(fosetonatooge)] As UNCLASSIFIED C] vee “a” [] CONFIDERT AL {_] SECRET L ROUTING AND RECORD SHEET , i SUBJECT: {Oproncl) | $ FROM Rodger S. Gabrielson I OLC/C&R i 21 November 1977 ' TO: (Officer dewgnotoe, room aumber, oad Date tes ft i , $A/D0/0 Attached Tab B of OS response ' t Attn: Mr. Sovern to OLC query. Please review H or for DDO and sanitize for { | po sources’ and methods. . . : ¢ } OGC material re Dade County net as complete as this record. i é Thanks, bale Rodger/S. Gabrielspn ie L > rad x - x oA : “oN By rom 610 “ENSS* ] secret (] CONFIDENTIAL [C) IMPRL «6 "(C] UNCLASSIFIED “ ve ~~ - . foe Som teat +L  oppaatbabee ve ene 2 amas esp . og atch abe on} .. 5 o . : ae sae gee me a - nas seat pe noha 2 Rept, eT tet BEE te na a erate dak SRR er Eee Bot, | Sh eee ag 4
14-00000 { e a . OO 77-00 % f, : e . . . . . . a | ur “77 . MEMORANDUM FOR: Legislative Counsel oo - + eeapremoy oPOGEInNE tmowe ATTENTION: Mr. Douglas T. Cummins FROM: Robert W. Gambino - Director of Security : SUBJECT: Individuals of Interest to the House _ | . . Select Committee on Assassinations (U) - « js . - i. (U/AIUO) Action Requested: None; for information only. ‘ 2. (U/AIUO) Background: Reference is made,to th : : attached request from the House Select Committee on , i Assassinations (HSCA), dated 21 October 1977. The HSCA ' has requested that the Agency determine whether or not Santos Trafficante had any relationship or was ever affiliated with the Central Intelligence Agency. 3. (U/AIUO) Attached is a draft of a letter which summarizes the indirect relationship Trafficante had with this Agency. The Office of Security concurs in the draft as ‘written by the Office of Legislative Counsel. { | 4, (S) Also attached as Tab A are copies of material | taken from the files of Johnny Roselli and Sam Giancana. This material will provide the reader with details of this | Agency's relationship with these individuals and includes information regarding Santos Trafficante's involvement in an | operation aimed at the liquidation of Fidel Castro. This material has been sanitized (but not declassified) to preclude | release of personal information not germane to the HSCA's i request as well as information regarding third parties of no apparent interest to the Select Committee at this time. While this material may be reviewed by representatives of the HSCA, it is not to be released in any form outside this Agency without prior coordination with the Office of Security. — E2 IMPDET SET CL BY 063334 | . 087 4739-A | sitters woren nnn tents H rence ee eae ee ree er ar cd a “ be 16 Ee, RE EOE EO NEO ao
14-00000 te : ai €oo-p - fete 8 oO yee = eee % ° . oe . le an a FoM «on ny tn eta A tA EATER Es ver e * 5. (U/AIUO) Attached as Tab B is material that requires coordination with other components of the Agency prior to release for review. Material marked in red requires coordi- nation with the Directorate of Operations. Material marked in blue requires coordination with the Office of Generali Counsel or the Office of the Inspector General. ~ . oe ae 6. (U/ATUO) Attached as Tab C is material that Originated with other Agency components. This material should be returned to those components for their determina- tion as to release for review Purposes. . a ne . « oot neem iene ment eee ae Z . 7. (U/AIUO) Additional information regarding Trafficante, of Roselli and Giancana is contained in material previously , released for review regarding Frank Sturgis. - | 7” . @ . . Robert W.. Gambino . ' Attachments : e . . td ° ° « ‘ e 2 . mI . { PAPA el SS aceny SEGI tGER AAT AEA AEER PAB Mice Pee ee Temes eee : 7 ~ | fai: Neg satiate pane
14-00000 | Qe YEE, Crem, Conemene des . . : * ” ~ — 4 . fre nT BE rth, tats, BAWVTL Le OT VEME, Cuong . . oC £i1- 45 jo walrre @. 6 -uwrmew, Pt, STH ET m Me Trae, Cf . . Fe : Fetes & ha rows TY Suse t, Cnd AP, ESCA OLED Poa, edo tty . 7 . crm, af i ly ee TO ge 3, COR, SATO) B, Bary CR, tt wide, iG . . . ry | ery orton ,, Select Committer on Issassinations : | ; (200) z230634 ae € ob Diepeesentatin;s i, Tek, »?* . 30! HOUSE Orrred mULOEG, APOE 2 ° . : . ; Wasminaron, BG, 29513 é. - 7 woes re . October 21, 1977, | . Admiral Stansfield Turner - . . 7 ; ° = | , - Director.of Central Intelligence - ’ . soe . Central Intelligence Agency os . mt t Washington, D. C.. 20505 _—. Lo ee fe” Wie : <2" Dear Admiral Turner: a wet She : a - . . . * ele oe * wee . i or .. cs ett * - ore ' The Select Committees on Assassinations has subpoenaed - :. - Santos Trafficante to appear before it. His appzarance is » - ‘Scheduled for Wednesday, November 2, 1977 at 9:30 a.n. ft has been alleged from numerous Sources that Mr. Trafficante wags involved in various activities in conjunction with the Central <, . Intelligence Agency. Dt . so 2 . -- nor Santos Trafficante, in any Manner, had any relationship or was ever affiliated with the CIA and inforn me of this informa~ .-, tion prior to the scheduled meeting on November 2. . enn me te I would appreciate it if you could determine whether or Tee Further, even if mr. Trafficante had no relationship with the CIA, he may believe that actions he has taken were at the . 2-- direction of responsible persons in the Central Intelligence . Agency. Accordingly, in order for the Select Committee ta vu . @btain Mr.. Trafficante's truthful testimony, it would be most = ° “, ‘useful for the Comnittee to have a letter fron yourself re- ’ "+ leasing Mr. frafficante of any oblication of Secrecy he may -chave made to the CIA, to anybody who represented himself as being affiliated with the cIA or to anybody Mr. Trafficante be~= lieves was affiliated with the CITA. It would be very much ne appreciated if we could have this’ letter prior to Mr. Traffi- - : cante's scheduled testimony. . . ° Bs . . oe ‘ Thank you for your continued cooperation in the Select Committea's investigation. ‘ - . * e o ° Sincerely, — fot . “G. Robert Blakey Chief Counsel and Director o GRB:dm copy to: Mr. Doug Cummins oo : I ; . ; sents ane : vs rr Rt sabtace. og poet tone Oe tr of athe Gf ye tine Might Fict Cnd te OS elteR Aten eet. a ne TT Soudernses Sie Sinker t i es beta ope 5 nt RT oe we deans orgs iti, Heat eet oe bk ee tery stank DRS es a PS ees on. “Na parte eis a RE eee ooh Bete aks ca k Pe
1400000. a teen ee SRAG ERE es or 9° tte OD _questions posed by Dade. County Florida Police Detectives in . . being made available te the Dade County Detectives. However Pac LS eee ee a eee enemies wenn ot 42.8 o> “et “4 . Bet beet St Pl f to eco rane We a pe eat Oe "A Bh 7 |; + 8 ei * *, r . He, sad . 25 SU 1277 MEMORANDUM FOR: “General Counsel ATTENTION: °, Mr.-Edmund Cohen ™ , FROM: Sidney D. Stenbridge Acting Director of Security . SUBJECT: Dade County Police Request for e Assistance in the Investigation of the Roselli Murder (U) 2. Action Requested: None; for information only. - . Be Background: Attached herewith are responses to regard to information which may be of assistance to then in -. - their investigation of the murder of John Roselli. This. ‘ Ozfict Aas sc cbiection to the information in the attachnent it is our unéerstanding that a final decision as to whet ° Will be made available will be subject to further coordina- tion with che Directorate of Operations since that Office jhas had an operational interest in several of the individuals grentioned in the request. . —_ *,. With regard to the request for the identities of © three Cubans nentioned in John Roselli's testimony before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence,' this Office is aware o£ the identity of two of these individuals. However, it is our position that the names of these two individuals . cannot be released to the Dade County Detectives without soe. violating the principle of the protection of sources and methods of. Agency clandestine operations.. . , . ee 7 ee: &e ~ ow. o . ft" ge ee ees ee fhe cisisnses i ain A Sidpey. D. Stembridge 9 Attachment , ; : . ° ‘ Distribution; Orig & 1 - Addressee . 1 - SA/DDO 1 - DDA 2 - AD/Security . ~—“yl - OS Registry : 2 = SAG For Official Use 0 , or Officia se Only : +. ars oe OS/PSI/SAG/RR: jan (15JUN77) Us $2907 . ~ a ee PEN 6 naman nat a a a AOS el eh Tat REIMOT omer Seamebetal
14-00000 aoe Cn a oe po ~ sant OOF ee er att mee + POSE UIT! 1 ‘6 ra en € 4 t } i ¢ 4 t t t | \ i | { Lf ’ om ccm ees ABER * a . an 27a ar e 2 oe The following responses are Keyed to the requests nade by Dade County Police Detectives in regard to information possibly related to the death of John Roselli as outlined in the Memorandum For The Record by Assistant General Counsel Gary M. Breneman dated 25 August 1976. - ’ a ry ae - Paragraph 3 A. Whatever the Agency knows about the following Cuban nationals: an _ . . : . ; i a.) Ramon Don Eestevez . , ‘, ° ) ii. Rolando Masferrer Rojas : , 213. Luciano Nieves é iv. Jose De La Torriente - od, i . Ve Jose Quintana * : vi. Jaoquin Antonio Cortizo { “vii. Manola Artimes . . ' \wiil. AM/LASH ; . . ' The Office of Security has! files which appear identifiable with several of the SBove individuals, ! but a review of these files has disclosed nothing ~~ which would connect any of then with John Roselli. -,. ix. | What-are the names of the three Cubans men- tions2 in tha Roselli (SSCI) testimony? L(Tywo of the three nanes are mentioned in 2 9 December 1870 Office of Security memorandun. ) : i H a Office of Security records contain the nares io£ two of these three individuals. It isthe Office | lof Security's position that the names of these two ( individuals cannot be released to the Dade County r Detectives without violating the principle of pro- ; tection of sources and methods of Agency clandestine : ‘operations. . — * Paragraph 3B. Information on the following U. S. citizens. , i. Fred Black - no pertinent information in Office of Security files. - Gi. Edward Morgan - Office of Security files xeflect that Morgan is an attorney and . that he has represented John Roselli and petite wee eeatmaneereotmee wnenne on, a an ° ‘ ‘ eco-w caren  cartat wemem non tee Fe nth me Pee. Sy gee E NA reall le, ONE Ct TA a ay ap ee: Ban { fhh Sop he o ws * Hh we * - an pee ae yt en ae ee stg See ed i eS “aah Rgeaeephe oats eer : Rage” Shien ine gb noe Sea EL IGEN g Aina a 6 ESA le Spare EERE re ochinasl Apt el BIR Be Sonali hs
14-00000 : Robert Maheu. He is believed to have ~~ . been aware of Roselli's involvement ‘in anti-Castro plotting. iii.’ . Joseph Shimon - Office of Security files ‘xeflect that Shimon, a former Washington, . g - D. C., policeman, was acquainted vith . . . Roselli but contain no other pertinent . information. . . ete tee cee A nese ee eagerness Paragraph 3 C. General Questions: . Who is the Cuban who provided the speedboat . . mentioned in the Senate Select Committee Report? : se me cmap teagan: This information .is not reflected in Office . of Security files. ; mT, . ii. Who is "“B-1" and what is the name of the - ,anti-Castro group, both of which are mentioned on Base . ro) £3 of the Report? ; Office of Security defers to the Directorate | of Cperasiors -in regard to identifying this indi- : | ¥ = a ° « . i 22 rier 4 a; * "43%. Did Harvey actually pay Roselli $2,700 to defray the Cuban expenses as mentioned on page 84 “++ o£ the Report? _ qe . . ** . Office of Security defers to the Inspector . General regarding this question. iv. y was Roselli approached instead of _Giancana or someone else? ; e te - Robert Maheu, the Agency cut-out, was acquainted with Roselli. . 7 Vv. ‘Did the Agency do a background check on Roselli or Giancana and, if so, could they have * access to it? No background investigation was conducted. 2 For Official Use Only @ * e -* 5 e ofe . a ° a e | eettieeente settee pet GENES TEL ate ten en dene ate mee oe 2 e & ' ! | ! | § t
14-00000 rd official ‘st ony . . Lea re 2 : — i vi. Why was all contact with Roselli stopped | in 1965? The operation was terminated in 1963. There were some sporadic contacts, direct and indirect, between Roselli and Agency ‘officials up until "approximately 1971. vii. Would it Le possible “for them to talk to the man or men who served as Chief of Station in Miani during 1960 to 1965? Lee Office of Security defers to the Directorate of Operations on this question. 24 1k to[tie (current) Chief 6 of Office of Security defers to the Directora te . of Operations on this question. -wiii. Cou Station in “by, Would it be possible for the detectives to’ te7t to Janes >. O'Connell, a retired senior Office Ox ascurity enployee? . ., O*Cennell has already been interviewed by. tas Oede © County Detectives. x. Does CIA have any evidence that the Cuban Intelligence Service may have been involved in Roselli's death or that Cuban agents vere in the Miami area at the time “of his death? The Office of Security has no such evidence. a emer epem Cm mega + + + segment emtie ve if rd