C.I.A. AIDE REQUESTS DISMISSAL OF SUIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400180039-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 1999
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: September 29, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

SEP 2 9 1966
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day to have a $110,000 slander
!suit dismissed against a 'Cen-,
-tral Intelligence Agency agent
who is charged by a former
stonian freedom fighter with
,calling him an agent of the.
Soviet secret police.
Federal Judge Roszel?Thom-?
sqn said he would not rule on
the motion for a summary-
(judgment for at least a week
to give the plaintiff's attorney
a chance to study ? a Justice
Department opinion upholding
certain privileges of intelli
gcnce-agents in internal secur
ity matters.
The plaintiff, Erick Heine,
has charged the C.I.A. agent, ` r
Juri ; Raus, also of Estonian'
,origin, with slander for calling.
him a member of the K,F.Fy,
the Soviet secret police. ?h.
.Heine was a leader in the
Estonian emigre movement and
the Government was trying to" discredit him, he charged.
The defense has not denied
that the statements were made,
but instead has contended that'
Mr. Raus was privileged to,,,
make them within the scope
of his duties. as .a Government,.{
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