Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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O'Malley recalled that Mr. Hunt expressed dissatisfaction with that suggestion in part because of what Mr. Hunt viewed as that firm's political orientation. Nr. O'Malley did not elaborate further on that remark. Mr. O'Malley then suggested the use of Anderson Security Consultants, Incorporated, a commercial cover entity of the Office of Security. Mr. O'Malley stated that insofar as this organization was advertised in the yellow pages and that Hr. Hunt could be assured of the reliability of the services, he felt this to be a reasonable suggestion. Mr. O'Malley stated that during a subsequent phone call when Nr. O'Malley asked how his suggestion had worked out, Mr. Hunt responded, "Yes, they had done a fine job." At this point Mr. O'Malley was asked whether or not from his associations with Mr. Hunt he felt Nr. Hunt was in the habit of making glib comments which were not necessarily accurate in order to pass over a subject. Mr. O'Malley stated that this was categorically so. He said he was sure that Mr. Hunt had lied to him on a number of occasions and that, therefore, he was in nó position to be sure that Mr. Hunt had actually, in fact, used the services of Anderson Security Consultants. Mr. O'Malley volunteered the opinion that he suspected the electronic countermeasures "sweep" was to be carried out in the offices of the Committee to Re-elect the President.7. In response to a question as to whether he had ever referred anyone to McCord Associates, Mr. O'Malley replied that he remembered having referred Walter Brayden. Mr. Brayden for a time acted as bodyguard to Mrs. Martha Mitchell. As an aside Mr. O'Malley mentioned that Mr. Brayden had refused to carry a firearm in spite of the fact that Mr. McCord told him he could do so on the authority of the Attorney General. Asked specifically if he had ever referred either William Shea or Teresa Shea to Mr. McCord, Mr. O'Malley stated that he did not recall specifically referring Teresa Shea and that he was sure that he had not referred William Shea to him. So, contrary to previous statements, it is now Mr. O'Malley's belief that in all probability Mrs. Shea was not referred by this Agency to Mr. McCord.
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8. Ret. ning to Mr. O'Malley's previous responsibilities in coordinating funding for the covert action activities of Mr. E. Howard Hunt, the issue was raised as to whether or not the funding of Mr. Hunt's projects continued between July 1955 and September 1955 while Mr. Hunt was a contract cmployce stationed at Madrid, Spain. Mr. O'Malley recalled that at the time of Mr. Hunt's assignment to Madrid the statemeni aisseminated for consumption within the Agency was that Mr. Hunt was retiring. Mr. O'Malley stated that this was not generally believed. Mr. O'Malley was quite certain that during this period his office handled no project funding for Mr. Hunt. In response to specific question Mr. O'Malley stated that on Mr. Hunt's return to staff employment the projects and funding which stopped in July 1965 were again resumed. Mr. O'Malley was not aware of any project names or funding mechanisms or post-assignment accountings in connection with Mr. Hunt's activities in Madrid.![signature of Frederick N. Evans]Frederick N. Evans![signature of Lawrence J. Howe]Lawrence J. Howe5
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21 February 1974MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Office of Finance Records - E. Howard Hunt1.  On the instruction of Mr. Steven L. Kuhn, Chief of Operations, PSI, the undersigned made an appointment for the afternoon of 20 February 1974 to interview Mr. William Caufield, Chief, Certification and Liaison Division, Office of Finance, and Mr. Joseph Hudson of Finance on the subject of Mr. E. Howard Hunt. At the outset of the interview Mr. Caufield advised the undersigned that instruction had been received from the Director of the Office of Finance, Mr. Thomas Yale, that discussion on the subject of Mr. Hunt was to be carried out only with the Office of the Inspector General. Mr. Caufield stated that he had informed Mr. Yale of the requested interview and had received this instruction with the suggestion that the undersigned contact Mr. Yale directly with any inquiry.2.  Accompanied by Mr. Caufield, the undersigned briefed Mr. Yale on the nature of the request and identified the "Task Force" effort being undertaken by the Office of Security in concert with the Offices of the Inspector General and Legislative Counsel. Mr. Yale responded that he recognized the legitimacy of the inquiry. Mr. Yale explained that subsequent to initiation of the complete audit being undertaken by Mr. Quinn of the Audit Staff, the Deputy Director for Management and Services, Mr. Harold L. Brownman, had requested the Office of Finance to discontinue their investigation of Mr. Hunt to avoid duplication. Mr. Yale added parenthetically that it was the nature of Finance Officers not to leave a job half done and that an "informal" inquiry into Mr. Hunt's financial records had nevertheless continued at a more subdued pace.E2 IMPDETCL BY 011696
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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 filos of Mr. Hunt wore 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 un 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 purpose.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 operational 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 advanco 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 undertaken 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 "Developmental and Target of Opportunity (DSTO)" funds or "Other Opera. tional Activity (COA)" 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 project 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 on 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 accounting 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 accounting.6. Mr. Yale determined that further review of possible sourcas 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 ammended to Mr. Hunt's contract was, in his experience, 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 assignment, Deputy Chief of the Western Hemisphere Division. Mr. Yala suggested that Mr. Davis Powell also be interviewed. The undersigned informed Mr. Yale that this had been done and briefed Mr. Yale on the generally negative results of the interview. Mr. Yale then recommended that Mr. Sam Halpern be interviewed. Mr. Yale noted that Mr. Halpera had been an assistant to Mr. Desmond Fitzgerald when the latter was Chief, Western Hemisphere Division and had accompanied Mr. Fitzgerald when he became Deputy Director for Plans, Mr.Yale recalled that subsequent to Mr. Fitzgerald's passing that Mr. Halpera remained on the staff and acted as an Executive Officer for Mr. Thomas Zaramessines. Mr. Yale stated that from his experience, Mr. Karamessines would have delegated all the arranging of "details" surrounding un assignment such as Nr. Hunt's to Mr. Halpern. Mr. Yale offered the parenthetical observation of his surprise at what he interpreted to be reticence to date to intervewy Mr. Halpem
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( SECRET/SENSITIVE (8. 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 Guggenbuhl                                                                                  | $ 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 Howafa Hunt]
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PCS to Madrid - Per diem/misc exp $ 998.30Air fare (self & family) 2,257.50HHE, POV, etc 7,547.76TLA, quarters, etc 6,662.00Education allowance 1,440.00 $18,905.56TDY Madrid/Paris - reentry visaAir fare only for self & family 384.61PCS 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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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD15 February 1974.SUBJECT: 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 7C13. 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 Nr. 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 Wastern European Division, Mr.   Rolf Kingsley. Mr. Powell statos 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. Nr. 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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14-0000015 February 1974IG File 11, Item 38MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORDSUBJECT: Interview of Mr. Rogers Brooks on 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 Contract Personnel file of Mr. E. Howard Hunt on the latter's activities 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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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD14 February 1974SUBJECT: Interview with Mr. Raymond A. Roccaon the David St. John 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 infor-    nation 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    Sayle.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 cur-.    rently 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 emphatically 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 alternato 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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MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD6 February 1974-SUBJECT: Possibla 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 nemorandum   addressed to Mr. Støven L. Kuhn dated 6 February 1974. Mr.   Kuhn 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 Brockenridge 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. Hunt had some highly compartmented   financial arrangement authorized by senior Agency officials   to write those books, then it is likely that this relation-   ship continued after Mr. Huat 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 Company.3. Minutos from the Office of General Counsel make   references to a concern of Senator Baker over an alleged   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 parenthetical   comment that Mr. Helms would not have that amount of money
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to provide Mr. Hunt 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. Hanilton. 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 nase.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. E. 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