RULING SET IN CIA CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400180038-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: September 29, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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SEP 2 9 1966
Sanitized- Approved For Release : CIA
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A Baltimore Federal Judge is
again - pondering whether do
throw out a $110,000 slander suit
against a CIA agent who is
charged with calling a former
Estonian freedom fighter an
agent of the Soviet secret police.
for calling Mr. Heine a,membor
of the Ii.G.B., the Soviet secret'
police, thereby ruining Mr.
Iloine's career as''an anti-:
communist lecturer.
The defense has not deified'
the statements wore made, but
' Judge Roszel Thomsen said instead has contended that Mr.'
,yesterday that he had neaed Raus - was privileged to make`
,,enough agrument in the case them as a Government agemt.
-and that it was time for him "to Mr. Heme's lawyers botlyj
stop in and ring the bell," by -claiming it is unfair to deny
,-preparing an opinion on the them to ?'ight of law suit on
unusual issues involved. even deny then the .right to
Erick join-has changed OIA j. cross-examine.
agent ? Juri 'Raus, also of
Esbonian origin,- with slader
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