Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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ONO: Christopher D. CostanzoUNIT: EIB/SSSI: 6689/1564DATE: 19 June 1968SECRETTO: MADRID19.23 12 Z JUN 68NEED ASAP FOR TICHBORN PROJECT ESTIMATE IMPORT DUTY INTOSPAIN FOR HIS POV WHICH 1965 FORD STATION WAGON.END OF MESSAGEE/COPSCOORDINATING OFFICERSECRETAC/E/IBREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.201253203![photo of form section indicating the routing and of initials]
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SECRETMEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, ED/3/060SUBJECT : Zarico CORTES (A)14 June 19681. As discussed with Mr. Gilbert of your office on 14 June 1968, it is requested that this above named Bubject be added to:P. O. Box 432Church Street StationNew York, New York - 100082. The individual involved is a covert asset of this Division who will possibly need the address to give to an uncleared medical specialist in the D.C. area when Bubject undergoes treatment on 19 June 1968. Should be not have to provide the address, you will be advised to terminate further interest. If he has to give it, we will want daily service through August 1968 with any mail received forwarded to the undersigned.cc: Mr. Gale AllenJames F. WrightChief, DO/Security201-253203![GROW 1 Excto led treik astaafis classificalles]SECRET
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SECRET10 June 1968MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, EUR/IB/SpainSUBJECT : Project WUBRINY - Edward G. TICHBORN (P)1. Forwarded herewith is the revised proposal from WUBRINY/1 to Edward G. TICHBORN (P) covering the latter's assignment to Spain. It differs from the original in that the journalistic feature is dropped in favor of strictly commercial endeavors. Added is the possibility of developing a movie deal for submission to investors.2. TICHBORN had two meetings with QUSALT/1, both of which went well from the cover point of view. The first meeting involved TICHBORN and QUSALT/1, while TICHBORN brought his wife for the second in which QUSALT/1 was wined and dined. TICHBORN said that QUSALT/1 is all in favor of TICHBORN's proposed assignment. However, in view of past WUSALINE/Iberia inactivity, QUSALT/1 has an attitude of "I will believe it when I see it."   QUSALT/1 was particularly intrigued with the possibility of a movie deal and said that Spain is by far the cheapest place to make movies.3. The one disquieting feature of the meetings with QUSALT/1 concerned TICHBORN's wife. She took the occasion to query QUSALT/1 on all aspects of living in Spain. All went well until the subject of health came up. QUSALT/1 commented that everyone should expect to get hepatitis and said that he had a severe case. This comment shook TICHBORN's wife whose best friend in Mexico caught hepatitis and whose children subsequently got it.4. The undersigned specifically asked TICHBORN if his wife's concern with hepatitis posed the possibility of a refusal to accompany him. TICHBORN said that he thought not, but that he was going to drop the matter for a week. The undersigned stressed to TICHBORN that the Agency views his assignment as very important asSECRET![stamp Automatic Declassification review date and classification]201 253203
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SEURETevidenced by the favorable terms offered him. We havedone considerable staff work on his assignment and don'thave another suitable candidate immediately available.Should TICHBORN not be able to go to Spain, it would bea severe blow. TICHBORN said that he appreciates ourposition and did not see any reason to worry. The under-signed said that we are preparing a contract for TICHBORNand would like to make it for at least three years.TICHBORN agreed, saying that he too prefers a long-termcontract.![signature of Gale W. Allen]Gale W. AllenDO/CGWA/ekwDistribution:Orig - Adse.1 - C/DOCO, DC/DO, CO1 - TICHBORN file1 - chronoSECRET
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CLAS# SECRET*When Filled In*ADVANCE COPY ISSUED BLOTTEDSECRET 1316122 JUN 68 CITE MADRID 5158DIRECTORQUHELPREF: OSMW.110121. BELIEVE TICHBORN IS LOGICAL CHOICE TO MEET AND DEVELOP SELECTED INDIVIDUALS NOW UNDER CULTIVATION BY FAZZARE. BOTH TICHBORN AND FAZZARE ARE INTERESTED IN PROBLEMS OF LATIN AMERICANS LIVING IN AMERICA. BOTH ALSO INTERESTED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE SPANISH LITERATURE.2. SUGGEST WE CONTRIVE MEETING THIS SUMER OF FAZZARE AND TICHBORN IN NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA FOR PURPOSE (A) EXCHANGING IDEAS RE OPERATIONAL POSSIBILITIES SPAIN AND (B) ARRANGING HOW TICHBORN CAN PICK UP SELECTED FAZZARE CONTACTS WITHOUT IMPEDING FAZZARE'S FUTURE USEFULNESS TO WOFIRM IN SPAIN.3. ADVISE IF CAN BEGIN PLAN TOWARD SUCH MEETING.SECRETSECRET
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SECRET# REQUEST FOR INFORMATION AND REVIEWDATE:6 June 1968TO:E/EB, Richard LongC. NO.:201-253203FROM: CHIEF, CI/OASUBJECT:LOPEZ, Henry P.Edward P. BrowIN ORDER THAT FURTHER CONSIDERATION MAY BE GIVEN YOUR REQUEST FOR APPROVAL IN THIS CASE. IT IS REQUESTED THAT YOU FURNISH THIS OFFICE THE INFORMATION CHECKED. BELOW, OR REVIEW INFORMATION AS INDICATED.REVIEW OF STAFF/D DOSSIERPRO 1.1REVIEW OF STAFF/D COLLATERAL INFORMATIONFIELD TRACESREVIEW OF SECURITY OFF. REPORT AT CI/OARI TRACESREVIEW OF DIC. OFF. CONCURRENCE MEMO AT CI/OAOPERATIONAL AND DIVISION TRACESREVIEW OF FRI REPORT AT CI/OARESTO TECHNICAL INTERROGATIONREVIEW OF ATTACHED REFERENCEGREEN LISTOTHERS (See Remarks)This will acknowledge receipt of your memorandum (dated 3 June 1968) requesting amendment to Subject's OA.Before the OA may be amended, all Field and Headquarters traces (including Green List) must be brought up to date.It is also requested that you bring bio data up to date from 1965.![FORM 889 PREVIOUS EDITION]SECRET
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SECRET3 June 1968MEMORANDUM FOR: CI/OAVIA: C/DO/COSUBJECT: Edvard G. TICHBORN (P), 201-253203Amendment of OA1. European Division, with the cooperation of Domestic Operations Division, plans to assign Edward G. TICHBORN to Madrid, Spain under deep cover on a PCS basis in late summer of 1968.2. Since October 1966, TICHBORN has been in the DO Division, working as a legal line case officer for proprietary WUSALINE in New York. In late June and early July TICHBORN TDY to Madrid to assess access to priority targets in Spain which might be provided by the WUSALINE Spanish affiliate, WUSALINL/Iberia. The results of this trip indicated that such access did exist and could be exploited by the assignment of a qualified officer as the VUSALINE representative in WUSALINE/Iberia. This assignment was offered to TICHBORN in the summer of 1967 but he was unable to accept it for personal reasons at that time. TICHBORN is now available for the assignment and we hope to place him in Madrid by September 1968.3. TICHBORN's new assignment will involve the following operational duties:a. To identify, cultivate, and acquire intelligence from those individuals and groups within Spain who now play, and can be expected to play in the post-Franco period, a significant role in determining Spanish domestic and foreign policy.b. To spot and assess individuals within the above group for possible recruitment by other Station assetsSECRET
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SECRET- 2 -4. It. is not anticipated that TICHBORN himself will attempt recruitments nor that he will be required to break his cover. Contact with the Madrid Station will be maintained under secure conditions at all times.5. Upon his assignment to Spain, TICHBORN will fall under the operational and administrative control of Europe Division. Do Division will provide cover support. He will be supported under Project QUBLOOM.requested that Subject's OA be amended to the above assignment.William SorrelsAC/E/IBCoordinated:C/DO/Distrubution:Orig. & 1 - Addressee - C/DO/CO1 - 201-2532031 - E/IB MemoChronSECRET
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# MEMORANDUM FOR: RECORD## SUBJECT: Project WUBRINY - Edward G. TICHBORN (P)1.  The undersigned met with TICHBORN at 1630 hours on 19 May 1968 at the undersigned's room in the Shorcham Hotel, 33 West Ah Street, New York City. TICHBORN was still suffering from an injured disc and either stood or-lay down on the bed during the course of the meeting. He sald that he had been fitted for a back harness which he would get the following day. If his back did not improve with the harness, going into traction would be necessary. TICHBORN said that his back injury occurred when a bench on which he was sitting in the laundry room of his apartment collapsed. He said that he is meeting with a representative of the insurance company with which his apartment owner is insured to seek compensation. He had previously asked for and was mailed a list of benefits under his Acy hospitalization policy. TICHBORN can sit down, but sitting, it is very painful for him to get up.2.  Per agreement with Chief, EUR/I/Spain, the undersigned offered TICHBORN a fee of $25,000 out of which TICHBORN will have to pay his own housing and educational expenses. Inasmuch as the normal housing allowance for Spain 1s $3,680.00 a year and the educational allowance for two children $1,120.00 or higher, the offer to TICHBORN amounts to a $20,000 base salary. TICHBORN was informed that additional benefits outside his basic Tee would include:-a. Round-trip transportation less than first-class for him and his family to Spain and return to New York,b. Cost of shipping and storage of household effects,c. Temporary Lodging allowance of $9 per day per adult and children over 11 up to 90 days with an additional $5 per day per child if the lodging has no kitchen facilities (TICHBORN has two children, a boy age 13 and a girl age 11).
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d. Transportation allowance of $50 per month,e. Oional expensesTICHONrsatisfied with his basic fee, commenting that I better than Mexico. He then added that mey do mean as much to him as it did, because to agent s that TICHBORN's book will be a good selur end arn a lot of money. TICHBORN opined that temporary lodging and transportation allowances arrow. The under- signed pointed out that these allowes are applicable to staff employees and that they have been found adequate.3. The undersigned noted that TICHBORN, by virtue of his association with WUSALINE and WUSALIFY and his 1967 trip to Spain, is in an excellent cover position for this assignment. He has also had the opportunity to meet the Agency representative In Madrie with whom he will be dealing. The undersigned a TICHBORNa copy of WUBRINY/l's letter outlining ICORN's cover assignment (unamended copy attached. The undersigned noted that the senior officer of the firm participating with WUSALINE in WUSALINE/Iberia in late 1966 had suggested that a developer of new business be obtained. This overture was followed by TICHBORN's exploratory trip in June 1967. Subsequently, a WUSALIFY company for which TICHBORN is a legal consultant, followed up on TICORN's trip by sending a geologist to assess several abandoned silver properties. In this way, the stage should be weil Jet for TICHBORN as outlined in the cover letter prepared by WUBRINY/1.4. At 1800 hours, WUBRINY/1 and WUBRINY/1l joined the meeting to discuss cover arrangements. The under- signed emphasized that the arrangement would not only have to be plausible, but, in due course, there would have to be commercial results. TICHBORN was also em- phatic on this point. He suggested that the cover letter also include the possibility of putting together a movie deal. TICHBORN said that he is thoroughly at home in the movie field and finds it a good access to targets of operational interest. WUBRINY/l seized eagerly upon TICHBORN'g suggestion, stating that he had always wanted to finance a movie deal. WEBRINY/1 said that he
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would amerid the cover letter to include this possibility. Both the undersigned and WUBRINY/1 stressed the importance of TICHBORN's obtaining U. S. clients to represent in Spain. Some further training for TICHBORN was recommended by WUBRINY/1, including visits to certain WUSALINE affiliates. The undersigned concurred, stating that a visit to WUSALINE's affiliate in Greece would be particularly useful because TICHBORN might also do an assessment there on a Greek associated with WUSALINE's affiliate.5. WUBRINY/1 said that QUSALT/1 is coming to the U. S. the third or fourth week in May 1968. It was agreed that WUBRINY/1 and TICHBORN would gear up to get QUSALT/1's endorsement of TICHBORN developing business for WUSALINE/Iberia.6. Both TICHBORN and the undersigned informed WUBRINY/1 that employment terms have been agreed upon and opined that these terms might be more liberal than WUBRINY/1 would privately extend. The undersigned sald that the Agency would embody TICHBORN's employment terms in a contract from which commercial terms could be drawn. The undersigned added that all of the funding of TICHBORN would not necessarily have to be accomplished through WUERINY/1.7. TICHBORN owes the Agency $199.99 on an old loan. TICHBORN promised faithfully to send the undersigned a check in this amount prior te 31 May 1968.8. The Covert Tax Unit desires a certified copy of TICHBORN's income tax filing for 1966. TICH PORN said that he had been unable to locate one and had asked the IRS for a copy.9. TICH BORN's wife is concerned about schools in Spain. The undersigned gave TICHBORN information on schools in Spain as obtained from EUR/I/Spain and from a friend who spent three years in Spain.10. TICHBORN said that he would like to go alone to Spain in August so to be able to make arrangements in advance for s is tamily.
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11. An amended cove: etter is awaited from WUBRINY/1    as well as QUSALT/l's reprise to TICHBORN's assignment.![signature of Gale W. Allen]Gale W. AllenDO/C1 - EUR/IB/S/Dick Long1- C/DOCO1- TIGHBORN file1 - chrono
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# ICAP CORPORATION270 PARK AVENUENEW YORK, N.Y. 10022May 15, 1968Henry P. Lopez, Esq.8900 Arlington AvenueNew York, N.Y.Dear Henry,I have carefully considered your most interesting idea of activating our relationship in Madrid.Your operations with us here have been entirely satisfactory from our standpoint, and indeed, the volume of client business that you have been able to develop exceeded our expectations. On the other hand you say that some of these clients will follow you to Spain, and it would appear that the market in Spain for consulting services is somewhat less competitive than is the case here, so the eventual prospects could be good.As you may know, our operation in Athens, which has worked out extremely well (although it involved a lot of hard work and trouble) came about in just the same way; after a year or so in the office here George Economakis one day suggested that we might be able to start a similar operation in Athens, to which we eventually agreed; it has all grown from there, and is now a most satisfactory business.In considering your idea I have thought of two categories into which your work might be divided: ideas which can be done through the medium of ICAP services, which certainly needs riding up, and things which we do separately from it, and may take up each category in turn.1. Operations for ICAP Iberia:I reviewed the joint venture with DATP. S.A. under the name of ICAP Iberia; the understanding was that we see a serious long-term effort to get business for them, plus systematic prospection on their behalf of new clients.To date we have not found it possible to carry out201213203
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SCAP CORPORATION- 2 -this prospection owing to budgetary limitations and a lack of spare time. Also, the other ICAP offices abroad have been too busy with their own affairs to think too much about getting business for each other.As you may know, part of the original idea was that George Train would carry out this representative function with the American business community, but in the event, he developed a close relation with a Spanish bank, and devoted most of his available time to their concerns.ENTF has become restive as a result, and in fact yesterday I received a letter from them which raises the issue of winding up the arrangement.The first activity, therefore, which feel you could most advantageously carry out on our behalf in Spain would be that of seeking new business for ICAP Iberia. After an initial familiarization with the work of the office, I would suggest that you might call on the U.S. firms operating in Madrid and offer the services of ICAP Iberia. You can get a list of such firms through the Department of Commerce. There is also an American Club in Madrid (of which George Train was a founder) whose members would certainly be appropriate for such prospection.After you have prospected the American business community, you could go on to the European firms operating in Spain, in the same way.I-doubt if ICAP Iberia has the time of such extensive prospection, so your work here would be valuable to them, I would think.Another related area in which your services could be of help would be in helping in client relationships with U.S. clients that have begun working with ICAP Iberia or BANIF or are on the point of doing so.To the extent that your existing Latin American or U.S. clients would need your services in Spain, you would naturally want to have prime responsibility for their affairs yourself. You would want to determine which of their needs could best be served by ICP Iberia, using BANIP S.A. and other possible sources of support, and which you should handle separately or through New york
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# ICAP CORPORATION-3-As you know, ICAP Corporation and BANIF own approxi-mately equal shares of ICAP Iberia. ICAP Iberia, in turn, gives first refusal on all consulting work to BANIF, but receives what acounts to a 30s override on such work. In other words, cur indirect interest in consulting work which we get for BANIF through ICAP Iberia is 15%, which comes off the top.We would be pleased to alocate to you a share in our interest in any such work brought in through your efforts (and recognized for fee purposes by ICAP Iberia and BANIF) as follows: 7% (i.e., half of our indirect interest) of all fees during the first year after the actual commencement of billings for each client; 5% during the second, year; and 2% of all subsequent business.Another sector where you could work directly with ICAP Iberia is related to the foregoing, and is simply U.S. law. To the extent that you could provide an in-house U.S. legal capability for them, particularly with respect to U.S. corporate practice and tax matters, I am sure this would be helpful.Finally, correspondence is essential to inter-national business. We do not hear from our Spanish friends as we do from George Economakis or Giovanni Manes. The result is that we do not know what is going on in Spain, and do not have them on our minds. I am sure that if you were there you would keep us informed of opportunities, and as a result we could do a more effective job for them. In addition, you could act as the point of liaison between ICAP Iberia and the other ICAP affiliates.(This would of course involve your knowing the strengths and weaknesses of the other ICAPS, so as a first order of business I would request that you spend two or three weeks in ICO Hellas, ICAP Italia and on a general prospection in France, Germany, and Benelux.)2. Activities outside of ICAP Iberia.By far the most important of these is generating a placement, capability for investment opportunities developed by ICAP Iberia. I do not think we expected when we started ICAP Hellas that the most important figure in this company would be one who was not even on the masthead at that time, namely Tony Lykiardopulo. The really profitable side of our business is, as you know, the entrepreneurial one, not the professional one.
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ICAP CORPORATION- 4 -It is fine to have good ideas and to carry out thorough feasibility studies, but if you do not have a client who will go into these plans, they will not do you much good. Until Tony came along, ICAP Hellas did four or five studies a year for their own account, which they did not consummate. Now they seem to be in about the same position we are, which is that before we proceed with the full study we have sold the deal, and the study is mostly by way of documentation and background. Most investors come in on our say-so on the telephone, not in response to any documents. Tony has this power, and the Others in ICAP Hellas, for some reason, generally do not. If you personally could carefully study every aspect of deals that BANIF might work up, and then present then to individuals whom we might suggest, there is a fair chance that we can do a real job of merchandising, which we can never do on writeups.The second capability you might be able to develop for us outside the ICAP Iberia channels is related to the foregoing, namely to generate securities business for this office, just as Tony Lykiardopulo does. Our Special Account has the best performance record of any readily available investment medium that a foreigner is likely to see, and it has been getting better as time has gone on. It makes an excellent. illustration of our capabilities in the investment management line. You would not be required to actually place our services with individual investors whom you might neet, but if you could identify them, and determine their needs in a preliminary way, on one of my periodic trips I could discuss our operation with them, and in the course of time there is little doubt that we would develop a slowly growing clientele. In addition, Tony Lykiardopulo can come to Madrid from time to time and maintain contact. Alternatively, you might eventually discover a customer's man in a brokerage house who would like to join us in the rather more elegant world of investment counsel, and we could make an arrangement directly with him.You have spoken from time to time of your desire to increase the proportionate amount of time which you spend on creative writing and your interest in collaborating on a book on the "Establishment" in Spain, which in fact I agree with you... is a fascinating subject that I have never seen well written up. Certainly, there is no case I know of where a quite tightly-knit aristocracy (or oligarchy) really runs things the way it does there. Anyway, making contact with some of the figures in that group could certainly tie in nicely with the various activities mentioned above.
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ICAP CORPORATION- 5 -Finally, of course, we have your existing clients and their various interests in Spain, to which you have referred. You would need to allocate your time between these various activities as at present, letting us know where we stood.All in all, it adds up, in my opinion, to a workable package, with, I would say, perhaps even more upside potential than the arrangements under which we are operating in New York now.After consultation with our directors, therefore, I am happy to tell you that we are willing, in principle, to go ahead with this plan, and to negotiate a detailed understanding at your convenience.
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UNCLASSIFIEDCONFIDENTIALSECRETROUTING AND RECORD SHEETFROM: Do/COG/AllenTO: Chief/EUR/F/18EXTENSION: 4135, 4136DATE: 5 April 57COMMENTS: DON: Herewith info on Tietjen. You know how his performance on the survey trip to Spain. His main coverage association is in the illusive brochure. He is also associated with Land development project in Venezuela. He also has cleverness as an author and as a lawyer, although his previous headers missed an administrative efficiency on financial reporting, I have not heard any problems. In fact, the auditors who actually checked his reporting found his reports detailed & fully explained. He is a unique asset for the agency & I hope we can get him for PCS mod. We will let you know within two weeks or sooner if possible.201-253203