Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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3. A review of the circumstances surrounding Mr. Hunt's conversion to Contract Type A employment and assignment was then undertaken by Messrs. Yalo, Caufield, Hudson and the undersigned. The contract and payroll files of Mr. Hunt were reviewed for possible indications of the nature of the operational activity undertaken in Madrid. A review of travel vouchers indicated that Mr. Hunt and his family made accountings indicating departure from Washington, D. C., on 5 August 1965 with an arrival in Madrid, Spain, on 16 August 1965. The costs of this travel were charged to the budget of the Western Hemi- sphere Division, Deputy Directorate for Plans, Madrid Station Support account. A subsequent accounting summarized PCS travel expenses and included a payment for apartment rental for 16, 17 and 18 August 1965 with a payment in the amount of $125 to Mr. F. Reid Buckley for this purpo98.4. It was determined that an allottee bank account in Mr. Hunt's name had been established at the Riggs National Bank of Washington. All salary and other non- operational reimbursements were made to Mr. Hunt through sterile check to this account. An oporational account was established for Mr. Hunt with the Chase Manhattan Bank of New York City. A review of all payments made to Mr. Hunt through the Chase bank account through Mr. Hunt's operational advance subsidiary account, or 1442 account, had been made. Thore was no record of any operational accounts or advances being processed through this channel. Mr. Yale stated that this fact defined his concern. He felt that it was inconceivable that Mr. Hunt could have undortaken operational activity without some transfer of or accounting for funds. To date, no such records have been developed. No reference to a project or project digraph or operational FAN number has been located. Al expenses connected with Mr: Hunt identified to date were charged to the Madrid Station Support. A review made of Madrid Station records has not indicated any "Developmontal and Target of Opportunity (DSTO)" funds or "Other Opera- tional Activity (00A)" funds expended by or on behalf of Mr. Hunt. These two accounts would normally be the source of operational funding not charged against a specific pro- ject activity.
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5. A review of all of the travel vouchers on record for Mr. Hunt during this period also failed to identify a project。 In addition to the PCS and return vouchers, two other accountings are ou record. One accounting covered a trip by the entire Hunt family to Paris "for the renewal of visas." A second voucher covered a TDY trip from Madrid to Washington with return to Madrid made by Mr. Hunt from 5 January to 3 January 1966. The voucher states in the space provided for the citation of the travel order number - "no travel order." The account- ing was approved and signed by Mr. Thomas Karamossines, then Deputy Director for Plans. No justification or statement of purpose for this TDY was given on the account- ing.6. Mr. Yale deterained that further review of possible sources or identification of operational funding was in order. Mr. Yale gave instructions that the entire 1442. advance account of Mr. Hunt be reviewed for other possible channels of funding outside of the New York Chase account. After discussion, it was agreed that particular attention be taken to any items connected with publishing or book royalties. Mr. Yale noted that the royalty offset waiver provision anaended to Mr. Hunt's contract was, in his ex- perience, somewhat unusual.7. Mr. Yala was informed by the undersigned of the intention to interview Mr. Edward Ryan, currently Chief, Division D, who was at the time of Mr. Hunt's Madrid assign- ment, Deputy Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division. Mr. Yale suggested that Mr. Davis Powell also be interviewed. The undersigned informed Mr. Yale that this had been done and briefed Mr. Yala on the generally negative results of the interview. Mr. Yale then recommended that Mr. Sam Halpern be interviewed. Mr. Yale noted that Mr. Halpern had been an assistant to Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald when the latter was Chief, Western Hemisphere Division and had ac- companied Mr. Fitzgerald when he became Deputy Director for Plans. Mr. Yale recalled that subsequent to Mr. Fitzgerald's passing that Mr. Halpern remained on the staff and acted as in Executive Officer for Mr. Thomas Karamessines. Mr. Yale stated that from his experience, Mr. Karamessines would have dolegated all the arranging of "details" surrounding un assignment such as Mr. Hunt's to Mr. Halpern. Mr. Yale offered the parenthetical observation of his surprise at what he interpreted to be reticence to date to intervew Mr. Halperm.
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(SECRET SENSITIVE3. The undersigned assured Mr. Yale that he would be informed of any information identifying any possible project activity developed in subsequent investigation. Mr. Yale stated that any information in this area would greatly facilitate the job of checking computorized financial records..Lawrence J. Howe4SECRET SENSITIVE
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CHASE MANHATTAN BANK ACCOUNT| Check NO. | Date              | Payee                                                                                            | Amount     || --------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- || 8         | 20 October, 1965  | Unknown                                                                                          | $ 1,650.00 ||           |                   | (2 months rent as deposit plus 1 month in advance at $550 per month. Substantiated by lease)     |            || 9         | 26 November, 1965 | Casa Guggenbuhi                                                                                  | $ 69.34    ||           |                   | (for storage of trunks during 3 mos. temporary housing)                                          |            || 10        | 10 December, 1965 | Security Storage Co.                                                                             | $ 1,070.82 ||           |                   | (final destination charges per attached invoice. Insurance charge of $1.00 is personal expense.) |            |Expenses|                   |                                                                                                |            || ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- || November 18, 1965 | Flowers for Sra. de Max Borrell                                                                | Ptas. 150  || December 20, 1965 | Dinner at House of Ming. Ex-Bolivian Ambassador and wife. (Per my letter of 21 December, 1965) | Ptas. 2250 |![signature of Howard Hunt]
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SERVICES OTHER THIAN PERSONALTerence S. CRABANACDESCRIPTION OF EXPENDITURE - ATTACH ALCEIPTS AND OTHER SUPPORTING ODSUNLSTS18 Nov 1965 Flowers for Sra. de Max Borrell. Pesetas 150 @ 60/$1.00 - $2.5020 Dec 1965 Dinner at House of Ming. Ex-Bolivian Ambassador and wife. Pesetas 2250 @ 60/$1.00 - $37.50* For opcrational security reasons a receipt was not obtained.  (Credit the hl.2 advance account.)RTIFY THAT THE DISBURSEMENTS ITEMIZED ABOVE WERE NECESSARILY MADE BY ME IN THE CONDUCT OF OFFICIAL BUSINESS OF A CONFIDENTIAL, EXTRAORDINARY, OR EMERGENCY NATURE, THAT I HAVE NOT NOR WILL I DE. 'RE INDURSED THEREFOR FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE. AND THAT THIS CLAIM AND AT-CHMENTS ARE TRUE AND CORRECT.(See true name attachment)I CERTIFY FUNDS ARE AVAILABLEREF. NO. CHARGE FAN ACCOUNT NO.6-2282 6136-1347 (code 3)DATE157266SIGNATURE OF CLAIMANTAPPROVEDSIGNATURE OF APPROVING OFFICERADDPDATEDATESIGNATURE OF PAYEESIGNATURE OF AGENTRECEIPT FOR FUNDS.RECEIVEDCERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT OR CREDITSIGNATURE OF CRATICYING OFFICERPAYMENT RECEIVEDIN THE AMOUNT OFDATEDATESIGNATURE OF ☐ PAVEL ☐ AGENT14 Feb 66 WE/BFSPACE BELOW FOR EXCLUSIVE USE OF OFFICE/CF FINANCE| DESCRIPTION ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS 13-33 | 34-39 STATION CODE | 28-33 45. 42-47 OBLIG. | 40- 49 REF. NO. | 50 CA PAY OR PER. | 51-54 GENERAL LEDGER ACCT. NO | 55-66- COST FAN ACCOUNT SYMBOL | 67-70 OBJECT CLASS | 71-80 AMOUNT || ------------------------------------ | ------------------ | ---------------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ----------------------------- | ------------------------------ | ------------------ | ------------ || DESCRIPTION - DVANCE ACCOUNTS 13-27  |                    |                        |                 |                   |                               |                                |                    |              || KABINAC CCS: JENE                    | 88 2282            |                        |                 |                   | 3601.0 6:1:361317             | 2:551                          |                    | 3750         || RARANASIONS                          | 55 2282.           |                        |                 |                   | 36:1.0161361347.              | 12:555                         |                    | 2:50         || KRABANAC TS                          | 134100             |                        |                 |                   | 144.2:                        | 50 125                         |                    | 1000         |DATEPREPARED BY1/23/11/10 E DohertyOBSOLETE PREVIOUS264EDITIONSNEIDAT TODATEREVIERED BYM 68-858 TOTALSSECRET 31.3393GROUP !OVER
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PCS to Madrid - Per diem/misc exp $ 998.30Air fare (self & family) 2,257.50HHE, POV, etc 7,547.76.TLA, quarters, etc 6,662.00Education allowance 1,440.00 $18,905.56TDY Madrid/Paris - reentry visa 384.61Air fare only for self & familyPCS to Hqs - Per diem/misc exp $ 178.82Air fare (self & family) 1,394.55HHE, POV, etc 10,731.97TLA 599.34 12,904.68Operational entertainment - Madrid Nov 65 40.00Approved expenditure - LKD - Madrid 1 July. 1966 1,600.00Total expenditures $33,834.85Less advances received (bank deposit, $30,000; cash $3,500) 33,500.00Cash settlement to close A/C $ 334.85
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15 February 1974MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Davis Powellon the David St. John Novels1. On the morning of 15 February 1974, the   undersigned interviewed Mr. Davis Powell, currently   a Budget Officer on the staff of the Deputy Director   for Management and Services. Mr. Powell is located   in Room 7C18. During 1965 Mr. Powell was Chief of   Support of the then designated Western European Divi-   sion. In July 1965 a contract was written authorizing   salary and benefits to Mr. E. Howard Hunt for an assign-   ment under non-official cover to Madrid, Spain. The   purpose of this interview was to determine if Mr. Powell   had any information on Mr. Hunt's activities during this   period.2. Mr. Powell responded that from his recollection   it was Mr. Hunt's habit to deal only with the most senior   officer available. In this case Mr. Hunt dealt directly   with the then Chief of Western European Division, Mr.   Rolf Kingsley. Mr. Powell states that, in his capacity   as Chief of Support, any activity undertaken to support   Mr. Hunt's assignment to Madrid was undertaken second   and thirdhand on receipt of instructions from Mr. Kingsley's   office. He further stated that he was never briefed on   the purpose of Mr. Hunt's mission and could add little in   terms of speculation. Mr. Powell recommended that Mr.   Edward Ryan, who was then Deputy Chief of Western European   Division, be contacted. Mr. Powell also suggested that   Miss Martha Seville be interviewed. Miss Seville was the   Executive Secretary in Western European Division during the   time that Mr. Hunt's contract was written and Miss Seville   subsequently served in Madrid herself. Mr. Powell under-   stands that Miss Seville is currently assigned to the   office of the Chief, European Division.Lawrence J. Howe
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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD15 February 1974IG Fele 11 Tub 38SUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Rogers Brookson the David St. John Novels1.  At 0930 on the morning of 15 February 1974,    the undersigned interviewed Mr. Rogers Brooks, Chief,    Contract Personnel Division, Office of Personnel.    The purpose of this interview was to determine if Mr.    Brooks had any information not contained in the Con-    tract Personnel file of Mr. E. Howard Hunt on the    latter's activitios while a Contract Type A employee.2.  Mr. Brooks summarized his recollections by    saying that, although it was not common practice it    was not entirely unusual for highly sensitive contracts    to be administered without the contracting officer being    made aware of the operational objective involved. Mr.    Brooks stated that he recalls some of the controversy    involved in preparing the contract dealing with the    question of offset and housing allowance, but he was    unable to recall any of the details. It was Mr. Brooks'    suggestion that the Office of Finance be contacted and    that their contract personnel records on Mr. Hunt be.    checked for information.Lawrence J. Howe
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14 February 1974MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Interview with Mr. Raymond A. Rocca on the David St. Joha Novels1. On the morning of 14 February 1974 Messrs. Frederick Evans and Lawrence Howe interviewed Mr. Raymond A. Rocca, Deputy Chief, Counter Intelligence Operations. The purpose of the interview was to follow up on information contained in Office of Security files which stated the belief that individuals in the Counter Intelligence Operations office had knowledge of the writing activities of Mr. E. Howard Hunt. This belief was a matter of record in the files of the former Security Research Staff and was attributed to Mr. Paul Gaynor, now retired, and Mr. Edward Sayla.2. During this interview Mr. Rocca was specifically asked whether or not he had knowledge of the existence of any form of official sponsorship or encouragement to Mr. E. Howard Hunt to write novels to improve the image of this Agency. Additionally, Mr. Rocca was asked whether or not any assistance was ever requested of the Counter Intelligence Operations office to be provided to Mr. Hunt or whether or not that staff had ever had any relationship with Mr. Hunt whatsoever. In response to these questions Mr. Rocca responded "on the record" that he has no knowledge of any such arrangements nor at any time was he party to any assistance or any requests for assistance to Mr. Hunt. Mr. Rocca stated that the particular section which he had been most actively concerned in the past years was responsible for handling a variety of tasks categorized under the area of "setting the record straight." In this sense, the "image" mission of the office was to counter misinformation currently in the media or otherwise believed to be part of an effort to discredit the Agency. Mr. Rocca feels that any assumption that Mr. Hunt was engaged in any form of Agency sponsored image activity would have probably lead to the conclusion that it was done under the Counter Intelligence Operations. However, Mr. Rocca enphatically stated that this was not the case.
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3. Mr. Rocca was thoroughly candid and cooperative during the course of this interview. He was unable to suggest alternate means of attempting to determine if any official Agency sponsorship of Mr. Hunt did in fact exist. Mr. Rocca did venture the opinion that he felt that in all probability an official acquiescence on the part of senior officials might have been involved rather than an official sponsorship. It was agreed by all in this discussion that the nature of any informal support given to Mr. Hunt would be far more difficult to define in the absence of any formalized agreements.Lawrence J. Howe
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6 February 1974MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Possible Agency Sponsorship of theDavid St. John Novels1. The details summarizing an interview on 4 February   1974 with Mr. Walter Pforzheimer, Curator, Historical   Intelligence Collection, were set forth in a menorandum   addressed to Mr. Stoven L. Kuhn dated 6 February 1974. Mr.   Xuhn was briefed by the undersigned on this information   during the afternoon of 5 February 1974. Later the same   afternoon, at Mr. Kuhn's direction, a conference was held   with Messrs. Scott Breckenridge and John Richards of the   Office of the Inspector General.2. During this conference the speculation was entertained   that Mr. E. Howard Hunt had, in fact, been under Agency   sponsorship with the knowledge of Mr. Richard Helms in his   preparation of a series of spy novels under the pseudonym,   David St. John If it can be accepted as a reasonable   supposition that Mr. Huat had some highly compartmented   financial arrangement authorized by senior Agency officials   to write these books, then it is likely that this relation-   ship continued after Mr. Hunt officially retired. It is   specifically noted that Mr. Hunt retired 30. April 1970.   Subsequent to the retirement, a David St. John book appeared   in print in 1971 and another in 1972. These manuscripts   were apparently prepared during the time that Mr. Hunt was   employed by the Robert R. Mullen Comраnу...Lagishtire3. Minutes from the Office of General Counsel make   Teferences to a concern of Senator Baker over an alléged   financial relationship between Mr. Helms and Mr. Hunt   which continued subsequent to Mr. Hunt's formal retirement.   Senator Baker has reportedly made reference to a payment   of some thirty thousand dollars with the parenthotical   comment that Mr. Holas would not have that amount of money
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to provide Mr. Ilunt from his private funds. Mr. Richardsof the Inspector General Staff opinioned that if theAgency had sponsored the St. John books, it was likelythat Mr. Hunt had so informed Senator Baker.4. Adding possible weight to this line of speculation   is the fact that subsequent to publishing the last St. John   novel, Mr. Hunt published a novel entitled, *Eduardo*, using   his old Agency issued alias, Edward J. Hamilton. The   suggestion is that this writing effort was done by Mr. Hunt   free of any fiduciary relationship with the Agency involved   in the use of the St. John pen name.5. Mr. Howard J. Osborn, Director of Security, was   briefed on the above by the undersigned in the presence of   Mr. Kuha on the evening of 5 February 1974.Lawrence J. Howe
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6 February 1974MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Steven L. KuhnSUBJECT: The David St. John Novels1. On 4 February 1974, Mr. Walter Pforzheimer, Curator, Historical Intelligence Collection, was interviewed by the undersigned concerning his knowledge of a series of novels written by Mr B. Howard Hunt. This interview was undertaken at your request in an effort to determine if Mr. Hunt had acted in any capacity in cooperation with Counter Intelligence Operations. It has previously been alleged in Office of Security records that Messrs. Paul Gaynor and Edward Sayle of Security Research Staff, believed that Mr. Hunt had written novels at Agency request and that this effort had been known to Mr. James Angleton, Chief, CI Operations.2. Mr. Pforzheimer provided a verbal summary of his knowledge of Mr. Hunt's fictional writings under the pen name, David St. John. Mr. Pforzheimer stated that when the first St. John book, *On Hazardous Duty*, appeared in 1965, he undertook to identify the true name of the author. Mr. Pforzheimer related that he checked with a source in the copyright office only to find out that the true name was not given on the copyright application. The mailing address given for the author was checked against a telephone cross reference directory. The address on the copyright application was identified with Mr. E. Howard Hunt. Mr. Pforzheimer stated that after making the identification, he called Mr. Thomas Karamessines and related his discovery. Mr. Pforzheimer recalled from the nature of Mr. Karamessines' reaction that he had uncovered a sensitive matter of senior officer concern. Mr. Pforzheimer stated that he then recommended to Mr. Karamessines that "if the Agency is involved in this thing why not see to it that Hunt leaves his address off the copyright applications in the future." Mr. Karamessines reportedly
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accerted the suggestion and Mr. Pfortzheimer recalls that subsequent copyright applications were submitted without the address. Within five minutes of the conversation with Mr. Karamessines, Mr. Pforzheimer recalls being called by Mr. Richard Helms, then Deputy Director of Central. Intelligence.. Mr. Pforzheimer recalls the substance of the conversation as being, "for Christ sake Walter, this is the first book to... come along and say something good about the Agency." "Why not leave the Goddamn thing alone."3. The undersigned asked Mr. Pforzheimer, who to his knowledge, would be in a position to confirm or deny whether Mr. Hunt was under any form of Agency sponsorship in his writing of the David St. John novels. Mr. Pfortzheimer replied that he was never officially briefed on the matter and that only Mr. Helms or Mr. Karamessines could provide the answer. Mr. Pforzheimer was then asked if either Mr. Angleton or Mr. Rocca of Counter Intelligence Operations would have any knowledge of this activity. Mr. Pforzheimer replied that he doubted it seriously.4. Mr. Pforzheimer went on to relate that he was occasionally tasked to do research for Mr. Hunt. He recalled on one occasion being asked to research the Indian religious fites involving use of funeral pyres. Mr. Pforzheimer remembered that this theme figures significantly in Mr. Hunt's subsequent novel Tower of Silence which appeared under the St. John pen name in 1966. Mr. Pfortzheimer parenthetically pointed out the origin of the pen name as being the names of Mr. Hunt's two sons--David and St. John.5. Tracing Mr. Hunt's career assignments, it is noted that he was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Director for Operations then designated, the DDP/Operations Group, in February 1965. The first David St. John book was published during 1965. From June 1965 through September 1966, Mr. Hunt was assigned to Madrid, Spain as a Contract Agent. During 1966, three St. John books appeared in print, the highest out- put for any year. Mr. Hunt published one book under the St. John pseudonym in 1967, and one each in the years 1963, 1969, 1971 and 1972. Mr. Hunt officially retired as an Agency Staff Employee effective 30 April 1970.
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6. A check of Office of Security records did not develop any indication that any of the David St. John manuscripts were ever submitted for review in accordance with Agency regulations. There is no documentary evidence currently available to the Office of Security to either confirm or deny possible Agency sponsorship of the books written by Mr. E. Howard Hunt under the pen name, David. St. John.Lawrence J. Howe3