104-10428-10288 rr. Inside Was By ROBERT S. ALLEN And PAUL SCOTT | WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. The Central Intelli- gence Agency withheld_ vital intelligence infor- mation from the Warren Commission during its in- vestigation. of the assas- sination. of Presi dent Kennedy. ~ ; Despite the commis- sion’s written request for all documents that might - shed light on the. assas- sination, CIA authorities failed to turn over a na- tional mate warning that it is Kremlin policy to remove from public office by as- sassination Western offi- | hington =" intelligence esti-" 7] ra tata, cialis who actively oppose Soviet policies. Titled “Soviet Strategic Executive Action,” the suppressed CIA docu- ment went into the shock- ing details of how agents of KGB, the Soviet secret police, are trained to do away with Western lead- ets, including officials in the U.S., and to make their deaths appear due to natural causes, One of the KGB's new- ly devised assassination wapons-is.-"a. pnumati- cally. operated poison ice... OT CIA HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRANA ~~ RELEASEAS SANITIZED Intelli on has vet to be used against any high West- ern official, hundreds of — KGB agents covertly op- . erating outside of Russia have been supplied with this pocket-size, gun, awaiting-only orders from Moscow to use it. The Murder Weapons HIGHLIGHTS of the suppressed int elligence estimate, which is locked in a security area within the tightly-guarded CIA, are as follows: _ “It has been reported that the KGB endeavors ‘atomizer,’- which leaves .to remove~the:.threat to -no wound or other ev dence of the cause of-. death.” - ae While.this deadly wea P ., 7 OTRER:. WS.s""datel. » Dieus of the Warren Commis. sion’s | findings might. m different df. | CIA ‘estimate and - have - been ’ {hnis-. ‘Other doenments - sup- Pressed Py. je ‘State Dee ” partment | i avail. able for ‘study. < ae the State Department " @uppressed evidence link.’ - ing Oswald “with one of . employes, who. ar . cording to security. fifés, : ~ ite “presented strong. Soviet - views ‘On’ wtery. question that came. up in the Department's. USS-2. ppoumtry ‘comm He | e” while che ; ‘ member, “aa ‘Official's name also’ ap. peared -im the address ‘book of a suspected So-- viet agent who arrived in the U.S. in 4943, ac ‘cording to-. --Congressional investi. Gators ‘also. ‘have - been Shocked to discover ‘that Russia’s. co-ex. istence line, . stress that . ey’ point out that -- Department Soviet interests’. by certain members of West- ern governments,. s 0 m e- times. acranging forythe - McCormack | dent Johnson. .. - ° the lis lin, no CIA methods. - ‘Sressional ‘are robers - why the document ‘has been suppressed. . '.. The investigators als - by adininiktration © ‘officials to Speakér John —- ass), next | in line to succeed Presi.’ -. . While FBI officials warned Speaker MeCor.. mack, a dedicated anti. Commimist, that he ts on of West offi. --7 _ Gials feared ‘by. the Krem. no authority - dbas shown the ‘No. 2 man “ae ‘ia: Bovernment the CTA (3° report Hsting these ge": ‘: ‘eret Soviet .assassination .. . * .. .dastéad, Mc Cormack | Jearned about the: Teport - _ only recently from. cone .2 2 ‘who | .u trying to-determine °°": ie aiiad gence From Ww art dismissal of such persons from public office, at oth- er times even having them ‘eliminated’ physt- cally. “Such activities are ‘known to be undertaken against other types of persons in the West, not-. ably defectors from the U.S.S.R. and from other countries of the Soviet bloc. - “One recently reported assasSination technique is to electrocute an individ- ual by Juring him to use a telephone, connect- ed to a high-voltage wire, during a thunderstorm. _-“Another involves the use of a pistol which projects a poison gas in - . are trying to determine | - i the State Department on | ‘Oswald's trip to- Mexico ‘Cy gave details only of CIA. did latter visit _Kennedy’s dn Dallan - ove. why ‘the CIA In its pre- ‘aSSassination. report” te the defector’s visit to tha. Russian embassy and not. @ Cuban embassy. ‘The 4: hot report the -°4° assassination ..“": lor . carat ‘L or ~ Ope coer liquid form. The within se: “autopsy «< its use. poisons ha: ed which c fect until after being thus allowi to be far when his ¥ “A kna source has pneumatica poison ice which leav or other ev .cause of de Congressi gators, whe that the n: committee
13-00000 | es 5) _.Sassination Western offi- 2 By ROBERT. S. ALLEN “Soviet policies. And PAUL SCOTT WASHINGTON, Oct. 20. + = Phe Central Intelli- gence Agency withheld . - vital intelligence L J infor- mation from the Warren Commission during its in- vestigation of the assas-- sination. of P. r @sident _ Kennedy. Despite the commis- o sion’s written request for . all documents that might : shed light on the assas- .sination, CIA authorities failed to turn over a na- tional intelligence  esti- -mate warning that it is Kremlin policy to remove from public office by as- cials who actively oppose Titled “Soviet Strategic _ Executive Action,” . the suppressed CIA docu- “ment went into the shock- ing details of how agents - of KGB, the Soviet secret © police, are trained to do away with Western: lead- ers, including officials in. the. U. S., and to make. their deaths appear due to natural causes. One of the KGB's new-. ly devised assassination | wapons+is ;'‘a. pnumati- ‘on has ‘yet to be “used against any high West- . - ern official, hundreds of | KGB agents covertly op- . erating outside of Russia - have been supplied with this pocket-size, gun, awaiting only orders from Moscow. to use it. . ‘The Murder Weapons ‘HIGHLIGHTS of the suppressed int elligence “estimate, which is locked ina security area within. the: tightly-guarded CIA, . are as follows: '- “It has been reported: cally. operated polsom icep, that the KGB endeavors ‘atomizer,’ : which ileay \no wound: or: other; ‘eu den¢e. of the wa use. a shave. been differenti? presented » strong. pro. avint oewlows an Perreveeas erice experts, * du. ue Blouse of Russia’ 3 coer: in “tstence line, -stress that: the Warren ‘Commis. ; te ‘plon’s findin ngs im igh’ is - CIA®: "estimate . ait ‘Cather "documents. “Sup- . Pressed by the State De. suppressed. évidence ‘ink. ding “Oswald “with. otie-: Of 2: dts employes, }ivho sae: cording to security. ‘files, i € ‘remO¥erthe,.threat to éviet: interests: “poset by McCormack 4 dent Johnson, “dhe: Vist. ‘in,’ no CIA cret” Soviet ertain- members of West- Shown by Siete ene ‘officials to S reaker John 222% dine to succeed - Pres - While FBI iofticiaia “warned , Speaker’ MeGo: imack,: a dedicated “anti? omminist; that the.ts 6 tof-“Western ‘wifi: clals feared ‘by-the Knem- authority . shas shown the ‘No. 2. man dn government the CIA: report . disting - these a ‘dismissal of such: persons from public office, at oth- .er times even having them” ‘eliminated’ - physt- cally. uy uch activities - "are ‘ed which do not take ef- i fect until several hours ‘after. being administered, © ‘thus allowing an assassin “-known to be undertaken . against other. types of. persons in the West, not-. _ably defectors from the ~ U.S.S.R. and from other: countries of the Soviet bloc. oe - “One recently reported — assassination technique is to electrocute an individ- ual by luring him te use a telephone, connect- ed to a high-voltage wire, ‘during a thunderstorm. -.“Another involves the use of a pistol which Projects a poison gas ‘in -.its use. “aiquia” or compressed ‘form.’ The gas is fatal “within. seconds and an ‘: autopsy would not reveal Non-trace able’ poisons have been report- to be far from the scene when his victim. dies. * “A knowledgeable source has described a pneumatically - operated” poison ice ‘atomizer which leaves no wound or other evidence of the .cause of death.” Congressional investi- gators, who have asked that the name of their ‘committee be withheld ha Mee CIA Withheld vat Intelligence From War ren Commission for security reasons re- port that CIA Director John McCone made no mention of this explosive document in his secret testimony before the Warren Commission. While McCone furnish- ed the commission with the CIA’s secret surveil- lance reports on Lee Harvey Oswald's eight days in Mexico City be fore the assassination. ine ‘cluding details of Os wald’s contact with the head KGB agent in the Soviet embassy there, the CIA chief gave no hint of the Kremlin’s as _sassination policy. (CONTINUED ON &B) a