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TEL AVIV (JTA1—The trial of to Israel may have been arranged
Kozo Okamoto i not likely to open by extremist organization Ills v. .s of the Israeli emergency
for at least two weeks. according to past record resealed that he was re..rulations retained from the
his defense counsel, Max Kritzman. involved in an spionage affair in British Mandatory regime in Pal•
Kritzman, who has agreed to de-', Japan after which he resigned estine.
fend the "kamikaze" gunman cap- from a post he held in the Japa-
The list of prosecution witnesses
tured in the Lydda Airport Mas- nese Foreign Ministry
names 14 persons including police
The sources said that if Oka- officer, airport porters and tech-
sacre May 30. said he obtained a
copy of the indictment from. Lt. moto's family wishes to send a nicians, relatives of the victims
Col. Abraham Frisch, president of lawyer to assist in his defense. and surviving members of a group
the three-man military tribunal. the individual would be checked of Puerto Rican tourists who were
Tuesday and wanted time to study out before a decision was made shot at by the gunmen.
it and confer with the prisoner.1 to admit him to the country. Under
Kritzman has asked the Japanese Israeli law only a member of the
Israeli Bar may appear in court
Embassy for an interpreter.
It was learned Wednesday that but a foreign lawyer may assist
the trial will be held at a military him.
installation in central Israel. The
Yaacob Hagler, a Tel Aviv at-
location has not been disclosed,
torney, resigned Saturday as de-
but it is known to have facilities
fense counsel because the prison-
to accommodate at least 200 news-
er allegedly refused to cooperate.
men and cameramen covering the
According to Israeli penal law, a
trial.
defendant is entitled to the best
possible legal advice.
Police at Lydda Airport re-
Okamoto will not face the death
fused entry late Sunday night to
penalty.
The tribunal has only one
Hiroshi Shoji, a Japanese lawyer
lawyer, Avraham Frisch, who will
who claimed he was engaged by
serve as president. Israeli law re-
the Okamoto family to defend
quires at least two jurists to im-
the gunman.
Police acted on orders from the pose capital punishment.
The tribunal members, appointed
interior ministry which checked
Shoji's record and found him to be by Army Chief of Staff Gen. David
linked to extreme leftist and an- Elazar, also include Baruch Arbel
and Ram Evron. All three hold
archist groups in Japan.
The Japanese lawyer was aboard the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Lt. Col. David Israeli, the chief
a BOAC plane that arrived at
Lydda shortly before midnight. He military prosecutor, presented an
indictment
against Okamoto con-
was restricted to the plane during
its 45-minute layover and was sisting of four charges, three of
aboard when it took off for its next which could have resulted in the
death penalty had the tribunal:s
destination. Tehran.
Shoji. who spoke fluent English, composition permitted it.
Okamoto and his two companion , .
exchanged angry words with the
police inspector who informed him Okudeira Takashi and Yassouda
Yassuki.
both slain, are charged ,
of the ban and vowed that he
would - find another way to enter with causing the deaths- of 24 per-
, sons and injuries to more than ;5
Israel."
Israeli sources expressed doubt • others; shooting firearms and
that Shoji was engaged by Oka- !throwing hand grenades; and ,
moto's family and said his trip 1 working in the service of an illegal
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not to land on territory of default-
ing lands, and national airlines
of defaulting states should he de-
nied landing rights."
Dr. Meron charged Arab coun-
tries with responsibility for various
acts of Arab terrorists — including
the Tel Aviv massacre — that they
have endorsed. The representatives
of Egypt and Lebanon denied re-
sponsibility.
The ICAO council also agreed
to convene immediately a special
subcommittee to draw up an inter-
national convention on sanctions
against nations harboring air pi-
rates. Egypt. Lebanon. Tunisia and
the USSR insisted that sanctions
are a United - Nations matter. The
IC.AO's resolution also asked mem-
ber states to report twice yearly
on security measures they are tak-
ing.
The United Nations' I5-nation
Security Council announced unani-
mous approval of a resolution call-
ing for effective measures against
hijacking.
But the 'Security Council took
no action on the pilots' demand for
sanctions against any nation that
harbors hijackers.
George Bush. U.S. ambassador
to the UN, said the U.S. proposed
a much stronger resolution, yet he
hoped the adopted statement will
"lead to effective measures a gainst
hijacking."
The pilots' strike was most
ef-
fective in Europe. Canada, Centr.11
and South America: less responsive
in the United States. Northeast Air-
lines and Eastern Airlines were
the only lines that cooperated com-
pletely- in canceling all fhi;hts.
complete, and every type of air-
craft was grounded.
Sen. Charles_ H . Percy ( R-III
introduced a resolution in the Sen-
ate Monday to curtail terrorist at-
tacks at international airports
around the world.
Percy -. who hailed U.S. endorse-
ment of the new international con- '
vention to combat air piracy, said.
"We must also focus on the vul-
nerability of international airports
and related facilities."
International society, Percy said,
"simply cannot allow itself to re-
main defenseless against mindless
criminals who try to mask their
assaults as 'political acts'. -
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