157-10005-10204 Date:10/01/93 Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM @ IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY INFORMATION __» AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10005-10204 RECORDS SERIES : AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : ROCK FROM : CARGILL, MASON TQ : THE FILE TITLE : MEMORANDUM DATE : 05/15/75 PAGES : 7 } SUBJECTS : —_ az RE:PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN ‘67 IN IG REPORT RE:CASTRO ASSASS. =) CUBANS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/01/93 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : BOX 436-7 [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED BW 50955 DBocld:32202394 Page 1 © j
| Y36~-7 COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES Washington, DC 20500 -Q7 May 15, 1975 gg BOX x 43 6 ae, re) \ od , MEMORANDUM | Lo v | -! . | CIA HAS NO-O | 3 Fil OBJE to ane DECLASSIFICATION AND/On From: Mason Cargill AS Sa oe ts DOCUMENT Subject: PERSONS IDENTIFIED IN 1967 IN INSPECTOR GENERAL fs 44 REPORT WHO MIGHT BE INTERVIEWED ON THE SUBJECT bere OF CASTRO ASSASSINATION PLANS 5 + p22? 7° 1. James P. o'Connell.~ First mentioned on page 16 of the report, O'Connell was named as Colonel Edwards' case officer for the Phase. I operation involving Maheu and Roselli. At the time, O'Connell was Chief, Operational Support Division, Office of Security. 2. Dr. Edward Gunn. Dr. Gunn was Chief, Operations “. Division, Office of Medical Services. He assisted Shef Edwards } with various technical aspects of the Castro plots. Phase I. 4. Cornelius Roosevelt. He was Chief of the Technical Services Division during Phase I. The requests for assistance from Edwards to Gunn and[‘Emewenlen) were passed through Roosevelt. 5. A. B. Esterline. “He was Chief of the WH/4 . Division during Phase I and was listed on page 34 of the report as having been witting of the Phase I plan. 6. Sidney Gottlieb. He was Special Assistant to ithe DD/P during Phase I and was listed as having been witting of the Castro operation. The report states that in 1967, he denied knowing of the operation. 7. Robert Bannerman. He was Deputy Director of Security during this era and was listed as having been witting of the Castro plan. ° “ee | . PROPERTY og ‘ * OAQO THE WHITE House orring ( \ WW 50955 Bocld: 3272702994 Page 2
- 2 = Dyan | THE WHITE House 9, 8. J.C. King. He was Chief of the WH Division R and was listed in the IG report as being witting of the plan. ie & In 1967 he denied knowledge of it. ‘ 9. Justin O'Donnell. Mentioned on page 38 of the report, O'Donnell was to have been in charge of the assassi- o _ nation of Patrice Lamumba by agent QUWIN; however, he surveyed \o/ the scene and decided he wanted no part in an assassination are attempt. _. — i) 10. S@prnneen Wcheeyem’ He was Harvey's deputy in 1962 . and was listed on page 55 as having been witting of Phase IT. 11. ‘Lawrence Houston. First mentioned on page 62 of the report. He was requested by Colonel Edwards to call » coh on an Assistant Attorney General to explain the bugging incident et in Las Vegas. It appears from the IG report that Houston was Ve witting of aspects of Phase I which led up to the wiretapping incident. On May 7, 1962, Houston, along with Sheffield Edwards, briefed Attorney General Kennedy on the Phase I operation. 12. General Carter. Carter was DDCI under John : McCone. In April, 1962, he was briefed by Houston on Phase I. eS . He said he "understood" the situation and "in due time might | \ brief the Director, Mr. McCone." However, the 1967 report “" a states, "There is no indication that General Carter was we further briefed on the full details of the assassination plot against Castro." 13. Robert A. Maheu. Maheu, of course, was the private investigator who served as the Agency's contact with Roselli during Phase I. 14. Edward P. Morgan. He was Maheu's attorney in 1966 when the CIA intervened with the Long committee. He excused Maheu as a witness in its investigation of invasions of privacy. According to the IG report, Maheu indicated that he might brief his attorney Morgan fully about his past acti- vities so that Morgan would be able to decide how best to represent him. % a 15. Desmond Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald became head of ott the Cuban task force in January, 1963. Mentioned on page 75 Nag of the report, Fitzgerald said that the skin diving ‘suit plan began while he was head of the Cuban task force. 16. Samuel Halpern. The IG report, page 75, states that Halpern said the skin diving suit plan had begun under ce William Harvey and that he, Halpern, had briefed Fitzgerald on it. ; 604905 HW 50955 Docld:32202394 Page 3
} 17. George McManus. He was a special assistant to DD/P Helms in 1963. He'had been told of the skin diving suit plan by Halpern and later mentioned it to Mr. Helms. . 18. SeemlSanehes.~ According to page 80 of the a report, Gawehezisivas the. case officer of Rolando Cubela during } (J) the AMLASH project. | ah ‘ (sual aMnguiaimwigigihtm He was a case officer from ‘ \. headquarters ons on eS ‘occasions met with Cubela at zt, European locations. He is first mentioned on page 83. page 85, he was a Spanish seeering case officer from fie y Micheal GEIST who once met with Rolando Cubela «and§f@anais 22. GRObSHE kGwemm He was a CIA of tices atin \ pin 1964. He participated in meetings with mentioned on page 100 of the report. @ 23. Juan Orta. First mentioned on page 25 of the report, he was said to be the "inside" man who was going to plant pills in Castro's food. Apparently, the Agency, in 1967, /_~ felt that Orta was either in the U.S. or otherwise available. ) In speculating as to whether others could reconstruct the details of this report, it stated, on page 123, "Orta can. confirm the pill element of Phase I." 24. Tony Varona (Dr. Manuel Antonio De Verona de Loredo). Varona was used as a funnel for pills in Phase I. (- He was a prominent member of the Cuban exile community. Varona NY was also mentioned, on page 132, as a possible source of information about Phase I. 8 OO 041996 HW 50955 DBocla: 32202394 Page 4
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