Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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1104-10067-100442025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992/07/SECRETFRP: , , , , , ,STAFFCONF: C/LA-8 INFO: FILE, VR, C/OG/DMS, ODPD-D, OLC, SA/DO/Or(13/P)----------------------------------------------------------------------PAGE 001TOT: 242059Z MAY-78 DIRECTOR 22847078 0749284----------------------------------------------------------------------*FISCA*SECRETSTAFF 242058Z DIRECTOR 228470TO: GUAYAQUIL INFO QUITO, CARACASWNINTEL RYBATREF: GUAYAQUIL 22196 07417041. HQS WORKING AGREEMENT WITH HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON   ASSASSINATIONS (HSCA) PROVIDES FOR NOTICE TO HQS BY HSCA   INVESTIGATORS OF ALL PLANNED CONTACTS WITH CURRENT OR FORMER   STAFF PERSONNEL. IN ABSENCE OF SUCH NOTICE IN THIS CASE IT OUR   ASSUMPTION THAT NO CONTACT WITH STATION/BASE STAFFERS, AS SUCH,   IS PLANNED.2. IN EVENT YOU ARE CONTACTED PLS RESTRICT YOUR COMMENTS TO   WORK PERFORMED IN YOUR COVER CAPACITY.3. NO FILE. E2,IMPDET.>   ORIG: C/LA/STB (STURBITTS), COORD: C/LA/VCE/E (TURBERVILLE)   SA/DO/0 (SHEPANEK), OLC (BRECKINRIDGE), C/LA/VCE/V CAMORI),   AUTH: ADC/LA/S (BEARDSLEY), REL: C/LAD (WARREN), CLBY: 12180.END OF MESSAGESECRET05823
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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 199210/25/SECRET FRP: . . . . .STAFFACTION: LA-8 (292) INFO: FILE, VR, D/DCI, DDO-4, CS/RF, C/PCS,EPS/COMP, EPS/EG-2, ICS, ODPD-D, OG/DMS, PCS/LSN, SA/DO/0, (24/W)78 0741704 PAGE 001 IN 0741704TOR: 231632Z MAY 78 GAYA 22196SECRET 231556Z MAY 78 STAFFCITE GUAYAQUID 22196TO: DIRECTOR INFO QUITO, CARACASREF: STATE 1296791. BASE HAS JUST RECEIVED COPY OF REF WHICH ADVISES OF   VISIT TO GUAYAQUIL ON 29 MAY OF MESSRS GAETON FONZI AND ALBERT   GONZALES, STAFF MEMBERS OF HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON   ASSASSINATIONS.2. NATURE OF PURPOSE OF VISIT NOT EXPLAINED, BUT WOULD   LIKE TO KNOW IF HQS AWARE OF ABOVE AND SHOULD BASE EXPECT CONTACT   FROM SUBJECTS.3. SUBJECTS SCHEDULED FOR CARACAS 1 JUNE.4. NO FILE, E2. IMPDET.END OF MESSAGE
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992ADV LA 1900ZSECRETFRP:STAFFACTION: C/LA-B INFO: FILE, VR, C/CCS, C/CI-4, D/COMMO-5, CWO-DDA, C/IP/DMS. ODPD-D, OGC-2, OLC, D/SECUR-3, DCI/PA, DDO-4, CS/RF,78 0443808 PAGE 001 IN 0443808TOR: 211827Z MAR 78 MEXI 44345SECRET 211706Z MAR 78 STAFFCITE MEXICO CITY 44345TO: PRIORITY DIRECTOR.ININTEL RYBAT MHSPLASHREFS: A. DIRECTOR 190792B. MEXICO CITY 44308 0429877C. DIRECTOR 1849021. REF A CABLE ANSWERS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OF PRIMARY   CONCERN TO THIS STATION, BUT AT SAME TIME, IT CONFIRMS THE WORST   FEARS EXPRESSED IN REF B CONCERNING REVELATIONS ABOUT OPERATIONS   AGAINST THE SOVIET TARGET IN MEXICO CITY.2. IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, THE NBC PROGRAM CANNOT HELP BUT   BE DAMAGING TO U.S. SECURITY INTERESTS AND THIS AGENCY IN THE   FOLLOWING MANNER:A. REVELATION OF SOURCES. THE STATEMENT BY BACH INREF C THAT HE "HAD NOT IDENTIFIED ANY SOURCES BY NAME OR DES-CRIPTION THROUGHOUT THE TAPING..." IS REFUTED BY THE STATEMENTTHAT A SOVIET WAS RECRUITED BY FORMER COS (ROGER T. KINGMAN)DURING HIS TOUR. APART FROM THE DESCRIPTION OF THE CIRCUM-STANCES UNDER WHICH THE RECRUITMENT WAS MADE, THE SIMPLE STATE-MENT THAT A SOVIET OFFICIAL WAS RECRUITED IS SUFFICIENT TOSET OFF A FULL SCALE INVESTIGATION BY THE KGB INTO EVERYSOVIET OFFICIAL WHO SERVED IN MEXICO CITY DURING THAT TIMEFRAME. THE SOVIETS HAVE THE RESOURCES AND DETERMINATION TOEVENTUALLY IDENTIFY THE SPY,B. FUTURE RECRUITMENTS. HOW WILL IT BE POSSIBLE FORTHIS AGENCY TO RECRUIT SOVIETS, OR ANYONE FOR THAT MATTER, IFTHE AGENCY CANNOT OFFER GUARANTEES THAT THE IDENTITY OF SOURCESMILL NOT BE EXPOSED BY SOME EMPLOYEE, REGARDLESS OF MOTIVATION?WHILE THIS PROGRAM KILL HAVE INMEDIATE IMPACT IN MEXICO CITY,LA PAZ, AND MONTEVIDEO, THE FALLOUT AFFECTING FUTURE RECRUITMENTSAILL BE WORLD WIDE.SECRET
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STAFFPAGE 002TOR: 211827Z MAR 78 IN 0443808MEXI 44345C. REVELATION OF METHODS. THE OPERATIONAL TRADECRAFT AND METHODS (TELTAPS) REVEALED BY BACH ARE STILL IN PRACTICE AT THIS STATION. WHILE IT MAY BE ARGUED THAT THE METHODS HAVE BEEN EXPOSED BY OTHERS SUCH AS AGEE, THE BACH REVELATIONS WILL HAVE FAR GREATER IMPACT BECAUSE THEY CARRY THE IMPRIMATUR OF A REPUTABLE U.S. NEWS AGENCY AND ORIGINATE WITH A PERSON WHO IS NOT IN LEAGUE WITH ANY HOSTILE COUNTRY (AS FAR AS WE KNOW).D. DAMAGE TO LIAISON. A CONSIDERABLE SEGMENT OF THIS STATION'S OPERATIONS ARE BASED ON LIAISON CO-OPERATION. THE RELATIONSHIP THIS STATION ENJOYS WITH HIGH LEVELS OF THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT ALSO PROVIDES A HUNTING LICENSE FOR UNILATERAL ENDEAVORS. THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF EXPOSURE OF INSTANCES OF CO-OPERATION. THE POLITICAL RISK WHICH THE GOVERNMENT IS WILLING TO UNDERGO FOR THIS AGENCY IS NOT UNLIMITED. EXISTING OR POTENTIAL OPERATIONS COULD BE CURTAILED.E. DAMAGE TO EXISTING SOURCES. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOW MANY CURRENT SOURCES WILL CONTINUE COLLABORATING WITH THE AGENCY IN MEXICO CITY (OR OTHER STATIONS) AFTER THIS PROGRAM IS RELEASED.F. EMBARRASSMENT TO PRESIDENT LOPEZ PORTILLO, AS NOTED IN REF B, THE MEXICAN PRESIDENT WILL TRAVEL TO MOSCOW ON A STATE VISIT IN ABOUT SIX WEEKS TIME. AS A MEANS TO DAMAGE CIA, IT WOULD NOT BE UNLIKE THE SOVIETS TO POINT OUT THAT UNBRIDLED CIA OPERATIONS AGAINST A LEGITIMATE SOVIET PRESENCE IN MEXICO ARE A MATTER OF CONCERN TO THE SOVIET UNION AND A POTENTIAL IMPEDIMENT TO CONTINUING FRIENDLY RELATIONS BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES. THE PRESIDENT MAY CHOOSE TO FINESSE SUCH A STATEMENT, BUT THE POINT WILL HAVE BEEN MADE.G. STATION SECURITY. DURING PAST MONTHS, HARDLY A DAY HAS PASSED WHEN THE LOCAL PRESS HAS NOT CARRIED SOME ATTACK AGAINST ALLEGED CIA ACTIVITIES IN MEXICO, WITHIN RECENT WEEKS, THE AGENCY HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF EVERY CRIME FROM THE MURDER OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY TO THE ABDUCTION OF ALDO MORO. THE NBC PROGRAM WILL PROVIDE NEW GRIST FOR THE LOCAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE AND FURTHER HIGHLIGHT CIA PRESENCE IN MEXICO WITH CONCOMITANT EROSION OF STATION SECURITY.H. FUTURE BACH REVELATIONS. THERE PROBABLY IS NO WAY TO ESTIMATE THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT BACH HAS REVEALED TO UNAUTHORIZED PERSONS. BACH ADMITS THAT HE HAS UNBURDENED HIS SOUL TO HIS FRIENDS, AND UNDOUBTEDLY HAS PROVIDED MATERIAL TO NBC
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78 0443808SECRETSTAFFPAGE 003TOR: 211827Z MAR 78IN 0443808MEXI 44345WHICH WAS NOT USED ON THE PROGRAM. FURTHER, AFTER THE PROGRAMIS BROADCAST, BACH WILL BECOME AN INSTANT CELEBRITY AND ASUBJECT OF INTEREST TO OTHER NEWSMEN OF VARIOUS STRIPES. WHENWILL HIS REVELATIONS. END?3. STATION WOULD APPRECIATE RECEIVING MORE PRECISE IDENTIFI-   CATION OF SITES MENTIONED PARA 5 REF A, PARTICULARLY THOSE OF   RESIDENCES AND LANDMARKS. WERE THESE THE RESIDENCES OF FORMER   OR CURRENT STATION PERSONNEL? WOULD ANY OF THE LANDMARKS BE OF   CONCERN TO THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT? RECOGNIZE THAT IN ABSENCE OF   SOUND TRACK, THAT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR ANYONE EXCEPT A   PERSON FAMILIAR WITH MEXICO CITY AND STATION OPS ACTIVITIES TO   IDENTIFY THESE LOCATIONS AND JUDGE THEIR SIGNIFICANCE. NEVERTHELESS,   SUCH INFO ESSENTIAL IF STATION TO COMPLETE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT   PRIOR BROADCAST OF THIS PROGRAM. PLS ADVISE SOONEST.4. FILE: 200-120-150, E2, IMPDET.END OF MESSAGESECRET
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992## CLASSIFIED MESSAGE![photo of message header]Doug William JohnsonUNIT CI/OPS/FBDATE 26 Nov 63TO: STD EY IPO CANBERRAFROM: DIRECTORCONF: C/CIINFO: DCI, D/DCI, DDP, ADDP, C/FE 6, VRNov 25 21 41:63DEFERRED SECT.ROUTINECITE DIR 85059TO: SYDNEY INFO: CANBERRARYBAT KIDESK ERSCERPT OTIM1. REFERENCE ALMERA CANBERRA CABLE CHQ-015 OF 24 NOVEMBER WHICH DOWNGRADED TO SECRET.2. CABLE DETAILS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION INCLUDING VERBATIM TEXT REMARKS POSSIBLE CONNECTION: SOVIET GOVERNMENT WITH ASSASSINATION.3. CABLE DETAILS TELEPHONE CALL OF 15 OCTOBER 1962.4. CABLE PLANS ANY OUTSIDE OR LIAISON CONTACT WITH POLISH DRIVER AND RESULTS SUCH CONTACT. NOTE HSCID-5 ASSIGNS RESPONSIBILITY THIS ACTIVITY TO KUBARK.5. ALL ASPECTS ASSASSINATION HAVE HIGHEST INVESTIGATIVE AND OPERATIONAL PRIORITY.C/S COMMENT: *Asst. ALUSNA received telephone call on 23 November from person claiming to be Polish driver of Russian vehicle. Information touched on several areas including possible Soviet connection supplying money to individual in U.S. to assassinate President, possible Soviet implication in U.S.S. Threcher incident, etc.*![photo of signature] Ollar![photo of signature] Citha J. Roman08953![photo of signature] C/CIREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.
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104-10068-10164 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992CLASSIFIED MESSAGESECRET13-6-18-3RI/AN, FE 6, RF 2INFOAQUATIC IZGROUPREF 6707 (IN 97957)*CITE DIR 61320PERMISSION GRANTED TRAIN LEGROUP-1 AND ISSUE SYSTEM AS REQUESTED REP.END OF MESSAGETSD COMMENT: *Request permission train LEGROUP-1 SN Match #23209 and Devolopar #22669. Es to train LEGROUP-6 to use match.Coordinated by phone with:FE/JKO: R. Chin, x5357PR/TRLD: Mr. John Kemedy, x5934RETURN TO CIABackground Use OnlyDo Not ReproduceSEYMOUR FUSSELLCHIEF, TSDSECRETREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED..(CHARLES J. RYANAC/TSD/DA6961
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992SECRETPANAMA CITYCA/0DDP, CI/OPS, CA 2, CA/PEG, CA/PROP, FI, FI/INT 2, WH 7, SAS 8, VRSECRET 1222222WAVE INFO DIR MEXI CITE PACY 124513 Nov 63 IN 59319DIDURIC TPRANSACK1. THE FEDERACION INTERAMERICANA DE ORGANIZACIONES DE   PERIODISTAS PROFESIONALES (FIOPP) IS HOLDING ITS SECOND REGIONAL   SEMINAR IN MEXICO CITY 18-29 NOV. FIOPP IS A KUBARK INFLUENCED   ORGANIZATION, CONTACT IS MAINTAINED WITH ITS INTERAMERICAN REP   IN PANANA AND ITS COCHAIRMAN IN WASHINGTON, BOTH OF WHOM ARE   COVERT ASSOCIATES2. ATTENDING THE NEXI SEMINAR FROM THE COLEGIO NACIONAL   DE PERIODISTAS DE LA REPUBLICA DE CUBA (IN EXILE) ARE:A. GUILLERMO GENER RODRIGUEZVICE DECANO DEL CNPSOUTH BAN SHONE DRIVE, MIAMI, FLAB. SALVADOR DIAZ VERSONVICE DECANO DEL CNP8773 S.W. 21 ST, MIAMI, FLAC. FRANCISCO GOMEZ HECTORDIPUTADO DE LA JUNTA DE GOBIERNOSECRETREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED
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CLASSIFIED MESSAGE3332 COLLINS AVE, MIAMI BEACH, FLAD. MARIO BARRERADECANO DEL CNP967 S.W. 5 ST, MIAMI, FLA.593193. REQUEST TRACES ON ABOVE. OF SPECIFIC INTEREST IS INFO BEARING ON PARTICIPANTS POSSIBLE ACTIONS AT SEMINAR.
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992## 0015)3,244,087## LA 3037227 November 1962Subject: Reported Use of Yacht Potomac by Alpha 661. On 20 Nov 62 LAFO received an unsolicited telephone call on the listed telephone number. The caller wanted to advise that there was reportedly in the harbor at Long Beach a vessel, formerly used by the late Theodore Roosevelt, called the Potomac. This vessel, according to the informant, was being used by the Alpha 66 organization. She was believed taking on a cargo of weapons crated as Argentine beef, and destined to leave soon for Seattle. He added that a Wes Davis had just signed on as an engineer, and there was another character named Cliff Roberts on board. Both were described as bearded adventurers.2. The caller refused to identify himself, claiming that he did not know whether contact with the Agency would be approved by his employer, and further did not know whether or not the information was valid or of interest.3. In response to a call to the Intelligence Officer, UUCG, it was learned that ther is a vessel, the Potowac, formerly one of the 155' USCG cutters. For some time it had been used by the late F. D. Roosevelt as the presidential yacht. Later it had been disposed of to the Maryland (State) Fish and Game Commission, and more recently it had been acquired by the Hydra-Capital, Inc., 410 West Coast Highway, Newport Beach, California (OR 5-1549).4. USCG advised further that an investigator for the Los Angeles County Prosecutor, D. L. Wheeler, had accepted an assignment (taking leave of absence to do so) to bring the Potomac from the Barbados to California. The plan, supposedly, was to make her a floating museum of some sort. On his arrival in Bartados, Wheeler is reported to have found the craft in foul shape, with only a single engine operative. He refused the job and returned to Los Angeles. The craft later, however, did turn up in San Diego in October and was later observed tied up in Cerritos Channel; Los Angeles harbor area; and subsequently, she was moved back to San Diego, where it is presently in a shipyard. She has since been painted, and appears to be undergoing some modifications to her hull.5. The unidentified informant (paragraphs 1 and 2), subsequently identified as Asst. US Attorney Bill Spivak was re-contacted by telephone. It was suggested to him that in the event any more information concerning the Potomac and the likelihood of her use in any foreign activity came his way, we would appreciate another call. On this occasiong Spivak volunteered the statement that it was his understanding that the Cliff Roberts he had referred to pre- viously had come from Barbados with the vessel. This was Spivak's first reference to Barbados.6. The above is for your information only. The sketchiness of the material presented LAFO as well as the circumstances of its origin militate against its credibility. As a consequence, no follow-up is anticipated unless requested.
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992Office Memorandum * UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTTO: Chief, Contact DivisionATTR: Support BranchDATE: 31 August 1962FROM: Chief, New York OfficeSUBJECT: Robert Pratchett/Cuban Counterrevolutionary Group, Alpha-661.  We came in contact with a new source who will be a continuing one,    known as Robert A. Pratchett, a US citizen with 27 years experience in    Cuba who is currently in direct contact with a Cuban counterrevolutionary    group in the US known as Alpha-66, and who is also in contact with anti-    Castro Cubans working in Havana. He will give us more detailed information    during the coming weeks, and represent to us the ambitions, operations    and proposed sabotage activities of Alpha-66 so that they can either be    controlled, encouraged or discouraged, as the case may be from the    viewpoint of those interested in Cuban action groups.2.  Bio data on Prachett, for any prior clearance or interest in    him, based on what he may present to us for consideration, is as follows:Date & Place of Birth - 31 Oct 1918, Havana, Cuba (US citizen by birth)Education - University of Pennsylvania, 1940Employment - 1961 - Present H. H. Pike Co., New York and Havana1958-1960 Brando and Co., Havana1946-1958 Paramount Pictures International, Havana1941-1945 US Army (Rank of Major)Present Address - 35 Walton Ave., New Providence, New Jersey3.  Prachett, who appears to be a mature and loyal US citizen, is    interested in being of the best possible service to the US Government in    a non-pay status, in assisting where he can in terms of his detailed    knowledge of Cubans, Cuba, and the Spanish language, which he speaks    perfectly. Other than observing the plans of the Alpha-66 group as a    potentially successful sabotage group, he is not affiliated with any    counterrevolutionary group, but is now in business for himself as a    private investor in a firm he owns and operates, called/PREFIXT Business    Forms Inc., 60 East 42nd St., New York. He indicated that Alpha-66 plans    were to blow all the power plants in Cuba.FIDaniels: ad
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# 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992OPTIONAL FORM NO. 105010-104UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT# Memorandum**SECRET SENSITIVE**TO: Chief, Contact DivisionATTN: Support Branch (Crowley)FROM: Chief, Minneapolis OfficeDATE: 31 August 1962SUBJECT: Cuban Refugee Group1.  Enclosed are three names provided by George Hauer of Cleveland, Ohio. These apparently are the leaders of the Cuban group which you and I have discussed in some detail. For the record, [Hauer] got in touch with me because we had some rather extensive debriefing sessions in 1959, and apparently he prefers to continue that relationship for the present. Headquarters' records will show, however, that he was interviewed by Gene Rittenburg in September 1960.2.  The Cubans listed on the enclosure are the leaders of a small group which is shuttling back and forth to Cuba for the purpose of establishing reception groups, taking in medical supplies, ammunition and weapons, and to bring out other Cubans who wish to leave the country. As you know from our discussions, they are seeking help in the form of supplies, etc. [Hauer] understands that no help will be given without some measure of control by our Agency, and he agreed to provide the names for Agency consideration. The third man on the list is in Cuba at the present time. Hauer specifically requested that we treat any on-the-street investigation with great care.3.  Please expedite any checking you might do and give me your expression of interest as soon as possible. [Hauer] is not an exceptionally patient man, and I certainly expect to receive an inquiry from him in the near future. I believe he is genuinely motivated and quite capable, and in his present position of recruiting executive personnel for Ernst & Ernst he could be quite useful to the Agency.Vernon R. SandoVERNON R. SANDOVRSando/jrEnclosure**SECRET SENSITIVE**
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# 14-00000## SECRET SENSITIVE1. Ernesto Rodriguez y Moreno   Cities Service Station   Marathon Shores Florida   Age 35, married, three children, owner of gas station.2. Laureano Batista   157 S.E. 12th Street   Miami, Florida   Son of prominent and reputable Havana banker, Augustin Batista3. Victor Paneque   Age 42, Former July 20th Commander   Presently in Cuba.APPROVED FOR RELEASE 1993CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAMSECRET SENSITIVE WH-829
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# SECRETVIA AIETo: Chief of Station, Phnom Penh Info: Chief, FEFrom: Chief of Station, Viet NamSubject: General: Operational/PG HIM JUASpecific: Information concerning Idem AACTION REQUIRED: NoneIn answer to request of Gregory O. SAKMAR, the following is a composite of information from VERNON P. ELLIS (TOFUEN) (IDET B) and VERNON N. KERKER (ISIC) concerning Idem A.1. Description of subjects: between 35 and 40 years old, about 6 feet tall, rather bald, small mustache, very strong and vigorous, fine skin to teeth, Jewish. Speaks quite good English. He is married and has one 9 or 10-year-old daughter. He has a sister in New York who is a naturalized American citizen. [photo of sister of subject] says subject speaks well, loves fine music, has an impressive library, reads continuously and paints very well.2. Early during the war he was deported as a Jew to a German concentration camp (tattooed prisoner's identification number on right forearm--9714), where he spent several horrible years and survived only by luck. Since 1946 he has spent most of his time in Indochina and was apparently in intelligence or related fields most of the time. TOFUEN reports that the first HUARI rep in Hanoi 1950-51 was sucked in by an offer from subject to mount combined operations and was shortly afterwards declared persona non grata by the French.3. Subject took part as a civilian in the Atlanta Operation, et, according to one report, went in with vast sums of money to make propaganda, buy off the opposition, etc. VILLIERS-1 (Idem A) and HANKEN (Idem B) considered Idem A's accomplishment in Central Viet Nam among the few notable achievements in that area, particularly in respect to his contribution to the Vietnamese pacification program which he coordinated throughout the course of Operation Atlanta.4. Subject is an old friend of (Col.) Langwartenal, former chief of Wili. He was for a time (June-August 1953) in the National Security Division, during which time he proposed to VILLIERS joint operations-pool resources and experience (similar to Hanoi proposal, above) but VILLIERS refused, considered proposal pre-ventative maneuver.5. March-April 1954 subject approached Station and USAID for military support for program to support nucleus of a people's militia (garde mobile) in the Hoa Binh Trang area. Information and correspondence on this proposal will be sent upon request.SECRET[photo of text PRODUCTION IS BEST OBTAINABLE FROM APERTURE CARD SUBMITTED]
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SECRET6. In February-March 1955, subject was sent by the French on a special mission to Poland and East Germany to attend a conference.7. Subject claims that while working for *name redacted* he compromised on operation *name redacted*, the latter asked that he be removed from *name redacted*. Subject stated that *name redacted* wanted to get rid of him for "political" reasons--approximately 15 December 1954.8. At present subject is *Administrative Assistant* to French High Commissioner at Pirmasens, Fr., as of 24 November 1954. He frequently travels to *name redacted*, and was here last 17 May.Reference*name redacted*, WD25 June 1956DistributionOrig & 1: Addressee1: Chief, FE4: Station FilesSECRET
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SECRETIdentificationsItem A - *Bruguier-Devaux-Zabala,  Pedro, Dr.* - Administrator advising to Bennett HoughItem B - *Gonzales, Francisco, Dr.*Item C - *Houssay*Item D - *Ivanissevich*Item E - *Soriano, Benjamin*SECRET201-126765
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# 104-10069-10177 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT# MemorandumTO: Director, Domestic Contact ServiceATTN: OSS (LGrant)FROM: Chief, Miami Field OfficeSUBJECT: Gordon Cooper and AssociatesREF: COA(S) 322/16265-721. On 22 June 1972 we met at some length with Leroy Gordon Cooper: President, Gordon Cooper and Associates, Hangar One, Opa-Locka Airport, Opa-Locka, Florida. A peripheral benefit of this meeting was the acquisition of additional information concerning Gordon Cooper and Associates (GCA) which may have a bearing on the referenced COA(S) and possibly on future clandestine interest in the organization.2. GCA was formed roughly two years ago as an aerospace and airline management consultant firm. Cooper stated that the organization may be disbanded shortly because of disagreements between Cooper and one of his partners, Mel Adler. Adler supposedly is a stock manipulator who, Cooper feels, comes close to operating outside the law and therefore not the type of person with whom Cooper desires to associate. Adler has refused to sell his stock in GCA and to disassociate himself with GCA so the firm will probably be allowed to simply run out of business. GCA will be replaced with Gordon Cooper Consultants Corporation which will be incorporated either in Nevada or the Republic of Panama. The activities will remain the same and a Miami office will be maintained.3. In addition to activities within his own firm, Cooper is a member of the Board of Directors of Casino Management International (CMI), Grand Cayman Island. CMI is control and operated by Edward (fnu) Cellini, Robert (fnu) Cellini, and Dino (fnu) Cellini and its activities center around the establishment and operation of gambling casinos throughout the world. Cooper claims that he has assured himself that CMI operates within the limits of US laws even though they are headquartered in Grand Cayman and that the Cellini brothers, all US citizens, are law abiding businessmen operating a legitimate business. He claims that there is disclosure of all personnel connected with the organization, and that Cooper's policy is maintained with the US Internal Revenue Service completely with the FBI. Cooper frankly stated that he would use the use of his name and his ability to capitalize on and use his astronaut days to introduce CMI to individuals of government in countries throughout the world.06772