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lives, to clear anything they write for fthe publlc Interest in disciosure out- j.estabifshed bases"and detalls of agencyoperationsin Indonesia. ernment. The Reagan policy, adopted Mr. McGehee, unlike Mr. Snepp, eariler this year, was not directly at complied with his secrecy agreement. After publishing the censored ver- issuein the case. by submitting his article for pre-publf sion of his article,Mr. McGehee sued Reagan Policy Mentioned cation review.The artlcie said the in- the Director of Central Intelligence, telllgence agency had used forgery and William 3. Casey,arguing that the Judge Patricia M. Wald,the author of the court's 25-page opinion, added a decelt to discredit popular revolts in E1 agency's classlfication and censorship Salvador, Indonesia and Chlle as Com- method violated his First Amendment brlef separate statement expressing munlstplots. right to freedom of speech and that the concem that Reagan Administration Four days later the C.I.A.notified definition of secret was too broad and pollcy and current constraints on our authority do not"take account of any Mr.McGehee that sections could not be toovague. O separate publlc right to know critical published because they contained in- Theappeals court rejected these con- albelt classlfied facts about the activ! formation classified as "secret," de. tentions in its opinion. It said there was. ties of our intelllgence agencies." "cause serlous damage to the national serious risk that Intelligence She suggested it was unfortunate sources and methods would be compro that President Reagan had revoked a security." provision in an executive order by for- The appeals court sald today that the McGehee" and that such disclosures mer Presldent Carter that called for censored portions Included dentifica- could cause."significant strateglc and eclassification of Information whention of countries where the C.I.A.had " diplomatic setbacks."