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Today, under its new director, Admiral Stansfield Turner, the CIA is expanding its press relations. But the new openness will take some getting used to at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., says Washington Correspondent Bruce Nelan. Last week when Photographer Stanley Tretick visited to take exclusive color pictures for our story, the halls were festooned with warnings to agents operating under cover: TIME FILMING TODAY IN BLDG...
...Admiral Stansfield Turner, D.S. in Ed., director...
Nonetheless, a number of top Administration leaders have come to the conclusion that the estimates of a Soviet military buildup are essentially correct. These officials are known to include the President, CIA Director Stansfield Turner (who, though he took over the agency after last winter's intelligence report was released, agrees that the military balance is "gradually eroding" in the Soviets' favor) and Harold Brown...
...other developments last week were also likely to dampen CIA morale. Director Stansfield Turner, making what he called his "most difficult decision in 31 years of military service," fired two middle-level agency employees for "lack of good judgment." Their mistake, Turner told the Senate Intelligence Committee, was helping a former colleague to purchase 500 explosive timing devices to sell to Libya. When he learned of the situation, said Turner, he "lost a lot of sleep" and "worked hard for some days to decide what was fair to them and best for the welfare of our intelligence operations." CIA sources...
...office by 7, he reviewed the budget changes, huddled with top Carter Aide Hamilton Jordan on Government reorganization, appeared on a radio talk show and chatted with Carter three times. Then he went over the CIA budget with Director-designate Stansfield Turner and reassured several business leaders, including General Motors Corp. Chairman Thomas Murphy, that the Administration would pursue moderate economic policies...