'ASSURANCE' ON B26 SMUGGLING RELATED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100600014-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: October 7, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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star eif Writer LL qmi eet i-i J_1UL MI Y - -11 710 was e w e - Force officer, whom he identi
not go through until (Gregory) er he cad been told directly by a security officer at Patric
Durr'AL'u, IN. Y. e rien oard had obtained agreement anyone other than Board, the Air Force Base, Fla., told him
who got John Richard Hawke etween the two governments alleged mastermind of the deal, to "stop rocking the boat, stop
job flying B26 bombers to Port Portugal and the U.S.), Caiden that the Central Intelligence putting on pressure."
ugal assured him the operation estified tinder direct examina- Agency was involved, Caidin "He said the Air Force had
had the blessing of the U.S. ion by Hawke 's attorney, Ed- said he had not.
government. in Marger, at the trial of the Hcommunication him to cease further
Martin Caitlin, a prolific avi wo men charged with conspir- he said he men- communication with me unless
ation writer and the legal sport- g to export seven of the bomb- tinned the operation to Air the Air Force was involved. I
'sor for the British-born Hawke, rs illegally. Later, he said, officers before the flights told him it was," Caitlin said.
and that he discussed it in de- Caitlin said lie was convinced
and his wife, Jean, in this oard told him the agreement tail with both a CIA agent in the CIA was involved in the
country, testified yesterday that ad been reached. New York and an Air Force se- operation because Board told
he told Hawke early last year "Did you tell John Hawke curity officer in Florida after him so and, because of his own
that the B26 operation present- is was being done for the Hawke's arrest. previous unpaid role as a source
ed ?~~a "tremendous opportun- S. government?" Ma r g e r At one point, he said, the Air of information for the CIA, he
y sked. Caidin said he had, fied as Col. Charles Callahan, was sure "there is no other
way these planes could have
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been flown out of the country."
Under cross examination by,
,U.S. Attorney John T. Curtin,
however, Caidin said' he had
given Hawks a stern warning
about his involvement in the
operation. He acknowledged
.that, in an interview with a
customs agent, he had said:
"I said . . . 'be sure to get
,your damn money for your
Iflight.each time and while . .
,this is a wild-air operation,
make sure you get paid for each
flight as it goes on.' "
Hawke, a bearded ex-Royal
'Air Force fighter pilot who flew
seven,, of the bombers from
Tuscon, Ariz., to a Portuguese
'airfield near Lisbon between
;'May and August of last year,
.has insisted since the time of
his arrest that he was certain,
he was, working for the CIA.
On trial with Hawke is Henri
Marin de Montmarin, a tall,
distinguished - looking French
count who allegedly acted as
a go-between in the deal.
Subpoened as a witness for
the defense are CIA Director,
Richard Helms, who is expected
to be represented by the CIA's
chief counsel, Lawrence R.
Houston, and Richard M.
Bissell Jr., former deputy di.'
rector of the CIA. . ? ,
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