The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 26 September 1967 — Page 4

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The Daily Banner, Greeneastle, Indiana

Tuesday, September 26, 1967

Gl's in Europe warned about Commie pen pals

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FRANKFURT, Germany UPI—American Gls stationed in Europe have been warned that their pen pals behind the Iron Curtain may be espionage •gents.

Assording to top Army and Air Force officials in Germany, pen pals—one of the serviceman’s greatest morale boosters —actually pose a serious threat to military security. Using such gimmicks as

I lonely hearts clubs, stamp and ‘coin clubs and pen pals, Eastern European espionage agencies attempt to gain the confidence of soldiers and airmen as | sources of information con- | cerning American troop and | equipment deployment.

. U.S. postal regulations pro- , hibit the opening of first class , mail under any circumstances. ! and unclaimed second and third i class mail may be opened only j j after the serviceman leaves : Europe.

Since contact is maintained by mail, military intelligence officials admit they have little control over pen pals and other unsolicited correspondents.

The only source left is the ; soldier or airman who, under i his own initiative, reports susi picious correspondence to his I unit intelligence officers. The majority of complaints

deal with the volume of junk advertising and occasionally with pornography. Lack of complaints about subversive correspondence indicates the unawareness by servicemen of the threat posed by such mail, officials say.

ter acquainted with a American. Usually, the “pen pal’’ asks about the nature of the service- , man’s unit, the type of equipi ment it uses and the disposition of the unit in an alert.

Officials said me location of U.S. military units is not classified. but anything dealing wtih their operation is security sensitive.

as an innocent pen pal in the Communist sectors, according to officials, pen pal correspondence is discouraged. Servicemen also are being harassed by mail sent by subversive organizations in the United States. Such mass produced mail is designed to damage marole, confuse and create dissension among U.S. servicemen.

throwing out the convictions of three distributors of pornography is expected to result in increased pornographic mail aimed at servicemen in Europe. However, distributors now are requesting the serviceman to return the correspondence if he is not interested.

The Pentagon was completed Jan. 15, 1943.

said, “But why are you all dressed in black?” Tocado has just returned from a business trip and learned that a man, who had been killed by a train, had been wrongly identified as himself. After recovering from the | shock, his family and friends ended their mourning and organized a banquet to celebrate i Tocado’s “resun-ection.”

A soldier usually receives a letter saying he was mentioned by a friend as being interested in a pen pal mail chain. Often the correspondent is a

Organizations operating by mail are difficult to investigate, especially if they are located in Communist countries. Since there is no such thing

Subversive mail originating in the United States is investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Military officials said the recent Supreme Court decision

WRONG GHOST

OVIEDO, Spain UPI —Luis Tocado, 35, entered his own

Mississippi seceded from the Union Jan. 9, 1861.

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