BUSINESSMAN TIED TO TERRORIST PLOT - INDICTED WITH EX-C.I.A. AGENTS IN TRAINING PROJECT IN LIBYA

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Publication Date: October 24, 1981
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BUSINESSMAN TIED.
TO. TESRORI9T PLOT.
Indicted With Ex-C.I.A. Agents'l
in Training Project. in.Libya: .:"
: ? BySTUARTTAYLORJr.:::~
SpedaittTDaN,WYO ttlms
WASHINGTON; Oct 23 - A Federal
indictment was made public today air
curing a 38 yearold Virginian of ship-,
ping explosives to?Libya? and training
terrorists there. as part: of a conspiracy
headed by two. former;: Central Intelli-.
encea is ,
g The l0.count: Indictment also broad-
ened the charges against the two former.
agents, Edwin. P. Wilson and Frank E..
Terpil,. to include.a shipment of explo.
sives to Libya, inn April 1977. The last. I
shipment listed in. the original, April
1980, indictment.of Mr. Wilson and Mr
Terpil on the explosives charges took
place in August 1976.:' '
The charges against the new-defend-
ant, Douglas M. Schlachter Sr.,. grew:
out of the testimony of"newly cooperat-
ing. witnesses.'' according. to Carol E..
Bruce, one of the assistant United States
attorneys working with the grand jury.
investigating the Libyan venture:; . ; .-: .
"The tnvestigatiomhas.developed new
targets'! as a result of this cooperation,
she said.. "We'- consider- it a - break-
throughl
Meanwhile the State Department
rd that it ba r -
that- Ameeiesar` ens-
takes part in afrfifts to supply Lbrm
h-5 inrl-d
?-Tbe.Ne+s Yale.;Times reQoeied .
meebanl
week Iffit>plaw: sad.,
'ettstted by Mr W wlre'flyfrts aadt
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For=
inodxraewsactldes lldr lYllsbn>s
tees "paw tarba+~sariedao'sS 'ra
s::icsed. aompr+rair? the
Soviet LTniao sad ao bs*e been Hoked
tbesueped is tse atoe~mipted as.edacdati=:
Lbyaa sad" fa Gioioredot?. mM. d..
those toetoaesw~re msotfosied fatsyefe
Mr. SCbWC rt!! was eb.alrgedyw3.sblovfa`
pert~tagthe 'byanaaddtarsdea1Mr.
Wilson . and+ Mr Terpil : M upp __
atrnr tosspptttee cave neat..
With. aapbdres4?ma0s- to die, LTmted
states and eotwin I 4-lses totsar them
'at0esrovaearT~ial97'lf am.ISlr.
PtEW YORK TIMES
24 OCTOBER 1981
Mr: S&isel .none thought to be is
the Arleen natiM of Sue=dl.. aaa no
known earoeetiooawith 00711odH$aoce
agency.accordingto; said t be bad been war ata
wed awdiaa datiaot near
ville, Va., setae MrW1bon
to manage bis.ccstot 7 Mate tbers In
earty 1976.
Tnefadictmentses tfie+t "r>s of
the` time.,; of .ae:. om14 'I.CY " Ls
ewes peeaidemt of a Washing
tco based woubtas and marl -1
firm. )saosc. as Les Intern amt.
wbishweso no by Mr. Wibos.: ?
Mr. Schlaetat trateled is om. Virginia
Lib}d ::''t0 slepextile' the tarsals[
'to
training pmfect" in mltmt: 1976; so?
cording to the bWk=eML Prceewsors
said be had been in Libye,:Lnod= Bo-
rnadi and other forvism Countries
ofthetimesfacetbea. !..
I... ..A'4 LatlSetmantals~gtcR~ - ..
Tbe' 17-page:: fndiezzneat utbeeaed
today by Federal DistridJud eJohn B.
Pratt waa beaded down by a grand j+a Y'
Aug,. & Oat-- semme while the uie
- m `to 'the
GarftTAMt L of Burundi; which ban-nat.
ean!aditlcm. Meaty with-:'the: United
States:tasetem Mr. Schlachterto face
Thos eliaels hate not pet su seeded.
Mr7, Breessaid the +msealing of the fn.
dfetmentwouid ailoa the United States
th nom to with ~dr..Schlachtes di.
"tVerre opt of".: getting MM
The fadieomeat superseded the April
L40 i~eot of Mr._ W113016 Mr. Ter.
pfl, wbofnris reeantly been rem in Labs.
non and Syria, aad:Jsrome S. Brower,
loemedy bead of a? Pomona, C lff.i es: ?
nod distribut
wfa-pieaded guilty last:
January sad is -=--' with prase.
W. Sir to babe a to be AM-
Ind4rand She world
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aldr Scalar ei airs- a wife: and twe:
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ditati:~ aaT:fsY`th i.-Alatted
Stales: but be "1s aot.inasdfatLaaoae,"
?as.BirDeaai~seittais~toNaboeat i
s, the tsreermea
aIn. the imb coo-
~ apitacy to rioiatea and: rioiatian of Saw.
harries e~aet of wMiaslra to beuaed
sofrillparaosta earldenserpropertyam=.
herring tsar daom~merd~~tt~ai,ryearrieesto trsnpart bmatdous = -a ~r,o~f :
:A:ms Ekpost C=tra Act of l9 6
tee
wdieh bas export of certain mn Mons:
. wit 4StateDepertmmtappewral..:- :
Mr. Wllsm and Mr.Teipil are also illegal as unregis.
iordg2s agents Of the ~ t
of Libya during 1978 sad.= and cca-
to murder a political cpocme nt of ..
Col. Yiaannnar eWaddxfi, the Libyan
;teder.inE~ptinl9?7. _ ... I
All three men could face life in prison
and large Saes if appcebended and cca.
slced on all rants. The-cant that
caeriesa life term charges that. the cca.
sptrecy resulted in an ac c1deatal eaplo-
`?sion in Tobruk,. Libya, in July 1977, that .
killed several Libyans and in jured. three
o (W
Wilsat's emplo7ees: ,
Thelndicime t states that'?.he cbiect-
of the coegpiracy was to ski, QLY covertly
and for a profit the - Government of
Libya with perxanel, explosives, expio-
sae material and other goods necessary
.to make explosive devices and teach
others bow to make,esplcsfve devicazia
a terrOrisa training project. ..: :
Mr. Schlachte .' waked hand In ha rd
with.: tine Libyans," Mrs.. Brie. said,
7M not fairy '