JAVITS KIN TO AID KLEIN IN DODD QUIZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200300038-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: June 4, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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pf the Ethics CgMnIL Uu,
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).being elected Attorriel 9ener
Al, of New .York. in 1 54,.
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drew from the firm after
Among other things, the
'committeee is looking into
charges that Dodd performed
questionable favors for Klein,
,who is a registered agent in
the United States for various
West German interests.
Benjamin Javits, it was
learned has been providing le.
gal advice` to Klein in prelim-
inary iqlerrogations by the
,Ethics Committee staff.
Questioned about ' this, Ja-
,vits refused either to confirm
nor deny that he has been re-
tained by Klein.
However, Javits indignantly
'denied that his assisting Klein
at the hearings might tend to
embarrass his brother, the
Senator.
"Not a damn bit in any
shape or form," Javits
snapped.
J_uits-and-his_bxother were
,once partners in a Manhattan
law firm. The Senator with-
testifies at the forthcoming
hearings of the Senate Ethics
Committee which begin June
i' 20.
Manhattan attorney, is expect-
ed to advise Klein when the
Chicago public relations man
!Senate sources said Javits, a
Los Angeles Times
Benjamin A. Javits, elder
brother of Sen.'Jacob K. Ja-
wits (R-N.Y.), is serving as le-
gal counsel to Julius Klein in
,connection with the Senate in-
vestigation of Klein's old
,friend, Sen. Thomas J. , Dodd
(D-Conu.).
1 In disclosing this Thursday,
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