DEFENDANT IN ILLICIT EXPORT OF BOMBERS TO PORTUGAL SAYS C.I.A. BACKED SALE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100420016-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: September 22, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

SEP 2 2 1966
Sanitized - Apprave.d.For Release : CIA-
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y
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to August of last year, were former officials ofpthe C.I %,_?,Marger said of Mr. Hawke's'gal because, of the possibility
carried out with the full knowl- as well as one or. two prominentifligl`ts. that . th~y 111 might . ba,'.used '.'.
transporting of seven B-26 defense hoped to suopocna scv-cret' w ay _to_ Europe," Mr.~aircraft would be sold to Porto-
bombers to Portugal from Ma
er?tl hi h-raki
.
o , o a )uty n. e eta
District Court that the Central
Intelligence Agency was behind
the operation last year.
"All through this trial, the
spooks Will appear," he told a
jury of 10 men and two women
in his opening statement. He
explained that "spooks" is a
colloquialism in some circles for
agents of the C.I.A.
Mr. Marger contended that
the flights, which involved the
t
a tr, y of a u tsh pi 0. Re- 'ur gthi the flights, far from
cured of illegally flying war em clandestine, were carne
pianos to Portugal accused the
n the open.
United States today of having out i
secretly sponsored the flights in We have eight plans filed
fuel
contradiction of its own policy- bills Mr. custom d
eclarations," as well aas ,"
,,he' lawyer, Edwin Marger, ell and asserted. "The "The even ons
ace
wv ,~o is acting in behalf of John cidentally flew pilot over ot e the White
chard Hawke, the accused House, prohibited territory,
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three defense law crs told the erick,is represented by Paul I:
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iiy I)Olii:`,:1ti IIOI-I1SON. alnuique, t.Wv Uk a-oetugaLs vtegvay ,.. ..tea..., .,.. .y ,
SpCCOI to The New York Tlmee African territories. Aero Associates, Inc., of TucJthe trial.
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client knew nothing or ucensing
in his statement just what the Marin de Montmarin, a French1 regulations and. had "every rca-j
planes were to be used for; he airplane broker, and Woodrowlson to believe that al; the neces-
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against Communist Chinese- to. be middle man In the {;t
trained elements reported to be case. ',Translator Preeont
preparing at that time to cress .,The alleged leader,of the oper ' `Mr. Montmarin, who "speaks
the?.horders of Angola and Mo- ajldn.' has. been. to ratified as~wrtualIy no, English,' had"thd
statement that the. Government ..For the Government, United.
country. He also charged that; said that the prosecution would!
'
had done prove that, all three defendants
Federal authorities
nothing to get him back, forwcrc guilty of violating Federal]
trial. . ? ? law_ I
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Mr, Hawke. is among.. threekLware of the seven ingots anu gates ruat. t
e .tti;.Its ,...., with defendants on trial hej a ,charged 'did nothing v to stop ,them. He carr ed out G vernt the. knowl-'
~wspecwu during rcfuelin ; swirl a Hun ?arian delC ate, had"
which forbids the export or im-:by both customs agents .and 1 g
port of armament or war ma chared that the bombers had;
the State Department. of Investigation. Structions of the United States, l
"
There were many little men in violation of its' pledge to thel
U.S. Witnesses Soub,rht .
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