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-RDP75-00149R000200170011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 1999
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 22, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

SEP 2 2 1966
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endant-in Illicit Export. of Bombers'toLL 'artuga;
`,Says' C.I.A. Blacked Sale'
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ced of illegally flying war
planes to Portugal accused the
United States today of having
secretly sponsored the flights i
contradiction of its own policy.
The * lawyer, Edwin Marger,
.who is acting in behalf of John
SJichard Hawke, the accuse
pilot, told a jury in Fedora
District Court that the Central
Intelligence Agency was behind
the operation last year.
,All through this trial, th
spooks will appear," he told
jury of 10 men and two wome
in his opening statement. H
,explained that "spooks" is
colloquialism in Some circles fo
agents of the C.I.A.
Mr. Marger contended tha
the flights, which Involved th
transporting of seven B-2
bombers to Portugal from Ma
to August of last year, wer,
carried out with the full knowl
edge and cooperation of the In
telligence agency.
Although he did not specif
in his statement just what th
planes were to be used for, h
said privately that Portug
being clandestine, were carried
but in the open.
he asserted. "The pilot even ac-
identally flew over the White
Ouse, prohibited territory,
using an investigation by uic that' Federal authorities were
rederal Aviation A
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ith conspiracy and violation'?said the bombers had been in- Earlier. Zoltan. `,7ilitg3?
of the Munitions C
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pected during refueling stop.
Hungarian delegate, had;
which forbids the export or im-:bv both customs agents andi_,____-, .,, ., L n,l,nra Karl'
States told United Nations dcie-I
gates that the fllglsks had been
carried out without the knowl-1
uiuuuci~
teriel without a license from; v u,v rvuu& a~.u uagau
~ been delivered on the secret
artment of Investigation. _ ~._., _.._
ited S aces
the State De
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U.S. Witnesses Sought "There were many little men in violation of its pledge to the
e e- United Nations 'that' no Such.
It was learned today h that the him and black suits helped him who on spok his "-
defense hoped to subpoena sev- cret way to _ Europe," Mr. aircraft would be sold to Pgrtu?,
oral high-ranking present and"Marger said of Mr. Hawke's'gat, because, of the possibility
former officials of the C.LA,,iflights. that .they "might;;be'.'.used i-l
as well as one or two prominent The attorney for Mr, MontIpf~,. ' r~ ? J:; . ?.1,?
political figures. nlarin. Edward Brodsky of I~etW -i..uLlJi~+w.ia.~:.5~uv.n?'a,~~r.-. ,
vaunt nenri Marie vrangois Qoclient knew nothing of licensing
Mario de Montmarin, a French, regulations and had "every rea-i
airplane broker, and Woodrbw~son to believe that all the neces-
Wilson Roderick, a former resi-
-against Communist Chinese
trained elements reported to b
dent, of Winnipeg, Canada, said
to. be . the middle man in the'
case, i
,The alleged leader ,of the oper'
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Gregory R. Board, owner o servc s or a ans
Aero Associates, Inc., of TucJthe trial.
The third defendant, Mr. Rod-
son, Ariz. He is now living on,erick, is represented by Paul I:
the Island of Jamaica. . Birzon of Buffalo, who did not
Mr.,Marger contended-in hismake an opening statement.
statement that the. Government.. For the Government. United.
allowed Mr. Board to leave thc'States Attorney John'T. Curtin?
country. He also charged that; said that the prosecution would!
Federal authorities ' had done prove that. all three dcfenda~ts
nothing to get him back, foil were guilty of violating Fedcraly 11
trial. ? . ._ law. . .
by Mr. Board.
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