Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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SECRET15 AUG 1969MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Domestic Contact ServiceSUBJECT: DCS Case 47540 - Contact withLouis A. Brun/Clemard Joseph Charles1. On 29 July 1969, Station Port au Prince advised that Clemard Joseph Charles had passed a list of nine questions concerning the Haitian economy to an official of the United States Embassy in Port au Prince. The list of questions was written in English in standard U.S. Government format and, although sterile, appeared to be intelligence requirements. Charles told the Embassy official that he had just finished a "big job" for the Pentagon and implied that the list also came from the Pentagon. The Embassy official suspected that Charles had passed a copy of the list to the National Palace.2. On 2 August, a representative of the WH/Haiti Desk contacted Mr. George Husulin, Operational Support Staff of DCS, and learned that the DCS office in New York had briefed Mr. Louis A. Brun and had orally passed a List of CIRI. requirements to Brun concerning Haiti prior to his trip to Haiti during the week of 21 July. Mr. Musulin speculated that Brun had probably noted the DCS requirements on paper and then had passed a copy to Charles upon his arrival in Haiti.3. For a number of years, the United States Government has been aware of the political ambitions of Charles and his alleged plotting to overthrow the Duvalier regime. In 1967, this rather open plotting led to his imprisonment for over one year. Also, since May 1963, Charles has been trying to obtain support from the United States Government for his plots but he has been consistently rebuffed. Charles is not held in high esteem by U.S. officials and his motives are highly questionable. He owes his position in Haiti to his relationship with Duvalier and his ability to successfully manage some ofSECRETCharles Yale
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the more notorious financial rackets of the regime. Charles enjoys no political foliowing and even the "plots" with which he is associated are viewed with considerable reserve. For example, we have never been able to confirm that Charles was involved with the "military junta" formed in May 1969, as he claimed. In February 1959, the U.S. Embassy in Port au Prince commented that, with regard to the most recent plotting of Charles, "the possibility cannot be excluded that Charles....could be a provocation to determine the real motives of the United States Government towards the Duvalier regime." We concur in the Embassy's views.4. During the past three years, the WH Division has been kept advised of the contact between DCS and Brun and his relationship with Charles. We are also aware from DCS and other sources of the efforts by Brun to obtain support from the United States Government for Charles. Brun is, of course, a close collaborator of Charles and a business representative of his in New York City. Brun has contacted officials of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and even a person with access to President Johnson on Charles' behalf. The Chief of Caribbean Affairs of the Department of State categorically told Brun in June 1967 that the United States Government was not interested in supporting the plots of Charles or anyone else against Duvalier, but this advice seems to have fallen on deaf ears. The most recent example of Brun's lobbying was in May 1969 when Brun passed on to DCS a request from Charles for a secret meeting between a U.S. envoy and a representative of the "military junta." Brun's involvement with Charles requires that he be considered a biased source of information. While some of the information Brun has obtained from Charles has been of interest, there is hardly anything that was not available through other channels and indeed, much of it was slanted.5. As was set forth in WH/7 memoranda to the Operational Support Staff, DCS, on 16 July 1968 and 28 May 1969, we interpose no objection to DCS maintaining contact with Brun for its own purposes. However, the-2-
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SECRETrelationship between Brun and Charles has now taken on operational characteristics (agent/sub-agent) with Brun levying requirements on Charles in Haiti to service on behalf of DCS. The relationship between Brun and Charles also has manifested political and security aspects which could adversely affect the interests of the United States Government regarding Haiti. Accordingly, we request that the contact between Brun and Charles on behalf of DCS be terminated.Joseph John R. HortonJohn R. HortonActing ChiefWestern Hemisphere DivisionDDP/WH/7/Ht: R.Berg stDistribution:Orig & 1 - Addressee1 - C/WHD1 - WH/7/Ht Chrono1 - WH/Registry1 - WH/7/HT (CHARLES)-3-SECRET
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# DISPATCHCLASSIFICATIONSECRETFROMChief, Western Hemisphere DivisionINFO.Chief of Station, Port au PrinceSUBJECTSubject of 201-357029ACTION REQUIRED-REFERENCESREFERENCES: A. DIRECTOR 26288 dated 1 August 1969B. HTPA-2443 dated 29 July 1969ACTION REQUIRED: See Paragraph 5.1. The Station would like to offer its views on the WODISH contact, through Identity of Paragraph 1 Reference A (hereinafter IDEN), with 201-357029, as well as on the question of the requirements which 201-357029 gave LNPURE and which were forwarded to Headquarters in Reference B.2. Since IDEN has been told that his contact is with LNSHOE and since he has told 201-357029 that fact, and since 201-357029 has apparently, in his mind at least, converted that fact into contact with RVROCK, and has probably spread both stories with his associates and thereby throughout the local milieu, we have, in effect, a dangerous security situation. When we consider that the LNPURE receives all the information that 201-357029 gives IDEN anyway, and most of the time receives the information directly from 201-357029, then we have an operation that is difficult to justify.3. In the case of the requirements forwarded with Reference B, we have a situation in which WODISH levied requirements on 201-357029, through IDEN. 201-357029 then turned those requirements over to LNPURE which returned then via 201-357029 and IDEN to WODISH. Why not cut out the middleman and the security complications, and save the headaches?4. The Station feels that the WODISH handling of 201-357029 results in a case that has the potential of causing severe problems for AKULE, and that it could well be that AKULE will be made to bear the blame since elements within RVROCK might feel that the ultimate responsibility for supervision of the case lies with AKULE.Distribution:3-C/WHDCS COPYDISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBERHTPA-2457DATE19 August 1969CLASSIFICATIONSECRETDOC FILE NUMBER201-357029
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CLASSIFICATION# CONTINUATION OF DISPATCHSECRETDISPATC SYMBOL AND ALREAHTPA-24575. We would appreciate obtaining Headquarters' views on our thoughts as expressed above as well as on what seens to be a contradiction between Reference A, paragraph 2 and the evidence presented in Reference B Attachment. It appears unlikely to us that IDEN could have typed the Attachment.![Signature of Vincent H. RACICOT]Vincent H. RACICOT201-357029CLASSIFICATIONFORM 53a USE PREVIOUS EDITION,SECRETCONTINUED2
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FEI DOCUMENTDATE: 17 AUGUST 1962CLASSIFICATION: NONE GIVENSUBJECT: CLEMARD JOSEPH CHARLESFEI FILE NO: 105-6311 (MIAMI)DEPT OF STATE AIRGRAM A-134DATE: 13 AUGUST 1969CLASSIFICATION: CONFIDENTIALFROM AMEMBASSY PORT AU PRINCESUBJECT: FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES OF CLEMARD JOSEPH CHARLES
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# MEMORANDUM FOR : Chief, Domestic Contact Service# SUBJECT : DCS Case 47540 - Contact with Louis A. Brun/Clenard Joseph Charles1. On 29 July 1969, Station Port au Prince advised that Cleward Joseph Charles had passed a list of nine questions concerning the Haitian economy to an official of the United States Embassy in Port qu Prince. The list of questions was written in English in standard 5.8. Government format and, although sterile, appeared to be intelligence requirements. Charles toid the Entassy official that he had just finished a "big jot" for the Pentagon and implied that the list also came from the Pentagon The Embassy official suspected that Charles had passed a copy of the list to the National Palace.2. On 2 August, a representative of the WH/Haiti Desk contacted Mr. George Husulin, Operational Support Staff of DC, and learned that the DCS office in New York bad briefed Mr. Louis A. Brun and had orally passed a list of CIRL requirements to Erun concerning Haiti prior to his trip to Haiti during the week of 21 July. Mr. Husulin speculated that Brun had probably noted the DCS requirements on paper and then had passed a copy to Charles upon his arrival in Haiti.3. For a mucher of years, the United States Government has been aware of the political ambitions of Charles and In his alleged plotting to oerthrow the Duvalier regine 1967, this rather open plotting led to his imprisonment for over one year. Also, since May 1963, Charles has been trying to obtain support from the United States Government for his plots but he has been consistently rebuffed Charles is not held in high esteen by U.8. officials and his motives are highly questionablo He oves his position in Haiti to his relationship with Duvalier and his ability to successfully manage some of the more notorious financial rackets of the regine Charles enjoys no political following and even the "plots" with which he is associated are viewed with con- siderable reserve For example, we have never been able to confirm that Charles was involved with the "military junta" formed in May 1969, as he claimed. In February 1969, theSECRET
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-2-U.S. Embassy in Port au Prince commented that, with regard to the most recent plotting of Charles, "the possibility cannot be excluded that Charles could be a provocation to determine the real motives of the United States Government toward the Duvalier regime." We concur in the Embassy's views.4. During the past three years, the WH Division has been kept advised of the contact between DCS and Brun and his relationship with Charles. We are also aware from DCS and other sources of the efforts by Brun to obtain support from the United States Government for Charles. Brun is, of course, a close collaborator of Charles and a business representative of his in New York City. Brun has contacted official's of the Department of Defense, the Department of State, and even a person with access to President Johnson on Charles' behalf. The Chief of Caribbean Affairs of the Department of State categorically told Brun in June 1967 that the United States Government was not interested in supporting the plots of Charles or anyone else against Duvalier, but this advice seems to have fallen on deaf ears. The most recent example of Brun's lobbying was in May 1969 when Brun passed on to DCS a request from Charles for a secret meeting between a U.S. envoy and a representative of the "military junta." Brun's involvement with Charles requires that he be considered a biased source of information. While some of the information Brun has obtained from Charles has been of interest, there is hardly anything that was not available through other channels and indeed, such of it was slanted.5. As was set forth in WH/7 memorandums to the Operational Support Staff, DCS, on 16 July 1968 and 28 May 1969, we interpose no objection to DCS maintaining contact with Brun for its own purposes. However, the relationship between Brun and Charles has now taken on operational characteristics (agent/sub-agent) with Brun levying requirements on Charles in Haiti to service on behalf of DCS. The relationship between Brun and Charles also has manifested political and security aspects which could adversely affect the interests of the United States Government regarding Haiti. Accordingly, we request that the contact between Brun and Clemard Joseph Charles on behalf of DCS be terminated.William V. BroeChiefWestern Hemisphere DivisionSECRET
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ORIG: EUTH LEHMAN; nvsUNIT: WE/7/HTEXT: 5595/1349DATE: 1 AUGUST 1969CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEMINATIONBY: DKB PERCONF: W48 FILE. VR. RIAN DO5, Fiz. Gicalops aloa.S-E-C-R-E-TCITE DIRECTOR 6288TO Γ PORT AU PRINCE 01 22 22 z AucINFO: DO BASE NEW YORKREF: PORT AU PRINCE 6323 (IN 12581)*1. PER REF REQUEST, ONE LUIS BRUN, WELL KNOWN COLLABORA-   TOR OF SUBJECT REF ON POLITICAL MATTERS IN HAITI, IS CONTACT   OF WODISH OFFICE, NEW YORK. PRIOR TO BRUN'S TRIP TO EAITI,   WEEK OF 21 JULY, WODISH BRIEFED BRUN AND ORALLY PASSED LIST   OF CIRL REQUIREMENTS ON HAITI. FYI, BRUN BELIEVES WODISH   CONTACT IS FROM DEFENSE AND THAT REQUIREMENTS LEVIED BY DOD.2. IT WODISH BELIEF THAT BRUN PROBABLY NOTED REQUIRE-   MENTS ON PAPER FOLLOWING BRIEFING, AND PASSED COPY TO SUBJECT   REF UPON HIS ARRIVAL IN HAITI.3. FYI, SUBJECT REF WAS REGISTERED IN INTERAGENCY   SOURCE REGISTER UNTIL 17 MARCH 69, WHEN ACSI TERMINATED HIM,   WITHOUT PREJUDICE. SUBJECT WELL KNOWN FOR HIS REPEATED   ATTEMPTS OBTAIN USG BACKING FOR HIS PLANS TO OVERTHROW DUVALIER.ContinuedCS COPYS-E -C-R-E-TREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.
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S-E-C-R-E-TROUTING AND/OR INITIALS - SEEN BYINDEXFILE IN CS FILE NO.S-E-C-R-E-TPAGE 2CITE DIRECTOR 262884. WODISH BRIEFED ON CONTENTS REF AND PROMISED TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION.5. FILE: 201-357029.END OF MESSAGE*WH Comment: Clemard Joseph CHARLES passed list of questions to EXBOFF re Haitian economy. Advised Emb. He had finished "big job" for Pentagon. Advise if list of WOFIRM origin.Robert WolfeWILLIAM V. BROEC/WHDFI/DCGDOI/B-2CHARLES B. DICKENSAC/WH/7REPRODUION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.
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BLE SECRETARIAT DISSEMINATIONRSON/UNIT NOTIFIEDCLASSIFIED MESSAGE**SECRET**(When Filed)TOTAL COPIES 22 ROUTING AND/OR INITIALS-SEEN BYGROUP 1:REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PRO-BEC-B ISVANCE COPY ISSUED SLOTTEDCLASSIFY TO FILE NO.INFOAT: 30 PERREF TO FILE NO.FILE REF. RET. TOBRANCHDESTROY SGISSUED BY:ACTION RID COPY FILE VR. RILAN 204 DDP ADOP CIAO 52 CIWH8cilopsF402SECRET 29205 Z JUL 69 CITE PORT AU PRINCE 6323 (RACICOT ACT ING)DIRECTOR INFO DO BASE NEW YORK 29 Jul 69 12581AKULE DOMOPS EVMEND1 1. CLEMARD JOSEPH CHARLES PASSED TO EMBOFF COPY OF LISTOF 9 QUESTIONS WRITTEN IN ENGLISH DEALING WITH HAITIAN ECONOMY.MENTIONED HE HAD JUST FINISHED "BIG JOB" FOR PENTAGON ANDIMPLIED LIST ALSO CAME FROM PENTAGON. ALTHOUGH STERILE, QUES-TIONS WRITTEN IN STANDARD GOVERNMENT FORMAT AND APPEAR TO BEINTEL REQUIREMENTS.1. 2. STATION POUCHING LIST TO HQS ONLY PER HTPA 2443 DTD      29 JULY SINCE CANNOT DUPLICATE LOCALLY. WOULD APPRECIATE      LEARNING IF LIST IS OF VOFIRM ORIGIN. FYI EMBOFF SUSPECTS      CHARLES HAS PASSED LIST AT PALACE AND STATION THEREFORE FEELS      SECURITY ASPECTS RE HANDLING CHARLES BY ANY USG AGENCY SHOULD      BE REVIEVED. SINCE CHARLES HAD PASSED LIST TO EMBASSY FOR      ANSWERING OF QUESTIONS, IT WOULD APPEAR "INTELLIGENCE" COULD      HAVE BEEN OVERTLY OBTAINED.2. FILE: 281-357029.SECRETSECRET
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# DISPATCHCLASSIFICATIONSECRETPROCESSING ACTIONMARKED FOR NOEXINGTOChief, Western Hemisphere DivisionNO INDEXHING REQUIREDINFOVithONELY QUALIFIED DESIKCAN JUDGE BICOCINGFROMChief of Station, Port au Prince (VHR Acting)MICROFLSUBJECTSubject of 201-357029ACTION BEQUERED-REFERENCESREFERENCE: Port au Prince 6323 dated 29 July 1969.Per Reference attached is the list of questions given Subject.Vincent H. RACICOTAttachment:As stated above (h/w)Distribution:3 - C/LhD w/att h/wCS COPYDISPAJONHTPA-2443DATE29 July 1969CLASSIFICATIONSECETT201-3570
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US manufacturers are setting up subsidiary companies in Haiti or are forming partnerships with Haitian enterprises to produce such items as underwear, baseballs, footwear and other export items. They use Haitian facilities and materials imported from the US.1. What specific companies are involved in producing these goods, and are they completely owned by Haitians (HT) or are they in partnership with US companies?2. Are there prospects that other companies are entering the field (using Haitian enterprises to produce goods from imported US materials)?3. Will these enterprises expand? How important would it be to Haiti if these enterprises expanded? discontinued production?4. What articles are produced?5. What materials are imported to produce the final product? What percentage of the imported materials are part of the finished product?6. Give the figures on the value of the imported goods vs. the value of the export goods to gain Haitian profit figures.7. How do the domestic producers and the US importers feel about operating under President Duvalier? Are there any difficulties? Have investment conditions in Haiti changed since these enterprises began operating?8. Does the Haitian workers' lack of education affect their training?9. How effective is the Haitian social security system? Do US importers contribute to the social security fund?
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# SECRET28 May 1500MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, Domestic Contact ServiceOperational Support StaffATTENTION: Mr. George S. MasulinSUBJECT: DCS Case 47540 - Request by HaitianOpposition Group for Secret Interviewwith U.S. Official1. This memorandum will serve to confirm the telephone conversations between your office and the Chief of the Balti Desk on 15 and 27 May 1969 concerning the request made through Kr. Louis A. Bran on the above subject. During these conversations, your office was advised that the WH Division has no interest in contacting any representative or sente of the plotting group.2. The WE Division considers Cleward Joseph Charles to be a perennial anti-Duvalier plotter in Port su Prince with little means or following to carry out his anti-government designs. During the weer of 11 May 1969, Charles approached the Embassy in Port as Prince with basically she gase information as relayed to the DCS office in New York by Mr. Bran. The only difference was that be did not request that a U.S. Government official make contact with the internal , ter the the Fabeesy prowide thot the U.S. Covernment would look benevolently on the group once the coup vas launched. The Bebassy replied that the U.S. Government had a fira policy not to intervene in such matters and that no such assurance could be expected.3. Since 1967, Charles has made similar overtures to the U.S. Government for support of his anti-government plans. When revieving these approaches, there has always been sose doubt as to the accuracy of the information that Charles (or Brun) has furnished. While it was accepted that Charles vas actually plotting against Duvalier, it could never be determined if he was actually a member of the plotting group, which usually included sembers of the Haitian Army, or if Charles had sleply become aware of an anti-Duvalier plot and vas trying to act as a troker between the plotters and theSECRET
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# SECRET-3-U.S. Government for his own interests.4. At the present time, fairly reliable reports have been received that certain officials of the Haitian Army are trying to form a junta to take power in the event Duvalier dies. Some members of this junta are reportedly anxious to overthrow Duvalier, should he recover, but so far have not established a timetable or decided how they intend to carry out the coup. Also, the illness of Duvalier has undoubtedly inspired anti-Duvalier plotting by other groups in Haiti but no reliable information is available on their plans. It is interesting to note that Clezard Joseph Charles is not identified as a plotter in any of the reports from internal sources.5. As was mentioned in the WH/7 memorandum dated 16 July 1968, we do not interpose any objection to DCS maintaining contact with Brun for its own purposes. However, we feel that in the interests of security and also in conformance with U.S. policy, that Brun should clearly understand that we have no interest in establishing contact with any member of the internal group through his channel and further that the U.S. Government has no interest in becoming involved in any anti-Duvalier activities.Charles B. DickensAC/WH/7Distribution:Orig & 1 - Addressee1 - WH/72 - WH/7/HT (CHARLES file)SECRET
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SECRETS E C R E T PRIORITY MAY 63 CITE CONTACT/MIMI YORK 1508CONTACT/WASHINGTONOPERATIONAL SUPPORT STAFF (HUMINT) FROM WASHINGTONPROJECT: REPORT BY HAITIAN OPERATION GROUP FOR SLOPES INTERVIEW WITH US OFFICIALREFERENCE: S E C R E T/SENSITIVE DRAFT (?) -302/13576-63OUR SOURCE RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM GROUP MENTIONED IN REFERENCE IN 20 MAY 1963, WHICH STATED THAT "THE TRANSACTION HAS NOT TAKEN PLACE". THIS TELEGRAM THEN REQUESTED "URGENTLY" THAT THE TRANSLATION BE SET IN MOTION. SOURCE WAS ALREADY EXPLAINED TO REFERENCE REQUESTERS THAT HE IS NOTHING BUT A CHANNEL. WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO SOURCE THAT WE ARE NOTHING BUT A CHANNEL (WHICH WE UNDERSTANDS). WE PASS ALONG THE REQUEST FOR THE DECODER. THANK YOU.FILE: LEWIS A. SIMS, PRESIDENTDAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION630 FIFTH AVENUENEW YORK CITYSECRETWORDS LINE SUBJECT: REQUEST .... ETC VICE VERSA REQUEST COREY![image of a stamp saying "COPY 1 verified from original for declassification purposes date 9-29-95 initials" ]
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1. CLEMAPD JOSEPH CHAPLES, WHO HAS STATED ON TEORIUS OCCASIONS THAT HE VILL PE THE WENT PRESIDENT OF WAIT! Aט רײַHO HAS CATHERED APOUT HIMSELF A PERSONAL FOLLOWING OF INDIVICIALS COVERTLY OPPOSED ΤΟ ΤΗΣ GOVERNMENT OF PRESIDENT DIVALIER /COLLECTOR'S NOTE: SEE 00-2 - 321/75913-59.1, HAS CY DECLAPED THAT ACTION AGAINST HAITI'S PRESIDENT IS IMPPEATIVE AND THAT DINALIEP'S OVERTYPY WIIST AND CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING THE MONTH OF JINE 1969. HE HAS SET A 1 JILY 1969 DEANLINE FOR THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF HIS GOAL. CHARLES HAS ALSO STATED THAT TIVE IS OF THE ESSENCE PECAUSE OTHER OPPOSITION TECUPS /COLLECTOR'S VITE: POESUMARLY, HE REFERS TO ONE OD VORE OF THOSE GROUPS LISTED IN 009-321/969.3-69./ MAY TRY TO ACT BEFORE HE CAN. CHAPLES LISTS NO REASON FOR THE SPECIFIC TIME LIMIT OF JULY 1959.2. CHAPLES MAS PEQUESTED THAT "THE PENTAGON" (SPECIFICALLY, MIS FORMER INTERMEDIARY, COLONEL HOYARD נימוס DISPATCA SECPET ENVOY TO TALK TO HIM. HE LAYS Dוסכי כי אשמNS OPERAI DI FOR THE ENVOY AND PRESINABLY WILL TALY TO HIM IN POPT-A-PRINCE. THIS PEQUEST HAS SEEN "LABELED URGENT."-END-SECRET/SENSITIVE
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SECRET(When Filled In)DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND CROSS REFERENCESUBJECT OF DOCUMENTDOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION2. RI FILE NO.3. DISPATCH OR SOURCE DOC. SYMBOL NO. 6. DATE7. SUBJECI CRYPTOR. 8. DATE OF INFO. 9. EVALUATION5. ANALYST 8. DATE PROCESSED 10. DISSEMINATED IN 11. DATEDOCUMENT DISPOSITION12. CROSS REFERRED TO THIS FILE 13. TRANSFERRED TO RI FILE NO.PERTINENT INFORMATIONCHARLES, CLEMARD JOSEPH201-357029SEX N DUR ?CIT HAITIOCC ?< HAITIMBR OF OPPOSITION GP.U36-009-006PRIN-0602413 MAY 69HDCUNDHTPR 6907311254RIFILE IN 201-357029FILE THIS FORM IN FILE NO.FORM6-67 667 USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS.SECRET (7-68)