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1 ee 1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 SECRET It is significant to note, however, that the TIS, during the past few years, have broadened their collection objectives to include intensified targeting of S&T and military-related material. Perhaps the most significant targets of this nature have been ASW technology and missile and radar-related technology. Targeted material of this nature includes, specifically, guidance technology, missile software and hardware, missile design computer programs, gyros and actuators, and the Tomahawk cruise missile. The activities of the TIS in the United States came to the forefront as a result of the murder of Henry Y. Liu on October 15, 1984, in Daly City, California. | Liu's skill was such that he came to be successful in manipulating the TIS into believing that he was acting as their agent against the PRC and leading the PRC to believe that he was acting as an agent of the PRC. Within a month of the murder, FBI investigations had developed five suspects all of whom belonged to the Taiwan-based United Bamboo gang. Further investigation revealed that officers of the IBMND had been in contact with United Bamboo and had tasked gang members to murder Liu, since the IBMND had received information that Liu was working for the PRC. Eventually, the Government of Taiwan arrested three members of the IBMND for complicity in the murder plot, all of whom were tried and convicted on charges of murder. Two members of the United Bamboo gang were also arrested, tried and convicted by the Taiwanese. Although the Taiwanese Government denied any involvement in the murder of Liu, the incident has become a cause celebre, and has spurred protests from members of the United States Congress and the Chinese-American community. SECR ET - 16 - __ .,. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901190016-2 25X1