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TOT: 060138Z APR 93
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STAFF
TO: PRIORITY NR/MIAMI.
060137Z DIRECTOR 926886
FROM: CIC/LA INFO LA/CCG, NR/SCB, LA/CCGCAR
SLUGS: WNINTEL REAM
SUBJECT: REQUIREMENT FOR VZTOUCHDOWN
REF: NONE
DIRECTOR 926886
TEXT:
10
1.
SLANK/1
ORIGINALLY ENCRYPTED AMMUG/1, 201-
749641) WAS ONE OF OUR EARLIEST CUBAN DEFECTORS. HE WAS A DGI
OFFICER WHO DEFECTED 24 APRIL 1964 IN CANADA. FOLLOWING LENGTHY
DEBRIEFING, HE WAS USED OPERATIONALLY AND FINALLY TERMINATED IN
JULY 1967. WE WOULD LIKE TO RUN HIS NAME AND PHOTO BY
VZTOUCHDOWN WHO MAY BE AWARE OF HIS CASE. (A REVIEW OF
VZTOUCHDOWN'S REPORTING INDICATES THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN ASKED
ABOUT SLANK/1.) ☐
2. WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE DGI DOUBLE AGENT PROGRAM DID NOT
BEGIN UNTIL AFTER SLANK/1'S DEFECTION AND THAT THE DGI NEVER USED
DGI OFFICERS AS DOUBLES NONETHELESS, AS (SLANK/1 PROVIDED
INFORMATION WHICH INDICATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CUBA PLAYED NO
*ROLE IN THE<KENNEDY ASSASSINATION >WE NEED TO TIE UP ALL LOOSE
ENDS AS WE APPROACH THE THIRTY YEAR DECLASSIFICATION TIME LIMIT
ON FILES COVERING THAT ERA. WE WOULD APPRECIATE, THEREFORE,
HAVING YOU ASK VZTOUCHDOWN IF HE RECOGNIZES THE NAME AND PHOTO
(AND WHAT HE KNOWS ABOUT SLANK/1.
3. FILE: 201-749651, 201-1454012. DECL OADR DRV
HUM 4-82.>
ORIG: CIC/LA (WEBER, 39380); AUTH: C/CIC/LA (AUSTIN); COORD:
C/LA/CCG; INFO: NROC; REL: C/NR/SCB. CL BY 0610917.
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