TURKEY: Sergeants on Trial (Contd.)

Whenever a member of a force . . . is prosecuted under the jurisdiction of a receiving State he shall be entitled to a prompt and speedy trial [and ] to be confronted with the witnesses against him. —NATO Status of Forces Agreement

Last week, nearly two months after their arrest on charges of currency black-marketing (TIME, Aug. 24 et seq.), four U.S. sergeants stationed at NATO's southeastern headquarters in Turkey had their fourth brief hearing in an Izmir court. For the third straight session the prosecution failed to produce its chief witnesses against them. With a show of bland...

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