is as ay schoolkid kows atiodal to Euroead hece was the logical lace to uild a receiverMore articularly the middle of the North Islad wasrecisely atiodal i a radio sese) to whatever oitit was i Euroe where the USA already had arecevrThe USA descried the receiver they roosedrigig here as relatively icosicuous" ut it was

    goig to reuire a array of high masts etedig overa area of 150 y 40 metres It would eed its ow

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    dese geeto d ve o seve ctc sto u t. The Amecs stessed tht t ws o shot tem eemet setu the wted uttmted tht f the eemet wee successfu thejust mght sk fo emet oeto hee.kgs memo to the PM cotued wth memhss dded

    The og Amec ss suggestedthe Noth sd woud e the est octofo ths eemet ut vieQf theecet controversy ove O[lega, th eAmec uthotes oosed tetesc octo t Nofok sdNoetheess the hve ow cocuded thtthe woud efe octo NewZed f tht s osse

    The tOmeg cmg ws deed fu c tthe tme d ws oducg ots of emssmetfo the NZ ovemet ut few of ts tctseve demed tht the eots wee hvg so mucheect ehd the sceesThe ew Amec oject ws ot o hushhusht ws so ushush The Amecs wee ethgdow eoge kgs eck he ed hd suve tem o Nofok whch hd just gve thethumsdow to oetos thee d the wted tog the tem to Aoteo just fou ds tme o1 1 NovemeWhe he hd shed descg the stuto fvesuccct ghs kg s mode cv sevt

    the oceeded to dvse hs Pme Mste o theesose New Zed shoud mke

    t woud seem tht t shoud e osseto ge fo the eemet to e cedout me tht t dd ot ecte ucteest. o eme t coud e octed tWouu o MNZS g the Nvdo stto d foeue toTgmo sse e Wouu."

    So f so good de t w fom the oghedVetm w otestes d Omeg ooets d

    she e ght. oweveO the othe hd we do o kow whtwoud e voved the estshmet of cotug stto shoud thsove fese d e desed the UtedSttes uthotes. t does seem tht d sstem teded to ovdefomto o msse uchgs etc s of e wg sstem d w eted to the Uted Sttes uce ectofoces"

    vg mde ths ke deducto kg thecutous ecomeded:

    .tht we gee to eceve the suve tem

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    to cooete wth t the etoof osse stes At the sme tme weshoud t out tht we woud wsh to hvefuth fomto o the whoe ojectcudg wht woud e voved theestshmet of cotug sstemefoe geeg to eeme eceve.

    t shoud e stted to the Amecs thtthe ecet o the suve tem s wthoutcommtmet t ths stge to the decsoo ths ot d eve moe o theestshmet of emet eceve"

    othe wods f we et the g the suve temhee the ks e ot to ssume theefoe tht thec ud eve temo stto et oe emet oeWht heed et we o ot kow d e uketo d out The swe f t st ests w e hdde es of the Ete Affs Detmet d thePme Mstes Detmet whch e uke toe oee to uc vewg the foeseee futueThose two detmets gud the secets much moecefu th dd the dg DSR

    Base was built on orfolk IslandWht we do kow howeve s tht o ovethehozoOT eceve ws ee ut Aoteo ut thtoe ws ut o Nofok sd Aust tetoout hfw etwee Noh e d Bse Soethe Ezed sd o o the Yks got cod feet g

    d wet esewhee.The ust goveet ouced Deceme198 tht ssve do stto" woud e ut oofok the USA to eceve do sgs egoued off the ooshee s of stud of ogge do ths Thee ws o meto of OTds o detecto of Sovet msses ut thsfomto evetu eked out e the sttoecme oeto Nofok sdes occsowodeed out the foest of t msts d we ofe wes whch ght feed dozes of seds

    whch udeed to the wes The eemet wset usuccessfu d the stto ws coseddow wth coue of es o soThe cocusos fom ths e thk ute cheegPotests e effectve. The USA dd otce the tOmeg otests d et decded tht theth sk tOT d otests the woud cut theosses d ud the eceve the otodd hgh coveet octo of Nofok sd must hve cost cket moe to ud d oetethee out the mdde of the oce th t woud

    hve t Wouu o the M Tuk e d esdeStte ghw IEve moe cheeg s the cutous w the NZ

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    ovemet ected s ogst those ho eethe cllg eoge g e-mssdo toWshgto D stghtout stooge o the ysegged clttg the ety o US ses such sOmeg to Aoteo Yet ths memo e see gctg qute commedly We could lud moeholehetedly he hd ust told the Ys to go tohell d to get out o Vetm hle they ee t tBut shul th g sde t lest hee he sdvsg PM Keth olyoe ot to do hteve theYs ted us to do thout st loog t tceully d tcully to chec out hetheccete o ths clty ould ot te us to USucle etlto doctes Ovously the NZovemet o t the vey lest oe o ts to cvlsevts hd ledy leed some lessos om thetOmeg cmg the oly moths oldSo othe vctoy the tse movemet c ostout: It stoed the USA testg ts OT d hee

    Did it matter?o mott s ths? The 440 T decme g es 1974 J udeds oesdets Tooo othe suu o Toyohd ee comlg out teeece o the TVeceves d the NK TV ooto hd tcedthe teeece to lge mysteous USAcommucto se ey A vestgto y theJese ece moemet esuyo hch I svolved s le to sho qute detely tht the

    se s ct oe o the tsmttes o the 440system Othe tsmttes ee oud to the southo O d to the oth odo But t s

    the Tooo tsmtte hch cused mostoutge mogst the Jese ee s vtlcomoet o the US system o luchg ucleetlto ovous tget o Sovet e-emtveule ttc mecg mllos o Toyo cteslvg ey Ad ddg sult to otetl meguy t s solg the veg s ell Wth e moths the Jese govemet demded thtthe USA close the tsm ttes do ecuse theyee ot eeg th the US-J MutulSecuty tety The tety lloed the US to olyuld ses J hch cotuted to the secutyo J The OT ses ot oly dt do tht theyctully detcted om the secuty o J ycosttutg ucle tgetsvg lost ts Jese stes the OT system so loge much use to the USA d t s closeddo The US chose sted to ely o sttegcely g o the DSP stellte-sed system o

    detectg mssle luches Beg stellte-sed, ts less vulele to ethoud otestos Jo Ne Zeld Oe o the goud sttos o theDSP system s ledy oetol t lce clledNuug South Austl But tht s othestoyMy cocluso s tht ll the cmgg sothhle We eve deet the mlty mcs ducle uttes etely ut t lest e ee them othe u d sto thm om gettg the o yetely Its dymc tecto hch the oces

    o good us e etelly og t deet the oceso evl them We eve totlly ut the ethedo they

    RECNT EVNTSWomes Dy o Dsmmet My 4 s med y vst to the Tgmo syse y lgegou o ome om Welgto d Plmesto Noth Actvtes cluded clelt ememce

    sesso o the ome ece ctvsts sogs d tls out the se The vst to Tgmo eessedsoldty th th ome cmg out t the huge US syse Bt t Meth ll

    AB hstchuch d the locl tholc Woes gou comed smll gtheg t eoodot o 9th o My The dy s med y the stoshg sght o the Mstes o Deece doeg As stollg tods 3 ctvsts usly g messge to the emete eceo sevel mutes deeces o oo ee oltely echged ooes oly cotuto s thesuggesto tht ou des ee the esult o smog too much doe McKos cotuto s somehtmoe tellget d leAmogst hs othecu commets s the ele tht NZ ovemet commuctos ee ot secuetht he hd lttle sy ove ht et o tellgece oetos d the mlctos tht he s qute

    hy th hteve the Amecs ted to do t eood

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    SS H PHLPPNSA tny report appeared n the Press" (7//94) enttledRebels deny sy agency lnks" The rebels n qestonere the Flpno mltary plotters ho lanched ahole seres of bloody cop attempts drng CoryAqnos 1986-92 te asresdent hey have apparently renamed themselvesfrom the Reform the Ared Forces Movement to theRevoltonary Allance of the Masses They and therleaders sch as the notoros olonel GrngoHonasan have been enthsastcally rehabltated byresdent Rmos

    The spy agency n qeston s ASIS (the AstralanSecret Intellgence Serce) The ol be RAMbosdeny recevng any fnds from t and prodly assertthat all ther cop attempts ere strctly domestcNonetheless, the stralan Government snvestgatng reports that ASIS dd fnd them.

    The dentve book on ASIS s Oster b BranTohey and Wlla Pnll The cover s emblazonedth the sbttle: The book the Govement took toCort lt shold be read by anyone antng to learnabot Astralas external ntellgence agency hchhas operated here the CIA cannot (eg Camboda andChle) has extremely close relatons th MI6 (Brtshexternal ntellgence) and operates n frendlyneghborng contres ncldng Ne Zealand

    Oyster devotes nne pages to ASIS n the

    hlppnes It moved nto Manla hen MI6 closedts branch there ts 1960 operatons ere later blonby a dsllsoned former agent Ian Allan an ndgentAstralan stdyng at the Unversty of the hlppnes(UP) He as nstrcted to spy on a hole range ofpeople from ma Sson (ho as on the brnk ofgong ndergrond to fond the ne Comnst atof the Phlppnes); to amboyant mlonare abyYsmael frend ofFerdnand Marcos and a pronentmember of the orlds of Astralan racng andpoltcs Becase MI6 as nterested n the BertrandRssell eace Fondaton, ASIS (as a loyal servantof Brtsh ntelgence) sped on ts Manla branch

    They also anted to spy on a promnent Flpnamember of the Fondaton beleve to be havng anaffar th an Astralan dplomat

    ASIS got nvolved n the regonal rvalres Marcosasserted a Phlppnes clam to Sabah a Malaysanstate on Borneo A secret Flpno commandont asestablshed to carry ot clandestne ar Allan asnstrcted to d ot all abot t and pass t on toMalaysa hom Astrala rated more hghly as anally Allan enoyed hs lfe as a spy socalsng ththe lkes of Imelda Marcos and Nnoy Aqno bt t

    dsrpted hs stdes to the extent that he faled andhad to leave U Wherepon ASlS told hm he as

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    o no frther se to them Embtered he ent pblc

    The ASIS dlemma n the Phlppnes as that t asorkng n cooperaton th a hot overnment thatas monstrosly corrpt totaltaran and

    contemptos of the vales to hch Astralanssbscrbe ASIS made no attempt to dstance tselffrom the martal la regme and actvely prsedlason and cooperaton th hat had no becomethe dctators secrt polce Indeed the assstanceASIS provded th techncal srvelance methodsmay have helped add to the nmber of poltcalprsoners

    ASIS asn't alone among secret Astralan agencesproppng p Marcos The Specal Ar Servce (SAS)held exercses th US and Phlppne Specal Forcesthn the former US Navy base at Sbc Bay These

    practsed conter-nsrgenc tactcs, ncldngassassnaton technqes (and t's orth remndngNe Zeaanders that to mbers of the NZ SASere klled n the crash of a US mltary arcra drnga Sbc Bay specal arfare exercse n the early 8sNe Zealand's partcpaton ended th the AnzsRo Approprately Manla as the vene for theAmercan annoncement that eere sspended)

    The latest report ndcates that ASIS dn't stop tsactvtes n the hlppnes th the overthro ofMarcos Its an agency that needs to be exposed as

    mch as possble

    Murray Horton

    This article s from "Kapatiran . te newsleuer of te Pilippines Solidarity Network of Aotearoa Te

    , ite means Solari in Englis It costs $5 to sbscribe and nqiries can be sent to SNA Box45. Cristcrc Te ABC and SA ave workedtogeter in te recent past eg co-osting RenatoConstantino's 3 Cristcrc pblic meeting and

    pblicising te visit of Fater S Cllen prominentantibases campaignerom Olongapo te "rest andrecreation cijJr Sbic B ABC as a long istoof sending New Zealanders to take part in teltimately sccssfl illipines bases strggle andin osting ilipino actiists ere

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    WNDY HLLN USTLN SP N NW ZLND

    Wendy Hand caims ave een recried y e

    Asraian Secre neigence Service a a Canerracckai pary in 1969 Her sry ye e retedincdes episdes f spying in Ne Zeaand incdinginrain f e NZ/USSR Sciey and espinageaciviy in er cnries arnd e rd incdesa e adiina eemens f cver acin edecepin e sedcin e ana and e iarre

    Se says se as spken a sme f ereperiences ecase ike many er nesardrking Asraians" se as een sed anddiced and dmped y Asraian ineigence

    Accrding an inervie in e Asraian WmensWeeky [Nvemer 1993 Wendy Hand asrained f pepe s and defenderse Se inraed freign emassies rgedms and rked ndercver in drg perains

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    DK ND DY KWarren Thomson reviews 'Enemies of the State,

    written by Gry Murray, (Sion and Schuster 1993)

    May beeve that a nmbe of ega act,ncdng voence and mde have been commedby agent of Bth ntegence, n ome cae ththe connvance of membe of He MaetyGovenment" He aet that membe of o ocaed ete evce ae capabe of any ega act,ncdng bacma, teephone and ma ntecepton,bgay and even aanaton"Eneme of the State a vaabe ead fo thoenteeted n the actvte of ntegence

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    amongt othe thng, the bne and peonafetye of onat n 98082 n 983 Maybecame aamed by a feeng, n an oeea eatedmatte he a oong nto fo M6, that thetaget of the nvetgaton a gong to come to omephyca ham" On anothe occaon he a aed totaeone of the taget of nvetgaton fo a no et"ght ove the Noh SeaThee event and dcovey that Ba Peachman,one of h coet pvate nvetgato fend anvoved n top ecet veance of ant-ncea

    poteto, began to change May oentaton Hehad faed to ncove any evdence of cmnaeponage o bveon n any of the o he hmefhad done Peachman commtted cde Mayaccodng to h accont, began to nvetgate thenvetgatoThe et an ntgng vey of dty tc agantantncea gop and ndvda deemed byntegence evce (o pehap cetan ecton ofntegence evce) to be ong agant thenteet of the tate Covet acton ncded the

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    pacng of bg and the bgay of hoe heepomnent potet eade vedThe cceon of deta ndect comment andccmtanta evdence tend to oe the eade ont eadng Bt a ecap of vao epode andactvte, patcay thoe of the eay to md eghten Btan, bd cedby nto btanta ppot foMay cam of egaty, abe of poe, and acof contoThe atho oo n deta at the my event

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    Ne Zeaand get a bef menton n Eneme of theState One of the pvate nvetgaton m ed byBth ntegence Lynx Secty Sevce Ltd Aco-decto of th oganaton one avd Godfey- ted on company pbcty a havng pent 30yea n ecty and ntegence moty fo thegovenment of Ne Zeaand, Canada, and the etnde"The facnng qeton to emege fom Eneme ofthe State the extent to hch pvate m ae edby ntegence agence n th conty f e have

    aped the pocede of Btan, a e have n o manyothe ntance a condeabe amont of eance

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    of progreive grop here my hve been one byprivte invetigtor Beie ocil orce beingble to eny reponibility thi my hve the evntge of conceling covert intelligence peningther intereting point to emerge from Mrry'book re tht it i reltively ey to liten to otherpeople' cellphone convertion, n probbly30000 thon evice to o o hve been ol in

    Britin tht lptop compter in cr otie yorpremie cn pick p t from yor compter; ntht there i imple peey proce for opening nreing hnre of letter t goIf Enemie of the Stte' i ccrte, then hlf MI5tf col be women, n te orgnition h regiter of 600000 people Controller re notnecerily very competent Mrry firt pervior

    wol tgger off rnkenly into the night with aminitry briefce fll of enitive ocment wifclt to contct n tlke too mch t himelfMet pie n Filofxe?

    verll, thi i thoght-provoking book Fel forthe re of progreive with helthy panoi' botthe power of ecret intelligence gencie An even

    for more conervtive reer it hol be oberingto conier the former MI5 ofcer who ver thtrecent hkep in Britih Intelligence n newlegiltion will chnge nothing it will be bine lthe green brige long with ll nti-nclerprotetor, will till be invetigte [n nyonepetting the pple ct will be elt with ccoringlyrSPOOKY BIS-

    Beware o Frens Bearng GftsAccoring to the televiion progrmme Beyond 20' Feb 10, 1994 the Unite Stte Govement promotethe itribtion of US compter owre mongt government n intelligence gencie in other contrieThi ment the US gencie were then ble to eily tp into the informtion hel on thee ytem Atrlin the Unite Kingom re i to be two contrie where thi h occrreIn thi ce the Britih my hve got their own bck In the pot Worl Wr II perio, Britin itribte mnyof the Germn type Enigm coing mchine to Commonwelth then colonil) Government The pyoom thi genero getre w Britih cce to ll the ecret ping throgh thee mchine

    Can You Cret It?The televiion progrmme note bove lo contine n intriging reference to TRW' US corportionwhich i the lrget creit control t proceor in tht contry It i likely tht thi corpoation i the onewhich hnle the inow to the US of intelligence from ine Gp t let into the 80 It w hee thtChritopher Boyce pilt the ben on the wy the US w hing Atrli over it e of ine Gp n got 40 yer prion entence for hi trobleA bcontrcter ing the TRW creit control ytem recently cocke p n incorrectly ing ln txrecor mnge to wipe ot the creit rting of ole town of 2800 peoplebvioly we holn't give mch creit to the corportion behin the pook

    The CIA Deep In ItJme Wooley irector f Centrl Intelligence i trggling to convince US Congremen tht the CIA5 billion US bget hol not be ct The recent rret of Alrich Ame enior conter intelligenceocer h hree the gency' clim to be the bet py orgnition in the worl Ame who probblybetrye the CIA' top pie to the Rin h opene the ol cn of worm bot how efl i theinformtion gine from pying If everl of the gency' top gent were ner Rin rveillnce it ilikely tht their informton w not only ele bt wilflly mileingThi i fmilir pttern In the lte eightie Cbn efector ientiie mot of the Cbn working for theCIA oble gent effectively wiping ot the creibility of ny Agency repot on Cb Aer the fll ofthe Berlin Wll US cce to Et Germn ocment howe CIA opertion there were eqlly comprmieThe CIA h lo file to fin the kitni who wlke p to cr entering the Lngley comple lt yern hot 4 CIA emloyee

    Two ie Fieen month lter the bet' intelligence orgnition in the worltill hn mnge to nobble the killer

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