CIA DENIES IT TRED TO PAY OFF AN ESTONIAN EMIGRANT AND FORMER CIA AGENT, FOR SL,ANDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00770R000100130027-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 23, 2005
• Sequence Number: 27
• Content Type: TRANS

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(C I A)Approved For Release 2005/03/29 : CIA-RDP75-0077OR000100130027-1
WASHINGTON-"THE CIA DECLINED TO COMMENT YESTERDAY
N A CHARGE THAT IT TRIED TO "PAY OFF" AN ESTONIAN EMIGRANT SUING A
FORMER CIA AGENT FOR SLANDER.
ACCORtlING TO PAPERS FILFD IN FFDERA' ,=fy O RR1 IN SALTI3.OF, EFRIK
-+EIN,OF RFXFOPD, CANADA, TURNED DOWN CIA OFFER, SAYING RE
EFU. D TO "AUCTION HIS HONOR."
z N NE IS SUING A FELLOW EVIGRANT, JURI RAUS, NOW AN ENGINEER
ITHHE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROAD$. IN WASHtiGTON., It GROUNDS THAT RAMS
TRIE$-TO DISCREDIT HIM WITH EMIGRANT GROiPS BY CALLING HIM A SOVIET
""INTO, ,IGE~IC' AGENT.
TfP-r CIA HAS CONFIRMED THAT. RAUS AS A CIA OPERATIVE. THE AGENCY
SAI At.1S WAS A SOURCE OF INFORI'ATION ON ESTONIA-"NOW A PART OF THE
XSOV?' UNION--AND THAT HE PERFORMED "SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENTS" ALSO.
19 !3S HAS CONTENDED THAT HE IS IMMUNE;O M PROSECUTION ON GROUNDS
HE WAS FOLLOWING CIA ORDERS.
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