C.I.A. OPENS LIABON-FLIGHT FILES TELLS COURT IT KNEW OF BOMBERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000500180013-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 2, 2004
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: October 6, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN

OCT ,; 1966
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, nlestt ttirn in Boston about,
L..I.Al .. G'SZS Z '-
b P. the matter. while Mr. Hawke!
!. r waited.
LIS C'? rc t Knew, of 3o :w., ,l "I told them about the liccnseJ
-not being there and the
agent said he would talk to the
iry .)O.UGL AS ROBINSON
Special to The New York Taney
BUFFALO, Oct. 7-The Cen-
tral Intelligence .Agency- dis-
closed in court :today that it
,had known beforehand that
seven World' War II bombers
were to be exported last year
to Portugal.l"'
I
In an unusual move, -the'
'agency opened its files to' the)
;public in the case against two
men charged With selling the
authorization,
Four documents, all described yt`
AS pertaining to the case.
rough
r-
_ .. court here
by Lawrence R. Houston, gen-
Icral counsel of the C.I.A. who
took the Witness stand this; af-
ternoon.
people in his office and would
h
Only one of the documents) ^~x..
was offered in evidence before
ten to ep
one me, Air. Saun-
der; said,- "He' never called me'
back." ,1
The trial will resume on Tues-
day morning when Mr. Houston,
will again, take, the stand..
the trial wa.r adjollr?nod for-t.he i eel 'd .nudge Joint O. C.I.A. had been aware. of ?the df!rsou eontlucts ihu trial.
)tending flights four days he.- o c uc
fare the first I:-20 took. off for Previous testimony has estab-
the trip to I'ortun;a P, dished that Air, Hawke flew;
Before the papers were pub-'the first illomber from Tucson
liPly exhibited, however, to Rochester on May 29, and;
p'tts..then flew on to Portugal several:
'relating to C.I.A.. sources, eode,I
and methods of gathering in. tdays later.
formation were excised by Fed-, Before court adjourned, Mr.;
cral Judge John O. Henderson rA,Carger aid_?. he intended to'
overn-i pl five that the iliiculitents on.
during a meeting with Cove,-.1,
meat lawyers in his chambers.
On trial here are John R,
ilawke a British pilot now liv=
hand were not the complete
file on the case and that either
the operation was C.I.A.-sport.;
Sored
r
h
o
t
at for its, own pun-,;
and Count Henri Marie Fran'
cois de Maria de Montmarin, a poses the agency did nothing!
French airplane broker.. Both. to halt the flights.
are accused of violating the Mu, -The seven planes were flown).
nitions Control Act by export-''across, the Atlantic' from the'
ink military planes to a for end of May until , earl
sign country without a State Y
Department license. September.
Under questioning, Mr,
'Co
l
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mp
ete Vile
Houston also disclosed that the;
The lawyer for :,'fr. Hawke, information from Lisbon' had,
];dean Manger of Mia
i B
m
each bett
,en sen 'o intelligence units
has contended throughout, the
trial of the State. Department, the!
tha t the flight of the Defense Department,
seven . B-26 bombers. was a the Navy,j clandestine the Air. Force, the Army and:
operatio n of the the joint Chiefs of Staff. It]
C.I.A..
In also went to'10 other agencies,,,
In. hi testimony today, Mr.
hesaid.
:ilouston said the fou
r U0011
-?'Is "I s this -meals were the ? complete file a secret document
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k
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s
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r Manger
on the cas ir
Ye
AT
e.e told the jury..s,r.^
that the information in the Houston replied over' the'
first paper 'was "raw informa, laughter of the spectators,
tion" that had not been , Air. Houston also testified
evaluated by the CIA b that the C.I.A. had "no juris-'
t
,
ore diction in these matters," refer-
,`itsal `
dissemination.: to vari- ring to the legal or illegal ex
l Government intelligence .
a,cncics, Cporting ntr of. Aircraft from this;
The 'document was 'dated;onntl;v:
M iy 25, 1965and contained: I' a her in the day, a Fe from'
,information -'apparently gath- Aviation Agency employe from'
eyed, in Lisbon - th at th iPortland, Me., testified th?tt Mr.'
,Portuguese Government had
purchased "about 20 B-26 air
craft f.om a private firm .
Hawke had landed one of thei
bombers at the Portland Air-i
port during one of the trips.
The witness, Royall P.
are Mr, riawke's papers he,
moditled for. extra uel'J had noticed no certificate allow-' tanks to 'fly the 'Atlantic via
;
'
lag
for
th etti(
exporaon of the an un}cr,oy!n,_; refueling base.;'~. military ,plane. He said he' a
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