104-10400-10069 2 Inside Washington ts : | BOck 6g oe : CIA Withheld Vital al intelligence From War os “Documents ye : -to be used: ‘dismissal of. such’ persons “lig: uid . se .on has. - Z t “By. ROBERT S. ALLEN _cials who setively oppo: against any-high West. : from public office, at oth. form _ And PAUL SCOTT vSoviet f° “Soviet Strategic : cia ‘hundreds (of ” er a ime insted pnyse tht IN. Oct: Action,” the K agen toe autopsy oo Thee fd My 2 1 Satelli , “Suppressed CIA docu. Pea Boon supplte pussia cally. ch activities “are poisons | ge : i ald {went into the shock: | have “known to. be undertaken ed whict went satetitecace iets ing d tails of how agénts’ this ‘pocket-size, gun, , tek tency et. £d wwhict vital intelligence infor- ing de : waiting only orders -against.o yp sn the Soviet secret a ns.in the West, not-..after bei ‘Tation from the Warren of ers trained to do’ from Moscow to use it.... perso tbs mi tors from. the, thus. allo Commission during its in- Ponce, ith Western lead- .The Murder Weapons: ably ‘defec othe’, hus allo ' vestigation of the assas-- away indludting officials in. “HIGHLIGHTS of the —U:S. SR. and from gether’ to be far Sination. of President | the” 0 S., and to make suppressed intelligence coun! ries of ne Soviet. when his Kennedy. their -deaths appear due estimate, which is locke 7 los. we recently reported source’! ions "written Feauest for to patural causes. ik a gecurity area within " assassination technique is pneumati all de ents f the KGB's new. the: ti - to electrocute an individ- poison ix | fogungents that might One. ed assassination are as follows: _ to ele poison kc . ‘ . by luring. him to whic shed light on. the assas- ly devis a. pnumati: “It has been. reported’ -ual a him fo whlch -Sination, CIA authorities wapons® sted Bison i ice. that the KGB endeavors “use a telep one, sone, oe Other failed to turn over a na- cally. opera ed po leaves. to remove*the-threat to ed to a high-vol ag ge wir a: use of -tional -Intelligence esti-. ‘atomizer,’ . w other  evi- : Soviet interests: posed by -- during a thun ens re) the * gatonere oem aeliee te vemove. dence. f the cause of... certain members of West-.. Another. involves - . ; i 7: ver ; - isto] ‘which - that the Kremlin policy to remove dence o! ; the “ern governments, some-. use of a pi : he . ic office by as- ‘ile th : ging - for; the“ oison. gas. in - committe oi rorndtion Westen “oft While this deadly weap. times. arranging ‘for; the projects a P 1 Ba mumitte oo OTHER U.S.. inten] : ence. experts,. very due ©. ‘ Dious' sof. ‘Russia’s. "CO-BK=-. .  istence- line, . stress: that $25). ° "J, the: Warren Commis. 3 - : sion’s findings: Might. ; |. have ‘been: different ae a © ’.. this CIA. ‘estimate ‘and : f “* -other -. documents | supe . tials feared by-the Krem.- ok ' pressed ‘by. the State De- lin,’ ne CIA. authority 2“) . ° Bartment had been avail. has shown the No. 2 man m oa able for study, . -.in government the CIA "They point ‘out tliat: -Treport listing these se’ © . the State “Department .- €ret Soviet ‘assassination wild. " Suppressed evidence link. methods... ees ae . ing Oswald ‘with one of .. Instead, -M. ¢ Cormack: seo . dts employes, who. ac . learned about: the. report... . ; cording to security. filés, - only’ recently from con- .- | -. “presented Strong pro--— gressional probers who ..- ‘Soviet. views . On every. are trying to- determine. | a _fivestion that came. up- . why the document. vhas_ : in the Department's * been ‘Suppressed... < US: country commit... The investigators ‘also * tee”. while - “he. Was A: are | to determine memb “.. why ‘the - ‘CIA in its pre. . ‘This State. ‘Department - vassassination . report to _ Offfcial's name -also | ap- the State Department on os Boat im the address -.- Oswald's trip. to. Mexico | ook of a suspected So. - > City gave details only ‘of - ' the defector's visit to the | _ Russian: embassy and not - | . the Cuban embassy. The -- ces CIA did not report: the =. “Congressional ‘investi. Jatter visit until after viet: ‘agent who arrived . >... dn the DS. in 1943, ac. ” fee: © "government "gators. ~ also - have been . Kennedy’s. assassination =: 2 \ |. Bhocked to discove: er r that in. Dallas,
. tional” Aa EEA ANANAAAAA ich hicks bins nanan enweneenng eee ees tm ey seat ened Somer “CIA 1A Withheld iil Intelligence From War re ren : Commission “By ‘ROBERT S. ALLEN _ And PAUL SCOTT WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. oe ~The Ceéntral Intelli- - genee Agency . withheld ..- Vital. intelligence infor- mation from the Warren * Commission during its in- ' vestigation of the assas- : sination of P. res ident i Kennedy.’ Despite the commis- sion’s written request for all documents that might - shed light. on the assas- . gination, CIA authorities ’ failed. to turn over a na- intelligence esti- mate warning that it is ‘Kremlin policy to remove from public office by as- sassination Western offi- ‘ing details of how agents -cials who actively oppose” =Soviet policies. .. Titled “Soviet Strategic Executive “Action,” the - suppressed CIA docu- ment went into the shock- of KGB, the Soviet secret ‘police, are trained to do . away with: Western lead- - ers, including officials in- the U. S., and to make their ‘deaths appear due - In a security area within to natural causes. ‘ One of the KGB's new-. ‘ly devised assassination -: wapdns is —“a~ prumati- - . that the KGB endeavors ‘to rémé¥e>the. threat to cally. operated poison ice- ‘atomizer,’ dence of the. € a us @ of: death.” ~ ; Documents. wy " OTHER.. US. Giiteli- oh ’ “gence experts, very -du- bious of “Russia's CO-CXK. . -istence line,. stress that - the Warren ‘Commis- sion's findings “m ight. 7 have ‘been different . af. - , this CIA estimate and - ' this “which :leaves::. ‘no wound or. other: evi- : . McCormack (Mass.), next i in lime tto- Succeed ‘Presi- warned Speaker McCor- . Tack, a: dedicated ante, "-Commitnist, that he is on - on has yet to be- used against any high West- ern official, hundreds of | KGB agents covertly op- - ‘erating outside of Russia have been supplied with pocket-size, gun, awaiting only orders from Moscow to use _ it. The Murder Weapons _ . HIGHLIGHTS of the ‘suppressed int elligence : estimate, which is locked the: tightly-guarded CIA, a -are as. follows:. - “It has been reported Sévietiinterests: posed by certain members of West- Orn governments, $0'me- © While. this deadly weap. “! times... arranging for. the . dent Johnson. While: FBI officials tha Vliet nf Ulnctan net projecis & dismissal of such persoris from public office, at oth- .er times even having - them .. ‘eliminated’ physi cally. ug uch activities are “known to be undertaken against other types of persons in the West, not- ably defectors from the US.S.R. and from other ‘countries of ‘the. Soviet | bloc. “One recently 3 repor ted assassination technique is to electrocute an individ- .ual- by luring him | to. use a telephone, connect- _ed to a high-voltage wire, during a thunderstorm. . - “Another: involves the use of a pisto] . which ‘Poison gas | ‘in “liquid: or. compressed form, The gas within seconds and an : autopsy would not reveal. Non-trace able. its . use. poisons have been report- ed which do not take ef. hours . fect until several after being administered, thus allowing an assassin - to be far fromthe scene when his victim dies. “A Knowledge able source has described. a pneumatically operat ed“ poison ice. ‘atomizer’. wound ° which leaves no or other evidence of the ..eause of death.” Congressional gators, who have asked that the name of their is fatal © '. Harvey Oswald's investi-’. for security reasons re- port that CIA Director Jolin McCone made neo . mention of this explosive . document in his secret testimony before the Warren Commission. While McCone furnish- ed the commission with the CIA’s secret surveil- lance reports ‘on Lee eight days in Mexico City be- fore the assassination. in- ‘eluding details of Os). wald’s contact with the head KGB agent in the Soviet embassy there, the CIA chief gave no hint of the Kremlin’s as _Sassination policy. committee be withheld —- (CONTINUED ON &3B) .