CONSPIRACY IS CHARGED TO U.S. AT TRIAL OF 3 IN B26 CASE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000300510076-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 1999
• Sequence Number: 76
• Publication Date: September 22, 1966
• Content Type: NSPR

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r were provided c1andPCtine1
for
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where they had been bough gove rnt officials to show
from the government and recon that .alleged conspiracy was
drtioned, ' to 'ancos Air Fgrc earri .an contrary to U.S.
Base near Lisbon fort rase by th policy and without the knowl-
Porrtuguese in the t;.Africa edge the government.
osioii "of Angoilt .,i 141 or, not the govern-
e: _ .~~. m tsqlf will . call an official
` e-w l if%Aaid of tim CIA to make-a formal
'!'that -al a11,4=s the.,govern denial ?of the offense contention
aat was going on has n t yet been decided.
govern v rte -.The possibility of CIA involve-
heplanes: oved tp 1ta1. naent the case was not raiccri
to siuggle B26 bombers out
the United States, the attorne
for one of the defendants pr
dieted in his opening statement
If there was conspiracy, th
chief conspirator was the Ti.
government, Edwin Marger,
high-flying lawyer-pilot fro
Miami Beach, Fla., told the jur
of 10 men and two women
the casi opened yesterda
afternoon.
Manger represents Joh
Richard Hawke, 29, a forme
Royal Air Force fighter pilo
from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., wh
has deseitlbed on a number o
occasions how he flew seven B
26 bombers from Tucson Ariz.
gence Agency will appe spots
throughout the trial..alere wke thought and had
e
we n ail the deal. Instead,. he
LL shipment of planes argue that De Montmarin, a
May and mid-August of, Fren an who is accompanied
ast - year' followed a pattern to cou t each day by an inter
milar r to that in which the preter thought that export
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Dirt e.-.trial, he told the do M tmarin, an alleged?gq.
i will attempt to show b
t
ever reason to believe he was
work g for the government of
the 1 .S.,' Marger said.
Ea lief in the. day, Manger
sake I .S_ Distrkt.Judge. ioJn
0. dcrson to subpoena, a,
num r of witnesses at.govern-
ment expense because Hawke
could not afford to pay for their
appe ranee at the trial here.
The list of witnesses he will
Subm t tp the judge later in the.
week he; indicated, will include
a 'nu ber of high-ranking gov-
ernor nt, officials, including
preset and former employes of
the C A.
In is opening statement, U.S.
Atty. John T. Curtin said he
licenses had been obtained I
the planes and that he w
engaged in a perfectly legi `
inate business deal.
No opening statement w:
made by Paul Birzon of Buffalo -.
attorney for Woodrow Wilsc
Roderick a Canadian who
accused only. under the co
spiraey indietment and is n
accused! as are Hawke and 1-
Xotitmarln, of actually taki,
planes from the country.
'first witness;,
In a Si prise move Curt
called as his first to rtnes:; 1 r .
,.
Griggers, a 42-year-old nil(
mechanic who now runs a tit
and.. restaurant in Jamestc :_
Calif. An indictment again
Grigggers was dismissed Tu:.,
day and he was immediate]
subpoened as a prosecutio
witness.
Griggers told how he ha
supervised the reconstruction ce
the planes by the Hamilton
Aircraft Co. in Tucson for Grego
ry Board, a 45-year-old resider-
Of Jamaica, the alleged brain
behind the entire operation
Board left th'- country two day-
before Hawke and De Montrnari
were arrested on Sept. 16, 1965
apd, the government say<
cannot be extradicted on iii,
,ggiing charge.
Board instructed him, Grip
gerp, said to pig k
surplus plane
those that could be fitted witI-
nose sections. capable of mount-
lug ld firing eight .50-caliber
MACH., e`gt ris.
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