THE ANSWER CAUSED HIM TO BLUSH A LITTLE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800120007-7
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 10, 1998
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 15, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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MI EZZLEMENT CASE
B MILTON BERLINER '
William (Wei, orme
$20,000 a year Pentagon official,'
took the stand in Alexandria
Federal District Court
yesterday to explain financial
transactions that form_ the basis
of the Government-'s
embezzlement charges against
him.
One of them, involving the
purchase of $1500; worth of
;.Travelers Checks in Honolulu on
his way to the Far East, caused
him to blush a little.
His counsel, .. E. Waller
Dudley, had. asked why he bid
converted some of the cash he
had been carrying into these
,,checks.
RELUCTANT
"I'm somewhat embarrassed
to tell you why but I. will," said
-Mr. G odol.
"I had a lot of small bills (he
said he had thousands of.,dollars
in U. S. currency with him on
the trip) and they made a
considerable bulk in mY
dispatch case.
4?Normally, I carry a bottle of
liquor on trips, and I couldn't
get it in with all that bulk so I
reduced the bills to Travelers
Checks."
MARINE OFFICER
Mr. ' Dual_l j opened the
defense by drawing from the
witness biographical details -
born in Colorado, graduate of
Mexico Military In s t i t u t e,
Georgetown.University's
Foreign Service S pool for two
'years; married, fiv'childrer
all girls. '
Mr. Gcdel was d Marine
Corps officer' tll during World
is War II, , in combat and i
,;Intelligence.'
'The,..C``?gls built a' $47,00
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:louse a a
u?d started out with a $25,000
mortgage which has. been'
trimmed to $16,000; they never
joined any country club and,
said Mr. Gcdel, "sought to live ;
entirely within my earned
salary."
VERY LITTLE LEAVE
In 16 years in the Defense
Department, he said, he has $
taken only five days of annual
leave and no sick leave.
The presee:iimr; had brought'
out that Mrs. Cxodel had gone on.
a Far East trip with here
husband as ''a "consultant.: . CPYRGHT
expense money.
Mr. Godel explained;-
yesterday That she had been..
invited both to Thailand and to
Australia by those governments
to official ceremonies in
Bangkok apd to inspect projects'
in Australia.
She served in a similar
capacity on a European trip, he.
Mr. Dudley's final question.
was: "Have you ever taken any,
Government money."
"I have never knowingly
taken any of the Government's;
money, excapl for official'
purposes," ?1'. Gadal replied......;