A MISSING FIGURE IN MAX HUGEL AFFAIR PHONES ASSOCIATES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00552R000404020006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: August 3, 1981
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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3 August 1981
A Mis sMg Figwre
In Max Hugel Affair
Phones Associates
Thomas McNeil, Who Helped
Force CIA Resignation,
May Be Surfacing Soon
By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff RRport 'r
NEW YORK-One of two missing broth-
ers, whose accusations forced the resignation
of top Central Intelligence Agency official
Max C. Hugel, telephoned two business asso-
ciates recently and indicated that the broth-
Thomas McNeil "talked to me for about
a minute, and said (he and his brother)
would come out when the time is right,"
Robert Blair, a New Jersey stockbroker,
said in an. interview yesterday. "I got the
feeling he might come out within a week. He
wants to line up a lawyer."
Thomas McNeil is a consultant, and his
brother Samuel, president of Triad Energy
Corp., which reported last month that more
thar. $2 million in company funds was miss-
ing. `Triad was formed in early 1980 to de-
velop oil and gas properties.
The McNeil brothers vanished after The
Washington Post published their allegations
on July 14 that Mr. Hugel, then director of
CIA clandestine operations, had engaged in
improper securities transactions with, the
brothers in the 1970s.
Mr. Hugel resigned his position following
publication 'Of the Post's article but denied
any wrongdoing.
Thomas McNeil also recently called:
Drury Gallagher, a Triad director, Mr.-Blair
said. Reached over the weekend at his
home, Mr. Gallagher declined comment
about the conversation.
According: to. Mr. Blair;,.also a