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# Extradition Moves Are MadeBaton Rouge DA Seeking indictment for public bribery. Mckelthen's officer where Smith, Novel.BY JACK OWENSBATON ROUGE, LA (AP) Dist Atty. Sargent Pitcher served as McKelthen's security officer.The district attorney here Mon-also circulated a document in-officer.day made first formal moves tended to give Gordon Novel ad- toward extradition of Dalton ditional assurance that he willSmith from Denton, Tex, where be arrested in the New Or-he surrendered on a grand jury. leans Kennedy assassinationprobe if he comes here to givewhat he calls "sensational" testi-mony about racketeering."If necessary, I will give hima personal escort," Pitcher saidof Novel.The former New Orleans bar- keeper has found refuge in Co- lumbus, Ohio, Dist. Atty. Jim Garrison, of New Orleans has sought without success to ques- tion him in his Kennedy assas- sination probe.Pitcher advised the district attorney at Denton that he ex- pected extradition request pa- pers for Smith to be signed lat- er this week by Gov. John Mc- Kelithen.SMITH INDICTEDSmith was indicted by the East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury in the probe into published claims that racketeers exercise influence over state govern- ment.He was accused of offering Aubrey Young, former aide to McKeithen, $25,000 to influence him in his post, an offer which authorities said was part of an effort to buy freedom for for- mer Teamster Union President James Hoffa. The former Team- sters boss was imprisoned for jury tampering.A man who said he was Smith turned himself in to authorities at Denton, and was released on $1,500 fugitive bond. His attor- neys have offered to produce him whenever a court hearing is set on his extradition.Smith is the only person so far indicted by the grand jury, which has recessed its probe until Wednesday.Young has said he received telephone calls from Carlos Mar- cello, New Orleans area rack- eteer figure, in McKeithen's of- fice.He has said he arranged for Smith a meeting with Edward Grady Partin, local Teamster official who claims he was of- fered $1 million to change his statements Hoffa could be freed.Young has said he once engaged Novel to install elec- tronic debugging equipment inTRIP TAKENPitcher has been working for more than a week to get Novel back here to testify. He took a trip to Chicago, and he has contacted Novel's attorney, sev- eral times to make arrange- ments that will satisfy Novel, the district attorney said.Already, the district attorney has gotten letters from the gov- ernor, Garrison and other prose- cutors assuring that Novel will be allowed to tell what he knows to the grand jury here without being jailed on other charges.Pitcher cited a reciprocal law effective in both Ohio and Loui- siana that guarantees immunity from arrest for such grand jury witnesses brought in from other states.Still, this apparently was not enough to satisfy Novel by his attorney. He asked for sworn affidavits from all concerned.Pitcher agreed to provide a "round robin" affidavit circulat- ing such an affidavit to McKelthen and the several district attorneys involved for signatures. He expects to hand it to Novel's attorney within the week.Pitcher also made available to Novel the official parish air- plane for transportation back to East Baton Rouge Parish with- out being held down in any other jurisdiction along with personal guards from his office.CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAMRELEASE IN FULL 1998