REWALD PROBABLY WON'T TAKE STAND DUE TO RULING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000605490021-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 21
• Publication Date: October 9, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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HONOLULU STAR-BLLLETINI (HI)
9 October 1985
Rewald Probably Won't Take Stand Due to Ruling
By Charier Memminger
Star-BAetin Writer
Spect~tors have been eagerly
,=,o
-a~ting for the the star witness
in the Ronald Rewald federal
fraud trial to take the stand
Now it apq!ars ho,ever. that-
thewufass Rewali ?MnWW --
rosy not testify.
Rewald's attorneys flied a mo-
tion Monday asking that Rtwald
be aflowbd to take the stand and
talk about the contents of his
lengthy affidavit, which has
been sealed by the court
The affidavit, eonptete with
some 90 exhibits, ddoieettaako r he
wait exp~tMr~n
came to be associated with the
CIA, bow the CIA directed hits
to set up Bishop, Baldwin, Re-
wald. Dlllio$ltam i Wong and
what operattoas he ram for the
agCCerWn parts of the affidavit.
which was filed In bankruptcy
prooeet" g% led to Rewal's In.
dietmeot on perjury B~
Those parts Include
claim that the CIA told him to
form Bishop, Baldwin and even
helped him pick out the name.
FEDERAL Public Defender
Michael Levine said In his mo-
tion that It would be unfair and
is not df to the t Jary if Revald
is not snowed to elaborate on
elaborate on
each of the events Is the of fida-
vit Sbould the court deny the do-
fondant's motions, the defendant
will reuse to testify an his own
behalf." Levine wrote.
UIL Judge Harold Foa& how-
ever, already has bodleaeed be
does rot want all Of the materiel
in the affidav t is be. evi.
demo in time *ML The Jodge
denied a Ve evlorn $ewal as
tsm l eUvidenc adtalt the adiidarslt lbatf
Fo has flatted the amoe*
of CIA evidence adndtted by the
defense to that showing that the
agency controlled or managed
investors' moatey. Rewald s attor-
=114 ve heel frwtrsted In
110 wwMeace of RewaMls
voluntary CIA setivilfea
MEANWfIILE. Rewald's attot-
net's yesterday also were f%U-
ink[ to put another witness on
the stand to haleler tidy ale.
He Is Ralph ieGehse, a iedred
CIA agent who sow UM- 1
wr*es and teatRles em QA eat-
ters.
Line vases ^erGeiss is be
moved to waft M an -Mrart
abaft QA rem
and besd~iue eeaboxg. one of
the four federal
called MCGebse a Jh*W who
makes his name Sintffying me a
defense witless In rasa bnot,
01= Levine med Greemb"
yJ4 queadmissill! McGehee
oafslie of the peassos of tie
imy, as part of Ike defense as.
was to co^tlame t0el
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