Pees etd eave toe Ae ener st 8 AL PPADS ee OA ET ee an — en me meme ee ae eee (eotovaa-t00gt] PONS . sO Classification: a (This form is to be used for material extracted : from ClA—controlled documents.) , & CIA Personnel in 5 \Ss - The Committee investigated the allegation of former CIA employee James Wilcott, who testified in executive session that shortly after the assassination. of president Kennedy he was advised by fellow employees at Gnd, crate JED eat bee—Hasvey Oswald was a CIA agent who > — had cooelved Financial disbursements under an assigned Saat eryptonym. CWilcott\explained that he had been employed Cee t we “by the CIA as a finance officer from 1957 until his resignation . | fromethe-Agenex in 1966.— In this capacity, he served as. a a f & soret owbraed B fiscal account assistant on the support staff er at Gel __| oe (Statioaseron June of 1960 to June 1964. —— aes ¥ that, in addition to his regular responsibilities, he had ——— = “security duty on his off-hours in order to supplement his income. This addtttenai—jeb put him in ‘contact with ib Classification: at og r Clossified by derivation: : ae wR Sees . 1 0642- jos
+ Nanas ae Classification: a (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Kennedy's assassinatio ,) Fre ye informed by a CIA case © aise ne Soon we officer that Roe Harvey mo was A agent. | further testified that he was” told that Oswald had been assigned a cryptonym and that Wilcott himself had nie areata iatbet etsy . Ri unknowingly disbursed payments for Oswald 3-projectneing- . oa — . oe a that.cryptonya. Although Wilcott was unable” to” “tdéntify the specific case officers who had initially informed him of Oswald's Agency relationship, he named several employees . of the[ _|Station with whom he believed he had subsequently discussed the allegations. Wilcott advised the Committee that after learning Classification: " Classified by derivetion: on the day after President | be rea TeNTerTI,, REP er om,
» ee alae : Classification: - (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA---controlled documents.) of the alleged Oswald connection to the CIA, he rechecked the| _—‘[Station disbursement records for... evidence of the Oswald project. He explained that this was J because at that time he viewed the information as mere shop talk and gave it little credence. Neither did he report x. Witeamnnatsiantinte the allegations to any formal investigative bodies, fobbeuing— - + seen balime don, 7 a the-essessinetron as he considered the information to be hearsay. In an attempt to investigate Wilcott's allegations E y d concerning Lee Harvey Oswald!to-velationship-with—bhe-GIAS the Te te ee ae > 3 “Committee interviewed several present and former CIA employees who were selected on the basis of the position each — had held with—thejGEA during the years’ 1954-1964. Among those persons interviewed were individuals whose responsibilities Spender covered a broad spectrum of areas within the| _|Station, Ce ee al duning._this-period, including the chief and deputy chief of Classification: i Classified by derivation:
‘on Classification: (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) been recruited CIA agent when he was in Japan. — / oo These persons expressed the opinion that, had Oswald been ° fA / recruited without their knowledge, it would have been a rare Teaabaa ces sae _exception contrary to the working policy and guidelines of : D Wee goss eve Qua dR WI Qew kD oNQepenan ; ar a , ue C62 6s ee indivi doal ; ‘ é |The CIA has long acknowledged that, prior to the E . ‘dala okrGerk Oswald / . ? ¥ i President! s assassination, it had a personality file on _f ¢ LeoHasvey Sevaia) | This File, which | in | Agency terminology is referred to as a 201 file, wan opened on ‘December 9,- 1960. ; . . . ES aves? ae . 7 , : . The Agency has explained te=the-Committee that 201 files are opened when a person is considered to be of potential , © intelligence or counterintelligence significance. The opening of such a file is designed to. serve the purpose of bringing all of the CIA's information pertaining to that Classification: sear, i Classified by derivation:
Classification: omean co (This form is to be used for material extracted from ClA—controlled documents.) Co been recruited as a CIA agent when he was in Japan. --_/ OG These persons expressed the opinion that had Oswald been f Loy recruited without their knowledge, it would have been a rare a “—” a exception contrary to the working policy and guidelines of -/p oid > Lee Harvey Oswald's CIA File al oo . The CIA has long acknowledged that, prior to the President's assassination, it had a personality file on Lee Harvey Oswald. This. file, which in Agency terminology is referred to as a 201 file, was opened on December 9, 1960. The Agency has explained to the Committee that 201 files are opened when a person is considered to be of potential . ood intelligence or counterintelligence significance. The opening of such a file is designed to serve the purpose of. wringing all of thé ra€S) information pertaining to that 7 fanaa bating Ce ee f Lacslipiation: r v t Classified by derivation:
oe a Midis ssissage” Canasta” Soriahoney Psicet SANE dincensiance Midiganie cat Mite bra iceae Classification: (This form is to be used for, material extracted . from ClA—controlled documents.) eae ee nea or indirectly, in any capacity for the CIA after his~- resignation on 26 September 1950." © . . SO € The Committee not regard this explanation as _ / . satisfactory, especially since Snyder's 201 file indicates that "Nin tia ae tn ke, for approximately one year during 1956-1957 he was used by an Agency case officer as a spotter at Harvard University, because > of his access to other students who might be going to the i "Soviet Union§ nor was the Agency actually able to explain specifically why someone considered it necessary to red flag the Snyder file. The remainder of the Snyder file, however, is entirely consistent with his testimony before the Committee concerning the absence of Agency contacts. In addition, the CIA hy personnel officer who handled Snyder's case in 1950 confirmed that Snyder had, in fact, terminated his employment with the Classification: ' Classified by derivation: k i