104-10336-10005 | v SECRET , —- YH MY ei 14 May 1996 Barry - Ref the ARRB staff request for information pertaining to Project QKENCHANT. (U0) In the attached “Enclosure 21,” the cryptonym is mentioned in paragraph 11, as it pertains to one J. Monroe Sullivan in relation to Clay Shaw. For the staff’s background use only, OKENCHANT was an indicator used by Central Cover Staff and the Office of Security with a’ program for clearing! ‘attorneys and > Cover for Action” providers (businesses, etc. ) with access to ‘classified material. (S) (classified documents, 6 cubic feet, with) dates “ranging Dec 14. - -/ (Nov 91. (Cc) OL Mee nn ne em — , a Ellie CL By: (611637 ” Cl Reason: 1.5(c) DECL ON: X1 DRV FM: AHB 70-9 MULTIPLE SECRET
13-00000 7 es 8 = e ee be and ° -@ ce a . .. . - 7. hog “Enclosuze 21° Te, *, ° cary eo ; ; ie : : . ° - . . . ” a . a * ‘ *e . - age “e, a pots. . ‘S * Clay. &. SHAW (201-312493) °° a nn a . ° " ® °° : Po “2 2 ° 7 a? ° 2 6 "* : -?¢ : . *S . *, . Pod ae. aa . *.a . 8 . har) . . o . . a ° - oo. e ° ad . ; a ea. . - Tenge 1. .Sudject vas bom oa 17 March 1913 ia Yow Orleans; 7 ec. t . Loulsiana. mo Coot : Loe ft yf eh P| oa, seancara backgvouad information on Subject , TTP. ll dparonts, marital statua, records of education end . et, a ar ee. exployrant, ote.) in lacking because Silay USS @ Coatack . “et | (Us T> OF the Domastic Contact Servica. - ° woe 7. * -e *° . ° vu. . . .- cot a . . soe ge *3.  @eacas ‘on Subject Asvo been sun in RID/Main wt -f _t.. Inéex, the index of tho Cffica of Security and tho °s ." "7.7 Céntral Cover Stat*’, The first showed only a 19S) Fay... ° .  4dInterview wlth sraw about a foxes. employes of the Now | orn oo -, OFleans Tatematicaal ‘rade “War. Ghe second showed ott , 7 ae that C3/Coatacts Division had acquesstes a nsoa trace ° . _ ‘fo: "  . dbout 1969 and@ that cho check of FAL wecerdgs then con- . . . -- og, Guctod vas negative, Central Cover Staté ned no wecord, Ss 4. Som of tho 00-5 veporta Sased on SUALts aa - ana reporting ave on hand, Thay are tho ollewiag., (re -* “casey Ss. , £9 noted that the g£ource daseription fdentiztas ‘tha o ’ ele rene bt, _sourco hy job title.) =: Pee 2 Ue eee ° ot Sz Toews ooh 28 So eS * . a4 ‘pe Be:. sech 1982, concrens . ‘ “fs 2 letter written to the peplle veleatieag _, director of tha intezantional Frade ® ' eA ‘. Paras! ‘e Nar G7 ONE DET Jucty SCEALLER, a tracts oe poy ieee Te Sei CONALLEANE to the Bonn Governmant, tha". - ae. ye oF " ; 4s? Letter ic a Felleu-un of Giscussions hold nn ar So. in Row Orleang during Decentes 1952. Tha .- vaso, or ‘ lotter cgatd Cray Soviet Pvocuction and - *. . i er export trade vere being advertised and oo: - a * a Oe See oD os wy nD RR See ete CO et SE cS Sh Gentine @ene « on a oe» SNe eee eee oe ef . . « . " ppeayen RR RELEASES CHA NISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAG
13-00000 e . . ° 6 ° as _ oot Fe- enter Teskgpni sean Sua casually, — . , tk _-tR various doumtoua how Oris ans resCauraate, . , . w: peTOkings Wey ancIaagse. - Tagelast sucn casual | _, ,encounter was Just befove Sines raiiversnt in 1965. ° :+ . 9. On 7 Moxch 1967 Pra aven published en articla «1. 7? . callad "Clay Shaw of tho EA" Gatelined Ronn, @ Merch - . 2967, written by V. GRUAROY, - Gee article charced that -. ; of cfa nade uce of tha services of Clay Siw for CLA's sua ° .? ii... Anterasts in Ttaly. fan PravGa pices notes Crat tha DA : J aS dn see Oxleana Ls using SHAW ef p particlpazion in fh, | > asaoszination conapivacy. fe says Sixt Bpant “sons years" . in Fom at a World fxada Gonter loader. Xt elatns nat the Conter was a cover for Financing entirtConauaist activity, . CTIA gava dixvectives to tate) wae Sorld anne Canker wag. a branch of "Pormide:” sic), * which the nevspapors in -.. |. - &uktcorland openly pecusad ot toximine? oporat ELONS eee {Cormmnt: It appears that ell of the Pr oven cnarges ave” as. . untrue, except that thera was a CIA-SURY waiationshio, So fax as fa xnoun, SHAN via ncvor asked to use his ralattoa=——, snip vita the Wocld Trade Center for clandestine purposes "4 , and, in fact, he has not boon in italy.) ef ae. | < .° ef | - tae, 19, Heworandua fron c/2u: R/I to C/CI/R GA, 3 March -* so i i wo 967 subject: Italian Aspects ot tha Chay Sagw ATCaie, . o° - $ C bite RHO cazelavs salla Seva o¢ 5 Navel 1907 has an avticla 7 . | a ea - about SHAG, tha assassination, and the’ Wwoxid Frace Contor. ee * oie : Contains no relevant infornution., : ee eos" “1 “Oa AN panox canduma marked o for €f1c5.16 Max “ch. ‘1967735 rr ° . elgacd M.D. Stevens pays. oe Nonioo SULLIVAN ,7 4266267 7-45 5 oe? was gzantod ° covert sceurity “atipcoveal o& 10 psctnier. 1963 * - : a o Chat h feed i nf Prode cet QNENCHANT.| SHAW A&eie 3. °° _ =” P402097°A~ . . St hd B- oe . - . o * :” “et 12. Tomoxandua fron C, c/nue UR/= to C/fOTf/a SA, 24 March |. " 4967 Subject: "Frace Rocults oa Persons Connected with é oe oe ” Centro Moadiale Comuareialea”™ (% ‘orld vada. Center) ». filed : _ CUR & a foldor, Clay SHAW -- working pagerde..: 2.0 0 ps Same wee weet we cate Gee cscs wecnme: nme mn wersees meeree mane me cweem es teem see gt Th a - ; € : . ie . é : [ cmmiaedind ° ° ° eee ae CoE 88 GEE er ny EE tt A, RA OO . ° e. ° +¢ ““t ween eo pee (on eee OD ee eT . ® ata
CD | Nye, LK-0C Assassination Records Review Board |. - 600 E Street NW - 2nd Floor « Washington, DC 20530 (202) 724-0088 + Fax: (202) 724-0457 December 18, 1997 Mr. John Pereira. Chief This COCUMEN zi “pie Historical Review Group Center for the Study of Intelligence Central Intelligence Agency Washington, D.C. 02505 Re: Status of CIA Responses to Assassination Records Review Board’s Requests for Additional Information and Records Dear John: I am writing to follow-up on our telephone call earlier today and to convey my serious concern about the status of CIA’s responses to the Review Board's requests for additional information and records. Although CIA has completed its responses to several requests, and many others have been answered in part, a significant number of requests have not been answered — including some that were made more than two years ago. On many occasions we have been assured that responses would be forthcoming, only to have promised dates come and go without answers. It is now extremely important that these requests be answered promptly so that we may conduct a proper follow-up if necessary. The issues that we can now identify as being of the highest priority are identified in the text below by double asterisks (**)' and we request that they be answered within the next month. We request that the remaining requests be answered by April 1, 1998. The remainder of this letter is divided into two parts: first, a listing of the formal requests for information and records, and second, a listing of the informal requests for information and records. Please let me know if your understanding of any of the following points differs from ours so that we can resolve any potential discrepancies. ‘As identified more fully below, the issues are: CLA-1 Organizational Material, . CIA-6 Cables and Dispatches, CIA-13 Backchannel Communications, CLA-IR-03 HTLINGUAL Documents, CIA-IR-04 Disposition of Angleton Files, CLA-IR-07 Claude. Barnes Capehart, CIA-IR-15 Electronic “take” from Mexico City, CIA-IR-21 DRE Monthly Operational Reports, CLA-IR-22 “A” Files on Clay Shaw and Jim Garrison. i eeeetnninttneeguent @oaro Memacas: John R. Tunheim, Chair + Henry F. Graff + Kermit L. Hall ¢ William L. Joyce * Anna K. Nelson
Mr. John Pereira December 18, 1997 Page 7 Documents file: documents Nos. 496, 498, 499, 500, and 510. The Review Board is awaiting confirmation that these documents are at HRG for processing. CIA-IR-05 Possible Foreign Source for Records on Oswald. CIA was informally requested to use its contacts to pursue certain records related to Oswald that were orally described to CLA. The Review Board understands that the CIA has taken steps to pursue these records. CIA-IR-06 QKENCHANT. The Review Board seeks information regarding the purpose of QRENCHANT and its connection with Clay Shaw, Howard Hunt, and Monroe Sullivan. The Review Board was initially provided some information in regard to this request that now appears to be incorrect. CIA is now seeking additional information to correct or to clarify its previous answers. The Review Board seeks an immediate, full, and accurate formal response to this request. Once the formal statement is provided, this request will be complete. “*CIA-IR-07 Claude Barnes Capehart. The ARRB staff has reviewed all records that CIA has been able to locate to date. During the course of this review, additional questions were raised that CIA agreed to pursue. CIA also agreed to conduct additional searches to determine whether there may be additional retrievable records on Mr. Capehart. The Review Board seeks a full and accurate formal response to this request. Once the formal statement is provided, this request will be complete. CIA-IR-08 Unredacted Copy of the “Family Jewels” Memoranda. ARRB has reviewed a redacted version of the “Family Jewels.” Additional _ questions have been raised. At meeting between HRG, ARRB and the DCI/ IRO on December 11, 1997, specific redacted pages were identified for ARRB staff. review. These pages should be made available as soon as possible.
13-00000 MEMORANDUM FOR: FROM: OFFICE: SUBJECT: REFERENCE: 2 February 1998 Fredrick C. Wickham @ DO Lee S. Strickland @ DA John F. Pereira J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer OIM/HRP ARRB Requests - Priorities ARRG letter did 18 Dec 1997, Status of ARRB Request for Additional information | have been advised by the ARRB staff that an updated "Status of Requests” letter will be sent to the Agency early next week The following requests will be listed as priorities to be completed in February: - CIA-14. Mexico City Station Annual Reports (DO) CIA-IR-06 QKENCHANT . (DO) CIA-IR-08 “Family Jewels" (DCIIRO and DO) CIA-IR-09 George Bush (DO, DA, DCI/IRO) CIA-IR-11 Warren Commission Critics (DA, DO) CIA-IR-27 Security Files for Five Individuals . (DA) CIA-IR-32 AMWORLD (DO). | have partial responses to some of these requests; call me if you have questions or need the status of your response. CG: je vo Becky L. Rant @ DA Kathryn |. Dyer @ DA (bcc: Bonnie K. Hunter-Y-) Sent on 2 February 1998 at 01:26:47 PM
13-00000 rd SUBJECT: DO Response to Informal Request CIA IR 06 d.  (C} After Howard Hunt’s retirement from the Agency, he went to work for(the| Company. (The had for years cooperated with thé Agéncy BY providing| Iss ‘4 | Hunt was cleared for QKENCHANT by the Agency so that he could deal with administrative matters when necessary during’ Jabsences from his firm in Washington. i e. (C) J. Monroe Sullivan, Clay Shaw’s boss, was granted a(€sa_) in December 1962 so that he could be used in Projegt QKENCHANT. oD eredritkK Co WickKiam, Jr.
13-00000 cla . oe Qe a wie Bat St SRCTAL COLLECTIONS — 2600 “e oa 27 February 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR: (U) Chief, JFK Declassification Project/HRP/OIM/DA FROM: (U) Fredrick C. Wickham, Ir. Chief, External Support Group/IMS/DO Central Intelligence Agency SUBJECT: (0) DO Response to Informal Request CIA IR #06 REFERENCE: (0) ARRB’s Memorandum dated 18 December 1997, - RE: Status of CIA Responses to , Assassination Records Review Board’s Requests for Additional Information and Records (U) This memorandum is submitted in response to informal request number 06 (CIA IR #06) from the Assassination Records Review Board (ARRB). **CTA-IR-06 QKENCHANT a. (U) Per the Review Board’s request regarding the purpose of QKENCHANT and its connection with Clay Shaw, Howard Hunt, and Monroe Sullivan, the following information is provided. b. (S) QKENCHANT was a project for obtaining clearances, that is, Provisional Covert Security Approvals (PCSA) and Covert Security Approvals (CSA), with the Office of Security in connection with the acquisition of Corporate Cover for Action \ K(CCA) In connection with the acquisition of (CCA; Directorate of Operations guidelines require that a(PCSA/CSA’ be obtained in most instances before a Corporatejentity can be used as a (Cover (for Action (CFA) sponsor / c. (U) With regard to Clay Shaw and his association with the QKENCHANT project: A review of Shaw’s security file indicates that he received a “five Agency” clearance on 23 March 1949, Our records indicate the QKENCHANT project did not begin until sometime in 1952, therefore, Shaw in all probability was not cleared by the QKENCHANT program. BY (ose39se6 { SON 1.5 (c) DECL ON? DRV FROM:
13-00000 SECRET Subject: DO Response to Informal Request CIA IR #06 ae ae C/IMS/ESG Fredrick C. Wickhamx444483mjk (3March1998) Distribution: Original - C/JFK Declassification Project/HRP/OIM/DA 1 - C/IMS/ESG 1 - C/IMS/ESG/HCS 1 - IMS/ESG Chrono
13-00000 CIA os «dim seed 2 eee FULL 18 September 1998 me L Rav ate tn pis 2009 MEMORANDUM FOR: Laura Denk Executive Director, ARRB FROM: J. Barry Harrelson JFK Project Officer, HRP/OIM SUBJECT: CIA-IR-06, QKENCHANT 1. QKENCHANT was the name of an Agency project used to provide security approvals on non-Agency personnel and facilities. Such approvals were required so that Agency personnel could meet individuals to discuss proposed projects, activities, and possible relationships. 2. Clay Shaw received an initial “five agency’ clearance on 23 March 1949 and Agency records indicate the QKENCHANT project did not begin until sometime in 1952. Thus, in all probability he was not cleared by that progran, at least initially. 3. Monroe Sullivan, Clay Shaw’s bossy was granted a security approval in December 1962. 4. With respect to Howard Hunt, following his retirement from the Agency, he went to work with a company ‘which had previously cooperated with the Agency. Hunt was granted a clearance so he could deal with administrative matters in the absence of others within that company. 5. The Agency believes it has fully answered the questions asked within this request and considers it completed.