[[ received on 4-29-96,  from                                 
    jfklancr@exo.com (Debra Conway)  ]]                                         

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Subject: Former CIA Director missing                                            
                                                                                
Sent to me by Joe Backes                                                        
                                                                                
Authorities Search for Ex-CIA Director Colby 
(7:38am EDT, 4/29/96)              
                                                                                
WASHINGTON - The Coast Guard is searching for former CIA director 
William Colby afer his empty canoe was found adrift in the Potomac River 
near his southern Maryland home, local media reported Monday.
                                                                                
WJLA-TV said divers had searched the waters around Cobb Island 
until midnight Sunday after a passerby reported seeing
Colby's canoe. The search would resume Monday, the report 
said.                 
                                                                                
A Charles County Sheriff's Department spokesman said authorities fear 
Colby may have drowned because of the Potomac River's strong currents 
in the area.                                            
                                                                                
The spokesman said that besides the capsized canoe, authorities found 
a partially eaten meal in his home and a computer that was still on. 
                                                                                
Former President Richard Nixon chose Colby to head the CIA in 1973 and 
he served until1976.
                                                                                
Colby was in charge of the CIA's Saigon operations during the height of 
the Vietnam War and headed the "Phoenix Program," which reportedly resulted 
in the deaths of some 20,000 Vietcong  at the hands of American assassins.   
    
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