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b. ON & NOVEMBER 1973 MR. LESLIE
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ITT REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RELIABILITY OF MR. HERBERT ITKIN
WHOM HE DESCRIBED AS A FORMER CIA AND FBI EMPLOYEE. THE FOLLOWING
PARAGRAPHS ARE THE GIST OF MR. MOFFITT'S LETTER, WHICH WAS ADDRESSED
TO "MR. WILLIAM CROSBY, (SIC) DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE:
A. MOFFITT HOLDS A COMMISSION TO INQUIRE INTO THE INFIL-
STRATION OF ORGANIZED CRIME INTO NEW SOUTH WALES. IT IS OF SUBSTANTIAL
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B. IN HIS TESTIMONY IN ENGLAND MR. ITKIN CLAIMED TO HAVE
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BEEN RECRUITED BY CIA IN AN "UNØDERCOVER CAPACITY" IN ABOUT 1954. HE
CLAIMED HE WAS WITH THE C.I.A. UNTIL MARCH 1963 AT WHICH TIME BY SOME
ARRANGEMENT HE WORKED FOR BOTH THE FBI AND CIA, UNTIL JANUARY 1968.
C. MOFFITT ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF MR. ITKIN
DURING THE YEARS 1964 TO 1969 AND FOR COPIES OF ANY RELEVANT. AFFI-
DAVITS OF PERSONS IN AUTHORITY IN THE FBI OR CIA USED IN PROCEEDINGS
IN USA."
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D. MOFFITT NOTED THAT IN THE INTERESTS OF PRIVACY HE ROUT-
ED HIS LETTER VIA THE AUSTRALIAN-DIPLOMATIC POUCH, AND ASKED THAT THE
REPLY BE RETURNED TO HIM BY THE AUSTRALIAN EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON.
2. MR. MOFFITT'S REQUEST WAS HANDLED BY THE OFFICE OF GENERAL
COUNCIL (OGC) WHO MADE AVAILABLE FOR MR. MOFFITT COPIES OF THREE
4 AFFIDAVITS CALL OF WHICH IN PUBLIC DOMAIN}
RELEVANT TO HERBERT ITKIN
I AND HIS AFFILIATION WITH THE CIA. OGC CONCLUDED THEIR REPLY BY SAY-
IING THAT HERBERT ITKIN FURNISHED INFORMATION TO THE CIA OVER A PERIOD
1 OF MANY YEARS, BUT THAT HE WAS NOT SENT TO ENGLAND TO COLLECT ANY
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REQUEST CAME IN. HQS POUCHING COPIES AFFADAVITS, BOTH LETTERS.
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