‘104-f0213-10019] . At aR Bey oe alge EE cess ame mk eee: ete ee 8 me Age en . MEIORSD'TT FoR : Doputy Director of Central Intalligenca Fas $ S. D. Breckinridgs . ; Deputy Inspector General SUBJECT 8 Request Fron Doig County, Florida, Law . Enforcement Officers RESTRENCE 8 OGG Nanorandia of 25 august 1976 (attached) -16 The request of the Rade County, Florida, law enforcenent officers, investigating ths Roselli murdxr, presents frobdlens not encountered in sinilar requests from the SSCI and the FBI. Ata meeting yesterday .s afternoon it was agreed that the problens should be summarized to you, id which this uniertakes to dos . 2 The attached nenorandum presents the first requsst, received orally froa the Dade County officers. Saction A of paragraok 3 lists nine items, seeking "vhatever® information there may be on Sa persons Listed (one in psewionyn), and the identity of threo othars ( uho are _ iflentified in a Classified nemorariu), Section B requests information on three Anerican citizens. Section ¢ lists a muaber of questions for which Agency replies are ‘available, although ve believe soma cannot . be released. m ° 3. GC has undertaken to provide a written (pinion that it is propaz to provide support te local law enforcensnt agencies in ceses such as this, and that it also is pooper to, = Fuse information o2 ; ones L pesciple  Yeseuty, American citizens, Beyond this this\chere renci Beste decisions as to what can be released in Providing that support, involving as it does the identities of pers g-s with whoa the 4gensy had operational relation= ships,ani basie questions of sources ard nathods, a3 well as simple classifications. Whatever is released to Date Cofnty palice will be fer aaere oe meet tye sae ak RAMEN TT Sennen ee me pe ee ee ee
14-00000 ek IEEE AS or SR ell lar ial IE Aoi e SNE ea oc testa . . oe . einer anal woo tem 7 ee “ ~~, ~ ovtside the contrus and agreecents that obtain 1. 4s esse of the SHI and tho FBI. The problem is not sanitized release in classified fora, but declassification for such use as thse police may cera to mke of it. In effect it is an FOIA exercise. . : oJ 4s Fost of the infornation is in files ‘of tha DIO and DOA, with =e materials in OfG. Information on the persons icextified in Section A of peysgrazh 3 of the requ4st is con*teinad an over 50 tolicmes of File - folders in the 220 file system. ‘The review of tag sarer vould be a major task, predictably resulting in e collectios of infarcation that eould not for the large part be released in useful form te the police; they are seeking investigative leads, which will require nares and associations. Tae Dade County police cannot be given free access to ; Coasilevotcac these files, because of the sources~ani-nothois cemate involved, a Froblen that doss not exist to the sane extent with the FBI 3 Une Rurean ~ has b-en given access to Office of Security files in ecnnection with its Snguiry into the Roselli mrder. Ths consensus af t2oss holding the files 4s that the security problea 3 Agniticant, and ths valine ef natezial such, that in cocbination this pertion of the request should not be approved. . , 5. Section B of parograph 3 of the request Mists three Anerican citizens. While what we hold is miniral, there is ae question of release wer the new rules applying to the Agency. , 6. On tho questions in Section 6 of the perserenk 3 of the request, the following ensvers can be considered nov, with r2eomenf®ations eo: hev to treat thens a. @. Who is the Cuban yho provided the smeitaat mentioned in the Senate Select Comittee Report? & GIA does not have this information. Fraa nevspaper reverts St is uncerstood that this is contains’ in testinenry by Roselli given the SSC, vhich may bs able to provide’ it, ° + ae e . 2 3 ° -~ 3 mum ee oe ete nen ee Ore ae ny + tener gee me A ee oe aoe! aioe ear mnt tame enmity ae on nn ne ty
14-00000 o ? ° . ™ : fers ~ 44. @Q. ‘Who is "3-14 and what is the mane of the anti-Castro group i both of which are nentionsd on p2ge 89 of the (SSC) Repart. ! As This is Manus] értics, amd his group wes knewn as the i_Denceratic Revolutionzry Front. . ; ? | ; (Coment. Artine ani his group were susported by CIA. Fe, : ‘ also was used by the lafia in the Castro operation, .Tais- ; _ ‘_in?ormztion should rot b2 released) et 444. Qi Rid Yarvey actually pay Roselli $2,700 to def2ay the Cuban expenses as mentioned on page 64 of the Report? . he Yess Poo . (Connent. ‘This can be rejeased). . , iv. Q. thy was Roselli ennroached instead of Giancana or soneons alse? Ae Because laheu, to when the agency went for kelp, hanrened te ; know Roselli, whose help vas sought in establiting the contect, : (Comment. This can be refeased). , BO We Q. Did::the Agency do a background check on Roeslii and Gianeana amd, i: so, could they (the Dade County police) have access to it? A. There vas no background check. In fact, the identity of these persons vas not know for'sots tine. Cozrent. ‘This can be retsased). wie Glhy was all contact with Roselli stopped in 1965? fe Contact was broken in 1963 because the operation vag terminated and the case o%ficer left the countrys (Comment. .This can be reJeased). . : . vite Qe Would it bexpossible for thea (the Dade County Folice), to. ! talk to the ran or nen who served as Chief of Station in Hiani during 1960 to 19657 ; &. This question rsts with Agency command’ levels, Tt is noted | ‘ ( the present ADDO was one of then, ed 1. ! viiie®. Gould they (the Inde County pdlice) talk to the cirreht Chief of Station in Kiaxi? ‘ & See vii, This is for Agency comand decision. ferrary soast | oe 2° je. sen \ ~2 a ‘ . ie en eee oad tattle Ft eee ener angen tT Seiad os yas e actpbiti aac ange BRE Mean ase et Loot cM ati et vatsag fmt WEARS ante Sais open EMPE Ee Ble a Ri teh lattgen et spre crt AEE ET EB gat PVE EATER Se a wed SAB is SS ae Pere. ARES oot Seren aes Sea a ae a “ENS cae pene, rt coy Oaaaars ESRI, a TM
14-00000 “« ix.Q.Vould it be possible for the d-tectivas to talk to canes Py O'Connell, a retsred senior Ofice of security cnaploeyse? A. This reportedly” has been dons already, so prasumably has bzen conaplied vith already. It is noted that until now there has bien no official contipmation of O'Con:all's involve;ent, although his nema has been leaked to the prass, Fou this interview was arranged is not known, ° %» Gs. Does the CIA have any evidence that the Cubsn Iateliigenca Service nay have been involved in Poseliits dgath or that Cuban agents were in the Miaci erea at the tine ef his death? . he Hy to the first part of ths questicn, Walle it is assured that the DG hes agents in the Mani erga thelr ideatity is not known’, . . , (Comment. this answer should be re}easable), 4. P.ragrary 4 of ths 06C mezorandw reports Senator Cary Fartta staff assistant, Mr. Inderfurth, urging early declassification of certain Agoncy mencramda. These reveal the nanes of persons whose identity should be protected. if they are sanitized for release — by renova) of the nates — they becoma reaningless, so far as the Dade Coumty police use of ther: is converned. Se Those of us whe have net to consider the proble=s presented by the request, have soma concern over the propriety of a member of the U. S Senate attenpting to use his influence to not ouly ress for CIA support te a local | lew enforcenent agency, but to inclwle classified infornetioa to en agansy ' . q i not bound to observe the restrictions usually essociatad vith such infor mation, ‘There is some feeling that wSnibited publicati tyO> nanes of Ply . those ixolved in tha Castro operations may have bien 2 factor in sena of ths deaths that hava occurred to date, and that a furtherance of this Practice raises grave questions, In any event, in ad@itior to these security questions, it is noted that the current mmerous resvests that te oon PY igeieeithee oe a eer gt beta BRAT ge REE. ln he Vey eae REDS ESE RES
14-00000 ’ - 7 “ B . fee Ne Rif tn a . é ” ‘ i . : G-It is the basic reaction Ps those 2 trying to srasple with the problen that the Agency nore appropriately should be coonerating with - with the Fil and the SSCI, organizations bound to adhere to vertain handling procedures in dealigz with classified inforzation, and vhose . interests are more compatible with the linitations irnosed on CIA ia relation to domestic matters involving law enforversnt.. It is felt entirely appropriate that S nator Hert be reninled of the cifficulties gL . that CIA has in review ‘and processing its dosucents for transmittal outside the Agency te other governasnt. agencies, in classified forn, and how this is conjomded when an agoncy such as the Dads County police are | : involved. Having tecoze involved in reviewing the problen, ani now | ° . appreciating the nature of the problem, it is proposed that the enswers- “that can be made to Section C of paregraph 3 of the request te offered ag noted, cDépeniing on the OGG opinion on release of the nenes ‘of “ #mericans, If permissible, this information also could ba proviced, | Hovever, the intent should be to direct the Dede County police to the | FBI for assistance fron the federal coverrment. i t ' | | S D. Breckinridge . a | ! |