Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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PAGE 2 LCPIPIT 7388SECRET3. Q THINKS ENTRY NORTH VIETNAM MAY BE DIFFICULT AT PRESENT BECAUSE OF MILITARY SITUATION AND PROBABLE NORTH VIETNAMESE DESIRE NOT TO ENTERTAIN ELEMENTS OPENLY HOSTILE SOVIET UNION. LIONEL MORRISON SAYS WILLIAMS CAN'T GO HANOI AT PRESENT. RICHARD WARD TOLD FINEMAN ENTRY WOULD BE DIFFICULT. GRAY IN SAN FRANCISCO SAID HIS TOUR POST PONED INDEFINITELY BECAUSE OF MILITARY SITUATION.4. AT KATZENBACH SUGGESTION O MADE PRECISE APPOINTMENT NORTH VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS SAW AND DINH, LONDON 26 AUGUST WHICH KATZENBACH IN- FORMING JAGUAR TO ALLOW SURVEILLANCE.5. RE DIR 26709, 0 HOPES OBTAIN FURTHER INFO MOCK TRIAL FROM RALPH ROSENBAUM, US LEFT ISTS CONNECTED RUSSELL FOUNDATION BUT WHO OPPOSED TO TROTSKYISTS. Q'S STRATEGY IS EXPOSURE FOUNDATION AS RIFE WITH CONFLICTS AND INFILTRATED BY TROTSKYISTS.SECRET
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SECRETPAGE 3 LCPIPIT 7388 SECRET6. POUCHING FULLER REPORT O CONVERSATIONSSUTHERLAND NEW YORK WHICH O TOLD KAMMERMAYER BYPHONE. SUTHERLAND INSISTED CARMICHAEL HAS NOTACCEPTED RUSSELL INVITATION.7. IF NOT SENT, PLEASE CABLE DETAILS   HOS PLANS FOR Q OPERATION GHANA INVOLVING HODEE   EDWARDS DISCUSSED WITH Q AT HOS. YOULD THIS BE   IN FRAMEWORK O VISIT WEST AFRICA AND APPROXIMATELY   WHEN? WHERE DOES THIS PLACE EAST AFRICA TRIP,   NOT MENTIONED TO Q BY HQS?8. ASSUME HOS POUCHING ALL Q WOLADY REPORTING AS WELL   CORRESPONDENCE. FOR EXAMPLE O HAS NO COPY LETTERS   FROM FINEMAN ON PARIS SITUATION WHICH SUBMITTED   KAMMERMAYER.9. CAN RAISE OF $120 IN Q TAKE-HOME AFTER   TAXES EE MADE EFFECTIVE I SEPTEMBER? PLS CABLE   WHEN BEGINNING DEPOSITS SO CAN NOTIFY Q.SECRET> [Figure: Image of the word SECRET enclosed between two diamond shapes, above a right-pointing arrow.]BT> [Figure: Hand written inscription that says:] Cable sent answering 9 in affirmation.
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8 July 1966MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, CI/DASUBJECT: Field Traces on QREBONY/A 201-306052This is to inform you that there were no additional traces on QREBONY/1 from the Field Stations-Algiers, Rome, Paris, or London. Negative traces from Frankfurt Station.Ann Jane LongCA/CP![signature]201-306052
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# SECRET RYBÁTO: Chief of Station, Paris/UCPIPITFROM: Chief, KUWOLPSUBJECT: POA for QREBONY/1ACTION REQUIRED-REFERENCES:None, information onlyAttached herewith is the text of the Provisional Operational Approval on QREBOHY/1. An Operational Approval is awaited pending receipt of final Agency traces which, we understand have not yet come in. Your attention is directed to paragraph 3 and to paragraph 5. The latter will be the subject of further correspondence in the future.NOWELL D. KAMMERMAYERAttachment:POA b/wDistribution:Orig & 1 - COS, Paris/LCPIPIT w/att.DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBEROFLH-1591DATE: 7 JUL 1966CLASSIFICATIONHQS FILE NUMBERSECRET RYBAT 201-306052| OFFICE        | OFFICER         | ORIGINATING TYPIST | EXT.           || ------------- | --------------- | ------------------ | -------------- || CA/CP         | James M. Murphy | a.11               | 7767           || OFFICE SYMBOL | DATE            | COORDINATING       | OFFICER'S NAME || ---           | ---             | ---                | ---            || OFFICE SYMBOL | DATE       | RELEASING OFFICER'S SIGNATURE |     || ------------- | ---------- | ----------------------------- | --- || C/CA          | 6 JUL 1966 | Cord Meyer, Jr.               |     |DISPATCHDistribution:1 - RI w/o att.2 - CA/C? w/o att.![photo of form 53]
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SECRET8. Not applicable. The Agent is not in the status of a tour of assignment but will be exploited in his current operational role as long as it is viable.9. This requast is *not* for interim cover.10. Eo relative is witting for such emergency contact, nor is Benefits and Counseling Brunch involvement applicable in this case.11. None.12. Agent has served in the U.S. Army, is not how eligible for induction.13. Spouse is not vitting and not clearable.D. Operational Information1. Type of Operation. FI. Duration is indefinite. Should be considered a penetration asset of a hostile propaganda establishment, rather than of an organized hostile intelligence service. No one, other than those indicated, are to be made vitting.2. Location: The Agent is to reside in London, with a possible alternative of Rome.3. The Agent should be free to visit Cuba, all European countries, West Africa and E. Africa (particularly Tansania) as well as North Vietnam and China. Impossible to anticipate the times or duration of such visits, which vill, however, be at his (and our) control.4. Special groups Agent should be able to contact: Not applicable.5. Approximately $2,500 to $3,000.6. Not applicable.7. Communications channels desired: None.8. Cover Suggestions: None not already expressed in previous documents prepared by CA Staff in identifying the cover mechanics and requesting DDP approval.SECRET
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# SECRETII The arrangement between the cover firm and QREBONY/1 should be on the basis of a regular subvention to CREBONY/1 to act as a foreign stringer contributing feature-type material to the press service. An agreement having been ostensibly entered into by QRBOHY/1 snd the cover firm during the former's trip to the U.8. (cxpected around 20 Jaly), a regiler monthly check should be forvarded to QEZBONY/1 by the cover firm, along with any correspondence it my see fit (suggestions for pieces to write, comments ca picces received etc.)III The following steps are proposed to set this cover in sotion:A. At a meeting on 6 July, QREBONY/ will be instructed to write a number of U.8. news media organizations stating that he expects to travel to the U.8. shortly, describing his news background and indicating he would be interested in developing case outlets for his writing. The cover organisation is ons of those addresses.B. CIA's contact in the cover organization rocalves this letter and, purevant to our direction, writes da ansver stoting 1) what his fim does, 2) that it would be very interested in handling CREDONY/1's product if it seems to fit the needs and 3) that it would be ready to reladuree some of GREBONY/1's cxpenses if he could come to Chicago te discuss the matter further.C. CAFRONT/1 does not meet the contact in the cover organization. He is briefel to offer the story, on his return, that ba had entered into a regular errengement with the cover fins to produse feature material usable by the cover fira (not specifying the frequacy) in rotara for which he is to receive a monthly retainer.D. Any letter GREEORI/1, may later vish to send to the cover fire should be given to us in copy preferably before it is sant.E. Copies of any correspondence initiated by the cover firm should be zade available to CIA and, particularly, to the Prajert Case Officer.# SECRETJames M. KarpinyChief, CA/CP
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# SECRET28 JUN 190MEMORANDUM FOR: Deputy Director for PlansVIA: Chief, CCS/NCSUBJECT: Request for Approval for Operational Use of U.S. Free-Lance Writer - QREBONY/11. This memorandum submits a recommendation for your approval pursuant to CSI 240-6, 10 January 1963, paragraph 6, governing operational involvement of personalities in the field of journalism. This request concerns cover support for CREBONY/1, an asset currently handled by CA Staff, and involves the cooperation of Russell R. DeBow, a Chicago city official and proprietor of the Negro Press International Inc. CREBONY/1 was granted a POA on 23 May 1966, and a full operational approval is pending. The project under which he is handled was approved by Acting ADDP on 14 June 1966. Mr. DeBow was granted a Covert Security Approval on 19 April 1966.2. QREBONY/1 is an American Negro e.patriate journalist and author presently residing in London. He is the author of one novel and numerous contributions to a wide variety of publication, such as the *Kenyon Review*, *Monthly Review*, *The Nation*, *The Liberator* and others. He worked as a reporter for the *Philadelphia Arro American* in 1950, for Agence France Presse in 1959, for CBS in 1960 and, in Europe, for the now defunct, pro-Chinese magazine *Revolution*. As a result of broad contacts and acceptance among radical, pro-Chinese and Negro militant circles, he has offered valuable access to important targets spanning four continents, and has demonstrated considerable skill in elicitation and exploitation of contacts for intelligence purposes in the process. The immediate and paramount operational objective for this agent is to gain direct access to hostile political targets in North Viet Nam and China. The outstanding requirement to be met in support of this objective, and of his continued effective exploitation generally, is the development of a backstopped and viable explanation for at least a portion of his income, which presently derives almost exclusively from clandestine CIA support. The proposal outlined below represents the conclusion of considerable research, including an interview with Mr. DeBow, to identify suitable cover arrangements which would make possible this explanation.SECRET201-306052
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SECRET3. Mr. DeBow, a lawyer, is an Administrative Assistant to the Mayor of   Chicago as well as a long time, if casual, contact of Domestic Contacts Service.   His background includes assignment to the Intelligence Division of the Chicago   police and cooperation with CIA in the course of a trip to Africa in 1961.   Mr. DeBow also is part owner and in effective control of a very small feature   syndicate in Chicago, the Negro Press International, Inc., which distributes   rewritten news to Negro newspapers in the United States on a subscription basis.4. On 20 June 1966, Mr. DeBow was approached by representatives of CA Staff   and Central Cover Staff, acknowledging CIA connection, and interviewed with a   view to determining the feasibility of using his service to backstop modest   payments to GREBONY/1 for real or ostensible contributions of feature stories   and reporting. (Since the contact was made to develop information pertinent   to the present request for DDP approval, the interview was conducted on a   hypothetical basis: QREBONY/l's identity was not revealed nor were any   commitments entered into.) This conversation, despite its limitation, demonstrated   clearly that such an arrangement involving Mr. DeBow and his firm would be   practical from Mr. DeBow's point of view and well suited to the needs of the   QREBONY Project. Mr. DeBow grasped the problem involved and suggested various   means by which he could plausibly implement a cover arrangement should this   be our decision. He was made aware of and understood the incongruity between   his and QREBONY/1's ostensible political positions, and stated that this need   offer no impediment to creation of the type of relationship which would be   involved. The nature of Mr. DeBow's feature service and its modest size   clearly enhance its usefulness and appropriateness for our objectives.   Mr. DeBow, in conclusion, expressed his agreement in principle to participate   in this cover support activity should CIA, on further review of its needs,   decide to proceed with a request for his cooperation.5. In the light of the very favorable response from Mr. DeBow and the   determiration, from reviewing the outlines of his operation, that it would   be a uniquely appropriate backstopping for QREBONY/1, your approval is   requested to recontact Mr. DeBow and establish with him suitable cover2SECRET
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SECRETarrangements for this purpose.Frede Nattinfor CORD MEYER, JR.ChiefCovert Action StaffRECOMMEND APPROVAL:![signature of Thomas H. Dwyer] Chief, CCS/KCAPPROVED:![signature] 30 June '663SECRET
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# SECRET27 JUN OESMEMORANDUM FOR: Director of FinanceVIA:Contract Personnel DivisionSUBJECT: QREBONY/1 - Amendment of Memorandum of Oral Commitment1. The Memorandum of Oral Commitment with QREBONY is amended effective 15 June 1966 to provide indemnification in the amount of $10,000 in case of death, and payment of $600 per month up to $10,000 to his wife in case of total incapacitation or disappearance.2. It is anticipated that a trip planned for late summer or early fall will take QREBONY into VC controlled areas of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and China. Indemnification is intended to apply to death or disability resulting from air accident, act of war, or for disappearance.3. Without being able to specify the possible circumstances, it is intended that such indemnification as outlined above be deemed to apply to loss of life or functions suffered by QREBONY as a direct result of his Kubáki relationship during the trip. Such indeanification, if made, must be presented to his widow by a cover mechanisa which would hide KUBARK involvement.Signed Thomas Mc KinleyThomas Mc KinleyCA Staff Contract Approving OfficerCA/PERS/RHBELL: bg (24 Jun 66)Distribution:2 - Addressee1 - CPD1 - CA/Pers1 - CA/ChronoSECRET![GROUP 1 Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification]
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# DISPATCHTO:Chief, KUWOLFINFO:Chief, KUDESK; Chief, EURFROM:Chief of Station, Paris/LCPIPITSUBJECT: DTDORIC/OperationalQRPREY/QREBONY/Photo of QREBONY/1 and ContactCLASSIFICATIONSECRETPROCESSING ACTIONMARKED FOR INDEXINGNO INDEXING REQUIREDXXX ONLY QUALIFIED DESKCAN JUDGE INDEXINGMICROFILMForwarded under separate cover is a photograph of QREBONY/1 with oneof his contacts.Attachment usePhoto useDistribution3-C/KUWOLF w/att use2-C/KUDESK w/o att1-C/EUR w/o att![signature of Karen H. ZAFFARESI]Karen H. ZAFFARESI (Dams)![signature of EBRAHIM, Gora]EBRAHIM, GoraS/C ATT'D BY RI/AMDated 13 JUN 1966CROSS REFERENCE TO: 18/CATT![stamp with text Entried from terminal; R.S.I; 24 Act; Sec. 15 notifications]DISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBEROFLA-3903DATE1 June 1966CLASSIFICATIONSECRET![circled date JUN 2 1966]NOS FILE NUMBER200-124-156/3
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DTDORIC/QRPREY/QREBONYTo: Chief, WOLFUSC Att to OFLA-3903Photo: Do not bend.![photo of two men wearing sunglasses]
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SECRETMEMORANDUM FOR: Chief,CA/CF - James MurphyPROVISIONAL OPERATIONAL APPROVALNUMBER201 - 305052SUBJECTQREBONY/1REFERENCE: Your Memorandum, Dated10 February 1966A Provisional Operational Approval is granted for the use of this Subject as set forth below.A Provisional Operational Approval issued by CI Staff grants the same authority, on a temporary basis, for the use of an individual as the authority granted in an Operational Approval unless otherwise specified by CI/OA. It is based, however, only on preliminary file checks and investigation and is subject to a further final review when all investigation is completed.(1) POA is granted to utilize Subject in an international context to exploit his contacts and/or associations with a wide variety of personalities and organizations (particularly Cuban and Chinese) engaged in "anti-imperialist" propaganda operations. Subject will be expected to renew his old relationships and expand his circle of contacts with Afro-Asian national liberation leaders, pro Chinese Communist, and similar personalities and to report general political and biographic material relative to the interests, activities and plans of such individuals and their organizations.(2) Requirements passed to Subject will be confined, insofar as it is operationally feasible, to instructions for the refinement and completeness of the reporting he is capable of providing from his normal intercourse with source personalities. Disclosure of classified information will be held to a minimum, he will not be given operational assignments supporting or servicing other KUBARK Operations, nor will he participate directly and/or wittingly in the spotting and/or recruitment of other agents.(3) In addition to this background, certain of Subject's past statements and behavior are inconsistent with, and give rise to an uncertainty about, the nature and degree of his presently professed motivations and loyalties. It is impossible to resolve this uncertainty with the knowledge now available. At the present time, therefore, it is believed that his bona fides have not been established to an extent which would warrant handling him in any way than "at arms length".To process the Operational Approval, full information (completed PRQ Parts I and II) must be submitted as soon as possible and not later than six (6) months from this date. An Operational Approval will follow when all investigation is completed and upon the receipt of satisfactory PPQ Parts I and II. Cancellation must be requested if use of Subject by interested Divisions ceases./s/ Edward P. Brown(CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE)APPROVALBYDATECI/OPERATIONAL APPROVAL AND SUPPORT DIVISION23 May 1966FORM 125OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONSSECRET
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Continuation of PCA - 201-300052 - 23 May 1960(4) This case has been discussed in detail on several occasions between representatives of CI/CA, CI/ICG, and CA/CE and there is agreement that it is primarily because of Goject's becground and contacts that de 13 of interest and, therefore, it is believed, if he is bendied with carecaspeccion, the possible benefits to be derived Justify the security risks involved in the use of Subject vithin the limits set forth above.(5) Folygraph is recomended at least once a year./s/ Edward P. BrownNOMUSEQRPREY
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# SECRET(When Filled In)# DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND CROSS REFERENCESUBJECT OF DOCUMENT DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION2. RI FILE NO.3. DISPATCH OR SOURCE DOC. SYMBOL NO. 4. DATE7- SOURCE CRYPTONYM 8. DATE OF INFO. 9. EVALUATION5. ANALYST 6. DATE PROCESSED 10. DISSEMINATED IN 11- DATEDOCUMENT DISPOSITION12. CROSS REFERRED TO THIS FILE 13. TRANSFERRED TO RI FILE NO.14. PERTINENT INFORMATIONGIBBON, Richard The 201-3060529 May 1966 poa oa James Morphy 7757THERE IS A FEC /OA FOLDER ON THE SUBJECTOF THIS 201> [Figure: A form excerpt with handwritten and typed information, including names, dates, and file references.]OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS ABSTRACT FILE SLIP (18)THERE IS A CIDER ON THE SUBJECTOF TEIS 20115. FILE THIS FORM IN FILE NO. 201 30 60 52FORM 867 USE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. SECRET (7-46)9-57
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# DISPATCHTO Chief of Station, London (ATTH. KATZER)CLASSIFICATIONSECRETPROCESSING ACTIONMARKED FOR INDEXINGRO INDEXING REQUIREDONLY QUALIFIED DESKCAM JUDGE INDEXINGMICROFILMINFO. Chief, KUWOLFFROM Chief of Station, Paris (LCPIPIP)SUBJES DIDORIC/OperationalGRPREY/REBONYACTION REQUIRED-REFERENCESRef: OKLA 452541. At his 6 April meeting with RODIGAST, GRKBONY/1 pointed out thet his   brother-in-law (the accountant) still thinks that UREBONY receives regular income   from an American radio or news feature service, paid through Switzerland, and   undeclared for tax reasons (UREBONY's and the American company's taxes).2. RODIGAST thought that if the brother-in-law finds this story hard to   believe he my guess that GREBONY is really working for KUBARK and may have passed   this information on to the British. Thus he would be the source of the story   relayed in reference.3. At the same meeting, on another subject, RODICAST asked CREBONY whether   he had ever told anyone pointblank that he (GREBONY) is a Chicom agent. He said   that he never had. RODIGAST broke in: "or the agent of any other country,   including CDYOKE?" QREBONY said he had not.Karen H. ZAFFARESIDistribution:2-COS, London-C/KUHOLE1-C/3CS COPY![CS COPY Exastic species disclosure logo]CROSS REFERENCE TODISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBEROFLA-3731CLASSIFICATIONSECRETDATE201-306052200-124-156/3APR 18 196615 April 1966HOS FILE NUMBER
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# DISPATCHTO:Chief, KUWOLF NECINFO:Chief, NE; COS, Cairo; COS, Dar-es-Salaam; Chief, AFCOS, London; Chief, WL; Chies, LUDES; COS, Rome; CIRFROM:Chief of Station, Paris/LCPIPITSUBJECT: DTDORIC/OperationalGRPREY/OREBONY/QREDONY/1's New Contact, Carole Piña1. We are manifesting reports and correspondence concerning QREBONY/1's new contact, Carole Piña, an American, age 31, born in New York City (possibly Bronx County), whose father's last name was Appel or Appell. lier husband's name is Carlos Piña (Mexican), but she is separated from him and he is seeking a divorce. She holds US passport, No. D633873, issued 5 August 1963 in New York; it comes up for renewal in August (at which time she expects to be in Rome). She is afraid that her having traveled to Cuba in 1964 with a Progressive Labor delegation will hurt her chances of getting a renewal of her passport.2. Subject had been having a series of political and amorous affairs during her stay in Dar, and was in serious trouble when Q met her. After rejecting Dennis Thombeah's advances, she was in serious danger of being declared a prohibited imaigrant; Q befriended her, and he and Colman Ferrer of the Cuban Embassy (who had been having an affair with her) saw that she got out of Dar safely. Qwas to weet her in Cairo (but in fact had no intention of doing so) and later caught up with her in Rome. She indicated a desire to work with Q (without quite knowing for whom she would be working--he hinted rather broadly to her that he was in cahoots with "our friends in the East," but it will be noted that in one of her letters there is this disarwing phrase: she warns him about how to deal with certain persons and adds: "be cool with them do not show your true colors (whatever they are)").3. Q seized on the opportunity of using subject as an unwitting informant and eventually agent on the same basis. She submitted to an interview on tape in a Rome hotel room which lasts about 2-1/4 hours, in which Q debriefs her on her knowledge of every Tanzanian, liberation movement, or Bloc personality with whow she had contact, and in view of her attractiveness and willingness she kne quite a few. (She had some amusing run-ins with ODYOKE personnel in Dar, which we shall edit out of the tape only for a fee.)Distribution3-C/KUWOLF2-C/KUDESK2-COS/London2-COS/Dar2-COS/Rome2-COS/Cairo1-C/NE1-C/WE1-C/AFDISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBEROFLA-3638DATEMAR 31 196630 March 1966CLASSIFICATIONHQS FILE NUMBERSECRET200-124-156/3
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CONTINUATION OFDISPATCHCLASSIFICATIONSECRETDISPATCH SYMBOL AND NUMBEROPLA-36384. Q feels that she is emotionally unstable--his firmness in dealing with her, his making it clear he was not out for her body, have made him a guardian and true friend. She seems to be a good political reporter, understanding her own (confused) political yearnings and where her various contacts stand; she also seems to have a good memory for details. Q says that her "anti-revisionism" is incipient anti-Communism. He could eventually recruit her as an ODYOKE witting agent, but that would take a lot of time and trouble; with much less effort he could effect a false-flag recruitment, and indeed, he has already done this on an informal basis by making it clear that he was collecting material for his Chicom friends. She would undertake further assignments for him. üe actually asked her, "Suppose I asked you to go somewhere, would you go?" To which she replied, "If it's not cold." It is unlikely, however, that she would be able to return to Dar because of Phombeah's hostility. Wherever she goes, her main asset will be her physical attraction.5. She could be debriefed further on any point raised in the tape interview. The ideal would be to have the questions by the time Q goes to Rome in the second half of April, but this does not seem to be a likely possibility.Karen ä, ZAFFARESI