WILSON ASSOCIATE IS BEING HELD IN DALLAS JAIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000100400003-5
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 23, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
23 December 1981
Wilson Associate
Is Beinge1d
In Dallas--Jail
By Al Kamen and Laura A. Kiernan
Washingto, Post Staff Wttteea
A key associate of fugitive arms
exporter Edwin P, Wilson is being
held in a Dallas jail after she was
intercepted by U.S. Customs officials,,
upon her arrival on a flight from
London.
Assistant U.S. Attorney . John
Sweeney said yesterday that Roberta
Barnes, 33, was being held on
$520,000 bond after her arrest Mon-
day. night at Dallas-Fort Worth In-
ternational Airport.
Sweeney said Barnes, who sources
,here said is in charge of\ Wilson's
'London businesses, was > detained
after she allegedly made a false dec-
-laration to customs officials at the
airport. She allegedly told the offi-
cials she was'carrying $5,000 in cash
when she had $5,050.
A U.S. magistrate in Washington
yesterday issued a material witness
warrant for Barnes, who is wanted
for questioning in the ongoing inves-
tigation into Wilson's activities and
those of his former associate, Francis
E. TerpiL Barnes has been on a Jus-
tice Department "lookout list" of
Wilson's associates since her refusal
to comply with a grand jury subpoe-
na to testify in the investigation.
Sources familiar with then inves-
tigation said Barnes began - working
for. Wilson in Washington.-in.'about
1977-and has been running Wilson's
London office for at least two* years.
She reportedly has'-been' -handling
Wilson's business dealings: in 'Lon-
don while Wilson.has been.living -in
Tripoli, Libya:..:: .x
Wilson and Terpil, both fugi
were indicted in April, 1980, L,
federal grand jury in Washington on
charges of exporting explosives toy
the radical Libyan regime of Cola
Muammar Qaddafi. -The- grand jury !
also alleged that Wilson and Terpil
ran a school for terrorists in Libya,
including instruction- on making
bombs, and that they attempted to
carry out a $1 million. assassination-
contract on a Libyan expatriate..
Another key Wilson associate,
Douglas M. Schlachter, was indicted
last August in Washington on
-.charges that he coordinated ship-
ments of explosives and terrorist
training of Libyan recruits. The
grand jury said that Schlacter, who
surrendered to federal authorities
here. last month, allegedly acted
under an April; 1976, contract in
volving Libyan officials and Wilson!
and TerpiL.
Wilson and Terpil are believed to,
have severed ties, with Terpil last'
seen living in Beirut. I
Barnes, whose passport and other,
documents were seized by federal
officials, is being held pending a Dec.
30 hearing on both the material wit-
ness request and the Texas charges.;
Justice Department officials here are': expected to ask that Barnes be sent
to testify here.
At a hearing in Dallas yesterday
Barnes said she was. on her way to;
Austin to visit relatives for Christ=
mas.
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