DATE=4/12/99
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-247989
TITLE=CONGRESS-CHINA SPIES (L-ONLY)
BYLINE=PAULA WOLFSON
DATELINE=CAPITOL HILL
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  THE U-S SENATE IS CONTINUING HEARINGS INTO ALLEGATIONS OF
CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT AMERICAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS LABORATORIES.   
JUST HOURS AFTER MEMBERS RETURNED FROM A TWO WEEK CONGRESSIONAL 
RECESS, THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MET FOR A PUBLIC MEETING ON 
THE MATTER.  V-O-A'S PAULA WOLFSON REPORTS THE SESSION FEATURED 
SOME BLUNT TALK FROM THE MAN WHO ONCE LED EFFORTS TO TRACK DOWN 
SPIES AT THE LABS.

TEXT:  NOTRA TRULOCK WAS THE ENERGY DEPARTMENT'S CHIEF 
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER FROM 1994 TO 1998.   HE WAS ON THE JOB ABOUT
A YEAR WHEN THE FIRST EVIDENCE OF CHINESE ESPIONAGE CAME TO 
LIGHT.

                        ///TRULOCK ACT///

         BY THE SPRING OF 1996, WE WERE REPEATEDLY WARNING OF 
         TARGETING EFFORTS BY THE CHINESE AGAINST OUR NATIONAL 
         LABORATORIES.   MOREOVER, BY 1997, WE HAD IDENTIFIED AND
         WARNED ABOUT SPECIFIC COLLECTION TARGETS AT BOTH LOS 
         ALAMOS AND LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORIES.

                          ///END ACT///

HE SAYS HIS OFFICE TRIED TO MAKE OTHERS AT THE DEPARTMENT 
UNDERSTAND THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM AND MET WITH LITTLE SUCCESS.

                        ///TRULOCK ACT///

         I MUST TELL YOU THAT OUR WARNINGS WERE IGNORED.  THEY 
         WERE MINIMIZED AND OCCASIONALLY EVEN RIDICULED - - 
         ESPECIALLY BY LABORATORY OFFICIALS.

                        /////END ACT/////

BUT A FORMER DEPUTY ENERGY SECRETARY DENIES THEY TRIED TO 
COVER-UP EVIDENCE OF ESPIONAGE AT THE LABORATORIES.  ELIZABETH 
MOLER APPEARED BEFORE THE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE JUST MINUTES 
AFTER MR. TRULOCK SPOKE.

                         ///MOLER ACT///

         ANY SUGGESTION THAT I EVER REFUSED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE 
         ACTION TO DEAL WITH CHINESE ESPIONAGE AT THE LABS 
         BECAUSE OF CONCERNS THAT I PURPORTEDLY HAD ABOUT 
         NEGATIVE REPERCUSSIONS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION'S CHINA 
         POLICY ARE ABSOLUTELY FALSE.

                          ///END ACT///

MS. MOLER SAID SECURITY  IS NOW MUCH TOUGHER THAN IT WAS A DECADE
AGO WHEN THE ALLEGED THEFT AT THE LOS ALAMOS WEAPONS FACILITY IS 
BELIEVED TO HAVE OCCURRED.   THE MAIN SUSPECT - - A TAIWAN-BORN 
AMERICAN SCIENTIST - - LOST HIS JOB AT THE LAB BUT HAS NOT BEEN 
CHARGED IN THE CASE.. (SIGNED)

NEB/PW/WFR

12-Apr-99 7:44 PM EDT (2344 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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