CIA AIDE TAKES STAND, DENIES B26 CASE ROLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200120019-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: October 12, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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_ .By-ORR KELLY
who was subpoenaed for the- Marger attempted to intro-
defense at government expense duce in evidence a quote from a
buokAlv -as a ."hostile witness" This speech by Mrs. Eugenie Ander
legal officer of the Centra would have meant that his ison, a U.S. permanent repre-
Intelligence -Agency-in a answers would not have beensentative to the United Nations,
on Dec. 18, 1965, in which she
unprecedented action-ha binding on the defense.
denied under oath that the CI I "I rule that he is not hostile," said the planes had been illegally
had an thin to do with th II'lenderson replied. "He has exported "without the knowledge
y g of the United States govern-c
shipment of seven B-26 bomber (brought his files. Every ir? " went."
to Porgugal last year. he . has created is that l.?.. Ys.
But defense' attorneys for tw cooperating with you. You have The two CIA documents,
-
y not established that he is hostile introduced in evidence appear to
rest accused of case s esterda in any. kind. Not in any way show that the CIA was informed'
aftern without c ygterda have you established his hostili-. of the shipment before the first'
afte
dcEendent rnoon to the stand in calling in his ow eithe ty? plane took off and that this'
' information was widely dissemi-'
defense. Houston, a tall, thin, scholarly: nated within the government
This ruled out a direct con looking man, appeared to be' early in the operation.
frontation brc:ve( '. the testim 'enjoying himself in his unaccus- The second CIA document also'
ny of LawX(,-_c It. Houston 'tomed role as he discussed reported the agency had re
general cr nsel of the CIA, an .secret CIA documents casually ceived information that the
John Ricnard Hawke, a bear in open court.. "French government has agreed
ca, 29-year-old, ex-Royal Ai Of the. four documents he to look the other way during this
'Force pilot who has insisted i brought with him-which he t r a n s a c t i o n." Hawke has
several newspaper and mag described as the complete CIAi" ..
clairncd- outside courf,'however
zinc interviews that he flow th file on the case-only two were' that he flew all the planes'
,planes across the Atlantic fo entered in evidence. Both were 'directly to Portugal from the'
the CIA. "intelligence information ca- United States.
As the jury receives the cas bles" in which raw, unevaluated After -the jury had been dis
information about the plane 'missed . yesterday, . Edward
tomorrow, the evidence of CI shipments was passed on to -Brodsky of New York, attorney
involvement will be limited, i other intelligence agencies in? for the other defendant, Count
the words of Federal Distrie the summer of 1965. i Maria do Montmarin,i
Judge John 0. Henderson, t The failure of the defense try ? e: ed his argument for
"theories . a lot of surmis enter the other two documents w6missal of the indictment
... a saga" from what he calle into evidence thus cut short a ; against his client.
"two book writers." full description. of the CIA's In a highly technical argu-
Hawke's attorney, Edwi knowledge of the case. ment, Brodsky said that the
Margcr, is expected to argue i . Henderson, who had examined, regulations requiring an export
his summation to the jury tha all of the CIA documents, corn-' license for . shipment of war
the CIA engages in clandestin ?mented, however,. that "the materials overseas were not
operations only when they ca records indicate that, rather valid because the secretary of
be secret and plausibly demabl than promoting this operation, ~ state had .promulgated the
and that Hawke trusted i the information gathered by the regulations and, at the same
friends who assured him h CIA resulted in the arrest of; time, delegated to two subordi-
would be working for the CIA' ; these defendants." nates all of his power to issue,
flying the planes to Porgugal. , One of the aspects of the case ~ such regulations.
Marger began yesterday' that has proved most embar-I ilenderson said he would dive
,court session with an effort t rassingto the government was lthe argument .?,;very serious
have the judge brand Houston not. permitted by the judge to be ,consideration
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