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Ye" CONSULAR FILE on ROWALD LEGEAU AND DELORES ANN ALA ALIA SI MEARE EARNS DR LIEYOO UP NE sa eNO Baht ete: -YESSA (ALIAS FOR CRISTINA bp Sanz AND, PONTAINS FOLLOWING ~ a “rns me en oF REF A IHQUIRY® - Do ee _ : oe! mat ~HAARETZ 4 7 “JULY Vs CONTAINS. ARTICLE BY DAN : iinet RE ‘CONFISCATION BY U.S. CONSULAR. OFFICER . . |. OF -PASSPORT OF CRISTINA-CANZIANI. ASSUED | IN. WANE. DELORES. s VESSAD.. | ARTICLE WOTES THAT. WATIONAL REL Is 10US PARTY KNESSET NEMBERS - EvULUa HAMMER AND: YEGUDA BEN- MEIR QUESTIONED THE, LEGALITY. - oF ‘THE CONSULAR: ACTION. he A Be ~HAARETZ ARTICLE BY MARGALIT- on 6 JULY 7 NOTES THAT ie onan , pi a IN HEBRON FOR A TINE AFTER ARRIVAL. IN “ISRAEL - ce eS te :, / HEBRON JEWISH: SETTLEMENT. 18 EXTREME ORTHODOX - ~-GROUP Wt wud 1s | PROBABLY. SYAPATHETIC Yo NaTiowaL RELIGIOUS | HW 53199 DBocld:323466829 Page 3
1 Ae, : wth! bs 1G - - 1; PARTY. . ITS” UNILATERAL ACTIONS If REESTABL ISIMENT OF. cence oe i | = | JEWISH. PRESENCE IN i HEBRON Has Iv PAST ‘CAUSED. EMBARRASS- oo e € fod I MENT AND IRRITATION To ISRAELI AUTHORITIES. >. ARTICLE oe ON | (lg CONTAINS DETAILS, OF. INCIDENT NOTED IN PARA LF REF By. or. La os - | “S sTATING THAT. NAHNAN KAHAHAy. DESCRIBED as. PERSONAL ASSISTANT "¢ S10 THE MINISTER OF RELIG 10H AND A RELATIVE OF RABBI NEIR - o eras jo RAKARE, TOOK CANZIANI TO ARS. YEHUDITH HUEBNE ROF THE ia G  WINISTRY OF. THE INTERIOR AND: 1WQUIRED FOR HER CONCERNING ot ES € J) “PROSPECTS OF. OBTAINING: A VISA ‘OR EVEN ry PASSPORT so AS TO coe poe ane AVERT Wiss CANZ1aNI* s EXTRADITION. a THE. ARTICLE ADDS THAT, : - mh a“ Te mar g CONSULTATIONS HELD. In JERUSALER IT was ‘SAID THAT IF THIS he e¢ AFFAIR CAN BE KEPT QUIET, A SOLUTION To THE ‘PROBLEM ILL. ee ff. ae pets an em es ae ane FOUND." "ARTICLE WOTES THAT CANZIANT F FORA TIME KESIDED AT" | Po BEITAR ¢ CHERUT) HOUSE IN OLD JERUSALEN. ee ae PS Co- MAARIV 2 JULY TL-HAS ARTICLE ON CANZIANI PASSPORT © 3s | ase WHICH STATES THAT KNESSET MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, YEHUDA: Ue € “BEN MEIR (WATIONAL RELI 10US PARTY)” TABLED URGENT MOTION oo Fee "DEMANDING IMMEDIATE KNESSET SESSION TO DISCUSS THE CONFISCATION oF THE PASSPORT BY FBI AGENTS CSIC) oN SUSPICION OF NENBERSHIP ae © IN THE JDL. BEN WEIR CHARGED THAT THE act 104 WAS AN EXPLICIT.»  MTOLATION” “GF: s{SRAELY SOVEREIGNTY Ato DemaMpEo- THAT ‘THERE Be. fy | oe nee, Fe, % . HW 53199 DBocld:323466829 Page 4
- -RO. RESPONSE TO ANY U. Sx-EXTRAD1T 108 ReQuest, “SAYING © - SHE HAD DONE. ‘NO. MORE THAN HELP THE, SDL: 1H: THE UeSe “BEN Fenente e B CMEIR,. THE ARTICLE CONCLUDED, INTENDS. TS SPeaK. TO THE’ “‘WINISTER OF THE ANTERIOR AND ask HIN Not To TAKE ‘STEPS, to: a COS rok: me HAND CANZ1ANI OVER TO. ue Se AUTHORITIES. i easvwrassr secs: THE ‘AIWISTRY- OF INTERIOR WHICH IS INVARIABLY CONTROLLED. : BY THE NATIONAL RELIGIOUS PARTY HAS THE FUNCTION, © . “CONSIDERED VITAL TO THAT PARTY, OF REGISTERING ISRAELIS ‘ is TO. RELIGION. sew nEIR 1s A FORMER AMERICAN wHO MAY STILL a oS RETAIN AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. HE BECAME KNESSET HENBER 7) 2 1971 FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF HIS FATHER. AT THAT. TINE. cos _ CHANGED HIS BANE FROM -ROSEWSERG 10, BEWSMEIRD 9 eran ae THE SAME. MAARIV ARTICLE, STATES. fiat Tinea CIRCLES. ARE TRYING TO ‘ATTEND To THIS NATTER (POSSIBLE EXTRADITION ous -10. THE Us S. oF CANZIANID st 50 as TO ENABLE. HER TO TRAVEL , : TO ‘ANOTHER counTRY AND TO PREVENT, THUS, HER EXTRADITION To | REQUESTED - IT Siena ee See ae _ t Ee SAME, MAARIV: ARTICLE ALSO DENTE IES. CANZIANI" Ss FRIEND As SEYMOUR LECKER WHOS WITH Two OTHERS, WAS OW. TRIAL - AT TEL Al avy | DISTRICT “COURT ON A CHARGE OF BLACKMAIL ING Ce HW 53199 DBocld:323466829 Page 5 Sn 2 THE UsSe AUTHORITIES, WHICH SO FAR HAVE wor OFFICIALLY a ae =P : 1 tok en on REE - ER os = Geer as nee « weet “a O. . Oo OO om O oO OVO an vue ™ . eet aa
BAR Taw [ WWTVERSTTY STENTS ee Pa ers, ae LECKER.” a _ AND ROBERT ERWIN. FIRE WERE ARRESTED on APRIL 265 A971. on - CHARGE OF EXTORTION, THREATS AND VIOLENCE: AGAINST BAR: TLAN “ STUDEHTS. THEY WERE REPRESENTED BY KNESSET MEMBER SHAVEL oe TAMIR S- FINE AND LECKER WERE FOUND ‘GUILTY oF FORCIBLE Soe oe “BLACKMAIL AND ‘ASSAULT, SENTENCED TO 6 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT a i & AND ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS SUSPENDED SENTEGCE. “ LECKER 1s. A a Co S-EANADIAW AND: Fine 1s AN. AMERICAN. “Two OTHERS; ‘DELORES | : a Rape aaaat Tse HES, : 2 TERR Wr eA Th cee te TL vat 4 - . . ‘ t~ ~y VESSA, (CANZIANLD AND JOSHUA JOFFE WERE FOUND NOT. ounLIY. oom! Gain ALL re “2 JERUSALEM POST, 25 JULY Thy RECORDS STATENENT BY TéL VIVE OG “DISTRICT COURT JUDGE SHULAAIT WALLENSTEIN’ THAT THE VICTINS - oe Se MERE” IWETIALLY “AFRALD | 10 ao TO TRE ISRAEL POLice” ‘AND wenT® wee ee WG. 2 gusta TO MEYER LANSKY WHO TOLD THEM TO"REQUEST HELP FROM 7 as me |} THE UNIVERSITY. STILL HESITANT, THEY ‘WENT TO THE ‘POLICE ¢ OMY 2 | ” APTER BEING ADVISED TO DO.SO BY THE AMERICAN EMBASSY. 7 ~ i Fe ABOVE 2 “JULY 1 MAARIV ARTICLE ALSO STATES mat oS “THE EXTRADITION REQUEST MAY CAUSE EMBARRASSNENT TO OFFICIAL + CIRCLES SINCE ‘THE. wouAN BELONGS JO. THE LEAGUE WHICH ISRAEL ‘ NEITHER WISHES TO AlD NOR HARM 6” ; a serge! fe ry meat dane P renter a anneal a . . HW 53199 DBocld:323466829 Page 6
“t . TIONAL vo. t.. Be! THE ZEAL WITH WHICH MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL yp ery oe Hs RELIGIOUS PARTY IncLuo ine NAHMAN KAHANA (WHOSE WRP SSS ae | > _.. AFFILIATION 18 PRESUMED. BECAUSE OF TRADITIONAL CONTROL ui) OF THE MINISTRY OF RELIG 10US AFFAIRS BY THE NRPD ey ‘INVOLVED THEMSELVES IN THE CASE, ¥OULD APPEAR To JUSTIFY - j INCLUSION OF THE WRP AMONG THOSE ISRAELI ELEMENTS WHO BACK oon THE JDL. THE NRP IS, OF COURSE, A MEMBER OF THE ISRAELI Ape 7 G> GovERNENT COALITION, BUT ITS ACTIONS AT TIMES CAUSE ~ _ 1 EMBARRASSYEKT TO THE overeat, 0 coe | Gove, Consular Officer os OS oy +, d-—____ipscussep_ THE CANZIANI CASE WITH rs rid a | mecfAT THE TIME AND STATED HIS, PERSONAL OPH, THAT. HB. . we RECEIVING ONLY, GRUDG ING COOPERAT 10H FROn ISRAEL anki esti teins oon: Prete ~~ AUTHORITIES” “HE, INDIcATED ‘THAT THE gor. SEEMED. ‘LESS. “thay 2 STEELS, epee ar ri eR Sa ed ce ANXIOUS TO ASSIST THE U5. In THIS CRIMINAL CASE WHICH "= Teese * ~aNVOL VED | au ANERICAN WHO 1s conwectED WITH THE ‘JOL EVEN” Lp. : THOUS H THE. LAW OF RETURN ce NOT INVOLVED. cos ne 4 Be rereasimestar ns carte toate oer nn a er a OT de THE CANZIANI. CASE “SEEMS TO. BE. AN INTERESTING - _ EXAMPLE. OF THE CONVOLUT IONS: CAUSED BY THE. IMPACT OF THE. oS 2 gL ON INTERNAL ISRAELI POLITICS. EMOTIOWALLY HELD VIEWS . _ 14 | SUPPORT ¢ OF * JEWS ANYWHERE LIMEDIATELY COME ‘INTO PLAY. IN ISRAEL (y a TE = SECRET. HW 53199 DBocld:323466829 Page 7
AVE STRONG “SOME STIE POLITICAL. ECHOES | ESPECIALLY, “AND: H hee oe: see Si 2 clan tos pre eae ees partes: ote os a rs. AE 2 ' a ; “THIS 1 Is TRUE OF THE JDL AND OF THE MEYER LANSKY CASE. Se a THE ispazLI GOVERNMENT. APPARATUS SEEMS IWCLYNED To TRY TO STAY OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE AND THIS APPARENTLY. aa . Co MEANS. OKLY THE MOST cauT ious COOPERATION WITH THE UeS. |) foe | ~" GOVERNAENT ow THE sk AND; ITS “MEMBERS. > GPa te. cok fetes G oO | i i ” . . . 7 o . 93 HW 53199 DBocld:323466829 Page @ _ WHEN ANY FOREIGN GOVERNMENT ATTEMPTS 10 ‘TAKE ACTION. | sega