404-10749-10034 Office of Lepisletive Distrib THE DIRECTOR WASHINGION, D.C. 29505 Counsel hr. G. Robert Blakey niet Counsel and Director Select Coinmittee on Assassinations ouse of Representatives Hashing ton, D.C. 20515 Dear Bob: > CERTRAL INTELLIGENCE OLC 79-0113/V 30 March 1979 SILA Herewith are comments on tne new yersion of the Defector i ewit wa paper and the Cuban paper. Thase absence by those on whom I have le inUT Dy aie were pr repared in uy ned during se ins phase of the l note the "Mongoose" reference, a basic factual comment. I also note the “golden boy" referei sce. Someone may have referred to the man that way, but it was not a categorization in general use. Mekes interesting reading but is more literary than reliable, for the impression it conveys. Further, it indicates a tie we feel should be protected. Taye be eae hi GSures ion Orig - Adse 1 - SA/DDCI 1} - Rininger, OC }] - Sullivan, 0S 1 - Sturbitts, LA/bp9O 1 - Holmes 1 - Sedn ngoui Staff ] ~ (Sump “jou SE poo 1 - OLC/Subj 1 ~ QLC/Chrono CLe/SoR/ksn Sincerely, Ss. BD. Breckinridge Principal Coordinator, RETURN TO CIA Background Use Only Do Not Reproduce ANUS Von
14-00000 | Defector Paper The Forward. Mo comment. Morris and Mollie Block. ho corunént. Harold Citrynell. No comment. Bruce Frederick Davis. Ro coninent. Shirley Dubinsky. ho comment. Joseph Dutkanicz. No comment. Martin Greendlinger. No comment. Nicholas Petrulli. No conment. Libero Ricciardelli. No comment. Viadimir Sloboda. No comment. Robert E. Webster. No coment. Lee Harvey Oswald. No comment. Addendum - Debriefing Pract ices Orne ee apne reenter net se nn et _ Page 18/19, paragrapn 190. Refer ‘to letter to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, d dated 26 March 1979 re subject. Page 20, paragraph 193. Put period at end-of line 4 after debriefing; delete “conducted by military intelligence”. Page 21, paragraph 194, second line. Delete “using Department of Defense cover" Pave 21, paragraph 194, fifth tine. pelete “in the American Tandy eye gear + ’ ways rte Road eed, Uf LiPaasy Un Copan: Replace deletion with abroad”. o .t Soa Oeste, Hyped oar . 7 - rn e , sixth Tine. Jelote “hist end replace with “uns Peoo 21, line GS. Delete "Angleton and renlace defetion with Page 22, peragraph 195, secon line. Insert ' CIAY before: “representative”. Peleke : vr dt an d Sh Oo e
Veciana 27, parasreph 176, line 3. Delete “propaganda for". Veciana 27, paragraph 1/7, lines 9.10. Delete “in the area of ssychological warfare". raph 179, line 4. Place period after “until 4. Veciana 2/a, paragra his retirement". Uelete In dune 1972. Veciana 27a, paragraph 179, line 5. Insert after “much of that time", “as a senior staff official”. Bclete "on the Covert: Action ey paragraph 16°. Substitute "Joseph Langosch Page 2, b.H. Insert, sen. for true name Hal Swen Veciana 31, paragraph 201, line 6. Insert "contribution" after "$590"; line 6 should then read: “a $500 contribution from a wealthy Puerto tican [with whom the CIA was then developing a relationship] during a meeting convened in Puerto Rico by Veciana to raise funds for ALPHA. 66; a U.S @Army directed operation”. Delete “Financier and industrialist, Codename (SHEWER-1, with whom the CIA had a long-standing operational relationship". Four lines later, beginning with "or the industrialist", delete renainder of paragraph. Paragraph should read as follows: "and even though the Agency Tater used the Puerto Rican as a,conduit for the passage of U.S. Governinent funds to selected anti-Castra groups, it appears that in Veciana's case, the money was provided solely by the Puerto Rican from his personal funds. Veciana 32, paragraph 204. Sen record” should read as follows: “The sufficient to indicate that U.S. Artiy ence beginning "The available documentary e available documentary record was intelligence had a keen interest... Section. VI. Brigade 2505. Page 2, line 2. We point out that the information given in this quote is not accurate. U.S. Army special forces, not the CIA, trained the Brigade. h 235, line 5. Delete the "CTA chose". Line should then Page 2, parag yvsieian was chosen vho Lnen organizedees.." read "a yound phys i rap Sic inning “His name was Hasvel Artima" | : Meniel Artima who ned fled bups the Page 2, paragraph 235. Sentence should read as follows: “His name was pravious December. Page 3, line 2. Replace CIA with U.S. Government. a -ofers that you cetece the “ y boy?" Pace 7, paragraph 262, Tine /. Substitube "his country Wosk Garnans-
Paye &, paragraph 263, line 1. Delcte Hicaraguan. Page 8, lire 3. Delete Venezuelan. Substitute “another - Letin American official”. Section VIIL. JUKE r Page 4, line 1. Substitute U.S. Government Ter CIA. Page 4, line 2. Place a period after “potential”. Delete renainder of sentence. Section IX. DRE Page 2, paragrapn 290, line 6. Substitute U.S. Government for CIA. Page 4, line 4. Line should read: "to confront U.S. Government officials including U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, and CIA Operations Chief Richard Helnis, who told them..." Section on David Ferrie Pace 12a, paragraph 422, line 3. Substitute U.S. Government for. CIA. Page 12a, paragraph 422, line 7. Substitute U.S. Governirent for CIA. Section on 544 Camp Street Page 9. Suggest the following change in lines 6 through 12: "In September 1960, the CIA considered using Guy Bannister Associates for tne collection of foreign intelligence, | but ultimately decided against it. Delete sentence beginning “the idea was dropped ae. clash with the Mayor". Footnote 64 therefore becomes void. Statement wade in Footnote 64 can be used as Footnote 65. Page Ay re WIENS te O48, Wolebe C Ta Ly ier abiver (s jecrat). . Pease 7, Footnote 164, Delose trao fame LPosicr.
14-00000 2G. Lelete Confidentiel. mh Page 8, Footnove . o at a yO S a See eee he Bolan eaggirey, at Bo fe, -tgg 5 Page §, Footnote e2y. Substitute "decunant” Ter 'File". Footnotes. JGCE Page 2. Footnote 15. Delete “section on JGCE (Secret)”. Page 4. Footnote 57, Delete Confidential. P age 4. Footnote 58, Delete “for Sierra”. ra Footnote 76. Delete Cuba. v Oo € Page a Page 7. Footnote 91, Delete CAS-63-154. Footnotes. 544 Camp Street g Page 4. Footnote 63. Deléte "on Guy Bannister".
' ~ Cuban Pager Section I. "The Ingredients of an anti-Castro Cuban Conspiracy" is referred to Subsequently as "V". V15, last line. We point out that this sentence which continues on to the next page, VI6, is inaccurate. Operation Mongoose was not initiated by CIA. It was set up and chaired by the Attorney General. V1&, paragraph 42, first sentence. lie suggest the following r ewrite: "Tt was the dMMAYE Station wnich monitored the anti-Castro grou ups". V26, paragraph 55, tenth line. Replace CIA with U.S. Governiient . Section I1f. Antonio Veciana Blanch “Veciana 3, last three lines. It is not true that CIA at any time recruited Lopez-Fresquet. - 3 Veciana 5, paragraph 126,: line 5. Delete nate of replace name with [named CIA employee]. Veciana 16. Delete entire paragraph 15G. Policy stated here is untrue; in addition, last sentence reveals fact of CIA use of State cover for Agency activities. vag] could not bring any Cuban into the CIA Statien arede Veciana 20, paragraph 159, line 6. Put period after 1964. Belete "and became an agent for the CIA". — -Veefana 22, paragraph 163, line 7. Place period after Vale. Delete “whom he knew to be working for the CIA". This portion of the statement 1s inaccurate. Veciana 258, paragraph 174. Delete second sentence beginning "until . Wes, PRIUS principal araa of expe ertise.... The Agency considers this ome “qod infermation oblaiued during an executive session. \ "phillips wes serviag m7 Havana", Beles ic an the sae: pacegraph, delete reference £6 r my Pepublic, Presil, ane Venexuola. pana 20, Parag: bia, line TG. Piao: periog after “grcuns = remainder Of Sentence Voaciana 20, peragre vartipe”® aid replace wien Go 14 Sees best eg. av rara! epee ees ifo, line le. Delete “the psychelogicas Scortain Yeciane 26, line 14. Uelete “the DRE's propararas - Poobrcg pith
age 24, paragraph 198, sixth Tine. Delete "Collection Division cf Footnotes: Block. See letter to Br. G. Robert Blekey, dated 26 March 1979 Harold Citrynell. See letter to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, dated 26 March 1979 re subject. Bruce Frederick Davis. See letter to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, dated 26 Merch 1979 re subject. Shirley pubinsky. No comment. Joseph Dutkanicz. See letter to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, dated 26 March 1979 re subject. Martin Greendlinger. See letter to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, dated 26 March S73 re subject. Nicholas Petrulli. See letter to Hr. G. Robert siatey, dated 26 March 1679 re subject. Libero Ricciardelli- See letter to Mr. G- Robert Blakey, dated 26 March 1979 re subject. o ada See letter to Hr. G. Robert Blakey, dat ted 26 arch Dg Robert E. Webster. See letter to Mr. G. Robert Blakey, dated 26 March 1979 re subject. Lee Harvey Oswald. Footnote 300. Replace Golitsyn with "%" and Deryabin with "Y". Foutnote 422... See Footnote 53, Delete "CIA notes favis". Fostnete 435. Replace Mrannant tH. Bagley" with NC /SR"; Golitsyn with 'X". Foun uls SHaint ha read Nog bacnmne nt to CEA ics Wau, [fer fis. Footnote fagknabe, replace with "Tod. , Footnote sephonc: okay. Ya suggest you delete poominder of footnote. to conkcadich ti rhab not abi te if Vles Were UNnGKpeur dest