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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 SECR ET The FBI has concluded that one of the major roles of PRCIS officers is to identify, assess, and befriend Chinese- Americans of intelligence interest to the PRC. These potential agents are encouraged to travel to China, where they are further assessed and cultivated by other PRC officials. If all goes well with a given Chinese-American of interest, his name is placed on one of a - number of lists maintained by PRCIS officers at the Chinese diplomatic establishment nearest his home. When a visiting PRC delegation or a Chinese exchange student visits the establishment and tells PRCIS officers there of an intelligence requirement, the officers will check their lists and refer the visitor to an appropriate Chinese-American deemed to be cooperative. Though PRCIS officers do at times assist a visitor who has acquired a sensitive item by shipping it back to the PRC in the diplomatic mails, investigations indicate that it is up to the visitor to devise his own method of acquiring the needed item or information from the targeted Chinese-American. PRCIS officers stationed in the United States thus assist, but do not direct or contro! many of the PRC's clandestine intelligence efforts in the United States. SECR ET -7- .. ... Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 -- —-- - 25X1