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Ex-CIA head Colby speaks here
Importance of intelligence discussed
By Alan Grossman
Staff Writer
“You are probably here because you wanted to see a spy,” ventured William Colby, head of the Central Intelligence Agency from 1973 to 1976 under Presidents Nixon and Ford, and Tuesday’s featured guest of the University Speakers Committee.
Although Colby meant his comment as a joke, the more than 100 people who filled Hancock Auditorium did come to see a spy. Some might have been curious about the topic: “The CIA: What role should it take in today’s world?” But many in the audience, including the panel of universi-
ty professors, wanted to know about c!A activities in Vietnam, Chile and Iran.
To this effect, there were several outbursts from the crowd, many from advocates of the Mass, Proletariat War Crimes Tribunal.
Colby explained the role of the CIA in today’s world by describing the agency’s intelligence gathering center and how technology has changed the face of the spy business.
He reiterated the last point by stating, “You can find more experts in the CIA than on any university faculty.”
Colby talks candidly of 4cloak-and-dagger ’ era
By James Grant
Editor
William Colby, director of the Central Intelligence Agency under the Nixon and Ford administrations (1973-76), has spent most of his life in intelligence. In 1968, Colby, with the personal rank of Ambassador, went to Vietnam to direct American support of the pacification program of the South Vietnamese government. He was named executive director-comp-troller of the CIA in 1972 and became director in 1973.
Last year, Colby published a book, Honorable Men. My Life in the CIA. He is Currently an attorney in the Washington office of Reid and Priest, where he specializes in international legal matters.
In an interview shortly before he spoke as a guest of the University Speaker’s Committee, Colby discussed the role of the CIA in a democracy, reflected on the CIA’s attempt to murder Fidel Castro, and the political ramifications of Anwar Sadat’s assassination.
Daily Trojan: What impact do you think President Anwar Sadat’s death will have on American foreign policy?
Colby: In terms of American foreign policy, we will need to be more concerned about the problems of the Middle East. The United States will have to continue gathering support in regards to the Camp David (talks) ... I think it is important to continue the momentum and that the two countries go ahead with the disengagement of the Sinai in April and that we pick up and react to this terrible event with our eyes fixed on the long term importance of finding a solution to the ancient hatreds that have infested that part of the world.
DT: What do you consider to be the CIA’s proper role in a democracy?
Colby:The object (of the CIA) is to warn us about what’s happening around the world so that we can take steps to defend ourselves or to negotiate about a particular problem and avoid problems from festering and exploding into violence.
The function is to understand the complex world around us, understand it not only from a political point of view, but from an economic and psychological standpoint so that we can deal with it. That’s the first and most important function.
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From this topic, Colby expanded upon the history of in-. telligence organizations, stressing the American bodies and how they have “gone from the U-2 (the famous spy plane, one of which was shot down over the Soviet Union) to satellites.” “In the 1940s, the CIA was told by American presidents to be more ruthless than our adversaries, if necessary,” Colby recalled. “But this can’t be the process for American intelligence.
“After Vietnam and Watergate raised some questions, there was a big explosion of sanctimonious talk of (the) CIA’s past. There were a few,
I	want to stress few, times when after being told to be more ruthless, we were.”
The former director then said he felt the United States has made it through that period but hurt the trust of U.S. allies. Colby said he thinks “our friends will return.”
Colby basically stressed the “new direction” intelligence activity is taking. Despite the U.S. House of Representatives' recent ruling that CIA agents' identities be protected, Colby said, “We have not gone back to the old days — we can’t.” Aside from these remarks, Colby answered charges of CIA improprieties. In responding to those people who see no need for intelligence bodies, he said, “I think our world is not totally populated by gentlemen, and I think we need the new style of intelligence ... so that we can be better warned and take correct actions instead of incorrect action.”
At this point, the first anti-CIA outburst occurred. An unidentified member of the audience got up and began shouting about the CIA-Iran connection.
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Anwar Sadat assassinated
Nine dead in attack during parade
By Dave Fisher
Staff Writer
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated in Cairo yesterday morning when a group of men dressed in Egyptian army uniforms opened fire on the reviewing stand from which he was watching a military parade.
Official announcement of the president’s death did not come until seven hours later, although sources said Sadat had been killed instantly. Egyptian government officials waited to make the announcement because they wanted to guarantee a smooth transition of power following his death.
Sufi Abu Taleb, speaker of the Parliament, was named interim president until elections are held in two months. Vice President Hosni Mubarak, who was being groomed for the presidency by Sadat, is expected to win that election.
When the attack occurred, Sadat was watching a parade in honor of Egypt’s war with Israel in 1973, a war
that Egypt started and claimed it won.
An anti-tank unit was moving by the reviewing stand when six men ju ~ped out of a jeep and opened fire with machine guns. Two hand grenades were reportedly thrown during the attack.
Nine people were reportedly killed and 20 wounded, including three American military officers. Among the dead were Fawzi Abdel Hafez, Sadat’s personal secretary, and Mohammed Rashwan, his personal photographer.
Initial reports claimed that Vice President Mubarak and Defense Minister Abdel Halim Abu Ghazalla were injured, but these reports later proved untrue.
Government-owned television and radio stations were broadcasting the parade, but coverage was interrupted as soon as the attack began. Television screens blacked out and the coverage was replaced by Islamic prayers.
The first announcement from the Egyptian government was that Sadat
had been only slightly wounded and had been taken by helicopter to Maa-di Military Hospital.
Two groups, the Independent Organization for the Liberation of Egypt and the Rejection Front for the Liberation of Arab Egypt, have claimed responsibility for the attack, but neither claim has been confirmed.
The assassination brought to an end
11	stormy years of leadership which have seen Sadat emerge as an intelli-
gent and great leader in the eyes of many, but as a reckless despot in the eyes of others. Egyptian Arabs have been particularly angered by Sadat’s peace treaty with Israel and his recent crackdown on dissidents within the country.
Last month, more than 1,600 opponents of Sadat’s government were imprisoned on charges of undermining the government. One week after this roundup, Sadat expelled 1,000 Soviets from Egypt, charging them with conspiring to overthrow the government.
One week before the assassination, Sadat expressed a fear that many of his enemies might try to bring him down through an assassination or a coup. He unexpectedly cancelled a recent trip to Austria when a plot to kill him was uncovered in Vienna.
Two Palestinians had tried to smuggle five automatic weapons and six hand grenades into the country in anticipation of Sadat’s visit, but the two were arrested when the arms were discovered in their baggage.
‘Official announcement of the president’s death did not come until seven hours later. Egyptian government officials waited to make the announcement because they wanted to guarantee a smooth transition of power following his death. ’