Released under the John AGENCY INFORMATION - Kennedy Assassination Records x Ollection Act of 1992 : AGENCY: FBI (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD NUMBER: — 124-10264-10216 ase#: NW 55355 Date: RECORD SERIES: HO oo AGENCY FILE NUMBER:  62-116395-944 DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE: 10/07/1975 PAGES: 13 SUBJECT: CC, REQUEST, OPINION DOCUMENT. TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT ORIGINAL NEW EN a Ns T et FE CLASSIFICATION: op Secret , CLASSIFICATION: REVIEW DATE: 11/03/1998 CS UPDATE DATE: 02/14/2001 STATUS  Redact ° RESTRICTIONS: JFK Act 6 (1)(B) COMMENTS: INC MEMO, 3 OF 16 PAGES NAR HW 55355 Docld:32195723 Page 1
1 - Mr. J. 8. Adams 1 - Mr. J. A. Mintz 1 - Mr..W. o. Cregar 1 - Mr. W. R. Wannall The Attorney General bs October ¥, 1975 ‘piel 9. Fy ‘U. S, SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ) ON JNTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (ssc) 9 1 Irom r10y CONTA TRED REREIN TS UNCLASSTVIEp rod we etd wera Enclosed for your information is a memorandum with enclosure cencerning an interview under cath of Ww. Wannall, Assistant Director, FBI. A copy of the memorandum with its enclosure is being furnished for forwarding to Mr. Jamas A. Wilderotter, Associate Counsel to the President. Enclosures (4): 62-116395 1 - The Deputy Attorney General Attention: Michael E. Shaheen, Jr. Special Counsel for Intelligence Coordination 1 - 67- (Personnel File Assistant Director W. Raymond Wannall) | | woc:thb (hb (9) | tof ¥ b _ | ROUTE IN ENVELOPE Telephone Rm. _ Dicector Sec'y __ MAIL ROOM TELETYPE UNIT 4 0CT 2 9 1975 TG? SECREF MATERIAL aracaen i | HW 55355 Docld:32195723 Page 2?
- Mr. Adams = Mr. Mintz ~ Mr, Cregar -~ Mr. Wannall (ow easceer ie REINALES OAESIFIED PHL NEA) Chars py 866k $o/aee_. October 7, 1975 "U. 8, SENATE BELACT COMMITTEE 10 STUDY GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS WITH oy RESPECT TO INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES (SSC) / RE: DEPOSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR a MOND WANNALL W, R Ga @ctober 3, 1975, in response to a request of Mr, John Tf. ELLAf£, Staff Member of the SSC, Mr. W. Raymond Wannall, Assistant Director, Intelligence Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), was deposed in Room 457 of the Bussell Senate Office Building by Messrs. James Dick, John T. BlLiff’, and Erig Richard, Staff Members of the captioned Committee. {the deposition concerned matters relating to the so-called Watch List maintained by the National Security Agency (NSA) to record the list of names of individuais and organizations furnished to that Agency by the FSI for the purpose of receiving information coming to NSA's attention during the course of its regular activities relating to communications matters ¥E)(u) TY INFORMATION The Staff Members began taking the deposition at approximately 3:15 p.m. and it was completed at 5:40 p.m. The questions and answers were recorded by firs. Susan Hamback .. Five minutes before the beginning of the deposition Senator Richard S. Schweiker of Pennsylvania appeared and placed it. Wamnall under oath, Ne then departed. iv. Wannall was advised of his rights. He was told that a UR Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions since & senator would net be present he could decline to fal answer questions and he could request a discontinuance at os any time. He was further advised that the results would pe oA be recorded and he would be given an opportunity to review io the transcription and sign it at a later time.  pecoe. Dix Me. Wannall, just prior to leaving his office Dep. AD Adm. _ to appear for the deposition, - s furnished the attached |. ‘Dep ADiv. ster dated Gctober 3, 1975 igned by fie. David BD. Lowman, [Ags Ohne Special Assistant to the Director for Congressional Reviews, comp 5a NSA, and approved by Lieutenant General Lew Alien, Jr., Ex Afoirs Director of NSAg Messrs. Dick, H1liff, and Richard were Files & Com Gen. Inv. & dent. . Yen epee : riers s pass ; is earn WANDER: VEA COWINT CHANNELS ONLY + uf an. val. 1 = ~ ee > 67) popnonan Pile Assistant. Director W. Raymond Wannag)) Lego! Coun. . “Telephon e Rm. ie , oi rector Sec’ y — MAIL ROOM HW 55355 Docld:32195723 Page 3
in the United States “HANOLE a Vin COMET CASON OnLY _ SENATE SELECT COMMITTES ON ZNTELLIGENCE ACFIVITIZS (ssc) SPOSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR We RAYMOND WANNALL | Im response to questioning, Mr. Wannall atated that he could not recall any instances wherein namcs regarding the Cuban Watch List were submitted orally to NSA, but it Was. possible that this may have been done in some cases. He was net 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 goodisincse it related to. known or suspected Cuban Intelligence: ts operating rs) and Puerto Rico.! The memorandum of May 18, 1962, referred to the fact that it would be helpful te the FRI to receive & periodic listing of firms in the U8. 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 PBI to establish identitics of firms - which might be contravening the provisions of regulations so adopted and administered by the Bepartment of Commerce, It was pointed out. that to Mr. Wannall’s knowledge no such PS. fiems vere subsequently included on the Watch ‘The memorandum ok January 16, 1963, referred to the possibility of furmishing te NSA a listing of approximately 1,100 Cuban invasion prisoners and 900 . welatives of these prisoners who had recently been admitted to the U.S, It was explained thet this referred to the prisoners taken by the Cubans during the Bay of Pigs invasion in April, 1961, whe,:te the best of tr. Wannall's eecollection, had been released by the Cuban Government end — returned to the United States semana Christmastime of ‘Re was pointed out ‘that to the best of ‘Mr. Wannsll’s yecollection, representatives of NSA conducted a general briefing of certain personnel of the Domestic Intelligence Division sometime around the Fall of 1969 in order that thd?) HANDLE vad Ou CERIO ONLY = HW 355355 DoclId: 327195723 Page 4