EX-C.I.A. WITNESS FOR CBS SUPPORTS ADAMS TESTIMONY

Sanilzed Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/04 : CIA ROPI0-00S52R000707150067-0 ARTICLE AF 31 January 1985 - onmacEE 7 Ex-C.IA. Witness for CBS Supports Adams Testimony Tym. FARBER STAT Richard D. Kovar, a former Vietoam “The program also said the command yer ive, But oo SoS of he Coma ln had pea blocked report | 7 0 Tt cfcatve, But yeter nels WEE | TES SRE Hon hie mene BE Dione BTR | en cide hima Be dame |RSS PERERINEE Sommer RE Sear ort, vin | |W ltrs ota Ven Tami be | in conn he pe ee rn: ol ety EERSTE TR | on ccm pctieiih as Shi iiohail | ose ml gimp SEmEETeiin | Ben es fiECropmiia dh shia | ah rR fpr Te fn. SE brea Bl BE | Ee REST EHLETmEE SUEEERIRE | Biimdenai Gre doled orhnERiEe | wit eres ERATE Higa 3 SAsbniEAT ERR SUOREIY | Tel TN ir a SF Jes z EE ur Lr SR FOL Er Tf Re BEE Erm | ELbEERRIRTE er Bek ll ei hnn timely | Se SRE eS oii ft Tr Co Meme rn | Ae Eras Ema EEITEE EE | em eR EC eam | Fo reste eo TAT oof pie ad de pt | or an SLI S | mf h servant with tha Kind of behavior = Legon, bak General Westmoreland, | 5c Moreen, be Sa om, he mabe. SEED | Fhe Se a Jd he evel that mordinte bow. | Sloat Coen strngid 6 the CLA | February 106, could no have parsed Ha ACL ty " Eb EAR SE a ee the agency don't regard Sam as a true. in the C.LA. bad fay nest »e executive staff of R. Jack Smith, STAT RT gracile SAE SLE pe Zin mms i S(T Se at | sl as luded serving as Mr. Smith's special Mr. Xovar, who retired from the range of 223,000 to 248,000, plus a politi. a a oo | C.LA. in 1980 after 29 years of service, | al cadre of 5,000. $aid be last visited Vietnam in 1958. ‘continues to work there under contract. | Yesterday, Mr. Smith said this | At ove stage, Mr. Kovar volunteered Until a few weeks ago, be helped pre-| | [massive inient to distort these num- | at ig competence” in hi area whe pare President Reagan's daily intelli-| | bers to Washington Jolley makers “at least as good” as that of Geog pe | [ter rg, a Mie at GS Ty Ti. on, who rig rom he | nr 5 nid | Cree: Eee fone STAT OH Be rn etm | lo Srey | Sl Bot garnet miei Ea |e Vt BE AT TE | a er a |S SR Te ERI [pit ay | ee as Sh. Kovar sad hat Ee i wn FEnreniell emg | SEE | pera SERRE (EE nen ear, “The Uncoupted | 085 art ne un 1 ig conrad Ptr or ee cine Genera Westmoreinds con. (oro A May BS CLA reportcntie | be CLA bad fficent vide mand in Salg o aEg n ty | Many people In the Ce have pa- | pEpumiTeethe BES Smo | mr Ct eg Dimising te ie and mate of | Conor . 3 eid. ere wa od fm be (S L Rt Tn inthe year bors th Tek ofowive of | pops teouee Me, Smith tld ar, | oct ull (3 Been hat i Januas 3 ik a cross-examinat ‘Dorsen Ronn, cor | EFI | nin fr Boe Westmoreland imposed wn “isbiirary | Sf SECS Boke mbar ate |B es Ree or sade. celing” of X00 co reports of Com: | GR TDSC OED.) | fends oro, I oniined 180 Rp Ee re Re TR heel let ns rom th othr | at the miliary fuld t report ap. 000i umber of passa ras pen [ae r Latte foros Eos her | Fhe he sai, ed tag = current figure for them in the estimate Vietnam in the five months be- Te Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/01/04 : CIA-RDP90-00552R000707150067-0