2 ITT OFFICIALS CHARGED WITH LYING TO SENATORS

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: March 21, 1978
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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L -. ??n to e aTo motion charging Berrellez.
With Berrellcz was charged with one
count of conspiracy, -three counts of
Both Executives Accused of Perjury in Investigation perjury, one count- of. obstructing
governmental proceedings, and one
of Firms and CIA's Role in 1970 Chile Election count of making a false statement in a
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BY RONALD J. OSTROW
alleged . interference in the 1970
--Chilean election-',
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Named in the-charges, filed in fed
eral court here; were Edward J. Ger- ;
rity Jr., 54, of Larchmont, N.Y..' an .
ITT senior vice president, and Robert:'
Berrellez, 58, of Chatsworth, Calif.
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ITT
s southwest regional manager for
public relations and civil affairs.. '
The charges, filed by criminal in-'
formations, did-not include Harold S.
Geneen, ITT's board chairman and
former chief executive, who report-
edly also was A target of the lengthy
investigation-
A department announcement said:-
"CVO other actions arising from this
investigation are contemplated-" - -
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contrast to the way the Justice De- that Gerrity gave."false and blatantly torneys for Gerrity and Berrellez at-
partment treated former Central In evasive testimony" about a $1 million tempted to resolve their difficulties
teiligence Agency Director Richard ,fund purportedly raised to try to bar by bargaining for lower charges.
M. Helms. Under a plea bargaining cAllendc's election... Civiletti said that Helins "at least in
arrangement, Helms pleaded no con- }"} Gerrity testified that IIT, rather' defense had his oath (to protect Intel-
test last fall to a misdemeanor charge, than covertly: raising funds to infer- ligence sources and methods) and his
of failutg to testify. accurately at. a.i ;fore in the election, wanted to partici- interpretation of the oath." ? -
Senate hearing on alleged interfer- I pate in a U.S.-government effort to "In this circumstance, Civiletti
ence in the same Chilean election. -. ;, Jimprove relations with the as-yet- said in reference to Gerrity and Ber-
ZV ntle lawyers for Gerrity and Ber- Funelected Allende government..:. rellez, "you have private. individuals
rellezacould not be reached, ITT said 'i Gerrity was charged in a separate and a private corporation,"
.
in a statement that the company was count in .the criminal information. ,
confident the^executives would be Civiletti was asked whether the
cleared. " ..... u _ with suborning Harold V. Hendrix, two ITT executives would not be able
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s Latin American public
Illustratimg.th--stake the firm has .
in the criminal case, ITT's statement relations director, .to give ' untrue
., material to the Senate subcommittee.
said that the company knows of no Hendrix, who is no longer with
reason. -why their testimony would ITT, drew a suspended one-month jail
1-sentence and a $100.fine after plead-
..to raise the same defense as Helms.
The former CIA director alleged that
security matters would be revealed in any full-scale trial.
Civiletti said that lawyers for the
two men had raised such issues with
the department and "they have been
,
considered carefully. I'm sure they
(the attorneys) will raise every leg!,
tirnate issue available to-t)iem at the.'
trials."
Civiletti declined comment on a
meeting between CIA Director Stans-..
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partment Monday charged two exec- ? . The company; declaring its. con other persons "khbwn and unknown"
utives of International Telephone & tinned confidence in- the integrity of to obstruct the Sehate subcommittee's ?
to.
Telegraph Corp. 'with. perjury --and Gerrity and Berrellez, said: -They; proceedings, to commit perjury and to
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:. defraud the United States. -
three other felonious acts in connec- both continue to serve as valued ec-
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ecutives of ITT. We are fully con The Justice Department said that
fident they will be found innocent-" ` - the alleged conspiracy included con-
- The chargesrevolved around testi- coaling contacts that Berrellez -and ;
mony Gerrity and Berrellez-gave in-- Hendrix had with Chileans and CIA
the spring of 1973 before the Senate - agents, removing and concealing tell-
Foreign Relations Committee's. sub- - tale documents and planning.to give
committee on multinational corpora- "false, deceptive,- blatantly. evasive
tionsy and testimony, in- June;: 1974, and misleading statements and testa--
before the American Arbitration. mony."
Assn. in a government-related: mat- Benjamin R. Civiletti, acting deputy
ter.:: ? : . attorney general, was asked by re-
-Both panels were probing ITT's al- porters why the department filed fc-
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nst the ITT execu-
eged role in cooperation with the
CIA to block the 1970 election of Sa1- tives when it was satisfied "with a now
vador Allende, a Marxist, as president contest plea to - a misdemeanor
of Chile. - charged ih the Helms case
.
Gerrity was charged with three 'They. are different cases
different
,
counts of perjury, one count of ob- facts, different circumstances-and
strutting *governmental proceedings, different evaluations, as a result,.' Ci-
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