Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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There is an indeterminancy in the examiner's mind as to whether the Subject is a leader or a follower. He claims to have been a leader of the gang during World War II but in a careful analysis his relationship with his bank partner it would appear that the other person was the leader. The Subject, in this instance, was more of an "idea man" and executor whereas the other chap was the instigator. There is no question that the Subject regards himself as a leader. However an inspection of the record indicates that he is a poor leader because he is impulsive, rash and tends to fail. Furthermore, he is like the cat in the Walt Disney film who, while chasing the mouse and having his entire attention directed to catching and incorporating the mouse, inadvertantly gets himself run over by a truck. His first reaction to being splattered by the truck is one of disappointment as regards not having arrived at the goal, i.e., catching the mouse. Despite this defeat he is able to pick himself up again, figure things out and continue his pursuits. However, he does not learn by experience and he repeatedly is defeated because he keeps his eye too much upon the goal and not enough upon the hazards involved in reaching the goal. In addition to his lack of attention to necessary details the Subject is also as was stated above, emotionally "stupid", impulsive, rash, immature, inexperienced, misguided and unplanful. Consequently it is no surprise that he has failed repeatedly throughout his life.In regards to the above, another incident of this man's life is relevant. His left index fingertip and thumb tip are missing. He claims to have lost these in an explosion which occurred in Germany when he was involved in the repatriation deal. According to him, after the bombing of Berlin, he picked up among the ruins an unexploded bomb of British origin and took it home to salvage the explosive which he might have used in various ways. While he was removing the detonator which was probably stuck in its receptacle, it exploded in his hands. The explosion occurred so quickly that there was no immediate pain but those around him became panicky. He remained cold-blooded and gave the order to remove all things which were there because the explosion undoubtedly alerted the police. When the police came they explained that he had played with a fountain pen which had burst. They took cognizance of his decorations and advised him never to pick up objects dropped by the enemy. The Red Cross cared for his wound. The Subject does not regret the fact that he tried to dismantle the bomb because he feels he had definitely learned that one should keep-16-
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his hands away from certain things. This bomb incident may be indicativeof the things which were discussed in the preceeding paragraphs. Theremay be more to the bomb incident than the Subject offers but this couldnot be established by the clinical method.Subject feels that a critic would say of him that the majority ofhis undertakings have brought results which were considerably lessthan hoped for. Consequently, he feels that a critic would regard himeither an optimist or a joker or else that his views on the possibilitiesof accomplishing are not very sound.In his own defense the Subject feels that he has made manymistakes in his life but however big these mistakes were, he doesnot feel that they have basically influenced his character. He feelsthat his character basically involves the desire to become a worth-while individual even at the cost of behaving wrongly. He feels that ifthe only criteria for judging a man are his achievements, that he maybe regarded as a failure. He emphasizes that the value of an achievementdoes not consist in its spectacular magnitude or in its multiplicity.For example, he feels that it is not necessary to mass-produce amachine for an object in order to fully understand its function. Herealizes that, commercially speaking, it is more rational to mass-produce the item but this repetition does not interest him. In hisopinion, the creative idea and the prototype have a much greatervalue and importance than the establishment of a factory which wouldpopularize the prototype. To illustrate this attitude further, theSubject is of the opinion that one single thought from a great figureis more valuable than millions of books which are published annually.This attitude, of course, may be interpreted as the defensive orientationof a romantic idealist who has not achieved in practical affairs. However,there is more to this. In the Subject's value system, it is more importantto act intelligently, sensibly and efficiently. For example, if he wereasked to open a window he feels that it would be up to him to decideas regards the appropriate method. He likes to carry out an intellectualeffort which results in efficiency. Consequently, he may be regardedmore as an "idea man" than an implementer. Of additional interestto his future handlers is his desire to independently figure out the waythat something should be done. This tendency is likely to appear in histraining and preparation. It would be well to keep this in mind. TheSubject feels that he has a tremendous vitality which, in the past, hasexpressed itself through false attempts such as the bank robbery etc.-17-
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He feels that he is not being used properly and that there is a power within himself, a creative urge for movement and realization which is highly emotionally charged and which permits him to feel that he is capable of doing much more than he has in the past, However, this energy will have to be rationally harnessed if it is to be productive.Another aspect in regard to the above is that one of the Subject's chief motives is curiosity. He continually seeks the unknown. However, when he approaches the unknown he experiences emotional insecurity and is ambivalent about proceeding or withdrawing. This may have been a factor which influenced his unsuccessful escape through the Pyrenees. The Subject has a fear about which he doesn't know or understand and is afraid of getting himself into something which he cannot get himself out of. His immediate action is to withdraw without solving the problem. Consequently, it would appear that the Subject needs the direction of superior intelligence in order to help him evaluate the realities of a situation or predicament. He needs firm support, guidance, and direction as regards the consideration of all possible eventualities and alternatives. As was said before, it must be kept in mind that his urge for self-preservation is stronger than his desire to solve problems or to carry through on a venture. On the other hand, the Subject claims that he always tries his hardest to keep his promises. Thus, if he agrees to do something he will attempt to carry it through despite the dangers involved. He may be rash in this regard but feels his rashness is due to the fact that he thinks quickly and is able to rapidly apprehend and synthesize the components and essence of a problem in its various perspectives. In other words, he is alert and quick and gets the point immediately even before you finish your sentence. However, it would be wise not to interpret his intellectual alacrity as a commitment or as an index that he will complete a task. It means merely that he gets your point; it doesn't mean that he will cooperate, especially when the going gets rough.Another factor of interest to the project is that this person is not likely to change as regards his basic characteristics. He has marked difficulty projecting himself in terms of what he would like to be. It is his opinion that in order to change himself, it would be necessary that he would become an entirely different person. However, he feels that everything is relative and perhaps he should show more strength of character, be little more compromising, more realistic and less sentimental. However, according to him, this would imply that the environment would be such that there was no room for sentiment. In this case, his personality would be-18-
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definitely out of place. Consequently, the Subject does not think he will be a very different person in the future from what he is now. However, he hopes that his material situation will have improved not necessarily financially, but socially. He also naively hopes that the world will change and that there will be no discrimination and that there will be a general improvement of living conditions for everyone. He is a humanitarian in his outlook but he is not an activistic social reformer, except in the sense that he is an individualistic rebel. Generally he strives to improve his own standard of living and he feels that his own inclination to better things is the disease of all inventors. The Subject also hopes to acquire, if necessary, a nationality by virtue of which he could feel that he actually belongs to a society. However he is ambivalent in this regard. He regards society as being anxious to stamp and label individuals and he would prefer to be an individualist outside of society than to be a member of society if he is required to conform. As was said before, his handlers would be wise not to label, to type or to try in any way to get the Subject to conform to society. He will run rings around around them like he did his mother. As regards his future outlook, the Subject is not entirely optimistic. He feels that he will never be able to reach his ideals because his material ideal (social reform), is so so distant and so difficult that he would need to lead-many lives in order to attain it. It might be unfair to designate him as a pessimist. As was said before, he is more of a skeptic and perhaps a cynic. Consequently, one should be careful as regards inculcating ideological or social motives. One should be content to accept his motives in their present state. Tampering with them would only result in disturbing the Subject and the relationship.The Subject denies that he has any emotional interest in or emotional attachment to France at this time. Although it was likely that he was sentimentally patriotic before the war it is a fact that he has been branded as a criminal and has been deprived of certain civil rights and privileges. He now perhaps feels rejected and in turn is rejecting France. Nevertheless he strikes the examiner as a Frenchman in terms of the way he thinks, feels and acts. He is certainly not a Russian in his personality. He expresses himself freely, is discursive, voluble, and is able to carry on a conversation intensely and indefinitely on his topics of interest. This is typically French, but, in terms of his personality, it represents an oral characteristic. In other words he is inclined to express himself orally and is motivated to obtain love and affection together with other supplies by oral incorporation. What this means to you is that-19-
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he is "mouthy" and he will eat you up if you are not careful or if youget too close. Incorporation is the epitomy of control. Consequently,if you allow him to incorporate you he's got control, not you. Be waryand detached in this regard. He has already eaten up the case officer.The Subject is currently involved in his avocation of inventionsand is the owner and exploiter of several patents. He has engaged thefinancial and technical interests of several others in his inventions.He currently presents the problem of being divided between theinvention business and continuing in the preliminary phases with us.He claims that if he were to join us he would have to relinquish every-thing to his business partners. This is probably true, and it is alsoprobably true that he would relinquish his invention interest but at thesame time, he presents this item in the fashion of a con man. It wouldbe wise to ignore this gambit.Additional description of the personality includes the fact thathe reflects a superior intelligence, is capable of abstract conceptualizationsand is easily able to deal in symbols. He would have no difficulty asregards the intellectual aspects of of training. However, in his training,other things will have to be kept in mind. He is an narcissisticcharacter who feels that because he lacks the love of others he needsto love himself. In other words, he is quite in love with himselfand thereby acts accordingly. He also tends to rationalize and tooffer socially acceptable reasons for his individualistic behaviorand for his past failures. He acts because he thinks he is rightand because he will succeed. He is quite egotistical in this regard.He strives chiefly for emotional satisfaction. It would be wise toremember also that he appears to be altruistic-but at the same timehe is selfish. He will do things for others and for the communitybut will hope to get something out of it for himself. The altruistic andselfish drives merge and he is motivated by both at the same time.He needs to prove to others that he is capable of success and he isself-confident in his power but is insecure that others may not regardhim as adequate. Basically he is an exhibitionist, but is too sophisticatedto brag or to display himself in a transparent manner. However, heneeds attention and is likely to do things in order to get attention. Thisis what he has done in the past. He particularly strives not to be regardedas bad or evil. He wants to be regarded as a person who has differences of-20-
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opinions and conflicts with the social order. It would be fair to say that he is not a true criminal but is more of a neurotic character who expresses his conflicts and difficulties by non-conforming behavior. He is a stubborn fellow who does not like to be defeated and strives to conquer. Despite his tendencies to magical thinking he strives to be rational and realistic, but his strong emotional pressures get in his way. He experiences melancholy and depressive mood swings but maintains a light side and attempts to relieve his dysphoric feelings with lightness and humor. He relies heavily on the technique of humor to relieve tension and to avoid the demobilization of anxiety in interpersonal relationship. His humor may be regarded as a good index of his anxiety.In light of the above the Subject's motivation for affiliation at this time is rather complex. However, on the surface it is positive, spontaneous, voluntary and tense. He is really on the shelf in Gap, is isolated, lonely, controlled in his movements, restricted in his aspirations and unable to realize freedom and to develop himself as an individual. Consequently, the assignment represents a unique opportunity to escape from his present level of existence and it is no wonder that he is pushing for a quick release from Gap. However, if he were released without the sufficient establishment of controls and the application of selection techniques he may prove to be a difficult handling problem in the future. It is recommended that his processing be slowed down to a hault and that security and other operational requirements be satisfied prior to lifting him out of Gap. Once he is taken out of Gap he, like the con man, is on first base, and, no matter how you slice it, he will have established himself in a bargaining position.The Subject likes Americans for sentimental reasons. Although he realizes that the United States may have selfish political interests he is willing to go along out of admiration for the sincerity of the Americans. He likes the liberty which exists in America and the fact that people are treated like individuals rather than as numbers. General ly his attitude toward the Americans is typically emotional and is understandable in terms of what has been said about his personality.Although the Subject is a rank individualist and a non-conformist he realizes that he must cope with the community and must sacrifice for the good of the community. In particular, he would not like to harm-21-
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others. In this regaid it is unlikely that the Subject has even committed physical assault nor is it likely that he would in the future.. No matter what the other person would represent to the Subject he would still be regarded as a human being whom the Subject would respect and would not harm. The Subject is not necessarily a hostile person. He will act out of exigency but will deliberately avoid being sadistic or wontonly cruel. This is of importance as far as the project is concerned. If the Subject were to find himself in a tight spot which required killing another person it is not likely that he would do so. It is more likely that he would attempt to resolve the situation by verbal machinations.The Subject prefers to work alone as regards technical research but as regards the execution of an operation, he prefers to be part of an organization. He knows he can rely upon himself when he is alone and that others have been unreliable in the past. However, if it is necessary for him to work with others he will accept it. It must be be kept in mind, however, that he would prefer to work alone. The Subject is likely to be loyal to a person whom he regards as superior and in the relationship he may even be critical of himself. In order to express his loyalty he would like to prove his usefulness to the superior but, at the same time, he would feel inadequate in that he would require the protection of a superior. In his initial contacts with a partner, the Subject would attempt to assume leadership on the team but if the partner were superior by virtue of intelligence and/or experience, the Subject would tend to follow. It is likely that he would be a better follower of an adequate leader than a leader of a less adequate person. The reason for this is that he is more of a a dependent than an independent person in terms of his interpersonal relationships. Furthermore, he is inclined to act on impulse and sentiment and consequently his judgement is questionable. In terms of ideal pairing, the Subject would work better with a more sober-minded, calculating and mature individual whom he would respect and with whom he would enjoy an informal but authoritative relationshipPrior to the last session of the preliminary examination on the 10th of January 1959 the Subject was routinely contacted by the French Police who were investigating his reasons for being in Paris at that time. As a result of this contact, the Subject was markedly apprehensive and preoccupied and was not able to freely devote himself to the psychological analysis as theretofore. The Subject's primary motive is, of course, self-preservation and since he is an extremely alert and vigilant individual he is likely to over-react and to become emotionally upset-22-
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with such a provocation. Because of this it appears that the Subjectneeds the guiding influence of a more mature experienced person whois in more control of the situation. An additional point of interest isthat the Subject is capable of using such an experience as the visit bythe police as a device to control. For example, because of the visitby the police, the Subject aborted the psychological analysis. He didthe same thing, in another way, on the preceeding contact with thecase officer. It is as if the Subject does not want us to get too closeand to learn too much about him. The third aspect of this behavior isthat the Subject for some reason or other consciously or unconsciously feelshe has "arrived" and is acceptable to our service. In other words, hemay act according to the opinion that a decision has been made in hisfavor and consequently he sees no need for enduring a psychologicalanalysis. It is likely that he would have the same attitude toward asecurity interrogation and as regards training.As regards the general selection criteria for the project itwould appear that the Subject satisfies the requirements of intelligenceresourcefulness, mechanical talent, team-ability, infiltration-exfiltrationcapability, good health, physical stamina, motivation, etc. However,there are other factors which may or may not vitiate the positive features.These factors are pertinent to areas such as security and handling. It isrecommended that before the Subject is removed from Gap that he beadministered a security examination in a controlled situation. Suchan examination should be conducted by a skilled and experiencedindividual who is fluent in French, who is unbiased and objective andwho is not overly rigidas_regards his conventional standards. Withsuch an examiner, there is a fifty-fifty chance that the Subject wouldsatisfy security standards. The other problem area which remains isthat of handling, and unless this is thought out carefully and appropriatepersonnel assigned, the hand will be quicker than the eye.JOSEPH D. MC GOVERN, Ph. D.Chief, Research and Psychiatric Support Br.Psychiatric Staff/Medical Staff201.233477.
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# CLASSIFIED MESSAGE 10DATE: 17 DEC 58TO: DIRECTORFROM: EEANKFURT (FROB)ACTION: SR 6INFO: CI, CI/OPS, CI/OA, FI, FI/OPS, EE 4, WE 4, S/C 2ROUTING:1.  DOD2.  DOD3.  EDEC 18 06 27:58REC'D CABLE SECTROUTINETO: DIRINFO: PARI FRANIN 38946CITE: FROB 2977REDWOOD REDSOX AEACRERE: A. DIR 04860 (OUT 54658)B. FROB 2978 (IN 39009)1.  FRIGANZA WILL MEET IDEN A REF.2.  REQUEST PARI SEND FOLLOWING TELEGRAM TO IDEN REF B FROM PARI SOONEST: "AIMERAI TE VOIR LE SEPTIEME JANVIER POUR AFFAIRES AVEC MAZDA. ANNICK."END OF MESSAGESECRET18 DEC 1959REPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.
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018 HQ/JG/JG17. DEC 58CLASSIFIED MESSAGESECRETDATETO DIRECTORFROM FRANKFURT (FROB)ACTION SR 6INFO CI, CI/OPS, CI/OA, FI, FI/OPS, EE 4, VE 4, S/C 2ROUTING1 DOB2 DOB3 C4 35 36Dec 18 06 27:50REC'D CABLE SECT.ROUTINEIN 39009TO DIR INFO FRAN PARI CITE FROB 2978REDWOOD REDSOX AEACRERE: FROB 2977 (IN - 38946 )REF IDEN M. DAVID DE PANASKHET, LE PRIEUR, ROUTE DE VENNES, GAP.END OF MESSAGE18 DEC 1958.SECRETREPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.201-233477Copy No.
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# CLASSIFIED MESSAGEDATE: 15 DEC 58TO: DIRECTORFROM: FRANKFURTACTION: SR 6INFO: CI, CI/OPS, CI/OA, FI, FI/OPS, EE 4, WE 4, S/C 2S-E-C-R-E-TROUTING1. 2. DOB3. DEC 16 11332 58ROUTINEIN 38184TO: DIR INFO: FRAN PARI CITE: FROB 2958REDWOOD REDSOX AEACRERE FROB 2928 (IN IN 36854)1. MET AEASPIC IN GAP 13 DECEMBER. WITH RENEWALS WILL KEEP PERMIT ALLOWING HIM GO PARIS CURRENT UNTIL 15 JANUARY. COMMO FIXED SO COULD MEET SHORT NOTICE.2. AEASPIC FINE FETTLE, ANXIOUS GET GOING. IN GUARDED TERMS PROBED FOR REACTION TO REDSOX JOB WITH COMPANION. HE WILLING. REVIEWED HIS ABILITY RUSSIAN. IT RUSTY SINCE HARDLY USED SINCE WW TT BUT ADEQUATE AND IN COURSE TRAINING WITH AESATCHEL WOULD IMPROVE.3. SUITABILITY: HE IS, IF MENTALLY STABLE. ALTHOUGH HE SEEMS BASICALLY NORMAL, FEEL UNQUALIFIED HAZARD OPINION PROBABILITIES BEHAVIOUR UNDER STRESS. WELCOME PSYCHIATRIST.4. RE PAIRING AESATCHEL: BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HAPPY MATCH, AEASPIC'S SUPERIOR BRAINS NICELY COMPLEMENTING AESATCHEL'S SUPERIOR BRAWN.5. OWING AWKWARD CONNECTIONS, FRIGANZA RETURNED FROM GAP DIRECTLY FRAN VIA GENEVA.END OF MESSAGEC/S COMMENT: SUGGESTED PSYCHIATRIST VISIT FRAN TO INTERVIEW AEASPIC.S-E-C-R-E-TFEPRODUCTION BY OTHER THAN THE ISSUING OFFICE IS PROHIBITED.