WOMAN SAYS REWALD CLAIMED CIA LINKS IN 1970S

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000605490052-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 30, 2011
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: September 14, 1985
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HONOLULU ADVERTISER (HI)
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Woman says Rewald claimed
CIA links in 1970s
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Ronald Rev-ald bo.stad fn the 19?Oi~~
of workln j !or the CU- in Wiaeonain
and of maintaining a{- apartment to
?ntertaln secretaries, a longtioae
itiriend testified in federal court yester-
day.
Patricia Ebest, whose husband died
in 1A71 about the time Aee-ald moved
into her Mequon, Wia., t~ighborhood,
testified she later moved to Hawaii.
u did Rewald, and invested 1800,000
with his Arm? ~ `
Ebert. who saarrled a dtntiet after
atoving to Ha~Wulu. acid she invested
ppeersonal Lunde and her husband's
businea pension funds with Rewald'a
company, but withdree- most of it be-
tors the firm collapsed in August
1983.
After the Collapse, however, the
.truster in the firm's bankruptcy made
her pay back 1228,000 In "Interest"
iFN had received on the funds, she
sold.
Rewald m trial on 98 counts of
fraud. ta: rraai~ozt and peryury, admits
salvos money font tnvestors tinder
faL~~eter~s, but aye tt wu to
.-ma~la~ Dis ao~r a a wealth? bus~i-
naaose ~o hs could =ath?r intelli-
~oes La ~!? CLA.
? - ~ Ms hn Maimed in the past ht spied
on student croups for the CIA i,A Wis-
oonsia in the eu1 y 1960s.
The CIA denies oontaet with Re-
wald before 1978, but acknoMledgea it
us{sd his company to provide " ck-
stop" eovs~r for some personnel niter
that date. The asency denies Involve,
maul in the aII eel fraud at Bishop
Saldwtn RtWaid l~ingbam d< Word.
lybert's testimony is the ttirat indica-
tion that Rewald was olaimin his
C'tA assocLtbn as early v the 1~.
And her comments about an apart-
ment where Rewald enterta reed
secret.s,tie: at lunch time foreshadow
Rewald's undisputed social and sexual
relationehfpe with several Honolulu
women who have testified the re-
cxived thousands of dollars from ~.
Rewald't attorntys, who have bat-
tled to keep testimony about sax out
of the trial, yesterday turned the
tablet and asked Ebert ii she had not
had an affair with Rewald.
U.S. District Judge H,ar~old Fong
rWed the question irrelevant before
Ebert could answer. '
In other developmtnta yesterday:
? Susan McGinnis. former model.
delayed a Europea^ ~?acauon to re?
turn to Honolulu from San Franelsco
and testify Rewald pud her 533.100 in
the year befort Bishop Ba]dw~in col-
iapstied, sending her to Parts and Milan
and otiering to help her in her career.
? Susanna Russell, a counselor, said
she received 112,000 from Rewald
from 1961 to 1863 to bs hh friend and
lov?r.
? Bus King Jr., Rewald's attorney
in a elate criminal theft case, identi-
fied sworn statements >n which Re?
weld claimed that the CU told him to
create Bishop Baldwin sad to adver-
tise Z6 percetlt interest !n competition
with 21 percent available in Hong
Kont, and that the CIA supplied
mousy to pay that return. 3'hs ~ov-
erntoent charge Rewald with penury
for tbo~e claims.
? Ratlred &ig. Gen. Bst~ Casalday
aid he thougyt weld's fancy office
looted like s motel lobby. but still
inveatsd =16,000 with him. Cassiday~
said he tried to check Rewald out,
found few people knew anythtng
about him. and had decided to with-
draw his money, but leri it in for one
hat interest payment, when the firm
collapsed.
? Several vendors testified they
sold Rewald i2S,000 worth of en-
~gravsd atago~nery, a 11.500 David Let
p~i~tting, feed for his polo pontes on
Maul and 128,000 worth of antique
guns, swords, daggers and axes. One
said Rewald ordered scowboy-style
six shooter to be engraved with hir
family crest and inlaid at~G encrusted
with gold, but Rewald balked at the
110,000 price tag, saying he'd pay
only 15,000.
- ? Novena Dunhour testified Rewald
paid her a 12,000 monthly salary and
a IO percent commission to brim in
new investors.
? Hush F`raaer, an insurance ageen-
cy .manager, sold he successfully peti-
tioned to torte Bishop Baldwin into
bankruptcy proceedings on Aug. ~.
1983, because he was unablt W with-
draw his 548,000 after Rewald at?
tempted suicide and the firm closed
its doors.
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