Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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# Office Memorandum  • UNITED STATES GOVERNMENTTO: Chief, Foreign IntelligenceFROM: Acting Chief, SEDATE: 21 July 1953SUBJECT: Lyle O. KELLY1.  As a result of discussions between WHD, SE, CFI, and DD/A, it was decided to send an SE representative to DTROBALO to interview Lyle O. KELLY for the purpose of determining whether he represented sufficient security hazard to current SE operations out of Greece to warrant his being retained in maximum detention.2.  In accordance with this agreement, Major Michael A. Hemovich was sent to DTROBALO where he arrived at noon on 26 May 1953.3.  Major Hemovich discussed the case with the case officers concerned at DTROBALO, and then spent twelve hours talking to KELLY. As a result of this, it has been ascertained to our satisfaction that KELLY does not appear to have information of sufficient currency regarding staff or agent personnel, or current operations, in Greece to make his resettlement within the course of the next twelve months a serious security risk.4.  We therefore recommend that Lyle O. KELLY be given whatever training in language and trade WH Division feels is required, and that efforts then be made to resettle him in South America. Our only request is that this Division be kept informed of the progress of this rehabilitation and be advised of the steps taken to resettle KELLY. In this connection it should be pointed out that KELLY has a wife and child in Greece. When queried by Major Hemovich about them, he professed no interest in having the wife or child join him, stating that he would like to provide some money for the support of the child if and when he got a job and could put aside some money for this purpose. It is therefore our intention to have KELLY write his wife a letter telling her that he has no further interest in her, that she should obtain a divorce, but that he will provide her with a certain sum of money for the child. (This sum will be provided by this Division and will probably be in the neighbortiood of $1000).5.  Major Hemovich's report is attached herewith.SE/2-DFEwing-lfDistribution:Addressee - Orig & 1WHD - 1DD/A - 1A/SE - 1SE/2 - 2
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# MEMORANDUMSUBJECT: Dimitri Adamoff DIMITROV1. Subject was born on 7 May 1924 in Medkovets, Bulgaria. He studied philology for one year at Sofia University from 1942-1943. During the war he worked illegally in Greek Macedonia and Vardar, Macedonia to escape authorities. He returned home after the war, he was soon disillusioned by the Communists, and went to Sofia. Later he made a clandestine tour of Bulgarian towns and cities urging agrarians to take positive action against communism. Finally captured in Sofia, he stated that his life was spared because he was groomed as a witness against PETKOV. He escaped to Greece in 1947. He worked for the Greeks doing occasional propaganda under nom de plume "Diko."2. In 1950, the American Embassy in Athens evaluated Subject as having a very great deal of the charlatan about him, and was considered a "phony." However, notwithstanding his superficiality and the exaggeration to which he was prone, Subject had an intuitive grasp of the rudiments of political deportment and showmanship and he was so devoted to his self-appointed task of organising his "democratic block" that it was thought that he might become an important Bulgarian figure.3. In November, 1950, because of his background and experience, Subject was considered as an individual who could make significant psychological and political warfare contributions to operations in Greece. Subject was then very active among Bulgarian refugees in Greece. Early in October, 1950, he visited the Lavrion Camp where he spoke to the Bulgarian refugees and outlined the tasks that he was to assume, which included intelligence activities in Bulgaria, organizing an underground resistance movement in Bulgaria, and organizing sabotage activity against Bulgaria. Subject was not security conscious; he revealed the location of his office and told his listeners that his office had two Bulgarian typewriters and that he had a car with United States
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SECRET-2-license plates. In April, 1951, Subject was in contact with the French Vice-Consul and his wife, a French diplomat stationed in Athens, an elderly Greek who worked and otherwise had close connections with the French, and other Greek personalities. In April, 1951, besides his wife he had several other bed partners. Because of the operational security violations which had arisen, it was recommended urgently that Subject be removed from circulation.4. Observers in Athens considered Subject to be too dictatorial and self-important and if he was not actually insane, he appeared to be suffering from delusions of grandeur. For instance, he made references to his future role as prime minister of Bulgaria. Because of Subject's neurotic, unstable character, it was deemed advisable to transfer Subject to Panama. Subject was taken to Panama on 6 September 1951 and was considered as a neuro-psychiatric case. On 9 October 1951, he began a hunger strike at midnight and did not break the fast until 9 a.m. on 14 October 1951. He asked that his former secretary in the Partisan Movement, who was located somewhere in Bulgaria, be brought to Panama. The doctors' concern, particularly the neuro-psychiatrist, indicated that they could not treat Subject adequately.5. In February, 1954, Subject was returned to Greece. Prior to his return to Greece, Subject signed an agreement which would have resulted in his confinement to Syros under complete Greek custody and jurisdiction. (Attachment A)6. In October, 1955, Subject sought admission to the United States under the Refugee Relief Program. Because years had passed since he had been in operational contact with Bulgarian refugees, it was felt that Subject should not be prevented from entering the United States.7. Since entering the United States, Subject has been a continual source of embarassment. His megalomania is evident in the various communications with government agencies. For example, he recently commented in one letter that he would like to be appointed Richard Nixon's anti-communist adviser for Albania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Rumania, and Bulgaria. He stated that he could liberate all these countries within five years if he were allowed
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SECRET-3-to work actively with financial support. His first objective would be to liberate Bulgaria, his homeland, make it a free democracy, and the 51st state of the United States.8. More details on Subject's thinking, attitude, megalomania, and background can be found in the following attachments:A. Certificate of Understanding.B. Interview with Dimiter DIMITROFF, 28 June 1960.C. Informal Memorandum from EE/BR, 1 July 1960.D. OO Contact Report, 12 October 1961.E. Memorandum for the Record, 17 November 1961.Attachments: a/s
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13-00000STANDARD FORM NO. 64# Office MemorandumTO : FILEUNITED STATES GOVERNMENTDATE: 20 Nov 1961FROM : ACTING CHIEF, RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS BRANCHSUBJECT: DEMITER ADAMOFF DIMITROFF#46165THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF SECURITY ASKED THAT THIS FILE BE DOCU-MENTED TO REFLECT THE FOLLOWING:FRED BLUMENTHAL OF PARADE MAGAZINE CALLED MR. GROGAN, ASSIS-TANT TO THE DCI, THIS DATE AND STATED THAT SUBJECT HAD BEEN INCONTACT WITH HIM WITH AN ANTI-CIA STORY. DIMITROFF WAS IDENTI -FIED BY FULL NAME AND BIRTH DATA. HE CLAIMED THAT HIS CODE NAMEWAS "DI KO", THAT HE WAS A MOVIE DIRECTOR AND SCRIPT WRITER ANDTHAT HE HAD BEEN CONNECTED WITH THE UNDERGROUND IN EUROPE. HECLAIMED, ACCORDING TO BLUMENTHAL, THAT CIA TOOK HIM TO PANAMA,HAND CUFFED HIM AND HELD HIM IN CAPTIVITY.MR. BANNERMAN REVIEWED DIMITROFF'S FILE AND ADVISED MR.GROGAN OF THE BACKGROUND IN THIS CASE. MR. GROGAN WAS ADVISEDTHAT DIMITROFF IS NOT NOW CONNECTED WITH CIA; THAT HE HAS HADPSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS, TRIED TO GET MONEY FROM FORMER VICE PRESI-DENT NIXON TO FINISH A BOOK, MADE WILD CLAIMS ABOUT CIAS TREAT-MENT OF HIM AND HAS, IN GENERAL, EXHIBITED AN ERRATIC BEHAVIORPATTERN, CHARACTERIZING HIM AS UNRELIABLE AND UNTRUSTWORTHY.![signature of David H. Woldorf]DAVID H. WOLDORF
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13-00000((SCRETTo: Chief, Contact DivisionAttn: Support Branch (Crowley)From: Chief, Washington OfficeSubject: Dimiter Adamoff Dimitroff - Renewed Effort for CIA Support (DIKO)12 October 196100-A-31989851.  Mr. Hill of the DCI Security Office called Sheridan on 29 September 1961 to state that a Dimiter Dinitroff was trying to meet the DCI, and Mr. Bricker felt he should be handled by the Washington Field Office. Hill was told that Dimitroff had been interviewed at length in the Washington Field Office on 28 June 1960 after an effort to see Vice President Nixon (00-AS 3,161,567 under Case 33529). Sheridan suggested that Hill tell Dimitroff that his story was a matter of record, and there would be no purpose in further interview unless he had something new to contribute.2.  Nonetheless, an appointment was made for 2 October 1961 at the Washington Field Office. Dimitroff was obviously disappointed to be sent back to Sheridan and admitted that he had been trying to find another entre to the Agency for his proposals. He pointed out that he was still against the Democratic Party but was in favor of President Kennedy because of his strong anti-communist stand, and bad been encouraged to resume his efforts by the president's appeals against communion.3.  Dimitroff stated that he can keep his country of Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Poland in a turmoil against the USSR if given authority and backing by the CIA. He reiterated that he had been the youngest underground leader and vas imprisoned by UB eitizens in the jungle for three years for continuing his fight. Although his former contacts are now wten years old, he is sure that they can be re-established and that his former comrades vill rally to him in an active movement against the commmists, rather than to continue in passive roles.4.  His latest plan is to form a Liberation Committee with himself as president. It would publish a Bulgarian/English paper for world distribution to Bulgarian emigres in an effort to alert supporters. The tone would be cultural rather than openly pelitical. He would also establish a central point to help Bulgarian refugees. With this under way, Dimitroff said that mihety percent of Geargi Dimitrov's (Bulgarian National Committee) follovers would defect to him. He said that Dimitrov is on the United States payroll and bad called him a traitor to Bulgaria last veek.SECRET201-45145
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SECRET25. Dimitroff's real aim is to recruit five thousand supporters of fighting age. These would be used to invade Bulgaria by air drop into the southern mountain tier about April 1962. They would easily seize the cities of that area, which are held by mere hundreds of police and communist officials. The attacks would be at night and in sufficient strength to surprise and overwhelm the opposition. Proclamations would be issued, prisonars released, recruiting carried out and a border area set up in the mountains with the passes heavily defended. He said there are only four major roads inte this southern area, so that it could be quickly and effectively sealed off. The United Nations would be called to intervene imediately, as it has done in Korea and the Congo.6. This enclave in Bulgaris would be the start of the overthrow of the comamist goverment in that country. When this is achieved, Dinitroff said he would want only five years as the head of the state to establish true democracy on the United States order. Thereafter, he would be happy to retire, having falfilled his promise to his followers that he would never give up the fight, He said that he was willing to die for the cause of a free Bulgaria and hopes that he can make it the fifty-first state of the United States.7. To these ends he wrote a letter on 15 June 1961 to President Kennedy (copy attached). When he did not receive a reply, he called personally and was referred by a secretary to the State Department and then to CIA. Dimitroff needs funds and support from CIA and commented that if the Agency does not decide to support him in his anti-commmist work, he will try to uncover the names of the US citizens responsible for wrecking his underground activities and for holding him prisoner for three years. This, he said, he owed to his supporters because he has been able to do nothing without support.8. Belatedly, he mentioned that he had written one of the greatest motion picture scripts ever. It is fictional but based on complete truths and is very strongly anti-communist. Unfortunately, he cannot find financial beckers and could use CIA money if his major project cannot be immediately adopted. The title of the piece is "One Dark Fight".9. Dimitroff was informed that his visit and comments would be passed to any interested officials, and he would be contacted should there be any need to do so. He insisted, however, that he would remain in Washington for a reasonable time awaiting an answer and will definitely try to open other doors than those of CIA. He is using a letter drop and answering service - 422 Washington Building, DC5, ST 3-9474, in the pseudonym of Dimitriou. In the future he can always be reached through another name - Dimo Petroff - at 67 Richmond Street West, Suite 30%, Toronto 1, Ontario, Canade.F. J. Sheridan
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# MEMORANDUMSUBJECT: Dimitur Adamov DIMITROV aka "Diko" DIMITROV1.  A review of Agency files reveals the following data concerning Subject and his association with CIA.2.  Subject was first contacted in October 1950 by the Field Chief of OPC activities in Athens, Greece. The purpose of this contact was to assess Subject as a principal agent and focal point in the recruitment of Bulgarians to participate in OPC operations directed against Bulgaria. For this purpose, an organization called the Democratic Bloc was established, and Subject was placed as its ostensible organizer and chief.3.  During the period October 1950 through March 1951, Subject remained in the employ of OPC in Athens and provided 21 agents for infiltration into Bulgaria, but he never participated in the cross-border operation4.  In early 1951, various operational and administrative difficulties began to manifest themselves and it was decided that Subject should be removed from his position. In April 1951 it came to OPC's attention that Subject intended to sell his knowledge of CIA's activities to the French Intelligence Service. This fact was used as the primary reason for his removal from active participation in Bulgarian operations.5.  Because of operational security considerations stemming from his duplicity and personal make-up, it was deemed inadvisable to leave Subject at large in Greece and it was decided that he should be transferred to a CIA holding facility at Fort Clayton, Panama. He was airlifted from Athens to Frankfurt where he was hospitalized four days for observation, and then flown black to Fort Clayton, arriving on 4 September 1951. He remained there until January 1954.6.  A CIA case officer was dispatched from headquarters in May 1953 to Fort Clayton where he interrogated Subject. If was determined at that time that whatever operational knowledge Subject had of CIA, its methods, personnel, and operations was obsolete.
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7. With termination of the holding facility at Fort Clayton, Subject was temporarily removed to Greece since there were no other immediate possibilities to resettle him. (The attached understanding with Subject was effected o/a 12 January 1954 at the time of his removal from Fort Clayton.) CIA made a commitment to the Greek authorities that CIA would not abandon Subject in Greece and would take steps to remove him from Greek soil within one year. Efforts were made to effect Subject's migration to Canada, New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere, but to no avail. After due consideration by interested headquarters elements and the Athens Station, it was decided that the best effective solution for Subject's disposal would be to let him immigrate to the United States on his own under the Refugee Belief Act program, but without any assistance from CIA.8. Since arrival in the United States, Subject has come to our attention on the following occasion:On 14 May 1957, the Department of State informed CIA that Subject had contacted their office and tried to interest them in purchasing a feature length film script. At that time Subject told the Department of State that he was living in Newark, New Jersey, with his wife and seven-year-old daughter and was in Washington on a visit. The State Department had no interest in the film script and asked if members of this Agency would like to meet Subject and discuss the script. This offer was turned down. The case officer involved understood that State Department then discontinued all contact with Subject. There is no further information available.9. Although he was considered to be of operational value at the time he was originally picked up by elements of CIA, Subject's subsequent actions, lack of integrity and poor security indicated that he was unworthy of any further operational consideration. He has a tendency to exaggerate to the point of lying and become involved in deals of which he was the financial benefactor. Throughout all his deals, however, there is the thread of alleged national pride and desire to project himself in the fight against Communism. There have been reported rumors of his having been a Bulgarian IS agent even during the time when he was employed by CIA. No concrete evidence, however, was actually uncovered to substantiate these allegations, which are believed to be typical of denunciations made by rival political factions among emigres.
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10. As the result of the review of Subject's case, it is recommended that nothing further be done for him since he does not possess any damaging information concerning current operations and his memory of past operations and personalities is between nine and ten years old. (In view of the circumstances of termination, it should be pointed out to Subject that in pressing the United States Government for further assistance he is liable for prosecution under the espionage and secrecy laws of the United States Government.)Attachments: Certification of understanding
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# 13-00000Attn: Mr. ForrestChief, Washington Office33254Case 33659 - Dimiter Dimitroff (Dike)SECRET1. On 27 June, George Barasch notified Sheridan that General Caramin of Vice President Nixon's office had requested an immediate contact with a Dimitroff interlocutor. Interlocutor had asked for an appointment with the Vice President and had indicated that he was a Italian underground leader. A meeting was arranged and an appointment was set for the Washington Office at 10 AM on 28 June.2. On 28 June, Sabastiano announced and it turned out that his man is actually "Tom, Ad, Dimitroff". He explained, by way of introduction, that he was an important underground leader in Bulgaria during and after World War II; had had a long history of anti-Communist activities, and was very anxious that Vice President Nixon be elected President. Hin felt that Nixon was young, zealous, anti-Communist and commented that he would like to be appointed Nixon's anti-Communist advisor for Albania, Yugoslavia, Macedonia, Rumania, and Bulgaria. He stated that he could liberate all these countries within five years if he were allowed to work entirely with financial support, but without pay to himself. His first objective is to liberate Bulgaria, his homeland; make it a free democracy, and even afford the dream of becoming the fifty-first US state.3. Dimitroff then gave his detailed history. In 1941 when he was about 25 years old, he had just discovered his talents as a poet at about the time the German military forces took over the country. He proceeded to criticize the Germans and the Soviets in print, while promoting US democracy. Because of this stand he required a name and station. In 1943, the US and the UK sent a military mission to the Balkans under a US general who knew Dimitroff's purposes and tendencies.   A meeting was arranged in the mountains and the general told Dimitroff that they were looking for such a young, vigorous leader who had the US viewpoint. The US would personally support him in all ways if he would lead an underground force. The general asked him to prepare the ground in Bulgaria for the US arrival when the Germans finally retreated.4. On the basis of this meeting, Dimitroff found the Dembe Liberation Movement. He operated fairly openly and soon was seized by the Germans in the Macedonian Mountains. They wished to execute him, but the Bulgarian governor, Dimiter Raichov, told the Germans that the people would rise up if they killed "Dimo" (his nom-de-guerre and nom-de-garcon). He was therefore turned over to Raichov, who confined him to his native town of Lom where he was held for approximately two months and during which he lost contact with the US Mission. He finallySECRET> [Figure: Handwritten notes and signatures are visible on the top right of the image. It includes names like Musulin and a date, 28 Jun 1960. Additionally, there are notes that include text such as "Sir Diorye" and "Mr. You?"]
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# SECRETfor word from the Vice President.22. Dimitroff added he only had three or four dollars with him but that he would borrow further and begged that he receive some answer by the end of this week. He feels sure that the Vice President, who sent directly to his aid in Panama, will assist him at this stage and he is sure that his book will be helpful to Nixon in the election. Dimitroff urged that this memorandum be closely held in the Vice President's office and feared that he might be endangered should the Democrats learn of it. He stated that he would probably also contact James Haggerty, the White House Press Secretary and George Allen, back of USIA, although he preferred to await word from the Vice President.23. Dimitroff's home address is 1444 South Normandie Avenue, Los Angeles 6, California. He is heavily overdue with his rent at present. Dimitroff has applied for US citizenship but stated that if a Democrat be elected he would flee the country.24. No commitments were made other than that Dimitroff would probably receive an answer. He has the Washington Office telephone and we anticipate a call within the next few days. Please have Mr. Hiram's office reply to Dimitroff or provide us with further instructions in view of the agency and political implications involved.F. J. SheridanEnclosure: W-13341
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OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTWASHINGTONMay 27, 1958Mr. Dim. Ad. Dimitroff1424 S. Kenmore AvenueLos Angeles 6, CaliforniaDear Mr. Dimitroff:On behalf of the Vice President I wish to acknowledge your letter of May 20 concerning your plans to fight Communism.You may be sure that the Vice President sympathizes with your desire and your firmness of purpose; however, I must tell you that the State Department and the United States Information Agency are the operative agencies in this field. I can only suggest, therefore, that as you continue to develop your ideas you keep in touch with them so that they can give your projects careful consideration.I know that the Vice President would want me to extend to you his good wishes and his appreciation for your generous comments concerning his South American trip.Sincerely,![Signature of R.E. Cushman, Jr.]R. E. Cushman, Jr.Executive Assistantto the Vice President