SPY CHARGE TRUMPED, ENVOY SAYS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404800002-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 22, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 17, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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THE WASHINGTON POST
17 November 1981
arge Trumped, Envoy Says
TIM, .Nov. 16 New U.S. Am- the charges.Ortiz said that in No
bassador to Peru. Frank. Ortiz. ac- vember 1969 the Peruvian govern-
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vices-- of 'fabricating. charges C~,.
tlt.~ie was expelled from the.coun- But he"said the government had
pryjlf"years ago for spying. merely ? repeated allegations .first
who presented- his creden-
'to. President published by a Communist newspa-.
tiab~ Fernando Be-
laimde Terry last Tuesday;. made the per and, that the U.S. Embassy had
accusation at,,?a,'?press"conference proved them to, be false immediate-
Called he said, "to clear, up once and ly.
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fdr all". the controversy surrounding "The whole episode was over in a
his appointment z week, he said.
Peruvian newspapers have alleged Producing his. passport from the
that,: as. an agent of. the CIA, Ortiz time, Ortiz stated that he left Peru
Waprdeclared' persona non grata by in June 1970 at the end of a normal
Pen4 foimer revolutionary military three-year tour of duty as political
vemment: : w= :?:;. counselor.
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