EMBEZZLEMENT SUSPECTS' WORK RECORDS PRAISED

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800120003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 13, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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Embezz1ernent Suspects'
Work Records Praised
By Peter S. Diggins
Washington Post Staff Writer
former Pentagon officials,
who are being tried on embez-
zlement and c o n s p i r a c y
charges, rested their cases yes-
terday in Alexandria Federal
Court.
The bulk of testimony for
both men~}}.. came from charac-
ter witnd5ses who praised the
:defendants' records of service
to the Government.
Depositions taken from two
hour.
In addition to several char-
acter witnesses, Alexander
Tish, Chief of the Disability
Retirement Section of the Civ-
il Service Commission, testi-
fied that Wylie had been re-
tired from Federal work as
"totally disabled for useful
and efficient service." Tish
said Wylie would. have been
unable to continue as director
of Budget and Finance in the
-were read into the cburt rec
?. ord on behalf of defendant
William Ff. Godel. Both spoke
highly of ' Godel's efforts in
aiding the South Vietnamese
government in Its effort to
stop Communist., infiltration
into the nation. '
James F. Fitzgerald, attor-
ney for *the. other defendant,
John A. Wylie, presented. his
tense.
Upon receiving Wylie's ap-
plication for retirement, the.
Civil Service Commission con-
ducted a special ? investigation)
into his health, Tish testified.)
The findings 'showed that Wy-
lie was suffering from hyper-~
tension, arteriosclerosis,. de?,
pressive psychosis, severe aax
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