ONASSIS WINS IN COURT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600090031-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: March 21, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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'ONASSIS WINS IN COURT'
Paris MagistrateTinds He Did
Not Defraud Ship Owner-
-qnml*l to The York Times.
1aw
PARIS, March 20-The
suit of an owner of Greek ships,
charging that he}had been de-
Ifrauded by Aristotle Onassis,
' was dismissed today by a French,
examining magistrate.
The complaint was filed in No-
vember, 1954, by Spyridon Cata-
podis. He alleged that M. Onas-
sis had reneged on acontract
to pay him #200,000 ($560,000) f
for his efforts in behalf of M.I
Onassis" oil dealings with the i
Saudi Arabian authorities. }
M. Catapodis declared khe
contract between the two men
was signed by M. Onassis in dis-
appearing ink. M. Onassis, re-
plied that he had handled the
negotiations alone.
The negotiations resulted,
early in 1954, in a contract be-
tween the Saudi `Arabian gov-
enment and M. Onassis under
which the latter received a
priority in hauling Saudi Ara-
bia's annual production.. of 40,-
000,000 tons of oil.
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