JFK Assassination System Date: 4/14/201 Identification Form Agency Information Released under the John AGENCY: FBI . Kennedy RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10324-10057 issasgsination Records . ollection Act of 1992 RECORD SERIES: HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). asex#:NW 55355 Date: AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  67-95998-NR pi-24—-2017 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: HQ TO: TITLE: - DATE: — 10/07/1975 “PAGES: 12 SUBJECTS : “W. RAYMOND WANNALL JR. DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Top Secret RESTRICTIONS: 1B CURRENT STATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 08/17/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: APPROVAL OF NSA . COMMENTS : v9.1 HW 55355 DBocld: 323123086 Page 1
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Sa a iP ata a “yer —fOP-SECRET- 1 at HANDLE VIA COMINT CHANNELS ONLY oo SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) RE: DEPOSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR W. RAYMOND WANNALL . In response to questioning, Mr. Wannall stated that he could not recall any instances wherein names regarding the Cuban Watch List were submitted orally to NSA, but it was possible’ that this may have been done in some cases, de was not able to comment on the volume of material received from NSA in connection with the Cuban Watch List since the product went directly to the desks of the supervisors handling Cuban matters within his Section. He did recall that the guality of information : was in some instances very good@&{since it related to i known or suspected[Cuban Intelligence Agents operating : in the United States and Puerto Rico. me) : The memorandum of May 18, 1962, referred to the fact that it would be helpful to the FBI to receive a periodic listing of firms in the U.S, which were doing business with individuals in Cuba and with the Cuban Government, In explaining this comment, it was pointed out that the U.S, Government had established a list of restricted items which could not be sent to Cuba without an export license and material of this nature would have been of value to the FBI to establish identities of firms which might be contravening the provisions of regulations so adopted and administered by the Department of Commerce, It was pointed out that to Mr. Wannall's knowledge no such U.S, firms were subsequently included on the Watch List. Ph yeni ate sce oe on sev oe nee aten ne ga The memorandum of January 16, 1963, referred to the possibility of furnishing to NSA a listing of approximately 1,100 Cuban invasion prisoners and 900 relatives of these prisoners who had recently been admitted to the U.S, It was explained that this referred to the prisoners taken by the Cubans during the Bay of Pigs invasion in April, 1961, who, to the best of Mr. Wannalli's recollection, had been released by the Cuban Government and had returned to the United States around Christmastime of 1962, we ePhen Raatee 200 SiN ee rane A SR DA be arts se enn om * - ‘It was pointed out that to the best of Mr. Wannall's recollection, representatives of NSA conducted a general briefing of certain personnel of the Domestic Intelligence Division sometime around the Fall of 1969 in order that the  —Perp-SEECRE? HANDLE VIA COMINT CHANNELS ONLY on fam is - wah | AW 55355 Docld: 323123508 Page 3 wey