C.I.A. AIDE IS CALLED TO TESTIFY IN TRIAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200120029-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: September 30, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

SEP 3 0 1966
Approved For Release?1999/09/07.: ?CJA-R
CPYRGHT
C.I.A. AIDE IS CALLED
TO TESTIFY IN TRIAL
Special to The New York Time,
BUFFALO, Sept. 29-Sub-
oenas fo r10 witnesses, includ
ng an official of the Central In
elligence Agency, were issue
oday in a case involving th
light of seven B-26 bombers t
ortugal last year.
The official is Lawrence Hous
on, general counsel for th
C.I.A., who will be representin
Richard Helm, the agency dl
ector. The subpoena state
that the defense would accep
In place of Mr. Helme, "a per
son or persons sufficiently ac
uainted with the issues of the
case."
Also subpoenaed is Richar
Bissell, an official of th
United Aircraft Corporation
Hartford, who was deputy dl
rector of planning of the C.I.A
during the Bay of Pigs invasio
of Cuba in 1961.
The defense contends that th
three men on trial-John R
Hawke, a British pilot, Coun
Henri Marie Francoise de Marl
de Montmarln, and Woodrow W
Roderick, 'a Canadian-were in
volved in h secret C.I.A. opera
to when they violated the Muni
tioms Control Act..
~;'!'lt~ defefls~-witnesstrB, Bt~A
CPYRGHT
petted to begi nth2ir testimony
next Wednesday. Because Mrx
Hawke has said he lacks"nioriey,
the Government is paying ,the
expenses of the 10 defen a wit-
nesses. i
Today, Gordon Hami on,
Tucson, Ariz., owner of an air.
crat concern that sold the bomij
bers to ' the group, said -illy' Had
tried to sell warpiantd ~t_p. 'otw'
tugal, but had been ba It d b~ .,
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