C.I.A. CASE LAWYER DENIES PAYOFF BID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400190115-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 115
• Publication Date: April 23, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

.NEW YORK TIMES
APR 2 3 1966
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C.I.A. CASE LAWYER 11a suburb of Toronto, charging'
that Mr. Raus falsely accused
DENIES PAYOFF BID hin, of all aect the'
I;-.C.13., the he Soviet secret p o]lce.l
The defense contends that thcl
agent should be immune from
F, suit because the slander, If there
Attempt Alleged in Slander,iwas one, was made in the per-
formance of his duties.
S
g The agency continued to de-
r. * By LIEN A. FRANKLIN
Special to The New York Tlmee
WASHINGTON, April 22-A
well-known ' Washington law-
it made clear that, Although he
is approving the legal aspects
of this thing, he is expressing
no opinlotl one way or the other
as to t'hether he approvts,'or
disapproves of the conduct of
the defendant,;' ?.
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yer working with the Central') .
,Intelligence Agency to defend The Justice Department's
comments were revealed today
one of its agents Ina $110,000in the more than 1,000 pages
university had knowingly pro- 14. Maroney a. Justice Depart-'
vided a "cover" for Central I me tt lawyer from Washington.}
Intelligence Agency opera- - tol the court last week, The,
tivcs in Vietnam in 1955-59.] I,Attorncy General simply wants
',dent of Michigan State Uni-' lie said.
Aft. Kenney who appeared br.-
versity, denied _? that the ;,;+fore Judge Thomson with Kerlin
cline comment on all aspects of
the case: A spokesman declined
specifically to comment on what
seemed to be implied criticism
of the agency's conduct in the
of court records in the case,
originally filed here in Novem-
ber, 1964. Because the C. I. A.'s
role in the dispute was not made
triet Court here. , public. until recently, the litiga-
tion escaped public notice until
The lawyeir, is I@:. 3arrett this week.
Prettyman' Jr.,. ' a ., former, At a hearing before "Chicf
`-Assistant Attorney-.General and Judge Roszel C. Thomsen o-1'
Special assistant at the WhitelApril 14; Thomas J. Kenney,:t.he
House. Re told the court that~Unlted States. .attorney for,
Maryland, made a statement to
the reported "payoff" in De- time court "at the personal and
camber, 1.965, had merely been' expressed. direction" of Mr.;
'.6 routine attempt to settle the Katzenbach,
suit; out ,of -court:,hy, negotia- "The Qttorncy General does
tirm; and that the'negotiaCions#not desire to make it affirma-
. tively appear one way or the
had failed. )'other that lie or the De.part-
(In East Lansing, Mich,, meet of Justice necessarily ap-
Dr.. John A. Hannah, pl?esl- prove of what was done here,"
.off" 'the complainant .to drop
,the case, according to state-
, rncnts filed ln. the Federal Dis-
Mr. Prottyman's law ,firm,
Hogan & Hartson, is defending
the intelligence agent, Jurl
Raus; 39 years old. Mr. Raus
lis a Federal highway engineer
in Washington who, the C.I.A.
has acknowledged, , was,"concur-
rently" ?its. employe.
In a' telephone.' interview to
Ydayr Mr. Prettyman declined to
say 'whether Mr..' Raus ;,) r the
'1ntel??ligemtCe. agency .was paying
the firm's fee.
'Ili oan't ' answer. ;that,",, h~
eatd ... : -: !
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