13-00000 "aye Fy Pe cd ee ee ee som. ve + mete ty & a 3 = APART TT y cee. ce : o~ Contes mad ewe /€ . grcup of Cuban silitary ieaders wao vere plnaring to eliminate Castro . aeons g: -. amd take over the governsent. It quickly becene clear that be wes cow innate : referring to Cubela. Gercta-Bango sald that he ned alvays been | : publicly identified as a close friend of Cubela, vhom he last say j in Favana on 9 March. Garcia~Bango sald that he had been the lavyer j ‘for the Capri Kotel in Eavana. He was jatled- for 75 days in July e 1962 for defending Santos Trafficante, a U.S. citizen and ex-manager . of the Capri gambling casino who was kicked out of Cuba. (Comment: This is another rame-link between Cubela and the gembling syndicate plots reported upon earlier im this () report. ‘Trafficante was one of the principals in Shet Edvards® are, matt. 6B: e. YE. t ° sa cust anampptipeeneedinm oon + Phase One ‘of the operation. He presumably vas not involved in oe . : ° Phase Tvo wider Harvey, but we cannot be sure of that. After all, . one | > + qyagficante vas the min vho brought Varona into the operation late | | in Phase Ooe, and Verona was one of the main players during Phase . Tin. so .. To. qhe three-man team that vas cent in/Yerona vas rezoried 8, ae eee 4 Jue 1 . i Headquarters decided to tersirate all. contacts with key menbers. of the Cubela group. It hed beceme increasingly apparent thet the e SAP RRA CTT TDG CID PLT REUSING HR ARIS 8 0+ HE Brae nerpeme tind & : . 2 ° ° a a * oe ‘ 4 } : ‘ a 5 . alt x - | . . . i ° @ cirele of Cubans vho knew of Cubela's plans and of CIA's association = =-——i—s atte f- = on me = - 6 ~~ ee « wee oe -~ eee - oUt taes age oe id or » P30, aerate pec et wet ic a — engines oy Se a 72 Saree et Ae ee fe wax vers sak ee BOLE a
13-00000 a Le ee * PT re er Tae sa tan tS an “OG Oe BES pheyer® % wee me Fem ne . Lord - s ecumbegip ang wae see ’ ~usky 2 cee abeBhnd ees ond a . “5 oe * Re > ott 4b it fms snag Hpi with then was ever-videnisg. The lest straw case in early June 1955. (Hote: There 13 2 discrepancy in Getes. ‘The semoran:um prepared ac the tine lists dates of 2, 3, and & May. Frea other evidence in the ""~ areas oa file, it is az pparent that the month vas June--not vay.) One Victor ESPLW0SA Hernandez, a former PM trainee who was teniinated as a malcontent on 20 March 1961, contacted an I49S agent on 2 June 1965 & with a story that Zepinosa thought affected U.S. security. ILNS ometteets temo re: heard bin out and then sent him to the FBI. The FSI listened to the ‘story on 3 June and then sent him to CIA. A CIA officer interviewed him on 4 June. Espinosa said that in May he had received a letter ae i froa a friend in Paris urging hin to neet in Paris vith a friend of to 03 Cubela. Espinbsa vent to Paris and met with Alberto Blanco, one ; ‘ of Cubela’s closest associates in the supposed plan to assassinate / Castro. Blanco claimed to have e message from Cubela, which Cubela an | wanted Espinosa to deliver to CIA. The cessage vas that Cubela and the r others with his were in a position to kill Castro and others in the regine, but they needed sue help and to knov vbether the CTA and the U.S. Govertizent were with thea and willing to support them. If the . ansver were affircative, Cubela would send out details on yhat he needed. Frow bis story £t vas sbvious that Espiacsa imew the full details of the Cubela operation. . (Comment: There 15 no indication in the file that CIA ever
13-00000 ey eer 3 27 ic BERRnaatanras 5, coats watiiadatrnonns. to 9a er eA CREO HR ASLO WI Ort a 8 8 Ce ee ee ce e - . . + a ry : ° ' ° .¢ : 2 4, ". . ® . . ° 6. . ; voy . . . . ry ; s . . e | : 2 OTS grtancty artaaren Cure ees 6 . tet wm oe . - . * ee ttt ah ae ee baker oe ae te > A . * a8 tebewdtae “adscnd webeed 20 Gh tee pgs ore GR, RA . ® found out the sort of “helo” Cuvele tacought he needed. Ata ' . meeting in Paris oa 1 February 1955 be aszed Sor $20,099 “so | i . . orgenize the inteszal group.” CIA refused to to give his the sozey. 7 | and suggested he try to get 1t free Artize. Cubela vas quite - upset over the turn dovn. A feu anys later, in Madrid, he PS ' approacked a Cuben asset of the Madrid Szatioa, claining ke was stranded in Madrid with ao money. Eeadquarters approved er ee ae ee) a “personal loan” of $200. Oa 16 February 1965, Cubela asxed Sanchez for $1,000, which headquarters approved giving his. In a later reeting vits Carlcs Tepedino in Kew York City, Tepedino said that he had gives Cubela $7,000. ) C. ° On 23 Jung 1965 headquarters sent a cable to the stations , eoncemed directing ternication of contact with members of the ‘Cubela group. It read, im part: * 26 ee » Convincing proof that entire AMLASH group insecure and that further centact with key members of group constitutes menace to CIA operations against Cuba as well as to the security of CIA staff personnel, in Western Europe. Siento, LE t). 0 “Under the circusstances, headquarters desires that contact | eet tg with key secbers of the group be eléciceted as rapidly es possible, and that essets who say be in contact with individual menbers of the group or peripkerally involved in AMLASH couspiracy be warned of danger implicit in these associations and directed to eliminate contacts ASAP.” . ie _ oe a vd —_ order te eee te senescent a a SAREE Se: onan peat ee prt oh ge HT Et £0 eg Byte t en WS wee ge yeh Go -e ome MM ase Mee at em te ee eee ee Te oe peretes | e se . 9s coh SenapRtiENER wapeattome ¢ a oe cane r MEOH ne, 2 Perra sy Se 3 2 “t 1 tee Seige: o” Uset?
13-00000 a Le we man ge nemme ee ee -- era en nee we 8 wae ete St a tL eee “™e Ferree pie? 3 CTEM oe © porn, fet Oe 20 oF sews ~ 2 March 19455 Reuters reported feos Havana that the Cuban security police +8 Ge a 2 RARER: Bt ona GP AREA TP Cconh Bund AEDT ERR, had arrested two nilitary officers for alleged comterrevolutiozary : activities involving the U.S. Central Inteliicease Agency. They vere i ‘fdentified as Yaj. Rolasto Cubele ead Maj. Fason Guin. i f . 7 March 1966 ; > . FBIS quoting Havara Domestic Service: “The trial of the z . : ; - ‘ accused Rolando Cubela, Ramon Guin, aad others wro are Linked to [* $ . } of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, was beg ia the revolutionsry Ci court of Havana district in La Catena today at 1500 hours.” : . . I . Excerpts trom first éay’s trial proceedings es reported by ae the Havana Domestic Service and copied by FEES: ree A. Former Majors Rolando Cubela and Rasen Guin as vell as ee nr? : on others who are under indictuent have confessed their guilt. id cet . . The defendants are being tried for crimes against the integrity ; | and stability of the uation by having planned the assassization . : . of Maj. Fidel Castro. i The defendants are Rolando Cubele Secedes, Razon Guin Ilaz, Jose Luis Gonzalet Gallarzeza, Alberts Blerco Rewariz, and oe Juan Alsina Navarro, ell of sham confessed their guilt ia the , imputed facts of the case. Also appeacing in the triei were Guillerso Cunill Alvarez aml angel Eerrero Veliz. wn e aa sane . “$ ical : ‘ome wen -? * “te -° se Mt ce rs oe ne ae mee ote me ‘anaes eae or id ie ats . eR. eos to ere Ea: ns . - - 3 . P pps ans ei ci ae Se iSdibkte aatovettn rh nid eben . «punto b-aoidtinuguigiee eS : ae 0 . . ° “4 . ee a et é q 8 ? F 7 i fr A Pa om ow i. "tee ee ee eee ceatie aovih Were” 2 Pi bated, Rairoods mere rentegr rept So same Sop e 3° a edie we inestrerGes Piste, * s Saws Gee o oS Re Heh ETT ME EPR oe 308 ma tce rere apstea om Seer wttwn, eae GRAS tetndins eh ends et ue eke toe Be
13-00000 1953 as @ spy for the Yankee CIA. his recruiting ves done by. CIA agent Miguel Diaz who infiltrated Cute in order to recruit e4 + WO ate one opint” "5 4 * Seized in Cubela'’s residence was a Tasco bread telescopic sight vith accessories, the FAL rifle, lerge qcventities of weapons and amnmition for them, fragmentation and inceniiary grenades, cee and other militery equipzent and meterfel.  . cs ‘She accusec Juse Luis Gonzales Gellerreta, vho worked as 3 : Giplomatie attacke in the Guban Eugasay in Spain, betrayed his H country for 100,000 dollars given him sy CIA agents whoa he °, ; ecatected only a month after his errival in Spain. (Ee) met ro with an offictal of the aforecentiosed organizetion of af ” international subversion nawed Jaces Ncel vho covered his ; : ; activities by apsearing as an officiel of the U.S, Eatassy in . Spain. Noel cemacied that blographic istometion and - ‘ information ebcus che Cuban diplomatic maisaica ba furnished him : under this arzangenent. { ! an 7 Cubdela during his stay in Europe rakes three trips to Spain, - . ; on 26 December 196+, and on 6 ani 20 Febreary 1965. ‘The i . vevolutiocary ringleader Artime goes to Madrid at the beginning i fo. ° of February 1965. A meeting is held between Cubela and Artine : in which they egree on the final plea. | i Por, This plea would begin wit! a persocal attack afxed at nn 2 i - . Maj. Fidel Castro Ruz. This criminal act would be followed i - .  ... dy @f armed invasion of the coumtry 48 hours later by U.S. ef (4 % troops. The attack egainst Comrade Fidel Castro vould be cade. ‘ Y using @ 7.62 cu. FAL rifle that Cubele owned. This. weapon - [> { would be fitted with a poverful lxto teflescopic sight and a silencer. . . i Artine sent Gallego to the United States to get the no a telescopic sight and the sliencer. Once obtained, this . sy equipment vas delivered to.Blanco Ramariz. He in turn delivered ; 1. : it to Gonzalez Gellarrete who then delivered it te Cubela the ; 3. . °F day before he left Madrid. I Le . with defen@ent Guixt Cuin had been recruited siace Septesder- . ‘i . seeds © ove se sas ew tp tes hase RO Se ee ae - eto el, a a Bite Gf ih to at attire da Pn Seas Be cb “ap PRGOR, sme te awd one Wwaodse Of AR pera ReEnRD Crete SIRE CIE Cr UNTER SYA EET NTE EY BRO Nae PU + She Pe hatte ae 20 a se Sethoe Kiet hee tps some”: te Leealig Bag mane 8 Mic se Sit cre eal PMG BART Noten seco te a 8 ele ee etme a ated ave tet
13-00000 &e. Ghe punishcent to waich the defenZants are subject and which tais prosecutioa wishes irrcred is as follows: Far Reiaade Cubela Secades, Pron Guin diez, Jose Luis Gonzalez Gazlarreca, and Alberto Blanco Rowariz--rhe death pensity by ciring squad. : For Juan Alsiza Eevarro, Gulllerso Cuntil ‘Alvarez, and Angel a stn, COBDS BFE eos 4? 8 satel rang cmagrame GOs pap ase . Kerrero Veliz--30 years imprisozsent plus correspendirg . JB tk aéditioasl penalties. i 9 March 1956 = . : FaISs report froc Eavana Domestic Service: “Prize Minister Fidel Castro has sent a letter to the prosecutor in the case . .. against — eer: woceingee OB ee LS vo Majors Rolendo Cubela, Razen Guin, and other defendants. in it, the Prise Minister says that it must be reccgnized from all. this, a bitter . but useful lesson may be drava, adding, ‘I svggest that the court not ask the death sentence for avy of the accused.” 10 March 1956 FBIS report of testimony given in court on 8 March: ‘ + ee CAE the BADENRS A ERED be dime PAE 0» Dm Te pe es sent eecacerTRr A GPRD DG AB. TURAN TBSP BB ba : : . ce eo e . . ° . be . ‘ oo . ‘ ; ‘ ‘ nat . e . * e ¢ = Seperate rey PenEENDI w eppttene ep cpeneen seston peepee SSSA EEE SLEEP EDF SEEDED TE SEEDED SESE SEER eeaganerteee ennnnneaqaanttrenttsteerteeetestetttrttteetaytettteees mane Oa fea SRO EREES epee oh et f ERRAND GLEATG PENNS OTE eD cme GREENLEE ARED * 1 Question: Do you recall when the silencer broke? _ Cubela: The silencer? Actually, the silencer ¢ a8 not break. . The silencer actually aid not break. Lo - Question: Where as the silencer? Cubclas I threw the silencer avay because it was burning ay kends. Prosecutor: Have you spoken with Coarade Fidel Castro recently? Cubela: Yes.. Prosecutor: Can you tell the court when you spoze vith Comrade Fidel? = eK. TO cere tee a FS a ne . oe ° ee ere: ee ET ate Dene Sn ee ee ee
13-00000 sae Mee ena eB donegs i $8 We. 8 AeS Ge * oo @ SHWE: PEER S ROE! big OFS At aR * C:) iP : ' Cubela: Conrade.Pidel opened the doors, opened the doors to ai March 1! Revolutionary Court Ho. 2, which has tried case-108 in crimes - Guillerzo Cunt Alvareg en’ Angel Herrero Velfiz were absolved cf a 2 * 3 . S hd ~$ -€ rope Cubele: I believe {t vez in Jenusry, iet =e see, in Jexary, in January. Prosecutor: In Janzary! Do you recall the converzation you hed with Coorede Mdel, and &ld Comrade Fidel offer to help you? ne. He gave me, he gave me to understand that he mew wiat I vas doing but I did sot kave enough ccurese to tell his. 2 &@ & & Defense Attorney: Cubelm Secades, what, in your view, is the punishment merited by conduct of this nature? $ 3 a i { 6 4 r) Cubela: {The worst’ — Question: What do you mean by "the vorst?® 4 | | Cubela: ‘The vall. . | | Question: «What do you mean by “the velit” . | | Cubela: Deserved execution by a firing squad. Faris. report quoting Havers Domestic Service of 10 March: ; « Ion wi 1 aenganoamennaneinacainente ee against. the integrity and security of the nation, has pronowmceed vane sentences on the accused Bolando Cubela Secades, Ramon Guin Diaz, end others. ~- ° According to the sentences, Eolanéo Cubele and Remon Guin were. - sentenced to 25 years inpriscament; Jose Luis Gonzalez Gallierreta eng Alberto Hlance Romariz, 20 years; ané Juan Hilario Alsing Ravarro, 10 years. guilt. They were released provided they are not lieble to aay . | other charges. -_ Par . here er - » were eT ee : Frage ete te a Pat ow ” NE te Oe ze eng sagt te nasties ta orceeaeiginteGtecrre citrine piece ee a eh ae Be sae Jats
13-00000 : . o iT ; : - Smee e . SOE oemere: me ewes erm Beene cee me . veo veneee tan > . e “ . . oe omy ‘ i eT ht <4 . : oN ¥ a 2 2! a € (Comest: It is worth nocias that nose cf Cubela's dealings er 08 Anode tG to” with CLA from March 1962 until Sovester 195> vere mentioned in the -" $ trial proceedings. The ‘first association of Cubela vith CIA. ° : was in connection with lis trip Lo Burupe Ia date 195% and : early 1955 during vnich be kad ais reetings with Artine. The ; an trial evidence was confined to Cutela's couterrevolutionary F activities groving out of those meetings with Artine in a December 1964 and February 1955. ‘one of his many @irect contacts with CIA officers, some of vhom he krew by trve name, vere mentioned. There is not even a hint of the ballpoint pen/ ). a on hypodermic/Black Leaf 40 episode. ‘he Cuban authorities my have gotten that information frou him and decided mot to. . . introduce it in evidence, but we can think of no convincing — reason why they would have withheld it. ‘The closest we can come to a decent reason, end it is pure conjecture, is this: Castro SR bee ee BMGs Sa 9 Rt. a “ . ve ; ° .f oP, . . « ( . : may have thought 4% politically imprudent to allow the execution Boe. I... of someone so glose to his inner circle, who tad merely plotted . ate ie veal 8 ty e 3 “ be ° without acting. if the full details of Cubela’s involvenent _ vith CIA had come out in court, Cestro might Leve had little exeuse for asking for leniency.) FF AMOCEEMRNIN ENN FRE SCC BRN UNOPS 2 tee Rem enegiie hae et aae 8 etn ag ines * ore rah ae ied eas Fah een gietes FAA ent State eae 2 gy Hat ces te inn eaten + me A Rye fblt 9 ag ee ee
13-00000 « e REI or oat be e ome 0 Bo My meaD ons, er orep. ° ain { * H tf i& a ° i Diseusaios of hssasstzat! 92 2% Sieh-Level Goverment Meetings Drev Pearson clains to have a report that there was 4 high-level | ; weeting at the Departcent of State at which plans for the assassica- tion of Castro were Giscussed. we find record of tvo high-level, ee cen a me wee ates MATER ona interagency meetings at waich assassizatica of Castro was raised. The . first (and probably the oze to which Pearson refers) was at the 2 Department of State on 10 August 1962. It was a meeting of the | I a Special Group (Augnented). The second meeting ve have identified i | i vas held on 30 July 196+. It vas a meeting of the 303 Comittee : Gy — and probably was held in the Wate House Situation Roos. The two | | i meetings are described separately below. . 10 August 1 4 ~ ° fhe Special Group (Augmente4) met at the Department of State, — i i. "| efther in Secretary Rusk's office or in his conference room. ‘The an " or following are recorded as being present: _ . 2 aa: aw. €s: aR Sra = State "* Dean Rusk, Alexis Johnson, Edwin Martin, 0.0 1 ult. tpi de oe = + ; . Richard Goodvin, Robert Hurvitch - ~ ill | White Eouse Haxvell Taylor, McGeorge Bundy (Bill Harvey's , | | . . notes record that Robert Kenuedy was absent i : | and that Bundy had nis proxy.) : . Defense _ Robert McNezara, Rosyell Gilgatric, Lycaa i uF “ Ternitzer, Edward Lensdale ” Pome! - + eo - one . * ete oe a) gate : 2. ot 1k Stee e bene | we ee rr er SR aR a oes Soe pet . ae ee wets LP eet 08S ae” Loe Phe ee eee ~ csratosnneteeen sheepinmbes eetee nce lancet tnt copia ites Bee cep ne tees, Sie ae Tea goths Bape sioum 2 gees PAIS Bethe saftey Ba OF wo eRe try QS dented ET Br eee To
13-00000 ‘ ry : . CIA Jona KMeGone, Williaa Harvey i. ar USI o's Edvard tiarrav, Donald #iloon See une : Secretary Ghosas Parrott . . _#f fon Parrott's minctes of the eeeting raze no mention of the . oT ' subsect of assassination. Both McCom and Barve ey recall that : I: McNarara raised the subject. Harvey's notes taken at the necting - show that {t was also mentioned by Murrow, but the nature of tke ; coments was not recorded. Mr. McCons states, in a memorandum of . Pe. - 1k April 1967, that ke recalls meetings on 8 or 9 August in the - I { JCS Operations Room in the Pentagon and on 10 August 1962 in — 4 C ; Secretary Rusk“s conference room. At one of these meetings (and. | = * McCone now recalls it as being at the JCS) the suggestion was nade . i oo | “that top people in the Cuban zegice, including Castro, be Maquidated. . | . | (Coment: Ae it vill later be seen, Mr. McCone's recollection ‘ | * or sy fa probably faulty. It is quite clear that assassination cane — j . bi . 7 € up for discussion at the 10 August meeting at State.) seine a : . : rn eee £ and prouptly after the meeting called on Secretary McHanara persozally te | | to enphasize his position. According to MeCone, McHazara “heartily agreed." MeCone ‘states in his memorendws that at no tine did the | . I : : suggestion receive serious consideration by the Special Group (Augzented) A ' "ign ehabngnaven hiner nna Cee ee iene pe dears ean tat ote an anion ") sarin Bones -tSiecquine stand pee PELIeENY ome deter setigs, OT Bore Meng eG Hite a, Opeigeiin Aa Ye watt, Se eee oo +. eae Veet alan oie ee ee ie ee oe
13-00000 é ~ * * hd . at, “se . Pet sre emene ammemanien «0 wee me OP Rees cee. * ~ . 6% on, a oro, poNingae p mated «ft ror or by any individusl responstoie for policy. ‘eCone adds that through the jears the Cuban-prodles was discussed in terns such as “€Lepose aahaits of Castro,” “renove Castro,” and “raock off Castro,” etc., but that these phrases vere always construed to mean the overthrowing of the cOmzunist govermzent im Cuba. Harvey recalls that, when MeCone & told Lin of the McCone-McNamarea conversation, McCone said that if he, te 2908 sem OG ered aaa S + McCone, were to te involved in such a thing he would be excommunicated. Polloving the 10 August necting, and without reference to the : reported exchange between MeCone and McNamara, Iensdale addressed @ memorandum on 13 August to Willien Sarvey (CIA), Robert Hurvitch 2s . " (State), General Harris (Defense), ani Don Wilson (USIA). ‘The ‘pemorandus assigned responsibility for drafting papers on various ° . Subjects related te the Cuban operation. - Harvey's assignment included: “Intelligence, Political (splitting the regtze, /Gortion @ Sr ecwaremapy eupmepER ee «tT _ excised from the CIA file copy/). ss tol On 18 August, Earvey sutaitted a memorandus to the vo/P (ielns) . EE Rare cteeiteee. eaprepeamain cme sestessettonteot AEE © See RAY so PR GTEC en HT AT heat S SM md SoD G cote Ba wt RYE OE GE AS NORE te eMC AEE EO AGE TRO . . . . . * \ ' a ’ aa 1 eeempepeeton: on ratese ~ " reporting the Lansdale ecamunication and vhat Harvey had done about it. Harvey's memorandum to the ID/P states that the excised portion » ceed ¢ 0 8 em seeeaeeime geno 0) had consisted of che place: “including elisination of Yeaders™ ° _ ‘Harvey wrote that he bad phoned Lansdale’s office and hed spoken vith. 2 cr sat, seve As, . Prank Hand in Lansdale's absence. Eazvey said ke hed protested the “| use of the phrase and had proposed that steps be taken to have it _ ~ wae . - ° . . e a reeyertates 297 =" PUNT Ape ae © ceetered ers ~- * eee we gee, rr nar Bere, > : @ on a . “a ca ad eS set at 2 teat errant earn Sen ewer ok anata Mette I? SE Severn WRAL EB go jo FESR eat M8 RO - ee - Mp oe mrt "
13-00000 FP ee ame i me er ry hoe : wet « ) am, excised frea @11 coples. This was agreed to. darvey deleted tre parase from his oun ‘copy aod assumes that iastructisas vere egtver to otter recipients to do the sane. Farvey told us that Lansdele i oar « ° eeutgepespaniare east eshte EET EA AEED ITED: OAT + GUD TO CTT STATIN aE Se, : . any ‘ ‘a a 2 aaa cert ens tates epee ae 10 © etseree “ ¢ repeatedly tried to raise the matter of assassization ef Castro Ce he ot NY TEP EMM oH ah emeU: OO Rammms dene om 92 ame h ERD I RP ERED * with Harvey over the next several weeks. Harvey says that he alveys avoided such discussicas. Harvey est!cates thst five persons in Lansdale‘'s office vere gererally avare of the sensitive details of Project MONGOOSE and of Lansdale's interest in assassization es es aspect of it. Bag intte Bier & ERMC ERP Eemece ee cope me cee Ae * e * . . ~ . 20 July 1954 C: ~~ e . ° | . Tne 303 Committee met in reguier session, probably in the Sitwation ° . i Room of the white House. . (Desmond FitsGerald recalls that such i meetings vere generally held there.) ‘the folloving are recorded as . being present: ; ° i "ss McGeorge Bundy, Cyrus Vance, Jolin McCone, Thexas Hughes ; nee, * Col. Ralph Steakley was present for another item on the = - . ” . agency, but itis not shown if he vas presens when the oo . ’ Cuba item was discussed. ° Peter Jessup as secretary ° ° ; | -. . . ‘She minutes of the meeting record this in the context of the discussioa ae be sof of Cuba: of: a ae ve : oe Std > TAN rw * “ett aah ee St nes em * Fy? ? “s: wg ces oe ~ .  FENEERS cae oe ay SSS Se en ee geomet wo owen’ oh seat A devotion en ya Som Bf aS, r «fie ant 20 cng care bit Bl fart wir Tae GRRE ET Te EE AAs Rap, Oe py TRE ine Sma! Me mati, at RE Oa toes wo Sk ae = 8 oe ao tn SAS ac Bh ec! tS
13-00000 6 end @ Bo ater ot * rr a i : a, .,. exile, Jose Mario “Pepin” Bosch, President of Bacardi Bess Laterz: naticunl, _information of its existence. The last recom we find of the incident a ee "It was agreed that Mr. FitzGerald would soutact Hr. Sea Paptsh of the FSI {a vegard to the esrifer ceport of an : j i @liezged plot wit Mafia overcomes to aisassinaie Castro and ae a which the Attorrsy General agreed to candle as a matter of sr ot fomemcesinll of law enforcecent.” : , 7 Tre reference is clearly to a 10 June 195% wenorandum information = amsony report froa the DD/P to the Director. The folloving additional “elite” dissemination vas sade of Lt: Special Assistant to the President for National Security Af2airs Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of State Director of Intelligence and Research, Department of State Director, Defense Intelligence Agency : The Attorney Gereral -Director, Federal Sureau of Investigation Deputy Director of Central Intelligence Deputy Director for Intelligence @ that was made to prosinent Cuban exiles. The Mafia appeared to ‘be involved in the schese. ‘he asking price for doing the job was $150,000, with a guarantee of $10,000 for expenses. A wealthy Cuban “was reported ready to contribute $50,000. Bosch approached the chief of Station, IMWAVE, and suggested: that the U.S. Goverment also contribute fumds. ‘The suggestion vas rejected out of kend. The record i i | 8 he report related a proposal for the assassination of Castro - | | a indicates that CIA's only involverent in the plot was to report | a Tales wel Shag Lea ae GR ed eee esbaomens ig
13-00000 ae ; i : * { | is a menoraséus fros the DCI (MeCone) to Bunty, dated 19 Augsst 1955, porting the results of FAI interviews with the Sliezed parst efpents. Obviously, nothirg came of the plot. ; (Consent: It may be only coincidence, but ve are struck Dee 8 TES ore 88 BIB tm tine hy Ben toh ans tein stir Ode 0 oF cei EIRENE CUES AE . . ty the point that this group of plotters, allegedly fxelting sek gangster elexents, offered to assassinate Castro for $159,000, which is precisely the siz that CIA offered to pey in an | ; earlier plot that very definitely involved gangster elezents. It could be the same group of gangsters, or it could te that ae. the crisinal underworld Imovs the "going rrice.") f \ 4s we have ‘said earlier, if Drew Pearson has firm inforzation on @ high-level meeting at which assassination of Castro was discussed, 4t is likely that the reference would be to tke 10 August 1962 neeting of the Special Group (Augmented). ‘The 30 July 195% 303 Comuittee Meeting is described only because its reference to assassination of. .! Castro might be distorted to assume eoue of the characteristics of ~ - oge . . . . a . = . : wee et od me . af , gos. hate x: af a BIE yee te ea i Lt iw Lye Spe LTR es - ge 292 INES , cepa teried Parone Greene wnstOEs cuba PabrereemaeaeTiels wh ROEM Ddtanced g pinche sakes SLANE Rar PEEE 6 oth PORE. eT = te Te . 8, a eoa . 8 e oe ete . : . . eos . . ; . . : thee - . . : * ° . * . « . . a ® ay i a é 9 s¢ Eee @ eb, ingHD EEETASEREEEGS Reet STOTECERMRTSAESTSEETESESESIGDS ES EAMETS TES EREDESETEEED A EENNET SE EREER Oe ESTEORE EDGES EEE EE UE SD) TEED EST MBA EMD ADDR TEE TIE OO 2am wen an. ee a re “* dg om! teh . . ee set seefeces spe saree? Was 2H, yetennaliect: Best set Rippoviaenimaractio Faas? we alg eee g ee Lane seceraaieny lage row. achapmt or Nae ates i the LL Eee NE a, PTB ELBE TI Fy ge opel AN Mami Bae mee a ne Re Rem ne
13-00000 2 oe: eo oe omnmaeennneggungresgetponn ee mt 90 wypt Ser ememmeeED © 0 8 2 woo Ae at suas ‘ cit . . eo cea _. . J e ~y oote onan oe, ; THB DREW PEARSON SToRY yy fg Published Details The Faets Ae We Know Then \ S v Tue CIA hatched a plot to knock off Castro. True. JG . ’ Robert Kennedy may have approved an Not true. He was briefed on Gambling Syndicate-Phace { WE, auoavainntion plot. One after it was over. He was not briefed on Phase Two. | , be _. Undervorld figuren vere actually recruited True. i : ,. to carry out the’ plot. , ° } - Three hived assaseins were cought in Havana Ronelli informed Harvey on 21 June 1962, preowmably ; ‘ or whexe a lone survivor ia etlll supposed ° on ihe basis of information from Vareona, that a teas : i “8, to ba lnaguishing in prison. of three men wae inside Cuba. We do not know thelr { i a8 . . = identities nor vhat may have happened to them. We have ' ‘ “ot : . no proof that they were aatualiy diapatehed. None : ; ef the announced captures and executione during this * wt a : peried fits this team. i 7 _— fe Castro learned enough at. least to believe the ais reportedly has come out in the Garrison investie . ‘ : -f' 1-4. CIA wos ceeking to kill him. We is reported gations. It also wes stated by Castille in the A ‘ oa ra... to have cooked up a counterplot against - Philippines under direct interrogation. We have no ‘a3 i. ee ie President Kennedy. independent confirmation of any sort, (Note that : e arc eae Garrison met with Roselli in lao Vegas in March 1967.) ° [wk] Unpubliehed Details | | So . Pllis were sent to Guba for use in the acsassination. There was a meeting at the Department of State at which the assassination of Castro was disecussad,. Truc. At least we were told by Roselli that the plils were sent in during Phase One and again in Phase Tyo. True. Tho subject ws reised at a meeting at State on 10 August 1962, but 14t ie-unrelated to any actual attempts at ascaasination. It did result in a MONGOOSE action memorandus by Lansdale atceigning to CIA action for planning liquidation of leaders. The offending a phrase was later excised from copies forwarded to CIA, : State, Defensa, and USIA, but the damage may alroady 2 have been done. os : ‘ ae rd ‘ . ar * ‘ . . i a . ‘ e. : +e ane sagaee ¢ POR OW ee me ME Pee, A Got Etee “EmOS 2 ow aefng | * et abarEes: =| 4 was oe ete CIEE EASbel ie SEMCESTEDD GRADOCERERRIETEIRED: © _—— eiapomeints at Og tam % . A 4 . . C o
13-00000 Pe ec eee ee _ t 4 ' € fre Foassible Resifisations o° the Genstic= Syaateate Me earlier sections of this report describe all of the CIA : 2 ee & AOD beme +6 rt oe " schemes aimed at the assassination of Castro that ve have beea able to discover. The accounts of the tvo phases of the geabling syndicate operation are factual to the exteat that they are based & . on vhat those intervieved recall or belfleve tke facts to have been. 228. G Rae Brey It 1s evident that sone of those facts have leaked, are being taxed about, or are being peddled. On the opposite page is a list of the — . main *etalls of the story Drew Pearson has, as they ere Imown to us, , . together with a brief comment on the apparent acceracy of each. ~ rd 000F comauune mn toate: + F C ~ There is support in fact for most of the éetafls in Pearson's story. _He has @ garvled account of the role played by Robert Kennedy, and ‘ be errs im telling the story as if all of the details are part of ; ote | @ single story, which they are not. For the most part, though, { ' ae .p, the gaubliag syndicate operation. . oe, | Sot ° Until depes Connell returned cn 2 May from his neetings in Tas Vegas, we vere faced with the aifticvlty of beirg wusible to . estimate the dimensions of the problem facing the Agency unless ve & i | | ‘his facts are straight and he has the truly important aspects of | . . gould discover vhat has been leaked, by von, to whos, and for vhat "purpose. Hone of those things could bve-deduced with confidence froa ° "at an oe o why aegis eo hte Sho geh: * ce 7) iter ten 7 toe be ge Tt le be Ou aT es” ay EE Te metre ity I eA amar rN Na Cem tor Pes Mt Sito me Ba, ee eB pte oA ache ag EE ORR wo cee sal Scilp aA mentees witty oe ym owe wuciie mee thn ch trtan* qagp heen $a 4 ek Dine in tk gene MoT Larne
13-00000 : £ ° Eee pte s comertreten 5m a : +e ete oe om oe . we +e mee oa fom, i i ° i the + :formation then evallable vo us. O'Cozzell, who has already ° { reperted to you orally avi will be suimttting bis written report agent , directly to you, is able to shed sxe Light on the Mkely sources : of Pearsoa‘’s informatics. He has eliso briefed. us o@ his conversations ‘ wits Mabeu. These are the key poiscs: ° ; ° a. Mabeu did brief his attorney, Edvard P. Morgan, ou i Meheu's participation in Phase One. € . f ' b. Kaheu imew nothing of Pause Two walle it was under way i | and kas never heard of it fros Roselli. | oo ° e. Morgan and Hosellg were acquainted, independently of a oS Set «| natant x, i nN Maheu, vell before Maheu becase involved with Roselli in the 3 gambling syndicate operation. Eoselli was steered to Morgan by et KR. HM. Greenspun, editor and pobl{sher of the Ias Vegas Sun. 4, ee ery @. Haheu suspects that Roselli is a client of Morgan's. & Roselli is drinking heavily. Morgan bas been in Las Pe Tae Vegas ouse or tzice recently, was drinking too mach and was. : 2 BE, Us . "sndtscreet.” Ad , . - f. Jim Gar=tson, Edvard Morgan, end Roselli were all {2 oo. Tas Vegas at the sane tine this past March. Garrison was in . touch with Roselli; so was Morgan. It is our impression that « Greenspun was also Involved in the conversations. We do not know 7 oe: ot ee . a . . a, . ' ° . e . +8 ' . e ; ; _. the date, but it might be noted that one of Pearson's columns _ ee | ssi eee, . . tat we Ee tae wee fe eres, . - a mot ne ot — . *anenienne Pactra Oy ty. 7 27 Lite -e Lt get et ers ta — ea rsa 2 ape ed een gta MP ans oa 0. cami Renns & a Taine ta otha hebiys Ae eee YC Lente ttn 6 aN areas Ki Tore ARP eit ctle ee aan Oo ae fae Meh be cama EEE eee NR ee EP re cee tO we eS
13-00000 ¥ Ee + oman sa TM 2g nate sme 6 rr. ee ee ee § t ablated qres mes net uy > oN - "en thea Soe weed ted mp ; “lethal Pills Briefing of Kennedys Three-Man Tean State Dept. Meeting ° i farvey Earvey ° Harvey Barvey Roselli Roselli Roselli . Maheu Maheu eres sya aime aeate tvot . rd oe eee = mem, emgrenet2 O*Connell O'Connell Edwards Edvards Houston Houston . 3 os Varona Varona , : ot oo Varona’s Varona ‘s , . : - + 66n-in-lav son-in-law - ( ° - Maceo ; Maceo hee tea oo le “oto. us aeaD, Sete es 8g 28s Re gf BY So aoa : _ It is quite possibile that the fact of Robert Kennedy* s having been .. ' briefed, and perhaps the substance of the briefing, is more widely  -s. iknova to goverment officials than this list would indicate. We - know that Mr. MeCone on 16 August 1953 asked for and received a copy of the memorandum record of the briefing. Others in Justice Soe eee rat besides Kennedy may know of the zenorendun and of its ° contents. i é ® . . ° ts te* a? ° Oa * adoasadta “— a Vammeincains eens Bit 2 a 4 te oe Te ny ee er . 2% . _« . . . a 7 * 2 * . oe . Pe aed A Bed Peete” Seep hae ae se al —_ ae a: Teena ae oi aie hd ayia ce tei ce ek at ad mE iS ek aa ERS pen tyGe, a eagertn, 28, 4praeye pegs ieee caipengeorr jrjee ere tire Phi, ei mat ues B Aa meg ae ie, Ao oP
13-00000 s Seated, é Be wee owe « : : Ae @ on GETTTS  Tl sate . re telowcen tl fe beatd Wwe la 2. ! : appeared on 7 March. 3 G- Accoraing to Heheu, Morgan end Jack caderson, Drew Pearson‘s associate, are very close. "4 * | his seems clearly to point the finger et Roselli as the ultizate . source of the information on the cembling synileate plot and to . ‘ confirma Morgan as Pearson's source. . . | We can test the accuracy of this asswsption against analysis ve , had, done earlier in an effort to identify the lizely source of Pearson's story. Cn tte opposite page is a listing of persons ; , definitely knowm +> be witting of certain key facts nov in Pearson's " i { possession. The list includes CIA officers vho knew pore than one . : i : of the key facts, plus all known outsiders. These were our ° . | ; conclusions: 2 ; ° . ; a. If Drev Pearson has a single source, and if Pearson's | | . iemediate source is the ultimate source of the leak, and if . | i ss ecapartmente tion was not violated, then BLLL Harvey exerges ie, 2°, as the Mbely candidate. - He wis the only person ve found in | [ the course of this inguiry vho knew all four of the key facts { at the tine the Pearson columns appeared. We preferred not to , | think that Bill Harvey was the culprit. We could find no H 4 persuasive reason why he would wich to leek the story i deliberately, and ve doubted that he vould te so indiscreet as ; eo. é cos Rag me ates, oe a a en do . ae svete cee we . see ane Teor age ee Se Mince stapebadipiy Tade - 8
13-00000 ° ee et ee een ® « ' to leak 1% accidentally. further, if he were the eourse, ve Harvey knew tae truta. could exgect Pearson's story to be cucpletely azcurate, because — . ; wf H $ Ae ra b. I? we ruled out darvey as the source, then it apzeared that there oust be at leas: tvo uliizate gources of leaks. ihe State Departzeat meeting was not known to any of the other eer rr participants in the operation--aszuming that Harvey did not mention it to any of thes. Therefore, it is quite possible that the teak On the State Department meeting bas cone froa someone vho hae no direct knowledge of the gaubling syndicate E | wee operation but does know of the meeting. a a i C . c. From the standpoint of who-knev-vhat, the next most ° likely source of the origiral leak is Jom Roselli. He is, in fact, the only person vith direct an@ continuous participation 2 ehap macowenege cementite ot 1+ throughout both phases of the gambling syndicate operation. Be o introduced Maheu to Sem Glancena as the first step in getting ; oe cae - the operation under way, and be was the one who made the final ‘ . — break with Varona when the operation vas abandoned. He knows everything that vent on with tne gangsters, with Orta, acd vith Varona betveen those dates. fe and Robert Maheu are the oaly non-CIA participants with incedfate knowledge of the Robert - 4 Kennedy aspect.- Shef E’wards kad lunch with Roselli and Mshey : peor 2 TT Rivantah OS . 4 paper enscre east. weit Same see! te sy é x;
13-00000 ar B ee ee te PRR caer 5 cag eer San in Los Aageles in the summer of 1952. Sdwards says that Rosell knew Zésarcs* true naxce ard his positica ia the Ageasy. Edwards said he tcoz the occasion to 4a express his personal appreciation to Roselli, and told Roselli that he, Edvards, bad personally , told Attorney General Kenneéy of what Roselli haa tries to do “fa the sational interest. we xnow that Kennecywas nerely . briefed oa the operation--ard only on Fase One at that--but i Reselli may have inferred that Kennedy hed an active role in . the operation. . a. We did not know what Robert Maheu imew of the Soe operation firsthand, because ve had conflicting inforsatioa on Poe | precisely vhen he vas cut off from direct participation. He bas direct knowledge of the first phase, but probably little | 4f any of the second phase (fron which Fearson's story seeas “ | i to cone). If Maheu kmovs of the second phase, he could kave ‘learned of it only fron Roselli. oe, ona, about whoa we know very little, wae “Roselli's oot ad erie “. a man” in the second phase. Re presumbly knows of the pille a 4 and of the three-énn teas, but the other details he could have a mown only from Roselli. . “-f. Warona's knovledge and that of his son-in-law would be eat no Mmited to the pills and the team, but they should Kkuov considersbly
13-00000 3 i r wore of the speci?fiszs; s32h as, who received the sills, tke . econpositioa of the cess, and the eventual fate of the :2aq. : . @ Giancens exi Trafficante were presumably cut out of . f Pease Tso. They cculd Lave learmed of-it only from Roselli. , “ About all thet eserged feos this revley of “who had ‘@irect movledge of what" was support fo x tte hypothesis that Drew fearson's story | ; . probably is érawm fron more than one informant: one on the State. ‘ | it Department reeting and asother (or others) on the gambling syndicate ! operation. We also postulated that Roselli is the most likely ultimate source of Pearsoa's story. This line of reasoning and the - “ inforcation O*Connell got fren Makeu are consistent. : . : -Our cupposttton until nov was that the immediate and the ° - . * wWhtinate sources, if. different people, were ljeazing or peaalisig the story with ulterior motives in mind.’ What those ulterior motives os night be vere difficult to fathos--for these reasons: &. If protection we what the source vas seeking, he *., STR : wo could te titer assurea of t getting it by 8 & direct approach ; to CIA for help. eet o Bisa ee oo b. Waheu was the only knom Link associating Morgan with RageamnoEe GOS DiRT ame O RRS CAL HT AD Peet 68 PROCES Ros. of soe fn 8 e ‘ ° us * . ry ® ® ‘ ots the syaiicate plot, a=i Maheu stands oaly to lose by baving his - - 7 xcle. becose common Inovledge. _ we wo, ©. Tose who knew Morgan, Maheu, and Roselli thought, it . week sien ni eet ° reeeth sew oe Seba ° cat ret es
13-00000 , i é ‘ . q 3 . . ie gulte out of churacter for any of the three to be spreading : the story deliberately for a private perpose. . ‘| . : In learning of the Reselli-Mocgan link, we are relieved of the - Y need for speculation as to how the story kas gotten out. Tt is quite lixely that Roselli is the scurce, Morgan the channel, acd : Anderson and Pearson the reciplents. We cay also be relieved of ; ' the need for speculation as to why the story is being told. ‘The , inference to be dram froa O'Connell's discoveries in Las Vegas is. ; 4 . a ' . that Roselli is drinking too much and talking and that Morgan is also | ; drinking and talking to a nevepapercan friend. i Cc Put in itd best light--that there is no ulterior motive in it spreading the story-~-it is questionable whether we are eny better off - - | uow than we were before; our position aay be even worse than we tad i suspected. , i. * , a.We may nov assuze that Pearson's story is not patched i. ; oo together from tite end, pleces picked up here and there. His : | LO oS whtimate source, Roselli, ‘move more about certain details of — ~ fe [. the gambling syndicate operation than ve do, and he evidently - boc _hag talked. trying nov to hush up further leaks aight 85 nore ° . i ; harm than good; the story is already out and probably in | i considereble detail. . to apotheke rere peperseser geen f aT wee | Te gate oP: wee wot we beret. whee oy we
13-00000 on 4, re. ot see Oe b. The Roselii-Garrison coatect in las Vegas in March is particularly eistursicg. It lenés substanze to reports that Castre hed something to de with the Kencedy assassination in. ny we oy Se te retaliation for U.S. attempts on Castro‘s life. We do not know ; that Castro actually tried to retaliate, but we do know that . there vere such plocs against Castro. Usbappily, it now appears : that Cerrison may also know this. course « a. Drev Fearson has not yet, as far as we know, used tvo () of his best gocdies: the atory of the pills and the fact of ee Cape REP e GP . * the State Departmen’ meeting. b. Garrison haa not yet revealed his ‘puna case. When ke does, ve should expect to find CIA prominently displayed. @. The Philippine National Bureau of Investigation has a ; Puerto Rican in custody who claims he participated in a Castro- ; I+.1 + °> dnspixed assassination plot fn Pallas. He also clains that ¢ | The publicity on this subject has protably not yet rum its — Castro made a speech in July 1962 threatening to try to ° assassinate Kennedy in retaliation for tvo Kennedy attempts on Castro’s life. (we have found no record nor recollection of Castro having mage sucha speech.) ‘The Puerto Rican is fa the ott, | poet SEGA ESTAR B Ie LATER ER IE SLR RE CRS RPTL A. Th Rosse oa Se HN, tases Tl ol Bates nee E rn erie wate ae See : “Kee” ae e Tete Lae etira Oe remy a le 8 ea eens epi Ay hes fs nd “Sep PASE | Pees SF Sa es, Are Rm ete Ey eet eee rn ee es : : 7 a + . oo. zo . a oa o Ce aetna Ti a0 atk i ath a ott, Hata endahitiehestherbeatie alee a agttenonggr ety gg seer eer eg S “taglationy 2 Lgegt en San glig tie Hates © eg oer! Oy ale ARNE Adah Sie Seer nee! « mae tee POPU RS AS POR JG NEF Ge ner adenagte Pn Qoncee
13-00000 S 8 atta pee Dative fee on! POS He ae ope Ore te @ ° Peabo Spee e ent Philippices fllegally esd protably vill be cepsrted to the U.S. We may expect the FRE to take hin over and wring hin dary. We face the iizelihecd thas things will get vorse before they begin to get better. In the follosing paragraphs we explore some of tke resifications and discuss viat might be dose about thes. oS Should ve try to silence those who are talking cr night later talz? | . It appears to us that this tactic offers little chance of 7. ; success. For one thing, the story is already out and probably in . : oO about as full detail as it ever will be. he only participent oa ; re vvhen ve have any real, leverege is Mabeu, and he has already done all f of the talking he is likely to do (to his lavyer, Morgan). We have no po hold on any of the others vio might furnish confirzation for Roselli's story. . . a. Varona is alzest certainly not a friend of the Agency. . As the Bay of Pigs operation developed, /va was one of the most aa -eritical, of the lack of Cuban control of the operation and ° the people involved in it. He was bitter over termination ot . ' cet . Agency support of his exfile group (and the consequent loss of ° his ow income). ‘The last we know of hin he was in Few York ' living a hand-to-mouth existence as a part-time auto salesmen. ee eg eB CONES oto gm Glas ied dN teiginte Cee POUT tay Se et mn aun GDI 144 A NES Sime Aide A pO UNO eT OSOM aad yuan ae.e ashinwnhir tins bathe om Titan nt Std Os - rent Bn em 2 emmpesn aon . . 1 07 nareante retary TER OTERO 0° ED eee ee wa Ow
13-00000 OP tame, Pe emer we oereten a a ee ees : . ee ee Ree eee . oe : 4 . o «4% 20 RP ante 9 et A At wt me gol ye nn ve me wa ee mew co : : . eeme artes ® b. Poselli, Giuazana, end Trafiicunte have fallea oa , : —Sevil" days. Glancaza is reported {in a Chicago nevspaper of fas. a wee ceeinetd - recent date) to have been deposed es the Mafia head in Chicego . as and was moored to be hiding in Mexico. Makeu reports that Trafficante is in jail im Tenpa. FEsselli is persona non grata in Tas Vegas, being required to register with the police any : tine he is fn tom. None of thes vould have compunctions about dragging in his CIA connection when ke was being pushed by law enforecement authorities. Giancaca has already done it when the Fal vas crovding biz in 1963. Reseili appears to be doing 1t in gpm: his coaversations with Morgan end Carrison. - - , . , (Cosment: The cover story used with Roselli, Glancaaa, frafficante, VYarona, and presumably vith Orta was that the sponsors vere U.S. businesssen vith interests in Cuba. Roselli. > ae soon concluded that CIA was the tre sponsor ané so tela : a : '. O°Connell. Ta Roselli‘*s subsequent Gealings vith Harvey and. ‘Rdwanis he cane to knov this for sux ° Glancana naned CIA im 1953. We must assume that the others, with the possible . ‘exception of Orta and perhaps Varo=z, are equally sure that CIA was the true sponsor.) ot a, ee epee eee ae ee Horgan may eleays retire cebind the screen of en attorsey he. : “cag Ragga ere ttty tt Sart ABO sel, abiige sg iNet AEN y aa eA eI ened at at 5 mnie ot a et ew
13-00000 Aw im ascot ee oe ° { Faen) i operational ferails, bur it would be malve to assme that they have not by now put tue and tvs together end some out wich the right ansver. They mow of CIA‘s involvesen: with Roselli and Ciancana ° as @ result of the las Veges wiretappicg facident. Yrom the Chicago ‘ i ~ mevspaper stories of Augest 196}, and fren Giancaza's own statecens, ! | it apvears that they nov this related to Cuba. Wren Roselli’s . | story reached them (Roselli to Morgan to Pearson to Yarren to Rowley t Ce to the FBI), all of the pleces should have fallen into place. They - should by now have concluded thet CYA plotted the assissination of %? ean oo Castro and used U.S. gangster elements iu the operation. | There is soue support for this thesis in the conversation I had with Sem Fapich on 3 May 1987 when I told him of the expected meeting between Rosell and Harvey. Sam comented that Roselli and Giancana . have CIA “over a barrel” because of “that operation.” He said that ° e. . ed coe ? ty . , . he doubted that the FBI vould be able to do anything about either ; ’ oY Roselli or Giancara because of “their previous activities with your 2 people." ao ° wo ther aobe + aly Gebtine ante® Bean * & if & assassinate CestroTt Ko, we cannot. We are reescaably confident that there is ‘nothing . in writing outside of the Goveranent that would ceafirm Pearson's . ee 7 + eke gage, es . . RO . r ° ORANG ALO GEREN 6 phi aDSRRDERRASTD STS ARERR MARAE ERA SEED. , S 2 soe meepemte ee of e, > . =, “8 ores aes be . Pity « cpennatlertene rH i ¢ | } i | | q i ' ¢ | "| Gan we plausibly deny that ve plotted vith gangster elenents to
13-00000 re eS re ate et os ‘ Oe beh Ebvned weds & “ story of the gocoling syndicate operatica, bus the:-: are plenty of 4 it “ non-gangster witnesses who could lend confirmation. ° gue +. + a. Maheu can confive that Shef Edvards told Rosell that Edvants had told the Attomey General. of Rogelli's - ; . activities oa behalf of the Gover=ment. | i . b. Varora and Varoza‘s soa-in-lav can confiu the pill and three-man team elements of the story. , i @. Orta can confirm the pill clesent of Phase One. a& If an independent investigation vere to be ordered, the investigators could learn everything that ve have leamed. Such an investigation probably would uncover details vuaknowa to ws, because it would have access to the non-CIA participants. _ Can CIA state or imply that 1t vas merely an instriment of policy? Rot in this case. Vaile it is true that Phase Tvo was carried " out in an atnosphere of intense Kennedy adaintstration pressure ts: Phase One was initiated in August 1960 uofer the Eisenhower administration. Phase Tyo is associated in Harvey's mind with’ the - ~ - ‘Executive Action Capability, which reportedly was developed in response to Wifte House urgizgs. Again, Paase One had been started and abandoned months before the Executive Action Capability appeared 8 | ae "do something about Castro, euch is not true of the earlier phase. - _ 1 | | i j | | scheint a nooner pital netienelirantetgtn toplist BS ere a 3 pe roa inte - s aopbagie sa agiee peer. ¢ wom oe",
13-00000 Rar art Pag ow *e a 0d wraeatUAE SE COM oe aes oa sg ensue mors ten Mine ant ncmten: Seat hee lees | ~ pm ee ty meee gy ms ; = ry * as 2 os { a, ewiteewl wed sesdle on the scene. When Robert Kennedy was briefed on Phase One in May 1952, he etroengly admonished Houston sod Zdwards to chece with the Attorney General in advance of any future intended use of U.S. criminal elezeats. This vas not done with respect to Phase Two, vhich was already well under vay at the <ime Kennedy vas briefed. The Pearson story, waich is now causing us so much distress, incluzes | One detail that is found only im Phase Two: the three-man tean. ’ s 2 r) e AORAQUAREEE: FHOLRAEEG SPH + We see little to be gained from personal approaches now to Makeu, Morgan, or Roselli. Waheu has much to lose and might be able . to prevail upon Morgan and Roselli not to spread the story further. ns \d Xt fs questionable vhetker eny such urging would be effective with : * ; { | : What measures might be taken to lessen the damage? . « Roselli, because Roselli stands.only to gain froa“baving the story - eo _ ©f his CIA connection known and accepted. We cannot nov suporess Sa te oe ye ‘ the story, because it is already out and may boil up efresh from the 7 . wr og oxen Garrison case. If we were to approach any of the participants and- urge discretion upca his, and if this became known, it would merely . lend credence to a tale that nov sounds somevhat foprobable. steve Been, nbey rien tree oe agnor tay nets et " conga “a ere ee