Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WH DivisionSUBJECT: Interview between Mr. George Cabot Lodge and Manuel Artine Buesa1.  Pursuant to your conversations with Manuel Artime on 27 May 1965, the latter has expressed a desire to meet with Mr. George Cabot Lodge in order to further discuss practical means of implementing a civic action program in Nicaragua.2.  Artine's current plans and schedule are as follows: 2-4 June in Hiani, Florida; 4-12 Juta in Nicaragua; 12-14 June in Panama; 14- possible trips to Colombia and Guatemala.3.  Artine emphasised, however, that he could re- vise this schedule if need be in order to meet with Mr. Lodge in Cambridge, Mass, or any other location at Ir. Lodge's convenience.(Signed) John L. HartJohn L. HartDCWHD/CDDP/WH/C/C/EA/ADRohlfing: bh (2 Tine 65)Distribution:Orig & 1 - Addressee1 - WH/C/EA/CA
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SECRET3 June 1965MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, WH/PO/BATTENTION: Mr. J. De StefanoSUBJECT: Background Sketch on Dr. Manuel Artime Buesa1. Manuel Artime Buesa, a non-practicing medical doctor, began his political activities in Cuba during the year 1959 when he participated in the formation of a civic action type program known as the "Comandos Rurales." The Comandos Rurales actively participated with the Castro regime during its initial agrarian reform, but eventually broke with it due to Castro's shift to Marxism-Leninism. It was at this point that Artime formed the Movimiento de Recuperacion Revolucionaria (MRR, Movement for the Recovery of the Revolution), a political organization which he heads to date. The degree of Artime's activities in the civic action program was reflected by the fact that Artime, prior to his break with Castro, had been appointed a deputy in the Instituto Nacional de la Refora Agragaria (INRA) for Oriente Province. Artime's first contact with the Agency took place just prior to his open break with Castro and he was exfiltrated from the island by the Agency. Artime dedicated himself to the continued development of the MRR until called upon by the Agency to be the political representative for the Cuban Brigade 2506 which landed at the Bay of Pigs. Artime was captured and sentenced to be executed. This was later commuted by Castro to life imprisonment. In 1962 Artime was among those repatriated to this country under the prisoner exchange.2. In mid-1963 the Agency again asked Artime to head an autonomous paramilitary organization made up and trained exclusively by Cubans and funded by the Agency. Subject setSECRETGROUP 1Excluded from automaticdowngrading anddeclassification
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SECRET-2-up a series of training camps in Central America. Using the political banner of the MRR Artime's group conducted several paramilitary operations against the island of Cuba with varying degrees of success. In early 1965 by order of the 303 Committee it was decided to phase out the Agency's support to Artime since it was felt that paramilitary operations against Cuba were futile and ineffective. Although he disagreed with this decision, Artime has been fully cooperative in disbanding his organization. The paramilitary wing of the MRR is now completely disbanded, and a few political representatives remain in Central America and Florida.3. Subject is currently attempting to re-enlist the Agency's support in order to keep his political organization intact. If approved by the 303 Committee, Artime's MRR will receive a small subsidy. Artime also plans to establish a civic action program along the lines of the Comandos Rurales in various Central and South American countries. In such an endeavor Artime would be strictly on his own without any support from the Agency.4. It is in order to discuss this future program that Artime is anxious to meet with Mr. George C. Lodge, Jr. The undersigned, who is subject's current case officer, is ready and willing to contact Mr. Lodge directly and travel to Cambridge should this be useful. Artime permanently resides in Miami, Florida and his telephone number is: (305) 754-8144.Carl K. JenkinsWB/C/CA/EASECRET
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SECRET3 June 1965MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Chief, WHD/CSUBJECT : Support for Manuel Artime and the MRR for the month of June 19651. On the basis of the discussion on 27 May between Chief, WH and Manuel Artime, we are currently in the process of submitting a recommendation to the 303 Committee that we maintain contact with Artime and render support to him on a modest basis. His monthly operating budget, which he submitted to us, would enable him to keep the MRR alive as a recognized exile political organization, and would allow him, personally, to maintain his status as an important exile leader. This would, in turn, continue his access to heads of state and other leading political figures in Latin America.2. Pending action by the 303 Committee, it is recommended that you grant approval to fund Artime and the MRR for the month of June 1965, on the basis of the following budget estimate:a. MRR delegatesSpain $ 500Honduras 350Guatemala 350Colombia 400Costa Rica 350Venezuela 450HQS office expenses 800b. Publishing costs of MRR magazine "Tridente" $ 3,200c. Radio broadcasts to Cuba in name of MRR $ 2,860$ 1,805SECRET
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SECRET-2-d. Travel costs of Artimeand MRR officers $ 2,000e. Support of dependentfamilies and survivors ofMRR members (mostly in Cuba) $ 5,000Total $14,8653. If approved, these funds will be channeled through   the secure AMWORLD funding channels, which are still in   operation.![signature of Carl E. Jenkins]Carl E. JenkinsWH/C/CA/EA![signature of Deputy Chief, WHD/C]APPROVED:Deputy Chief, WHD/Ccc WH/B&FSECRET
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# REQUEST FOR PAYMENTOFCONFIDENTIAL FUNDSAMLORLD/AMBIDDYMonetary Division4 June 1965CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS ARE REQUESTED FOR OFFICIAL BUSINESS OF A CONFIDENTIAL EXTRAORDINARY OR EMERGENCY NATURE AND ARE INTENDED FOR USE AS FOLLOWS:Deposit to AMBIDCY/1 INVOVEN Account for extraordinary expensesI certify to the best of my knowledge and belief that subsidy funds previously madeavailable to AMWORLD have been or are being expended for authorized objectives of theactivity and further support is warranted.Carl E. JenkinsAMBIDDY/1On file in Monetary Division$14,865.00THE AMOUNT REQUESTED IS DUE VIA PAYABLE FOR SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE OF DUTIESIN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THIS CONTRACT OR OTHER WRITTEN OR ORAL AGREEMENTS. (To be signed when applicable)DATETITLESIGNATUREDATEAPPROVEDSIGNATURE OF APPROVING OFFICERDCWHD/CWH/C/CA/EACarl E. JenkinsDATECERTIFICATE FOR PAYMENT OR CREDITSIGNATURE OF CERTIFYING OFFICERI CERTIFY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLEOBLIGATION REFERENCE NO.CHARGE ALLOTMENT NO.40045135-1182DATESIGNATUREDATERECEIPT FOR FUNDSI ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF FUNDS TO BE USED FOR THE PURPOSESTATED ABOVE6/4/65WH/B&FDATEACOUNTSIGNATURE OF PAYEESPACE BELOW FOR EXCLUSIVE USE OF FINANCE DIVISIONPREPARED BYREVIEWED BYVOUCHER NO. 7-12| DESCRIPTION-ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS 13-33 || ------------------------------------ || DESCRIPTION-ADVANCE ACCOUNTS 13-27   || 26-33   || ------- || T/A NO. || 34-39    || -------- || STATION  || CODE     || PROP NO. || PROJ. NO || 40-42  || ------ || EXPEND || CODE   || 43 45-46 || -------- || F        || PAY      || PER.     || LIQ.     || CODE     || 47-52    || -------- || OBLIG.   || REF. NO. || ADVANCE  || 53  || --- || CA  || 54-57        || ------------ || GENERAL      || LEDGER       || YR ACCT. NO. || 58-67          || -------------- || ALLOT. OR COST || ACCT. NO.      || 68-70 || ----- || DUE   || DATE  || 71-80  || ------ || AMOUNT || 62-67 || ----- ||       || CLASS || DEBIT || CREDIT |TOTALS.
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Miami 4 de Junio de 1965Sra. del Consejo de LiberacionP.O. Box 8697. Baltimore 40 Md.Srs del Consejo:Disculpen la molestia de solicitar de Vas.la aprobacion de un presupuesto de emergencia para cubrir las necesihdesmas urgentes del mes de Junio desde el punto de vista netamente civil.El presupuestoes el siguiente:a) DELEGACIONES:Costa Rica $ 350.00Venezuela 450.00Bepana 500.00Honduras 350.00Guatemala 350.00Colombia 400.00$ 2,400.00b) REVISTA "TRIDENTE"?$ 2,860.00 $ 2,860.00e) Hora Radial:$ 1,805.00 $ 1,805.00d)eficina para Hora Radial y Revista:$ 800.00 $ 800.00e) Viajes por Latino-America:$ 2,000.00 $ 2,000.00f) Ayuda al personal que se encuentraen el interior de Cuba y familiares depresos que nos siguen informando desdedentro (informes como los queadjuntamos) --- $5,000,00TOTAL: $14,865.00Pidiendo la mayor rapidez en la aprobacion de este presupuesto deemergencia para Junio, se despide de Vds. muy atte.Ignacio
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# MESSAGE FORMORG : C. E. JENKINS:18UNIT : WH/C/CA/baEXT : 4550DATE: 5 JUNE 1965TOTAL COPIES 26SECRETTO : GUATEMALA CITYINFO: JEVAVE, PANAMA CITY, NORFOLKFROM: DIRECTORCONF: WH/C-8INFO VR . FILE RID COPY, WH 9, ci/eps, ci/loa, tLI. 30D6, 1TO : BAT INFO WAVE, PACY, LANT CITE OIR 16781REF: GUAT 4922 (IN 80580) A.ITYPIC AMBIDDY ONE1. AT MEETING WITH DAINOLD ON 27 MAY, AMBIDDY ONE REPORTED   ON HIS MEETINGS WITH PERALTA AND PONCIANO. SAID PERALTA HAD   INVITED HIM TO VISIT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.... AMBIDDY ONE SAID HE TOLD   PERALTA FORMER MRR MEMBERS IN RECENT ROBERTO ALEJOS COUP ATTEMPT   HAD NO CONNECTION AND NO SUPPORT FROM AMBIDDY ONE. MAIN THRUST OF   TALK WITH PERALTA WAS ON COUNTER SUBVERSION, INTERNAL SECURITY, AND   HERS FOR EFFECTIVE CIVIC ACTION PROGRAMS. AMBIDDY ONE SAID PERALTA   ASKED AND GOT HIS FRANK OPINIONS ON EACH SUBJECT. SAID HE TOLD   PERALTA THAT YON SOSA WAS MAIN THREAT. PERALTA SAID HE UNDER CONTROL,   BUT AMBIDDY ONE TOLD HIM SO LONG AS YON SOSA SURVIVES AND HAS   FOLLOWING WITH EXTERNAL CONTACT AND SUPPORT HE IS NOT UNDER CONTROL.   AMBIDDY ONE SAID PERALTA MUCH INTERESTED HIS IDEAS AND ASKED HIM   COME BACK FOR FURTHER DISCUSSIONS SOON.2. AMBIDDY ONE ALSO TALKED WITH PONCIANG BRIRPLY. SAID PONCIANO CLAIMED   HAVE ORGANIZED SUPPORT AND READY MOVE AGAINST PERALTA. IN   AMBIDDY ONE OPINION, PONCIANO IS SIMPLY ANOTHER INVETERATE PLOTTER(CONTINUED)SECRETREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.
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TOTAL COPIES:SECRETPAGE TWOFROM: DIRECTORINFO: VR FILE RID COPYTO:INFOCITE DIR: 16781WHO WILL SEIZE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IF IT APPEARS, BUT IS NOT SERIOUSLY WORKING TOWARD A COUP AT PRESENT. FYI, AMBIDDY ONE CURRENTLY HAS NO CAPABILITY FURNISHING SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT IN MEN OR MATERIAL TO ANY COUP GROUP, EVEN IF HE AGREED, WHICH HE DENIES. ON BASIS PAST PERFORMANCE OTHER CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES, BELIEVE AMBIDDY ONE NOT LIKELY ALIGN SELF WITH ANY POLITICAL FACTION WITHOUT HDQS APPROVAL.![signature of Desmond Fitzgerald]DESMOND FITZGERALDC/WE/3/Guatemala![signature]C/WE/8WH/C/lstel Mr. Ortman (in draft)![signature of John L. Hart]John T. FlyraJOHN L. HARTDO/WH/CUBARE-RODUCTIO BY OTHERS THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE PROHIBITED.
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SECRET7 June 1965MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Contact of Manuel Artime with Professor George Lodge and with Col. Barrientos of Bolivia1. I talked with Manuel Artime by phone the night of 4 June. He said he had received a call from Professor Lodge that afternoon but was not at home to talk with him. (This was obviously a follow-up from the offer made to Artime by Chief, WH to put him and Lodge together on his proposed civic action activities.) I told him there was no reason he should not return the call and arrange for a meeting with Lodge at their mutual convenience.2. Artime said that was his first reaction, but before he could make the call another message had come in from Col. Barrientos of Bolivia asking if he could visit the country for the benefit of his advice and counsel and offering to send a Bolivian Air Force plane to pick him up and bring him to La Paz. I asked if he were acquainted with Barrientos or an expert on Bolivia and he said he knew no more about either of them than what he had read in the papers. He had no idea of the reason for the invitation, but wanted to check with us and find out if we had any requirements for him in case we wanted him to make the visit. I told him I would check with Chief, WH next morning and call him back.3. On the morning of 5 June I called Artime. He said Professor Lodge had called him at 0700 that morning and told him he was interested in getting together with him. Lodge said he would be in Panama on 14 June, and Artime said he planned to be travelling in that area at that time and could easily meet him there. Artime told Lodge he was willing to make a trip to Boston to see him earlier and that after such a preliminary meeting, the next meeting in Panama would probably be more useful. Lodge seemed delighted and invited ArtimeSECRET> GROUP 1> Excluded from automatic> downgrading and> declassification
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SECRET-2-to lunch with his on 9 June. I suggested to Artise that he plan to meet Lodge on 9 June, stop in Kashington on the vay home where I could meet with him (and furnish him a briefing on Bolivia which he desperately requested). I suggested he send a message to Barrientos saying he could be in Panama on 11 June and could see Barrientos as soon thereafter as transportation could be arranged. (Artime has a visit with President Robles of Panama scheduled about that time and can work it in, together with the meeting with Lodge on 14 June in Panama.)4. Artime said he had found out the background of the invitation from Barrientos. One of Barrientos' trusted aides had been to Washington or New York and in passing through Miami enroute home heard a MRR radio broadcast about countering subversion, civic action, etc. that attracted his attention. There was also a brief analysis of the situation in Bolivia which appealed to him as the best-balanced hehad heard. He thereupon started asking questions about the MRR and Artime and was referred to one of Artime's people who turned over some copies of "Tridente" (magazine of the MRR). The aide remarked that he was going to report to Barrientos of his discovery of a Cuban exile group that seemed knowledgeable of Castro and Communist subversion operations and had some useful ideas of how to.. counter them. Two days later Artime received the invitation from Barrientos.![signature of Carl E. Jenkins]Carl E. Jenkinscc: WH/3WH/C/CA/EAWH/PO/BSECRET
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# DISPATCHTO: Chief, WHFROM: Chief of Station, JYWAVESUBJECT: Operational/TYPIC/AXXORLD/AMOT Activities in AMWORLD and of AMBIDDY-1ACTION REQUIRED REFERENCESAction Required: None. For Your Information.1.  The AMOTs have recently submitted two short reports providing some information about ANWORLD and AMBIDDY-1 activities.2.  AMOT-84 reported the following in Report DD-1414, 19 May 1965, which he had acquired from Iden A, whose ultimate source of information was AMWORLD-2:a. AMWORLD-2 left for New York with his family on 15 May 1965, this being his first step towards disconnecting himself from AMWORLD. Before he left, he handed over to AMBIDDY-1 the AMWORLD money which he had in the bank.b. AMWORLD-2 said that AMBIDDY-1 was devoting all his attention to obtaining money by the sale of military equipment which he had at the camps. AMBIDDY-1 had already realized U.S. $30,000 in this manner and hoped to raise still another $30,000. AMBIDDY-1 currently had all the AMWORLD money under his absolute control and said he intended to act as treasurer of the organization.c. AMBIDDY-1 gave the impression of not being involved with any political plan. Occasionally he talked to friends about interviews with his "contacts" and about a budget for propaganda. Other times he gave consideration to propositions of friends, such as the Spaniard who acts as his chauffeur and secretary, concerning various business deals. He also talks of buying a farm in Nicaragua to cultivate rice, etc.d. The general opinion within AMWORLD is that the organization is entering a crisis and, with the separation of AMWORLD-2 from the organization, ANWORLD members would no longer continue to receive their salaries.Attachment:Identities, u/s/c)Distribution: 3 - WH/c, w/att.CS COPYCROSS REFERENCE TO: D..19-124-27/3CLASSIFICATION: SECRET201-267437DATE TYPED: 9 June 1965 DATE DISPATCHED: JUN 11 1965DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBER: UFGA-21947HEADQUARTERS FILE NUMBER: 19-6-95/4
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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCHSECRETUFGA-219473. In AMOT Report EE-1438, 4 June 1964, AVOT-84 further reported information he had received from Iden A, as follows:a. Iden B said that AMBIDDY-1 vas only concerned with maintaining the small AMWORLD camp in Nicaragua, where there were weapons, ammunition, and seven men, who were there without the knowledge of the ODYOKERS. Iden B said that AMBIDDY-1 was awaiting an opportune moment to arm as many friends as possible and leave for PBRUMEN.b. Iden C said that there really were arms and ammunition cached in the camp in Nicaragua, but that the seven men there spent all their time looking for persons to buy the arms and ammunition.c. Iden C also said he believed that if AMBIDDY-1 was keeping up his radio transmissions and payments to some journalists it was because they served as a cover for his commercial operations and that all the propaganda would disappear when AMBIDDY-1 had to use AMWORLD money to keep up the propaganda.![Signature of Sophia L. Mayhouse]Philip G. ELMARD
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Undai Separate Cover åttachment to UFGA-21947Iden A - Rolando MERUKLO Alfonso, A 12 829 707 (ANOT subsource)Iden B - Nilo MESSER Pujol (201-294655)Iden C - Carlos MARTINEZ Baraque (AMOT subsource)> [Figure: MICROFILMED JUN-18 1965 DOC. MICRO. SER. stamp]AS COPY/CAT.1UFGA-21947201-267437
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To: AndyFrom: George LodgeRe: Manuel ArtimeJune 9In general, Artime impressed me greatly and we got along very well. He is energetic, idealistic, enthusiastic, highly motivated and in my judgement well suited in every way to the task he intends to perform. As you know, he is 33 years old, tough-minded and filled with ideological fire. His weakness would appear to be a certain lack of focus and conceptualization. He does not really have a plan but appears to be reacting to immediate crises and opportunities like a fire fighter. He and his group, therefore, need careful and thoughtful leadership and guidance to get the most out of them and to deal with problems in the proper order of priority and urgency.He arrived late at the Business School because the taxi driver got lost. We had a quick lunch together which I had to leave early in order to be in class at 1:30. At my request he joined me in the classroom. I was giving a lecture on the role of the manager in the midst of radical change to a group of alumni who are at the School for a short seminar on international business problems. During the discussion period he spoke well and with great conviction about his work in the hills with Castro and the Cuban problem in general. He made an excellent impression.We then talked in my office for 1½ hours. A summary of the conversation follows:He told me of his work with the Indians on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua where he has 5 men working on community development problems including health, education, road building, rice marketing and boat building. He has 10 men at his base of operations on the coast. He mentioned that he knew Enrique Pereira, a young manager in Managua closely associated with INCAE and in my judgement a good, active, properly oriented young man.
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time .... 2He discussed his civic action training program in Miami which has just started and in which he said he has 32 men enrolled. This is a 3-month program to prepare men for rural organization work of various kinds. He spoke of his need for help in with respective to cooperative training and especially cooperative leadership selection and preparation.He spoke of his conversation with the Col. Peralta in Guatemala and said that after a four-day field trip he reported to the President that:a. The Army was old fashioned, had poor ideas and as ill equipped to fight guerilla warfare or to carry out the civic action program which were urgently necessary.b. He said he found serious subversion among the Indians largely through small radios which Cuban trained Guatemalans were giving to the Indians and which were tuned in on Radio Cuba only. He knew specifically of 5 Guatemalans engaged in this work..c. He spoke of the danger of Sosa in the mountains and said that Peralta showed his ignorance by brushing Sosa off as a small-time operator with only a handful of men around him. Artime said he had about 25 men with him and added that this was enough to start a lot of trouble. He said he would like to begin something in Guatemala but had no specific suggestions.He said he had 3 people working in San Jose, Costa Rica, inside what he referred to as "the Cuban community."He has one man in Colombia organising three cooperativos in the Cali area at the request of a local Senator who owns a sugar mill and the Cali newspaper and who Artime described as a very good man. He is deeply concerned about the situation in Colombia.He is leaving shortly for Bolivia where he has been invited to spend four days by the President.During the course of the conversation I made the following suggestions which met with his enthusiastic approvals
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Artime ... 3I believe his key contribution may be in the area of rural organization and motivation. He and his men (he said he has 220 available for imediate action) need rural organisation training. Only a few know much about it. I suggested therefore he investigate the cooperative training school at Antigonish, Nova Scotia, which from everything I have been able to find out in Parama and elsewhere is the best thing of its kind in the world. He said he had heared of it very favorably and mentioned he would talk with a Bishop friend of his and see if he could get some of his wen enrolled in the school immediately.I told him in some detail of our work in Veraguas Province and of Bishop HoGrath's general development plans and also of the Bishop's intention to establish a cooperative training center in Veraquas. I mentioned the possibility of one or two of his men working in Veraguas alongside my men who will be there this summer and thereafter. He was extremely enthusiastic about this and suggested Nestor Isquierdo, a 29-year-old Cuban Negro whom he said had done rural organization work with him in Cuba. He spose very highly of him. My thought was that perhaps *Isquierdo might join my men during the summer with Bishop McGrath's approval, work on our cooperative project there and perhaps remain to help the Bishop set up his training center and carry on such other activities as might be useful. Isquierdo is apparently very versatile in his talents. He might go to Antigonish somewhere along the way if that spemsi wise. We left it that I would see how the Veraguas projeci goes, would talk informally to the Bishop and would meet Artime and possibly Jaquierdo in San Salvador on August 5. it that time we would decide whether it would be wise for Artime and/or Izquierdo to come with me to Veraguas.He asked me to send him some books about chicken raising in Central America. Could you take care of this?He gave me his address as 1270 NE 85th Street, Miami, and telephone as 754-8144.All in all, I was deeply impressed by Artime and would like to work with hime
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ML/C 65-2368 June 1965MEMORANDON FOR: Chief, Monetary DivisionVIA : Chief, /Budget & FiscalSUBJECT : Transfer of FundsPlease cable instructions to your representative in Bern to contact the bank in Zurich to cable transfer the amount of $14,868 to the First National City Bank, New York, for credit to the account of Gregory Cardinal or Charles Ramsey.Carl E. JenkinsWE/C/CA/EAcc: WE/NJWE/WE/C/CA/EA/ADRohlfing:bh (8 June 65)Distribution:Orig & 1 - Addressee1 - WE/C/Exec1 - WE/C/CA/EASECRET