The trial of Kozo Okamoto is not likely to open for at least two weeks, according to his defense counsel, Max Kritzman. Kritzman, a Tel Aviv attorney who has agreed to defend the “kamikaze” gunman captured in the Lydda Airport massacre May 30, said he obtained a copy of the indictment from Lt. Col. Abraham Frisch, president of the three-man military tribunal, yesterday and wanted time to study it and confer with the prisoner. Kritzman has asked the Japanese Embassy for an interpreter.
It was learned today that the trial will be held at a military installation in central Israel. The location has not been disclosed but it is known to have facilities to accommodate at least 200 newsmen and cameramen covering the trial.
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