GODEL TELLS OF TAKING $18,000 TO ASIA AND STARTING ANTI-GUERRILLA CENTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800120006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 15, 1985
• Content Type: NSPR

A a 9965
e Tells of Faking 18,000 t? Asia
And S AC~~tci1
yestei d r; 'that the. . Govern ret-Nam. with about $IR,000; o Godel also testified concern-'
het up the center, he testi-
men: money he, Is accused of ing.-a 1960 trip' takeniby.his
red, `about $5000 in. personal wife to ? the South P6cific and
ernbe :':zllug was spent in estab- unds and the remainder in,isia for which-she received
11shin;t a training center for overnment men .
e
In June, 1961, c;odel left forlmy
"1 hlneton?PoAt'staff Wru.er tefcpdant said. struct .the even ts and refrash
.anti.i;uccrilia Warfare in South Gbdel estimated that he
~1iet,D"am, pent about. $10,000 for nine
'
any of. tne. Government's 1.
iet-Nam trip and used some
money except for official pur-
poses," Godel, 'a former ?Pen-
tagon official, said as he took
the stand on the fifth day of
his trial in Alexandria Federal
Court on. embezzlement and
conspiracy charges.
In early 1951; the National
Security 'Council approved a
.recommendation by Godel for
establishment of" a facility-in
`Asia leading to the study of
otter, ways to;establish 'anti-
a u r r,i 1 l a' Warfare'.' ,.In, the
per diem'cxpenses. Godel said;,
she was invited to. make the-
trip by the governments of
Thailand ''-'and Australia . and'
to severaI
the jouneys.ting money ?onl6fficial functions.
ater
During cross-examination As. 'Before. Godel }iegan his tes-'L
istant U.S. Attorney ,Ptatdjtimony,. Federal Judge Oren;
odel at earlier investigations
which the defendant said he
oubted he would have carried
suns as large as $18,000 to
let-Nair.
When asked to reconcile
ose~ statements with his tea-
irony,., Godel replied , that
nce;,the earlier investigation,
claim indictment against ?an?
i
,
other former Pentagon offi-j
cial on trial ,vith o del, John f
A. Wylie.`. Wylie `:is carged;
i
h
w
t
being co-conspirator, with
Godel. II
The trial -WiI! eontfnue'at
10 a tn~ Monday iri Federal
Court t
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