(Sanitized) CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01731R002900400014-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 11, 1952
• Content Type: MF

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s pu is y. seems me that we should therefore
make every effort to avoid the necessity of having our men
testify. There are two ways this might be done:
1. By agreement with Justice.
2. By CIA Counsel appearing in court disclaiming
jurisdiction of CIA over this type of internal
security information and requesting the court
to throw out Count No. 1.
If Count No. 1 is thrown out, the testimony of our men becomes
irrelevant.
The possibility that we might act as in 2. above, which
would be very embarrassing to Justice., may induce Justice, to
consent as in 1. above.
Do you plan to see McInerney about this question?
Stuart Hedden
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MEMORANDUM FOR: DDCI
If and when this case is tried, I greatly fear that the
testimorxv of our men will brine
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1001. Statements or entries generally
Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of
any department or agency of the United States knowingly
and wilfully falsifies, conceals or covers up by any
trick, scheme or device a material fact, or makes any
false, fictitious or fraudulent atatemehts or representa-
tions, or makes or uses any false writing or document
knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or
fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more
than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or
both. June 25, 1948, c. 645, 62 Stat. 749.
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