SCANDALS: Havoc In Holland

Stories about bribe taking by Prince Bernhard had been floating around Amsterdam since last December. At that time Ernest F. Hauser, an American and former Lockheed employee whose credentials include a criminal record (for fraud), charged that the prince had profited royally from sales of Lockheed's supersonic Starfighter to The Netherlands. Bernhard denied the charges; without hesitation, the Dutch placed faith in their beloved prince over the convicted criminal. Last week, however, Dutch Prime Minister Joop den Uyl appeared on television with the announcement that Prince Bernhard was the "high government...

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