Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassinatio
Records Collection Act of 1992 
(44 USC 2107 Note) 
NW 53216 6/17/17
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104-10218-10014 195269 : | ae $- 766 . Ee Yong 2aPES A By * 8 hugest 1975 * a dtkin Now a Main Fi igure we Countecsuit Filed “e * gets o By ROBERT 1 LINDSEY Tee ' soeca! to Ta Kew York Timeg | ANGELES, Azg. Her 'the” convictions, emon oth bert him, the infot mant for the of Carmine G. deSapio, the Tam| ‘BL ard CLA. whese testi many Heli leader who was once mony heiped send rove than a-one of the most powerful po: dozen New York City of occas: teal leaders in the country. i and orgarized-crime fig sres tojanat James L- Marcus, Cty Wa- jal, has resurfaced by 2 Byzem| ter Commissioner under Mayor tine, high-stakes indusnal-es-| John V. Lindsay, is} With the assistance | of the n [Federal . Bureau or Invesuga-} ote tr. Pca a lawyer whoseition, Mr. Itkin and his family! e @s an informant weSiwere secret clouded by charges that he had’ ‘4 Government fal peti den used. his undercover stztus {©"formis, where they have begun! , Reema inet ie ANTES ERIE see comceintwiinaien sa New York in 1972 follow: ing the! , am Sensational trials that Jed tol i However, - within - recent wecks, his new identity has: Leen disclosed in a series of: . documents filed in Los Aneelag! Superior Court in a suit involwes | jing two computer Coripanies,| t . ‘IData General Corporation of: jSouthboro, Mass, and Keron, . Inc, of ‘Santa Monica, Calif. Nr. Ytkin's ; ast has became one of the major elements in volves charges of intercomnany Secrets, and arson. - Mr, Juin changzd his reme! ov calls hime} rere Atk:n, “and he is, Largely 'on the ‘basis of an: investigation by Mr. .ikin, Kei: romix, ome of ks azency’s,. chents, filed suit last Decex: ber’ : @gainst Data General a@legng: that it had sought to “destrow": ! ite rival as a competitor ov’ _ Ineans that included ersoa end)! >. 1 Wegal witezapping. , gt. on Mr. Iikin’s mvest:gation al- Jege that. Data General hired several private detectives who ted to tap the teleshores of ; Keronix. When this failed, tee : 2documents assert. the detec- ‘ tives, posing as Keronix er i Ploves, improperly Odtained re. cerds of their telephone tod « ‘G4lis from the genera! tela. : ; phone company in Santa Moni ‘ea. Then, it 1s alleged, Data - General used the list of calls >in an effort. to woo eway 15 q competitors’ customers, eres 4 so opety me oo 7 Aer et netent 404 PRET See teas ies TOA: MMAR Bete rane At al ages co - Bde i _in Business. ‘Spying Case : commit crimes, vanished from! new hfe with a different} j the twisted case, waich in- | Spying, stealing of waaay: Court documents beced *} Mr. Iisa also aleged that; Tepreseniztives of Data Gener- i al, a larze and profitab!e com- ‘puter mazutacturer, had escad- lished wrzt cmounts io a dum mY corpareLon as an interme- diary to conceal payments to ‘ the private detectives. Further- ; More, it is alteged, detectiwes ; hired by Data General hired an ¢reretive. who set fire to the Keror:x piant (n Santa Mo- rhica in Janzzry 1973. Data Genel has denied all _Of these charges. It has fied ‘a conntersuiz 2gainst Kero-ix, fits officers and. Mr. -Iuksn, ; charging that Kezonix iMeze'ty ' used Data General trade secrets in the rm: eecurer of compu- fers anc thet Mr. Htkin Lad falsificd the evidence offered as proof of the allegations cf spying, attemaied wiretappin? ! and arson. The Dara General coustersz! it. challences Mr. Iukin’s veracty; sand rcne>ifv win an axser-| tion that “he has admitted per- ju sudometion of perjury, tem ezzlemert, bribing officiz! $ of the Cty of New Yor and bribing jz>or cnion office's,” . and points out that he was, “an associate of known under-: world fisures.” Mr. Ink:n's reply to this is , that whatever be did was justi- fied by his role as a goverm- ment agent. . No Criminal Charges “The civil suit between the two companies has not vet come to trai and is not expect- ed to before lee fail. Mean- while, 2 senarece eriminal in- westigat.on has focused on the ‘ arson. The pole say that the 1 4973 fire. which caused cor-, :{ siderable damage but did net put’ Keronix ovt of business,; was undcubtedty 2 case of ar-! son, but no cae -has been} . Charged with the crime. ~ H - The Uniced States Attomevy’s: ! Office here and the F.B.L es-| > ducted a iengity investigatica ! of crimins} espects of the rat] : ter, but annoanced last mos: ; that the msmer was a case ‘of local rather than Federz!{ | jurisdiction. k is now uncer: Investigation by the Los Azn-j geles District Atrorney’s Office. Data General Corporation is one of the prime producers;. tof so-called “raicomputers,” { > @ growing sermect of the com-) puter m2 cket, ard peripheral: "equipment: tsed with its comp: of i ters. Its sates last year totale; * $83-million. “Reronix, where! Sales last vee . Hon, is 3 much snailer manu- : facturer in the same field, - y were mo BR fs sot known iow Me, } Ithin's rast was discovered tw “officials cf Data Gezerzi. : Robert Morvillo, a Maxhanzn Tawy' er eho “28 a senior of- cial in ¢h2 office of the Uared tates ‘Atiomey far the Soczh- em D:stict and for whom Mr.. Itkin was a star witmess Dj the New York cases, reps resented Daia Generzi ézring: the cimnal investigation ce; the fire 2: Keronix. Mr. } et lo also Leiped arrange Mr. i kin's new identity as part of, \ os, —— a Federz! witness-reincetion! 3 program, bu: he has said that) he did act Csclose it to Data; General. . : - Tendency tn Roast | H 1° Mr. Mr. Itkia, who is <5 years| | old, moved ia and out of the! i underworid in the mii iit has been difficult for foBee-; ters of Ins career to sepsrztet | fact from f:cc10n because cf! jhis tendency to boast aboot | ‘his exploizs, i: However, doth the F BL and: | i f So Ste ermmemnmire tate enn = Aa ithe Centra! inreligence agescy! -have cornfmed to The New) I York Times that he had served jas a paid icformant to thes | He provides data for the F_34. } OA Orgericed crime operations’ which ne had infiiicared as: a mob lanyer—in New York: other Amerian cities and toe! Caribbean. He apparently provided infor? mation to te C.LA, Tee: . Mafia activties ia the Car>- | bean and en other matters =n | i i i Indonesia 2-4 soctheast Asa, although there has been eo. ; Official sepert of exactly wher! H ‘his conte:becoas were or how: valuable they were. -- , However, no oze has disp: that his testimony during the! New York rvestgations of ‘x bor racketeering (iavolve J teamster tnica pension funds\j bribery, gacdirg, income-cex: evasion and ciher crimaes were! essential to srany of the’ coavix-t tions won azeins: 1§ persocs’- in 13 cases dunng thé- lami HO nineteen-sixties, 8 = i an: te wvagals Bes Siw continue.
104-10218-10014... : ” = ~ 3 U-. . Split Precipitated = i. We téteed it over and then Mr, Itkin’s. contributions were 1m Gee to hep me get a clouded by oe that be bad joo 28 8 private Invest:zator. hetped himself to large anewnts ‘TrYes-s7ation was the one thing of money passed as kuckeeck i} knew semetting about.” and bribes and, that be parici- j pe feraily, inclvcing the four pated in other illepalitics wiz ‘ehuidy wy Bre ow aged Serving as en informer, 14 Us ouph 22, lives in a rented Mr. Itkon's actrniues, i feet, tnree-vecroom hue in a su- pis caused a senous rupture in ‘barb cf Los Anpeis. Br, thin i the relationship between two szys be ezrns between $15,000 ao. New York lawmen—the late “end $75,400 a year, and insists ay Frank S. Hogan, Manhatiun thar Je has no capital left ae D:stnet Atiomey, end Robes: over from his big-spending days 4 IM. Morgenthavé former Lnned mm 2ne ca the fringes of the 4 States Atiomey for the South tundersorid, when he Lived in ‘lem Distiet. =. -- . ‘2 palatial midtown Manhattan sat oe Mr. Hogan's office tride far Ipenthosse and took 32 more 2 knost fe years to send Mr, than $!00,C00a year. = i a udn to jail for perjury, [eames No Divorce Work . ay Jog Bpitecy ice lereeny eter Ls i “Most cf the small deteciive TE a acuvities in the Federal irvesc- agency's clients are corpora- Af Morgenthau had become Dis. for He eT Om dierces! or bp trict Actornzy of Manhetian, hel = as ere ages) =. i his office sought and won dis- ced ‘several times to New reissal of the thrée indictmests York en business. ee in-a Merhattan court on the Lact year, he said, he wes oo ste Se pee ‘walking Fast the Waidorf-As. se.” Mr. Morgenthaa s2i4. ete ate: ee aOwever, that he had disquaz- :Ducks) Cerrato, one cf the Ma- jfied himself trom participation ‘fia figures convicted on his jin this decision. — , . jtestimcny in a case javolvinz ° 4 Years Under Guard Isr. DeSazio and who hed sub- Mr. Itkin discussed whaz he cp ney “batm Seledéed fori Fie ek Oe ee “We 2!nest bumped into each his office, whch is situstec jother,” - Mr. Ekin said, “and near Los Anceles International Wwe sail hello, All he said was: Airpor, Dining the trails}: You cid a hell of a job-on which bean in 1967, he said BS and weiced on.” - -* ik he lived secretly under guard i. Mr, hkin said he was “horri- oc four years in a.small apzrt- ified™-when the material was ment on Govemor’s Island i: placed is the court record. - 7 [New York. His second ite i “My favaily and I talked it t tand four chidren were witt jover. I dent think anyone in t . ihim the last txo years. the femily had the strength ; a . o | In Sepiemtes, 1972, he szi¢, to ask ‘for protection again, - 3 a nn the Government arranged tc:! So we Ceciced not to. I coulda’t , ee ee ‘he femS te move te euthert| put thems through that again.” 3 % ae \Califoria, where he was mez : fee _ & im a sadburdan motel byan FBI. @ oo. wine sll i bee € i eo me agent, Rorer LaJeunesse. He ‘ ; . - . Said the Government gave hin 3 re only about $5,000 to tide dim : over while he established a ; - : new identity, and that the bis-4 : Loe . gest probien he encountee4 : ° a : was “irying to establish cred: . 7? . . when you don't have a past.” sit Bes Sing pan Fon The Government, ‘he adde. ame no provision for this{. “Frenchie [ Mr. Lajeunessc)| asked me what I wanted tc 'do,” ke said. “I told him I . ;Wasn't egupsed to. do verv ‘much—I couicn't practice law, et . 3 couldn't go to work for a . ae large compenyv “because ther. 7 ‘wanted to know your ‘back- ground. eos riod 1A eae tee cars , a8 ANN EP A Tat A ket, RBG ERSIE 2b Uschi See ee ee ke eee Me ee stg oie aera . % ae % bees & i Vat . af, t oa - " omg . } : wa wd . 18 yyy Bate Bers i ‘ Ot toe ta neg : Sry Braye ROW et # ad ° ran fast ba. FAR. Sa cece te