104-10303-10006 1959, as stated in the report that gave rise to the present bo ce — . G2 7 b~V4%% 2 SEP 1976 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence John H. Waller FROM : . Inspector General SUBJECT : Jack Anderson Reference to 28 November 1963 CIA Cable 1, The Operations Group of CI Staff has provided a copy. of the cable about which you inquired. A copy is attached at Tab A. It is a dissemination of a report by a British journalist stating that a man named Ruby was in Cuba in 1959, where he visited an American gangster-gambler named "Santos, "' who was living luxuriously in jail. This dissemination was based on a 27 November 1963 cable from London, a copy of which is. attached at Tab B. A follow-up cable from London on 29 November commented on the source. of the storv, raising a question as to his reliability. A copy is at Tab C. A more detailed statement about the man is contained in a report passed to the FBI on 12 December 1963, a copy of which is at Tab D, 2. On 7 January 1964 the FBI provided CIA with a report | that Jack Ruby did travel to Cuba in 1959; a copy is at Tab E. On 30 January CIA provided additional information to the Bureau on this subject; a copy is at Tab F. 3. The following points of coincidence are probably of interest to Senator Baker: Jack Ruby did travel to Cuba in query; the name "Santos" is also the given name of Trafficante, although it is not clear that these are the same persons. While there are reservations about the reliability of the source of the report which gave rise to the present question, we are not in a position at this time to evaluate it definitively. It is noted that the description of ''Santos" as living in luxury in a Cuban prison is similar to a version also reported in a 16 May 1974 story in the Outlook Section of the Washington Post. r AOL OTR et tpt er oli a, IT ie Somienee eo werver: AranT ft
13-00000 apn Ate —C  *. SEGRET ( es 4, As you may know, an Agency task force has been conducting an in-depth study of all information relating to : issues surrounding the Agency's support for the Warren ow Commission investigation. This study has been underway _ . since early July and, because of the detailed nature of the review, May require as much as another two months if it is to be completed with the thoroughness that we believe » necessary. . 5. OLC on 2 August called Liebengood of Senator Baker's staff in response to a query concerning Jack Ruby's alleged trip to Cuba. Unfortunately, on the basis of inadequately researched information given OLC, that staff admitted to | knowing only about an allegation of a 1963 trip to Cuba by Ruby put out as propaganda by an anti-Castro Cuban group. The information did not include information in CIA's possession on the 1959 trip by Ruby contained in the 1963 (Tab A) cable. Madigan finally received from OLC a copy of the 1963 cable on September 15, when the matter was straightened out and the files properly researched. 6. As a relevant note on the question on whether or not = the Agency was purposely withholding the 1963 cable on Ruby's 1959 visit, we have been informed by the FOIA staff that at least the following persons have been provided copies of the cable: Mark Lane Paul Hoch Bernard Fensterwald David Belin Walker & Buchanan Carrollton Press Harold Weisberg ~ George Lardner _ Washington Post - David Martin Associated Press Norman Kempster L.A. Times Christie Basham NBC Pamela Butler Readers Digest Mel Elfin . 5 Newsweek. Dan Schwartz National Inquirer Robert L. Terpstra National Inquirer _ Robert Anson | New Times Magazine -~2-
13-00000 <0 She 7 As discussed with you, I think it would be useful for my staff, specifically Breckinridge, to get Madigan out here, describe to him our task force approach to the problem and otherwise convince him that we are cooperating to the fullest on this problem. We will coordinate this with OLC. J6hn f, Walle Attachments: Tabs A thru F
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13-00000 eo: s -"} “3 L. o| CLASSIFICATION owe ai 2° MAY iG CONDUCTED ON rh E_IMPDET CL pvil2a 8 « 3? 63 ue ae a Birector Federal Bureau of Investigation Attention: Er. &. J. Panich ¥POU Deputy Director, Plans BURIECT (¢ WILSON, Carios Jokn (aka WILSON-MUDSON, John - . WELSON, John iméson) DOB: 29 December 1916 - — POB: Liverpool, England . Reference: . OUT 85657, 28 November 1963 1 OA usually reliable source, whose information was evaluated as “possibly trae", reported on 8 August 1951 the following information concerning one Carl John WILSON Sudson, _@, WILSON, a Spanish citizen of British descent residing in Chile, was 2 contact of one Bert SUCHAROY, a suspected soviet agent, in Santia go, Chile... be It hud been ascertained that WILSON had arvived in Chile on 28 January 1939 from Puenos Aires, . bearing Spanish passvort No. 7, issued in Buenes Aires on 4 January 1539 and visaed (tourist) by the Chilean ‘Consul in that city on 25 January 1939. Ha held Chilean carnet 1.824.595 (Santiago) and resided at Calle Arturo Medina ‘S207, Santiago, “Ce Further background _ data. revealed. that. WiLsoy was born in Liverpool, England, on 29 Gecember 12916, in July 1936 he had left his studies at Gzford Univer~  gity in England to enlist as a volunteer in the Spanish _ Loyalist Forces, whereupon he acquired | his Spanish | . . citizenship. . . ad. Subsequent to his arrival in Chile, WILSOW in his capacity as a jarnalist had opened a one-man crusade against the Eritish Government, in violation of restric~ tions placed on such activities by foreigners in Chile, He had been, in addition, masquerading under various nonexistent titles as a resnit of which the Chilean Government on 16 Hay 1939, at the request of the Brit Document Humber 33 5 -~43 b [be for FOIA Review om ww
13-00000 _ cgungenqerer eet a above. Enbassy, issued a decree (No. 2344) orde ring nis expuision from Chile, Later, however, the decree was rescinded as 2 result of WILSON' s pleas, his state of health and his promise to discontinue hig misrepresenta-- tion and other illegal activities. Ge In spite of his promises, WILSON had conti mod these activities, numbering among others an anti~ Fascist campaign which he had associated with a "Uni-, versal Peace Movement" to be brought about by the elimination of all leading world powers, WILSON also had frequently posed as a British RAP captain and had. worn the corresponding uniforms. Le fhe strange mannerisms exhibited by HILSON were attrinuted to a mental iliness, and following WELSON'’s second outburst, the Britisn Ambassador pre- sented another request fox his expuision. Again, Rowever, 2ollowing various explanntions hy WILSON to the Exitish Embassy and on the renewal of bis promise to refrain from further activities of a sinilar nature, tae case was dropped. — 2. on 7 Cstober 1952, a usually reliable source, whose - information was evaluated 2g "possibly true,” submitted the following report concerning one Carlos John "WILSON, who is. identiziable with the Carl John WILSON Eudson in paragraph Be ‘WILSON stated that he had arrived in Sant lage in 1947 and had worked on 2 special mission for the British Government in Germany, Esypt, and Turkey at. the close or World Var II. He stated that he hed  — | £ought with the Spanish Republican forces against Franco. ‘He was violently anti-Unmited States and constantly _ eondemned United States policy. WILSON was of the ‘ opinion that England and France would eventually join. with the USSR to form a pact aimed et the complete destruction of the United States. He claimed to be an _ authority on the Balkans, and was a strong supporter — of Tito. Tito, WILSON stated, would eventually Line up > the entire Balkan area with England and Brance to assist Russia in ernuabing the United. States. b. WILSON was extremely interested in the
13-00000 ‘With WILSON in his so-cal led commercial dealings. 3 Yugoslav colony in Ssntiage. He attended. 2 large cele- bration given by the Serbian Orthodox Society at the Club Ruso in Santiago. On this occasion he nad become intoxicated and made bitter resarks against the U.S. While he was: intoxicated he made confidential remarks indicating that be was a member of an intelligence service,  @. . WILSON had aa office on Calle Agustinas 2332, which bore the following designation: "CINCES, Commercial Information." WILSGN's business consisted of trade in copper, lead, and sulphur. He stated that he wes ° involved in a secret "deal" in Antofagasta, Chile, in which he. planned to ship 15,000 tons of sulphur to a. WILSON was in ‘contact with a nan identifica as Heriberto Springyaller EINICEE, also described as bitterly anti-U.S. ENICKS was believed to have. studied in the U.S. between 1922 and 1930. He had inter become — colonel in the Nicaraguan Army but had been expelied from the country. it was reported that hs spent some time in Bolivis and was closely involved e, WILSON was described as being very intelligeut, astute, and well informed on current events, Ee was extremely sociable, friendly, 2 very heavy drinker, and a iree spender. lis physical description was as follows: Apparent | age: 38 years oid (born circa 1914) ‘Bulid: Hedium.. colcr of hair: ‘Brown . a color of eyes: Blue-green face: long, large nose; small, slightly pre— ' truding ears; ruddy complexions sali, mustache; wears glasses — Se documentation: UN Press Pase No. 287, issued  § . in Santiago. Pass from the . International Police Sactian of the Chilean Investigation . Service authorizing him to exter _ Los Cerrillos airport in Santiago AE any tine, e SOURCE COMMENT: Source was of the opinion that WILSON was very probably an intelligence agent, since there was no apparent reason for his great interest in the Yugosiay colony eZ? Dear ied cae Be fiteg
13-00000 in Santiago and since his large income was of questionable origin. 4 . ve i usually reliable source reported 12 June 1359 that Carl John WILSON, British journalist, sent e cable to the British Parliament and to ‘the Sritish Trada- Union Fox. eration saying that he had confirmed that the U.5. biititary Attaches in the Cari ibbean were giving military advice to dietators. Ye protested in the name of husanity, saying that patriots were fighting for thelr sacred rights to be 2ree citizers and that American volunteers were helying the. dic. tators with the approval of Washington. Hource cozmented that WILSON was planning on accompanying Mario CALEZRO, Nicaraguan revolutionary who was weadying an expedition against Hicaragua from Cuba. - . 7 4. Another report dated 26 Sune 1959 from a usually - yveliable source stated that Peul HUGHES, an damerican soldier or fortune, claimed to have at his disposal three eircraft, including one bonber, and. planned to launch an attack on - Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, during the weekend of 27-23 Sune 31959, Hughes. said that Carl WELSGN, : 2 British journalist, and about 65 yolunteers vould join him in the sttack, Source commented that HUGHES also vaguely spoke of possibly bombing Hanagua for the nsychological erfect. WILSON said that ' Castro. had 20 knowledge of HUGHES’ plons, = 5. ‘United: Preas International carried the story date~ 7 lived 1 July 31259 from Havana, Cubs, saying that Police had - aided a private bome in suburban Biltmore the day before . and seized a large quantity of arms and axrested three. Anericans and a Briton. The-Anericans-vere-identified as Paul EUGHES, an officer in Castro's rebel army; Efren RB, PICHARDO, of Miami, Florida; and Joseph BARDOR, of Los Angeles, “California. The Briton was list ed as Carl John a VILSON, . G. ‘The U.S. Army Attache in Havana, Cuba, reported - 30 July 1959 that he had received the folloving | note from Carl Jobn WILSON: . Salvador ALLENDE, (Communist-sponsored presidential candidate in 1958 and Socialist Party member) brought a letter of definite instructions to Raul Castro (from Chile.) ‘This letter contains instructiors from the Xremlin in Boscow and contains the signature of Pable Neruda of Chile. It deals with definite instructions of anti-American agitation to commence next month in Chile, Peru, Folivia, Cuba, Costa Bica, etc. Raul . F
13-00000 @ : @ oF / . Ca stro is now under instructions of Salvador ALLENDE £ Cuile.” Scurce, Car] John WILSON, was described as a Eritish subject and free lance newspaperman, who wag arrested with Paul HUGHES and who had been in jail ever since. %#ZLSON reportedly wanted to talk to someone, U.S, Army Attacke showed the note to the British Charge who agreed to send the Consul to talk to WILSON and advise U.S. Army Attache if TILSGN had anything to ndd to the contents of the note. . Hothing further vas — ; 7. Associated Press datelined 6 July 1959, Havana, carried story about WILSON whe said he had begun & seven day hungex strike to protest his arrest and had to be fed intravencusly at Cuba's Mational Police Hospital. Although | police denied WILSON was oa a hunger strike, a hospital — intern said that he was suffering from physical exhaustion brought on by his refusal to eat. According to a 16 Jaly 1959 Havana press report, WILSON'’s wifes, 2 Chilean named . Eliana Bronfman, said WILSON had received a law degree fron Ozford University and had fought in the International Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. 8." On AS August 1959 WILSON walked into U.S. Consulate Kingston, Jamaica, and said he was a journalist whe had just been released after 54 days detention in Eabana prison, Be volunteered information about Cuba and Communist activity in : Latin America, Cn 23 August 1859 the U.S. Coasuinte in ee Kingston issued WILSON a single entry nonimmigrant visa, He was carrying Sritish passpert 147356 issued in Uavana | 24 August in the name of John YILSON, He was attempting to get aixy passage to Hiami in order to seii his story to the Miami Herald and then to obtain a new visa frem Chilean — ‘consulate te return home (UK or Chile not specified. but . apparently he returned to UR.) 9, U.S. State Departnent - cable from Asuncion, Paraguay, xeported 16 December 1959 that John WILSON, correspondent fox North American News Service, had informed the Parnguayan Ambassador in London on 14 December that within two days a cargo of 309 machine guns and 200 rifles were to be shipped to Buenos Aires,. Argentina, at the direction of Castro, — WILSON reportedly shoved documents which proved his statement
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13-00000 uni STATES DEPARTMENT OF 1Brce FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 4 in Ieply, Please Refer to to WASHINCTON 25, D. & _ File No. . BY LIAISON. Date: January 7, 1964 TOs Director Central Intelligence Agency . Attention: Deputy Director, Plans . From: "John Edgar Hoover, Director Subject: JACK Lb. RUBY _ LEE HARVEY OSWALD - VICTIM CiviL, RIGHTS Lie. Carlos Villa, 1450 Coral Way, Miami, Florida, furnished to the FBI on December 21, 1963, a letter which had been forwarded to 2 friend of his named Jose Antonio Juan. hr. Juan had received the letter from his son living - in Cuba, > . oo Zn the letter received by Mr. Juan from his son the statement was made, "it is known here that Rubinstein = was here a little less than a year ago visiting a Hr. Pranski, . owner of a shop dealing in tourist articles, located on Prado Street between Animas and Trocadero, opposite the Sevilla Biltmore.” The reference to Rubinstein appears to refer to Jack L. Ruby who ig presently in custody, Dallas, Texas, on charges of shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. - For your information this Bureau's investigation * concerning Jack lL. Ruby has developed no information that ' Ruby has ever been in Cuba except on one occasion in 1959 - when he visited there briefly on a vacation trip. Ruby himself readily admits to this trip but has denied any. other trips to Cuba ox contacts with persons there. oY Xt is requested that, through available sources of your Agency, you develop any information possible relating. to. the above—quoted statement in an effort to resolve the allegation that Jack L. Ruby has possibly visited Cuba since 1959 and has connections there. AOV~ THR FO 2
13-00000 * >) 8. 2 5GF ee . 30 JAN 1964 ve faecal Ll he 13): ‘reactor roedrel Teerean of Lovestication attention: ix. Sed. carich Sly s Jack L, sesY - . Les harvey GouAbLu » Fictian - 7 . Civil Nighta 1, Hoference is made to your momoramus of 7 Jamary 1th, subject, as above, concerning a report of a visit to Cuba | in early — 2953 made by Jack L, 2US%, assassin of Lee darvey vials. This Azancy has receivei a sisilar report. fron a source to the arrest test SYo¥ was in bavana in late 1962 ‘or in early 1953< a coording Srls uncontizmed repert RUBY was "a friend and = astomer of 2 | (eutan) citizen named PRASSIN, omer and manager of 2 novelty shop for tourists Located Gn Havana) betwen Animas and Trocadero, © Paseo ds? Prado, in Tromt of the Hotel Sevilla," Gur source stated Oe Aes tee that the fell owing inalivicuad could voriiy the above information: _ggiate 2 ernst pa Hae Sreett Acosta LPGEs 22 # rea 1927, Gral, Carrilo, tas Villas, Cubs Fember of Txigade 2556 t latest Information concerning the whereabouts of > mdicates his adcrexs as of Saptasoer 1763 waa te 4) ft i G21 Sif 2nd Street, Wlami, Florida 2s We 8 sugerest that your Purean may prefer to interview PEREIRA Acosta. x files comtain no infermiion on anyone itartifiable with PHASSTR. “YW! would apsreciate receiving the results of your intervies 9 "o>. wa > aLHA Acosta, Your Bureau will be advised in the event We receive further informatica relating te this matter. iT Ser UTE prescrea PUR CLAMS s - Jouses Angleton CICI~3/779 50s ‘ teeter EE ES oo OETA EES eee a OA APD SY
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eo oS. hal ‘Te ng e- “re ile ed nd tar 1G he on. and their works" clesse CHEEY, ChU01 OE THe DUIS Eee nape sthent, testified Ghat no more than 24 te 40 of Dallas’ almost 1200 policemen were acquiinted with Ruby" Tfowever, the reports of present and past members of the Dallas Police Department as well as Ruby's employees and: acquaintances indicate that Ruby's police “friendships were far more widespread than those of the average citizen 3 There is no credible evidence that Ruby sought special favors front police oflicers or attempted to bribe theme Althongh (here is eonsid- erable evidence that Ruby eave policemen reduced rates?s! declined to exact any cover charge from them? and wave Chem free coifee and soft drinks." this hospitality was not unesnadl fora Dallas night- club operators’? Ruby's personal attachment fo police officers ‘is demonstrated by reports that he attended the funeral of at least one policeman killed in action and stuged a benefit perfornnnee for the widow of anothers Ruby rewarded several officers as personal friends, and others had worked for him Finally, at least one poliee- man regularly dated, and eventually married, one of the Caronsel’s st rippers? : ’ Underworld Ties From the time that Ruby arrived in Dallas in 1947, he was friendly with numerous underworld figures. One of his earliest Dallas ac- quaintances was Paul Roland Jones, who was convieted of attempting to bribe the sheriff of Dallas and engaging in the sale of nareotions Joe Bonds, one of Ruby's partners in the Vegas Club, had a criminal record 5” a, tuby, who enjoyed card playing * and horse ‘acing was friendly with several professional gamblers, Tn 1959, he visited Cuba at the in- vitation and expense of Lewis MceWulie, a professional gambler"? Alice Nichols reported that. Ruby's refusal to give up cainbling was one reason why she never seriously considered marrying him" When Sidney Seidband, a Dallas gambler, was arrest ed in Oklahoma City, his list of gambling acquaintances included Jack tubby” And other friends of Ruby have been identified. as yamblers.*" Finally, two per- sons of questionable reliability have reported that Ruby's consent was necessary before gambling or narcotics operations could he lumched in Dallas. Bascd on its evaluation of the record, however, the Conmission believes that the evidence does not establish a significant link between Ruby and organized crime. Both State and Federal officials have: indicated that Ruby was not. afliliated with organized criminal activ- ity. And numerous persons have reported that Ruby was not con- nected with such activity" , Travels Despite reports that Ruby visited Havana, Las Vegas, New York, Chicago, Honolulu, and Mexican border towns, most of his time subse- ps ) ; 801
quent to 1947 was spent in Dallas. Some of his travels, ineladine his ‘efforts in behalf of “Tattle Daddy" Nelson and his visit to Néw Orleans in June 1963 have heen discussed, Ruby stated that he went to Chi- eagzo in 1952, in 1958 when his father died, and in Angust 1963 when he met members of his family at O'Tare International Airport while en route from New York to Dallas? Tis August trip to New York Motivated by his dificulties with the American Guild of Variety Artists and his desire to obtain ta lent, has been completely established by hotel records. Barly in 1963 Ruby also traveled to Wichita, Nans., beenuse of his interest in stripner Gail Ra ven? and on May 25, 1963, ho appa rently registered inan Oklahoma motel. Although Ruby denies being in Tuas Veeas after 1937, there are unsupported rumors that. he was in that. city in late 1962,"5 and the arly part of November 1963." Reports that. he was in Las Vegas | during the weekend prior fo the assassination 7 appear similarly unfounded 4 There is some uneertainty about Ruby's trip to Havana, Cuba, in 1959. The evidence indicates that he accepted an invitation fron gambler Lewis fF. MeWillie, who subsequently became a Violent anti- Castroite, to visit Havana at MeWillie’s expenses” Ruby apparently met MeWillie in about 1950, when MeWillic operated a Dallas night- clubs? MeWillie, whom Ruby said: he idolized 44 Supervised gamb- ling. activities at Tavana's ‘Tropicana Hotel in 1959 and later was em- Ployed ina managerial capacity ina Las Veeas sumbling establish- ment Ruby testified that he went to TIavana for § days in August 1959 and left because he was not interested in its gambling activities.1¢ MeWillie corroborated this story except that he stated only that Ruby visited. Tavana “sometime in 1959.77 Phece C hicagoans reported seeing Ruby in Tavana during the Taber Day weekend in 1959.48 Meyer Panitz, an acquaintance of MeWillie. reported that when he met. Ruby in Miami during the “summer of 1959" Ruby stated that he was returning from a pleasure trip to Cubas? The theory that the trip-to Havana had conspiratorial implications is discussed inv chapter VI. There is no reliable evidence that Ruby went to TRavana subse- quent. to September 195942 - Although Ruby denied ever being in Thuwaii,! there is some evi dence that during the summer of T9GE he was in Tlonolula secking dancing talent“ While it is unlikely thar Ruby wauld forget a trip to Honolua in 1961, there is no other indication that such a trip, if it occurred, had any sinister motives, CHARACTER AND INTERESTS Family) Relationships As mentioned previously Eva Grant was the only member of the family living in Dallas when Ruby returned fo thar city in Tate TIN47, An 1948, she returned to the west coast, visitinss Dallas sporadically Suz
13-00000 % | Monday - 20 December 1976 _* Morgan's (D., N. Car.) designee on the Senate Select Se INTERNAL USE ONLY CONFI IDENTIAL Spt a i3 Journal - Office of Legislative Counsel 15. (Confidential - DFM) LIAISON Mike Epstcin, Senator William Hathaway's (D., Maine). designee on the Senate Select Commiultee:on: Intelligence, called to say that Senator Hathaway wa unted to make it clear that the concerns | Epstein had relayed regarding the interviewing of Soviet emigrees were not necessarily his own., Epstein asked that Agency records reflect that this was Epstein's own concern. So Epstein also said Senator Hathaway wanted to tour all Agency ~ buildings in the Metropolitan Washington area so that he would have’a better understanding of the Agency's size, deployment, and activities. I told Epstein " this would be quite an extensive plan and I would bring him a list of-all Agency locations and what offices were located there and he could choose fx om | the list. which buildings he wanted to visit. 16. (Confidential - DFM) TRAVEL Walt Ricks, Senator Robert ittee on Intelligence, _ called to ask that we brief Senator Morgairinesrly afte ne today "réparding « a his trip to Panama and Mexico City. I accompanie SA/DO/O, - George Lauder, C/LA, Tim Desmond, Panama Branch/DDO, and Tom Keenan, Mexico City Branch/DDO, to a briefing on thef] |and their activi. ties 7 zy (Operating Directives for were shown to the Senator and Ricks, Both Senator Morgan and Ricks have contacted State Department and DOD for | their assistance and Senator Morgan has asked Col, Dick Fisher, Department. ~ of the Armiy, to accompany him. He said he would still welcome an Agency ‘escort if we preferred. The main focus of his Panama visit now appears to be the Canal treaty issue, although he does plan to spend one day with{__—spag “personnel in Panama and two days wit ersonnel in Mexico City. a - 417. (Confidential - DFM) LIAISON Met with Howard Liebengood, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Minority Staff Director, and informed ‘him that the ‘transcripts on Lee Harvey Oswald's telephone conversations in Mexico City were available for Committee review at Headquarters. 18. (Confidential - DFM) LIAISON Tom Moore, Senate Sechectnns. Committee on Intelligence staff, called to ask if he could review Agency dOCUTHENES “c Sn George Ss. DeMohrenschildt again on the afternoon of 21 December 1976. After checking with] | SA/DO/O, I told Moore he could begin his review at 2:00. He also asked to review the Lee Harvey Oswald transcripts at the same time. \ \ RAL USE ORLY CONFIDENTIAL “ne
13-00000. “INT ERHAL USE ¢ Be Sscl J ¥ | JOURNAL | oes ou) ossege OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL Tuesday - 21 December 1976 1. (Internal Use: Only - DFM) LIAISON Called Ed Levine, Senate Select Committee on, Intelligence:staff; to tell him the DDO had prepared ‘ a*computer listing for all the reports on Portugal for the period Levine wants to review. I told him I would arrange for a meeting for him an SA/DO/O, to review the lis ting. and for a briefing on what kind of reports are. available. 2. (Unternal Use Only - DFM) LIAISON Tom Moore, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, reviewed, in the OLC office, Agency “les on George S, DeMohrenschildt and trans cripts of Lee Harvey Oswald's conversations with ‘the Soviet Embassy i in Mexico City. , 3. (Unclassified - DFM) LIAISON Met with Howard Liebengood: 6 Senate Select Committee, on, Intelligence staff, who informed me that Committee. staffers had met ona Senate Select Committee on Intelligence document — destruction review procedure and that he would send a letter to the Agency with the Committee! s position on this matter. ; € ' 4, (Internal Use Only - DFM) BRIEFING Bill Miller, ‘Mike Madigan, Howard Liebengood, Mike Epstein, and Paula Schwartz, wognate. Select Committee. on Intelligence: -staff, met with Bill Gr aver, C/EA, EA, Tony Lapham, General Counsel, SA/DO/O, and myself, to discuss Agency programs in Micronesia, (ee! Memo for the Record. ) 5. (Limited Official Use - cm) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF BRIEFING Following up on the call of Helsinki Commission staffer Martin Sletzinger to Bob Hepworth, Center for Policy Support, for a briefing on the USSR's USA Institute and its chief, Georgiy Arbatov, and their influence on Soviet foreign policy decision making and makers, J arranged with Sletzinger fox a briefing at Headquarters at 3:30 on.22 December for Sletzinger, Helsinki Commission Staff Director Spencer Oliver, and staffer Robert Rand. \ : _ om
f soo . an Ba elicit wed ry * - . ons OLC 76-3754 23 December 1976 _ 2 | sA/DO/0 MEMORANDUM FOR: SUBJECT : SSCI Requests Attached in order 1 to ensure a bright holiday for you, are . some new SSCI requests. 1. Rick Inderfurth asked for an Agency report on the 20 December 1976 Jack Anderson column and the “article entitled, "Mr. Death" in the January 1977 Playboy magazine. Regarding the Anderson article, J] think we should particularly comment on the statement in the first column that Letelier carried the sensitive papers in his briefcase in order to prevent their theft by CIA. 2 Mike Madigan called to inquire about the status of the 13 December 1976 request to see files on six Cubans, —- I said we were in the process of gathering materials. He added that the Committee would also like access to Agency materials on two Cuban exile organizations: Alpha 66, and — SFNE {Second Front National Escamrey). fs ‘oa ke, hay Donald IF. Massey Atts Distribution: Orig - Adse < OLC/Subj: 1 - OLC/Chrono OLC/DFM/ksn
13-00000 ‘a; oa) Jb-t7 “SECRET. SENSITIVE ‘SUBJECT: Fact Sheet re Fidel Castro's Allegation that. CIA is Responsible for the 6 October Crash of a Cuban Airplane near Barbados and Other Terrorist Acts 1. In his speech of 15 October 1976 in honor of the Cubans killed in the 6 October crash of the Cuban airplane near Barbados, Fidel Castro said that he intended to abrogate the anti-hijacking agreement between Cuba and the United States because, he said, the CIA was responsible for the . destruction of the aircraft and that CIA is backing a terrorist campaign against Cuba. Castro also charged that CIA is planning to assassinate him. In the speech Castro said that Cuba has controlled a CIA agent over the past ten years who had been asked by CIA to install an audio device in the office of Osmani Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos is Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Cuban Council of Ministers, — is the member of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party responsible for Africa and the Middle East, and is Fidel Castro's principal advisor on African affairs. 2. Three people have been accused of responsibility for the crash of the Cuban airplane. They are Hernan Ricardo LOZANO, Freddy LUGO, and Luis POSADA Carriles. CIA has no ~, information on LOZANO or LUGO, At one time we had a relation-. ship with POSADA, but it was terminated in early 1974.. Our had occasional contact with him after that, and the last Time he was met by an Agency officer was in June 1976, at which time he asked us for help regarding a visa matter. His request for help was turned down. The FBI and the Department of State have been informed of the above regarding LOZANO, LUGO, and POSADA. There is no CIA connection with any of the other terrorist incidents cited by Castro in his 15 October speech. 3. In regard to Castro's announcement that the Cuban government has had control over a CIA agent for ten years and that this agent had been ordered to install an audio device in the office of Osmani Cienfuegos, Castro was evidently referring to an intelligence collection operation begun by WARNING NOTICE SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED SECRET _ E2 IMPDET SENSITIVE CL BY 025231
13-00000 ss | . ‘SECRET ae SENSITIVE this Agency in 1967 when we asked the agent to report on Cuban military, economic, and political. matters. From 1967 until the present, we have met. him a number of times when he traveled out of Cuba and have communicated with him via a coded radio message and secret writing while he was in Cuba. We gave him an audio device in January 1975 which he told us he installed in Cienfuegos! office in March 1976. Obviously he did not do so. We have attempted on two or three occasions to actuate the device and being unable to do so we concluded - that either the device had never been installed or that it had malfunctioned. 4. We asked the agent in early October to inform us regarding the possibility that Castro might travel to Angola to participate in that country's independence celebration. Castro insinuated in his 15 October speech that we had asked about his travel plans in an attempt to assassinate him. This, of course, is absolutely untrue. We continually follow the travels of Fidel Castro and other high-level Cuban officials as part. of our standing objective to cover the Cuban leadership. On this specific occasion we were particularly interested in whether Castro would visit Algeria, Somalia, Mozambique or other African countries if he traveled to Angola. 5. Castro also quoted an earlier, undated message attributed to CIA which asked the agent a series of questions some about Cuban government reaction to terrorist acts against Cuba. Such a message was actually sent to the agent in May ~~ 1974, The purpose of this message was to develop intelligence - on how terrorist attacks against Cuba by anti-Castro exiles ~ affect relations between the United States and Cuba. CIA is- not repeat not engaged in Cuban exile terrorism against Castro’ s Cuba. Z. SECRET SENSITIVE
13-00000 Journal ~ Office of Leyislative Counsel Friday - 3 Decernber 1976 4, (Confidential - GLC) LIAISON J called Hdward Martin, Administrative Assistant to Senator Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.), and told him I had heard that Bob Hunter, also on the Senator's staff, had been in touch with the State Department about the Senator's interest jn talking with Viktor Belenko about his wife and family. I told him there was no objection to the Senator meeting with Belenko but that Belenko has said he does not want to talk with anyone about his domestic situation in the Soviet Union. I pointed out that the Soviets are trying to prey on Belenko's domestic situation and added that it was preferred by Belenko that there be minimal publicity concerning any contacts. Martin said he would discuss the matter with Senator Kennedy and be back in touch with - Mme, 5. (Confidential - DFM) BRIEFING Accornpanied Elliot Maxwel, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence staff, to a meeting with John Berg, DD/FR,; DCD, and Evvy Vidal, O/SA/DO/O, in connection with Maxwell's upcoming trip to the West Coast, Maxwell is going to visil 4 with DCD and FR repr osentatives in San Francisco and perhaps contact representatives of these offices in Seattle, Washington, Maxwell subsequantly informed rne there was some opposition to his visiting contractor sites end , therefore this would not be part of his trip. I delivered to Maxwell a paper prepared by Marry Fitszwater, s mavell had asked fur at the Select Committee visit to the Spee : Center on 21 October 1976, ‘The paper was un outline of the presentation made on EO 11905 in Operations Courses given at the Genter, re 6. (Internal Use Only - DEM) LIAL SON I called Lorn Moore, ARNT Select Committee on Intelligence stafi, to let him know that I thought he could begin review of the George S. DeMohrenschilct files about next Wednesday, & December 1976. Moore said Howard Liebengood, also of the Select Cornmittese staff, also wanted to lock at these materials and he might want to start with Office of Security files on 6 December. However, Liebengoad never called to make firmin arrangements, Moore expressed particular interest in a Jetter DeMohrenschildt had sent to the Director in September and t said I would try to have it available for him on Monday. ar Pas wgtr eh st cet or m “ea Eps : ‘ e + rare a ey Oo cae J
13-00000 ._ Review Staff: 75/1668 28 July 1975 | Mr. William G. Miller Staff Director Select Committee To Study Governmental Operations With Respect To Intelligence . Activities Room G-398 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, 2. C. 20510- Dear Mr. Miller: The attached paper is in response to a request for files and materials relating to the 1967 -IG Report on a . Assassinations. The question was posed to Mr. Scott | Rreckinridge during his 2 Jurzie 1975 appearance before the Senate Select Committec. oo ay oe Sincerely, ees Ge Walter Elder . (Assistant to the Director Attachment: As stated
13-00000 | ‘. * 4 eo —_ 17 July 1975. Subject: SSC Request to Breckinridge During his 2 June Appearance, . for Files and Materials relating to the 1967 IG Report on Assassinations, Including Tab A after Page 77 of the = Report. og #3 ; * Response: a . A search has been made for the files of the Chief, WH ‘Division in 1967 (Desmond Fitzgerald), and those of Col. ‘J. C, King. At that time Mr, Fitzgerald was.alive; he has since died and his files do not exist as an integral collection, although portions may exist in different holdings in WH Division, Col. King had retired at the time of the IG inquiry, but he was still working under a special contract and was at the Headquarters Building at Langley where he had retained some personal files; his files are na.longer identifiable. - ‘ = ss Other materials, reviewed by the Inspectors in 1967 were ‘limited in nature, some of which have been made available to SSC Staff members in envelopes in which they have been held since "1967, The SSC Staff members have had access to the project files of QJWIN, WIROGUE, ZRRIFLE and — ok (CEMDEED. - Should they wish access to the files relating to the anti-Diem coup, they can be made available on request. . | wage 7 ?