WILSON ASSOCIATE IS BEING HELD IN DALLAS JAIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP09S00048R000100020080-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2011
• Sequence Number: 80
• Publication Date: December 23, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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ARTICLE APPEARED
ON PAGE_
THE WASHINGTON' POST.
23 December 1981
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By Al Kamen and Laura A. Kiernan
wa~hingecn Pose start wn t.e,s
'In Da11c =Jail
A key associate of fugitive arms
exporter Edwin, P Wilson is being
held in a Dallas jail after she was'
intercepted by U.S. Customs officials,
upon her arrival. 'on a flight from
London.
Assistant U.S. Attorney John
Sweeney said yesterday that Roberta
Barnes, 33,. was? -being held _ on
$520,000 bond after her arrest Mon-
'day, night at Dallas-Fort Worth. In...
ternational Airport.
Sweeney said Barnes, who sources
:here"said is in charge of` Wilson's
London. businesses, was ? detained
after she allegedly: made a false dec-
laration to customs officials at' the
'airport. She allegedly told the. offi-
., cials she was 'carrying $5,000 in cash
when she had $5,050.
A U.S.
magistrate in Washington
yesterday issued- a. material witness
"warrant for Barnes,. who is wanted
for, questioning in the ongoing inves-
tigation into Wilson's activities and
those of his former associate, Francis
E. TerpiL Barnes has been on a Jus-
tice Department. "lookout Use, of
-.Wilson's associates since her refusal
to comply with a grand jury subpoe
na to testify in the investigation. 7
Sources familiar with the, in .'
tigation said` Barnes: began=' working
for. Wilson in Washington "in:"about
.191.7 and has been running Wilson's
London office for, at least ?two: years:
She, ,reportedly has`-
been'?handling
Wilson's business :dealings: in Lon-
don while Wilson' has` been. living
Wilson and Terpil, both: fugitives,;
were indicted in April, 1980, by; a
federal grand jury in Washington on i}
charges' of. exporting explosives tol
the radical Libyan regime of Coll
Muammar Qaddafi:-,The- grand' jury
also alleged that Wilson and Terpil
ran : a school for terrorists in Libya, ;
including instruction. on=. making;
bombs, and that they attempted to j
carry out a $1 million. assassination-
contract on a Libyanexpatriate..
Another key Wilson associate,
Douglas M. Schlachter, .was indicted
last August in Washington: on
_.charges that. he coordinated 'ship-
ments '. of explosives and ? terrorist
training: . of Libyan 'recruits., The
grand jury said that Schlacter,. who
surrendered. .tofederal. authorities
here. last . month; allegedly acted
under an April,-.1976, ,pontract in..
volving Libyan officials and Wilson
and Terpil.:
Wilson and Terpil are believed tol
have severed ties, with Terpil?.last
seen living in Beirut.:
Barnes, whose passport and other
documents were seized by federal
officials, is being held pending a Dec.
30 hearing on both the material wit-
ness request and the Texas charges;
Justice. Department officials here are':
expected to ask that Barnes be sent`
to testify here.
At a hearing in Dallas yesterday
Barnes said she was, on her way
to
Austin to visit relatives for Christ
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