NEW HEARING IS ORDERED IN SPY CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP69B00369R000200280001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 2000
• Content Type: NSPR

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The Fourth circuit court of
hearing into theae~:'FrB-
tonian emigre, Eerik Heine,
who was accused by a-Central
Intellig4hdf _ IA 1 r - "ti6eret
agent of,being a' Soviet spy.
Object of the new hearing is
to determine whether "the CIA
agent, JunRaus, Was acting
on the order of a responsible
official of the Agency, or an
"unauthorized underling."
Chief Judge ' Clement F.
Haynsworth vacated an earlier
ruling in Raus" favor and
asked that the district court in
Baltimore find out who in the
CIA ordered Raus to accdse
Heine of serving as a spy. -He
said the identity of the official
need not be disclosed publicly.
The appellate 'judge, in a
15-page majority opinion filed
Monday, . upheld,, the lower
court's finding that 'the CIA
had the right to order Rana to
carry out the . campaign
against Heine.
In the trial two years ago
CIA Director Richard M.I
Helms acknowledged that
Raus was an operative of the I
Agency and that the action i
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the
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