BETTANEY TO FACE 10 SECRETS CHARGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP96B01172R000300020032-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2005
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: April 6, 1984
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved Fo
secrets charges
MICHAEL BETPA'NEY,
an M15 . official, will
face ? 10 secrets charges
when he appears, for-' trial'
at the Old Bailey on
Tuesday.
Bettaney, 33, of . Victoria
Road, Coulsdon, Surrey, was
originally committed ? for trial
accused of six offences under
the Official Secrets'.Act.
It is' understood ..that. the
basic allegations "against' him-
that-he. col)ectcd and. passed. on
information which could;he use-
ful to an enemy =arehe same.
The charges are:
On APril. 3 and jpne 12. Fast year
he communicated in/ormat4nn ' to a
I On Ihe' ante' dam ea delivered a, letter
to soviet 'nm rlal sett inn no' he
Precise arranfterrents for the. cnmmuni-
cation of classiflcd information. by use
of dead letter hoses. preparatory to
the communication of information to
another person fnr Purposes pi'epldir.iat
to the'-safety or interests of the Stale
~On jute 10 last year he dell, eyed
n letter to n Soviet omelet odcring
his cervices in stlppls'ing cassihe el in-
formation preparatory to Ihl: c;ommnni-
1:a11o1, Or illfor'lllatiun to :!nolller, person' for nh, posrs Prejudicial to the
enl Cly nr In ternats nt IIte State
Oll Sept, and S,i 1. 12 last seal' ;
be.lsvern Deco 21. 1982. and Sept. Ili.
1983, tent betwee-n S,' Pt. 6 and Sept
1f Ills! VI-ar, for alert, ores prejudicial to
thle afc rp n,' in t err Its of Ihe' St:iI ..
he rdrd nl'nror,Ilion hich could
br ow In do vile uy'.
If elwr.en Ap,il 3 and Sept. 16 last
year he Callrn cd biographical details
of Soc iet ollirinls In Vienna Orephr a.
tuII' .In Itre co mini... it;a lion If infurma.
tint) to nunth, r Vcl'snn Inc pln'pneea
pl'eJllltll'IYI Io the stlln )' or loin It?ste
nf. 11,r. State.
Only part of the opening
speech by the Attorney-General,
Sir Michael Havers, and the ver-
dicts will be in public. The
rest of ' the trial tvill' be behind l
closed doors with Press ands
_' excl.-e_
p ubli
Approved For Release 2005/08/03 : CIA-RDP96B01172R000300020032-3