Phillip Bowen Hunt v Weberman deposition

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, MIAM I DIVISION

Civ i l Action F i l e No. 76-1252-Civ-PP

E. HOWARD HUNT, JR. )

P l a i n t i f f

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THE THIRD PRESS--JOSEPH O ~ P K U )PUBLISHING CO. INC., a New Yorkco rpo ra t ion and JOSEPH OKPAKU,MICHAEL CANFIELD, ALAN J . WEBER- )MAN and MARIA GRACIA FELICIANO,

Defendants . )

DEPOSITION , OP PHILIP R. BOWEN

February 3 1978

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APPEARANCES

ELLIS S. RUBIN ESQ.265 N. E. 26 TerraceMiami Flor ida 33137

Attorney for P la in t i f f

MARK J FRIEDMAN ESQ.350 Lincoln Road Sui te 422

Miami Beach Flor ida 33139

Attorney for Defendant weberman

MARC L. BARBAKOFF ESQ.8301 S. W 142 AvenueMiami Flor ida

Attorney for Deponent Bowen

Also Present :

Alan J Weberman

Defendant

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Whereupon, the fol lowing proceeding was had

MR BARBAKOFF: Mr. Bowen i s here , s i r

pursuant to your subpoena.

(Discussion heldof f t he r acord .

HR BARBAKOFF: At t h i s po i n t , beyond

the normal c re de n t i a l s of , where ~ 1 r Bowen works or

what he does , the U. S. Customs cannot comply with an

ques t ions in t h i s i l lat ter .

Our r e gu la t i ons , publ ished in the Code

of Regula t ions , r equ i re approval from Washington be-

fore we can proceed. We have to rece ive t h a t approva

To da ta we have not received it We a n t i c i p a t e t h i s

approval sometime next week.

MR FRIEDMAN: Could we make a r r ange -

ments t ha t once you rece ive the approval you can send

us a copy of your documents and t ha t would so lve our

problems?

MR BARBAKOFF: Depending on whether w

rece ive approval or r e j ec t ion . I c e r t a i n l y can c a l l

you, Mr. Friedman, and l e t you know where we a re .

I f you l i ke , we can cont inue the sub-

poena in fu l l force and e f f e c t u n t i l an agreeab le da t

to you and to E l l i s Rubin s schedule .

HR FRIEDMAN: a l ready have a l o t of

ques t ions about Mari ta Lorens_being pu t i n to pro t e c -

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t i ve custody

Discussion heldof f the record .

MR FRIEDMAN: Back on the record .

U s. Customs in t o to has in good f a i t h

come in to appear , i nd i c a t i ng t ha t they wi l l give us

t h e i r name, t h e i r employment, t h e i r o f f i c i a l pos i t i on

and anything more, based on the i r own ru l e s and regu-

l a t ions .

They have ind ica ted t h a t in good f a i t h

they wi l l ask whether or no t the informat ion which we

wish wi l l be disc losab le and we expect to hear from

them I assume with in ten to f i f t e e n days as to the

outcome of tha t r eques t of t h e i r own Agency, to di sc lo

the na ture o f t h i s in format ion .

We a re giv ing them a copy o f our pro-

posed ques t ions and we wi l l cont inue t he subpoena

u n t i l they obta in the opin ion of t h e i r own Agency

pr io r to going any fu r the r on t h i s subpoena.

MR BARBAKOFF: I would l i k e to j u s t

i nd ica te t ha t we have in f ac t a l ready reques ted from

washingto appropr i a t e guidance before t e s t i f y in g in

t h i s matter1 t ha t Regional Inve s t i ga to r of Inves t iga -

t i ons , Mr. Phi l Bowen, and Spec ia l Agents Weintraub

and czukas are ava i l ab le for tes t imony today , and t ha

L they ~ respond in ~ o o d ~ ~ i t h to the proper ly i s s u ~4



subpoena; tha t the Code of Federal Regula t ions proh i -

b i t s of f i ce r s of the u. s. Customs Serv ice from t e s t i -

fy ing in mat ters to which the United Sta te s i s not a

par ty without c lea rance from the Customs Service in

Washington, D c .

MR FRIEDMAN: Very wel l . The depos i

t i on then i s concluded.

Whereupon, the taking o f the

depos i t ion of PHILIP R. BOWEN

was concluded a t 1:35 p.m.)

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STATE OF FLORIDA

COUNTY OF DADE

I , CARRIE JANE McGAREY a /k /a Car r ie Jane

Holland) , a Bi l ingua l Ce r t i f i e d Shor thand Repor te r

and Notary Publ ic in and fo r the S ta t e o f F l o r i d a a t

Larqe hereby c e r t i f y t ha t the depos i t i on of PHILIP

R. BOWEN was s e t fo r February 3 , 1978 a t t he t ime

and place hereinabove se t for thJ and t h a t t he fo re -

qoinq pages , 1 to and inc lud ing 5 r e p re s e n t a t r u e

and c o r r e c t t r a nsc r i p t i on of the m at t e rs t h a t took

place . Said t r a n s c r i p t was reduced to typewr i t t en

form from my Pitman shor thand no te s by me pe r s ona l ly .

I fu r the r s t a t e t h a t I am not r e l a t e d t o o r

employed by any of t he p a r t i e s to th i s cause , nor am

I f i na nc i a l l y i n t e r e s t e d in t he outcome of aame .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto s e t my hand

and o f f i c i a l sea l a t Miami Fl o r i da , t h i s 23rd day o f

May 1979.

Notary Public State of Florida at a r ~ eMy Commission Expires July 1 198

ond•d Thru Maynnrd BonaJn g Acen Y

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a t Larqe, C.S.R.

CARR IE JANE McGAREY

CERTIFIED SHORTHAND REPORTER

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