ONASSIS EXONERATED OF FADING INK CHARGE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600090030-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 1999
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: March 21, 1956
• Content Type: NSPR

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STATINTL
CPYRG
Otias iR Exonerated
Of .4M charge
ing Magistrate Louis Goion today
rejected a complaint that Aris-
totle Onasst., wealthy shipping
magnate. used vanishing ink to
sign a contract.
He found no basis for any for-
mal charge against Onaaats in
connection with the case, which
arose from a suit filed November
19, 1954. oy Spirldon Catapodis, a
greek ship hroker.
He said OnasFia signed a con-i
tract to pay him a large commis-;
pion for intervening with Saudi
Arabian authorities to get Onasais
the right to haul Saudi Arabian
oil in his tankers, but that the
shipping magnate's signature van-.
ished from the contract in a Nw
days and Onaasls backed out.
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