FIRST RESULT OF FUROR ALLEGED TRUJILLO AGENT INDICTED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300200015-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: May 26, 1957
• Content Type: NSPR

EUGENE (Ore.) MAY ti 6 1957
REGISTER-G dtized - Approved For Release : CIA-RDP
Cert.: e. 33,639
S. 33,630 C4 "
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MAY 2. 19
First Result of Furor
Alleged Truflllo
Agent - nc is t
By A. ROBERT SMITH
WASHINGTON: A federal gram methods employed by Dominican,
jury which has been in secret
session here for weeks has pro-
duced the first concrete result" of
the furor caused by the disap
pearance of Gerald L. Murphy,
the Eugene flier who got into
trouble with the Trujillo dictator
ship' ofd the Dominican Republic.
On orders of the grand jury,
an alleged Trujillo agent 'operat-
ing in. this country has been ar-
rested for failing to register with
the Justice Department, as the
law requires of all foreign agents.
The grand jury's investigation is
continuing, which indicates that
more evidence is being lpresented which may result in action
against the Trujillo regime.
REVOCATIONS EXPECTED
The arrested. man is a 42-year7.
old former FBI agent,- John J.
Frank, w o also served with the
Central n ltg c Agency,
' Apericas ~ ~= }elwide
agents, and especially how Frank
allegedly operated with young
Murphy in the sensational _, jd-
napin of Jesus de Galindezliq
Columbia University Iecturer who
was writing a book documenting,
the crimes of the Trujillo'regime.
Two counts of the four. count
indictment against Frank chargq
that he collected information for
and, "solicited and accepted"
compensation from the, Trujillc
government without registering
as an.agent. The other two counts
say he did the same with the
dictator personally.
The indictment also charged,
that Frank "dispensed and dis-
bursed". money for Trujillo and
the Dominican government in
Washington;, D.C., and elsewhere;
in thq United States.
Frank allegedly was also known
as "John Iaiie:". It was been re-
ported that a man named. "Kane
helped Murphy lease and pay for
A private aircraft from a firm
near ' New York. The plane was
later flown by Murphy to thg
network for gathering information
about foreign governments..
Frank's trial in federal court
here figures to be revealing di
eer.patient.
fo't' for the government who i
case.,, Teas international ramific
tionsiecause of the nature of th
chaf$'es against Frank. He sai
z?