U.S. Spy School in Japan Denied
Subject: U.S. Spy School in Japan Denied
Date: 08 Mar 1999 00:00:00 GMT
Message-ID: <7c0tc2$90c$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>
New Orleans Times-Picayune Feb 23, 1961 S1-P12
U.S. Spy School in Japan Denied
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Tokyo(AP) - American and Japanese government officials denied Socialist
charges that the United States ran a spy school in Japan.
A U.S. Embassy spokesman described the charge by opposition
Socialist Ichio Asukada as "a complete fabrication." Foreign Minister
Zentaro Kosaka also denied it. Asukada made the charge Wednesday [22nd]
in the Japanese Parliament.
Asukada testified an organization known as the Joint Technical
Advisory Group at Atsugi Naval Air Station, south of Tokyo, was
an espionage training organ under [the] U.S. Central Intelligence
Agency.
The Socialist claimed 40 former Japanese employees at JTAG were
prepared to testify before Parliament.
The U.S. embassy said, however, "There are not now and never were
any intelligence activities at JTAG in Atsugi."
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