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_———— Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 SECRET Despite the involvement of Przychodzien, the Harper case was not without significant Soviet overtones. The tasking Harper received from Przychodzien and other Polish IOs was derived from a master "shopping list" provided by the Soviets. This was confirmed by the confidential source whose information generated the Harper investigation. The Harper case is only the most recent example of the unmistakable cooperation between the intelligence services of the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet KGB. The Bell case reflected similar close Soviet/ Polish cooperation. In conclusion, U. S. army analysts have described the damage caused by Harper's espionage involvement with the PIS as "beyond calculation." Mr. John Cunningham, the Acting Director of Technology for the U. S. Army's Ballistic Missile Defense Project Office commented that the loss, "...would cause serious damage to our national defense and would provide Warsaw Pact analysts with a windfall of intelligence information about the capabilities of our strategic forces and our present and future plans to defend them." SECR ET - 39. _.. ....... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 == ssi