457-10002-10379 Date: 10/08/93 ‘ Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM am 6p GEE mS WS OES a GO SG SAD GED AE ED om Hh AS OAR DH ARE HH Em EME GED OE me DG aD oe a Gem em AN GE GR ED GE GH Se ME ee me em Om me mm om oe AGENCY INFORMATION AGENCY : SSCIA RECORD NUMBER : 157-10002-10379 RECORDS SERIES : MEMORANDUM AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : SSCIA FROM : MADIGAN, MICHAEL TO : MEMBERS, SELECT COMMITTEE TITLE RE: ROBERT A. MAHEU " APPEARANCE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE / DATE : 06/10/75 PAGES : 17 >. SUBJECTS : JFK ASSASSINATION MAHEU, ROBERT " MAFIA GIANCANA, SAM DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : T RESTRICTIONS : REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : P DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 10/07/93 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Box 418 Folder 6 ee see ee neo oes cme ome cm aah EDGED SEEDS aN Sa OO) DG ee eS mG me AEE EN) ee Mah en atm aD DR aD ni eee DD GR GS te Ah th A EN ata le en TE [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 50955 DBocld: 322762719 Page 1
-il- (3) Maheu involvement in CIA domestic activities In 1954 Maheu was recruited by the CIA for use by the CIA's Office of Security for "extremely sensitive cases.'"' He was paid $500 per month on the condition that he move into his own private office (he had previously shared office space with Carmine Bellino -- associated in the past with illegal wiretapping) and be "on call" by the Office of Security for sensitive assignments. The CIA doc- uments do not indicate how long a period Maheu was on the $500 per month retainer, but it would appear that this re- 2 tainer was only for the first year or two, i.e. 1954-55. It was at this time that Maheu was first starting out in the investigative area and in fact it was in the year 1954 that Maheu first formed his private investigations company of Robert A. Maheu Associates. Through the previous testi- mony of CIA official O'Connell we know that Maheu was used for wiretapping and surreptitious entries. O'Connell re- vide detailed testimony on exactly what he did for the CIA, how often and where. HW 50955 DBocld: 322622719 Page ?
HW 50955 -12- (a) Wiretapping/Surveillance of Aristotle Onassis In July of 1954 Maheu was hired by British shipping interests sponsored by Stavros Niarchos. During his employment for Niarchos Maheu conducted a surveillance of Aristotle Onassis in New York City. CIA documents indicate that Maheu stated that he had technical coverage (wiretap) of Onassis' New York apartment and that he used one of his employees, John Frank, to perform electronic surveillance. The CIA documents also indicate that Maheu hired a technician by the name of "Leon" to perform this surveillance and that the CIA "may have" been given some of the information. received by Maheu from this technical coverage. Maheu can provide an explanation for exactly what he did and what con- nection he had with the Agency in this venture against Aristotle Onassis. Maheu was used by the CIA in 1957, cae and of Reomculen > PORETRRTETScc nap baanl “Sear TST “eth > DROS t Maheu- Was. requestéd—by—the=CI A’ to. rent a movie seuabizo af California_and_make_up.an_actor_to_look like a foreign. ry Boclda: 3227827719 Page 3
ee lie a le ee HY = Seta ae Ee Gomes a The \CIA then, through its Technical Division, prévided a backadap for the film, which would make the completed film sppear a film of the foreign leader having an affair in Russias The Agency was then to distribute the film in the leader's\country to embarrass his jAnd to make him angry at the Soviets “CIA documents indicate that while the film was completed and sent to the Office of Security of the / f wf CIA, it was never distrubuted abroad. The second project 4 which the Agency asked Mahet Lo complete was entitled 958 project, Maheu was requested "Project HARPSTAR." In aN 0 exactly what she. “did with regard © to ‘the foreign leader. hij NA 6’able to provide the detat Ts. rN Maheu nN Maheu was in- volved with the CIA in still a third proje t\which was en- titled wphofect NORFOLK." In this project, Maheu was asked fod : ‘ to and/did provide "female companionship" in Tino ef 1959 50955 BDaoctld:3227622719 Page 4
aN, to go to bed! with the foreign veader2iK CIA rented a ne : house in Long Islandfor-the - female and the leader to stay eae _ at, and they did stay ‘thete during: ‘the _month of June 1959. cee a — The CIA documeiits~a1so reveal that naisentDeeueen the this was done and to what extent the CIA was involved. Maheu will be able to testify about the exact instruc- tions he received and the persons he dealt with at the CIA any hearsay knowledge that he might have about the use of the CIA's Technical Services Division for other such pro- jects or programs. Note: TSD also produced the poison pills for Castro and, allegedly, poison virus for Lumumba. (c) Maheu's Provision of | Cover Facilities for CIA Agents Maheu provided the CIA with (1) use of Maheu's office as a live address for cover, (2) assistance in ob- taining safehouses, (3) use of Maheu to provide cover employ - ment for CIA personnel both in the United States and abroad. HY 50955 DBocld:322782719 Page 5
-15- In this regard, CIA documents establish that Maheu provided Cy Cdiine Maheu+s_ Washing ton UN Speb0 6 OF It is unknown exactly what ary this employee did in the United States. Additionally, CIA documents establish that Maheu provided cover for a CIA employee from August 1968 to December 1970. Again, it is unknown exactly what this Agency employee did in that country. Maheu should know details. (d) Miscellaneous Activities of Maheu for CIA CIA documents seem to indicate that Maheu was requested to provide the CIA with an entree into the ield. The documents -passed from CIA“Commercial Cover’Division .employes ~. present time, and, of course, Maheu should be able to elab- orate on what, if anything, was involved in this. Howard Hughes Organization --. Much.of the contact between Maheu and the CIA occurred when Maheu was either attempting to line up Hughes as a major client or actually Docld: 3232762719 Page 6