REPRISALS ARE CHARGED BY OTEPKA SUPPORTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600040053-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 15, 1998
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: April 12, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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By DAVID BARNETT ly contrived evidence created
North American Newspaper Alliance . solely to harm M Ot k "
Congressional Investigator
are looking into charges tha
the State Department has' de
moted six security experts i
"reprisal". for their, support o
Otto Otepka, suspended. chic
'security evaluator.
Three of the men already
have filed petitions with the
Civil, Service Commission con-
tending that their transfers,
from' security assignments to
'administrative duties, eonsti-
tuted "reduction in rank."
Mr..Otepka now is fighting
,attempts of the State Depart-
ment to fire him. He is accused
of providing without authoriza-
tion information to the Senate
Internal: Security subcommittee.
Evidence, Called Contrived
John F: Norpel, jr., one of the
en'reassigned as an admi.nis-
trative officer in the. bureau of
inter-American affairs, contends
n his petition to the Civil Serv-
ce. Commission that high State
epartment'offieials s had "false
Another of those who petition.
the Civil Service Commis.
sion, Harry M. Hite, contended
that four of those transferred
had been named to a special
group by Mr. Otepka to review
all personnel security cases.
"All have expressed their
strong convictions concerning
Mr. Otepka's innocence of
wrongdoing with which he had,
been charged."
Two Others Reassigned
The other two reassigned, Mr.
its said, also were supporters
The petitions were sent - to
tephen L. Elliott, chief of the
ivil Service Appeal Examining
ffice. The reassignments were
ade on March 15.
'Mr. Hite, Mr. Norpel, Ray
and Loughton and Billy N.
trred, had intended to appearl,
tepka at hearings on his dis-
arge, Mr. Hite-said..
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