(404-10129-10007 fo BP ED nee erour 3 oS ES ge BD Se : 3% ete dle soe autewates Ae hen Filled In) a: pyeee sigate ord “ERE? 5091152 APR 71 crTe| ‘PRIORITY DIRECTOR SECTION ONE OF, TWO | | Q3Ara IN3Z 23122 RYBAT SHSPUR ae 0 YD FOR Lusay AND FOR Ashe aD 1. TO SUMMARIZE, ASHME AD CALLED ON MRS CURTIS CHERE~— AFTER “SHE") AFTERNOON OF 28 APRIL TO TALK TO HER OF 3 PRATT AP RIRECT SR ae an PRIFRN TN ORGANTZATTAN OF OUR TS? wnat, age: DEATH “AND DISCUSSED BRIEFLY AND GENERALLY THE BENE FITS | TC WHICH SHE IS SP NEETLED » NOTING THAT OUR CURRENT INFORMATION, TENTATIVE, ASHNEAD SPOKE OF SEEING THAT COMPETENT STAFF | MEMBER LEGAL COUNSEL ‘S OFFICE MADE AVAILABLE TO ADVISE HER | OH THESE WATTERS AND TO SEE ‘THAT SHE GETS EVERY ADVANTAGE | GERSELF AND CHILDREN FROM THESE BENEFITS. SHE THEN aj © =O pa C) 7) NOT SURE OF EXISTENCE OR VALIDITY OR STATUS OF WILL NOR | SURE WHG LAWYER OR EXECUTOR MIGHT BE AND AGREED TO TALK TO CGS In Te Aue OF THESE QUESTIONS, Zs asHitend TURNED TO PLANNED CURTIS TRIP TO SEE DIRECTOR OF WHICH SHE AWARE AND COVERED CHIEF PARTS OF 2IPT OF WHICH SHE AWARE BUT WHICH SHE SAID SHE HAD NOT 6 4 (SHE TLD KINGMAN ON 29 APRIL THAT SKE AND OTHER HAVE
$497"! USE PREVIOUS si Ae “8 EDITIONS he *SecR ETARIAT D DISSEMINATION CLASSIFIED MESSAGE ' TOTAL COPIES : ROUTING 2 AN merrraLest a oT _ | PET onl”. ee (When Filled in} SENT? ! as Sle corr | | ssveo . | suorres REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED At: : 2 ® DSL BY ee PER Q. i &| FILE, VR PAGE 2 jissee SECRET —_ TO “HEARD NUCH TALK OF MANUSCRIPT FROM ‘cURTIS. FOR EXAMPLE, — BURWELL GOODRICH CLAIMS TO HAVE READ ONE CHAPTER. | SHE THINKS” DENPSTER MAY HAVE HELPED vrTH pworstoe] rants. THIS mae DISCUSSION OF MANUSCRIPT BY CURTIS, ALTHOUGH NOT. CLEAR WHO ALL AY HAVE READ IT, MEANS IT IS WELL KNOWN AND, ACCORDING TO HER, LOOKED FOR viTH SOME ANTICIPATION BY FRIENDS IN HIS U.S. CIRCLE HERE.) ASHMEAD ADVISED HER AGAINST READING MaKUSCRIPT ,. AS IT DISCUSSES IN OPEN way INTIMATE MATTERS OF PREVIOUS MARRIAGE. | IMPORTANTLY, ASHMEAD POINTED OuT, INFORMATION 7 THEREIN WOULD VIOLATE TWO DIFFERENT SECRECY AGREEMENTS “aRD U.S.) AS WELL AS DOING GREAT DAMAGE TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS. THE INFORMATION IS, AS IT WERE, 8 US. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY AND ASHNEAD SAID THAT THE PUBLICATION WOULD DISMAY cuRTIS* FRIENDS AND HARM HIS REPUTATION AND | MEMORY. SHE SEEMED APPALLED aT IEA OF PUBLISHING MANUSCRIPT, > SAYING THAT: SHE REALIZED WHEN CURTIS TOLD HER OF VISIT ro | DIRECTOR Hat SOMETHING WAS WRONG. SHE ALSO ASKED ASHNEAD ABOUT CURTIS MOTIVATION IN THIS, IN DISCUSSION OF THESE AND - “OTH ‘ER PAPERS SHE AGREED (ALTHOUGH IT THEN SEEMED TO KINGMAN a ] SCHEWHAT HESITANT) TO COOPERATE WITH KINGWAN. ON GETTING AGENCY - . 4190
14-00000 G ANO/OR INITIAL SSS i ag TE eee an “SECS SEF “enour t Lae + + wees tw . hd Cale Ses Pegs avtswane . Rie (Wheit Filled in) Sarat? = ~ mbeaude age: | oytssveo | |s OTTED REPROOUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED er _! foo fea Fes parr In 6466 SECRET | PAPERS FRON CURTIS" BELONGINGS. CASHMEAD WILL REMEMBER BARRON STATEMENT LATE NIGHT OF 28 APRIL THAT HE WOULD FORGET THE fANUSCRIPT, TAKING NO STEPS To 60 FORWARD WITH. PUBLICATION. ) i 3. ASHNEAD AND KINGMAN AGREED THAT KINGHAN WOULD GET | IN TOUCH WITH HER THE NEXT DAY AND. ALSO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH - JEREMY K. BENADUM WHO NOW WORKING AS BARRON' i) Man WITH GOM AUTHORITIES ON THE KOB/MAR MATTER. CGENADUN MISSED BARRON at HULEL WiGHL Ur 23 APKAL SU UNABLE 10 GE1 Ale LUGETLHER Wilh. GGM MA AR AUTHORITY AND PRESUMABLY THIS WILL CONTINUE WHEN © 2 BARRON RETURNS MEXICO PROBABLY 7 MAY.) MORE IMPORTANT _ j 6 REASON KEEP IN TOUCH WITH BENADUM IS TO HAVE HIS HELP - ony ~ BETTER YET, NE UTRALIZE HIM AS INIMICAL FACTOR IN MRS CURTIS” i AFFAIRS AS THEY INVOLVE US.. . . 4. YOU WILL BE ENCOURAGED TO LEARN THAT WHEN oan CALLED HER FOR APPOINTMENT ON MORNING 29 APRIL’ SHE TOLD HIM 7 TO CGME OUT AS SOON AS CONVENTENT AS SHE WANTED TO SEE HIN “1+ wperoge aNYONE ELSE.” KINGMAN ARRIVED TO LEARN FOLLOWING: A. BURNELL GOODRICH APPEARS TO BE EXECUTOR OF a ESTATE IN HANDWRITTEN WILL WHICH SHE AND HER BROTHER AND . 3 BROTHER-IN-LAW FOUND IN GOING THROUGH CURTIS PAPERS NIGHT
14-00000 ROUTING ANOIGR MUTICS-Se id ster: : Group 8 me akc 24 ineeutee voce syreuang (When Filled In) akiisies : m4 AGI ANSE OF ¢ | 183.359 i SLOTTED j . booed . 8 6466 SECRET “SHE WANTED TO HAVE. KINGHAN IMMEDIATELY REMOVE. ALL PAPERS BELONGING TO COVERWNENT, AS ASHNEAD HAD SUGGESTED, BEFORE THE PAPERS IN CURTIS STUDY ARE SEALED UP. 5, WITH HER EFFICIENT COOPERATION KINGMAN SPENT SEVERAL °” a HOURS GOING THROUGH SAFES AND CABINETS AND VALISES IN STUDY oa AND LOADED THREE LARGE CARTONS AND FOUR VALISES WITH FILE | “FOLDERS, NOTES, AND MEMORANDA OF CLASSIFIED STATION FILES. OK ALSO, WHEN SHE AND BROT! HERS AT. CURTIS OFFICE PREVIOUS DAY, . THEY HAD PULLED OUT, UNDER LAWYER" S EYES, NUMBER oF DOCUMENTS WHICH OBVIQUSLY CLASSIFIED OR: AGENCY ORTENTED ccuRTIS NAME | IN PSEUDONYM, SECRET STAMPS a SO ON. asta WILL peCAl BARRON MENTION OF MEMO FR OM CURTIS TO KINGMAN ON FLUTEO WHICH IN OFFICE. THIS CARBON WAS AMONG THIS BATCH erye” TO KINGMAN WHICH INDICATES WE Gor MOST OF STUFF FROM OFFICE.) - - 6. WHILE WE SHALL LNVENTORY LATER, TO AT LEAST CURSORY EXTENT, TMP ORTANTLY WE GOT TWO ORIGINAL DRAFTS (APPARENTLY THE SECOND A REWRITE) AND TWO CARBONS OF MANUSCRIPT. PLUS oe TRIS WERE HUMBER OF DRAFTS, SOME REPETITIVE OF WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FINAL MANUSCRIPT. SHE KNOWS OF NO OTHER COPIES Vp
14-00000 | CLASSIFIEO MESSAGE fete anon mors aes & -. SECRET ocr st 5 ~_—-—! 7 (Whea Filled In) “Rast mragee: a: Merswraataw . - 835- “J ECRETARIAT DISSEMINATIO( Tora Cort { , ADVANCE COPY | ssueo [ ]svorreo REPROQUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIGITED i cal 8 In a 2 BS eee ATE CissemM BY CP ER F ACTION UNIT &| FILE, VR 6 pe ALTON NO. _ on _ 7 PAGE 5 6466 SECRET Z ~O} EXTANT SAVE WHAT BARRON MAY. HAVE. SHE SAYS MANUSCRIPT TYPED °° * IN FINAL IN ENGLISH BY WOMAN IN NEXIC UNKNOWN TO HER. AND WE WILL TRACE THIS. oe 7. NOT SURE, THAT WE HAVE ALL CLASSIFIED PAPERS AND THINK at ; SHE AND LAWYER (SEE BELOW) WILL COOPERATE IN TURNING OVER OTHER FINDS. THERE IS ONE LOCKED BOX IN SAFE WHICH, WHEN SHE HAS KEY, SHE PROMISED TO OPEN WITH KINGMAN. WE SUSPECT THIS MAY CONTAIN MISSING TAPES ON RETTIE CASE AND “LESBIANS” WHICH BARRON SPOKE OF TO ASHMEAD. (CIE HAVE FOUND HUEY NEWTON -AND CLEAVER TAPES. BUT THESE ONLY TAPES SO FAR. ) ©) S. SHE TOOK SOME PAINS TO CONCEAL KNOWLEDGE. OF KINGMAN 6 PRESENCE FROM LAWYERS AND FROM BENADUM WHO CAME BY HOUSE WHILE 4 : | , | | Co KINGNAN SEARCHING STUDY. AS SHE CONCERNED HOW TO HANDLE MISSING DOCUMENTS (ABSENCE OF WHICH SHE FEARED LAWYER WOULD DETECT AND 3 ~ WHICH KINGMAN TOLD HER MIGHT WELL HAVE TO BE REVEALED TO Oo LAWYERS LATER) WE DECIDED ON FOLLOWING. . _ 9. KINGIAN TO CALL GOODRICH ON RETURN OFFICE AND TELL ° ~ Hit? THAT ON BEHALF OF U.S. GOVERNMENT KINGMAN HAD GONE TO U CURTIS “HOME TO RETRIEVE PAPERS WHICH PROPERTY OF U.S. GOVERNMENT aa AND OF WHICH KINGMAN HAD LISTING. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ~ SECRET , S prmnee ps
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14-00000 EDITIONS cy CRETARIAT Disses: NATION CC -LASSIFIED MESSAGE “= Patt NOTED ape cine hy) B, engeieeae RE PROOUCTION OF THIS COPY PROHIBITED . io ADVANCE COPY | lissuzo | | torres nd OsseM BY PER F  RSTION UNIT Oong- FILE, VR &C TION NO. PAGE 7 16466 SECRET _ SHE MENTIONED, CURTIS REFERRED TO INSURANCE AND SURVIVOR ANRUITIES IN HIS WILL AS PART OF ESTATE. SHE OBVIOUSLY NOT | SATISFIED TO HAVE GOODRICH REPRESENTING HER, ALTHOUGH FEARFUL. CF OFFENDING HIM OR OTHER OF curtis INFLUENTIAL FRIENDS. 4 a KINGHAN POINTED OUT THAT ASHMEAD WANTED AGENCY LAWYER TO BE HELPFUL IN PROTECTING HER INTERESTS AS POSSIBLE BUT MIGHT BE | , * o¢ *An7 te -4 Si AS MIGHT RE TNEXPFRT TH MEXTCAN t LAW. BOVE YO CONSIDERED OUR GETTING A CORRESPONDENT HERE TO ADVISE sah LAWYER ON MEXICAN LAW OR DO YOU CONSIDER THAT ADVISABLE? 11. LOOSE ENDS: os | | | A. FURTHER DOCUMENT FINDS WHICH KINGMAN WILL PURSUE WITH HER HELP. B. HANDLING HER ENTITLEMENTS, IN CONSULTATION AS APPROPRIATE WITH GOODRICH, IF IT CERTAIN HE EXECUTOR, AND POSSIBLY WITH OTHER MEXICAN LAWYERS, BY AGENCY COUNSEL SELECTED BY ASHIMEAD AND BRIEFED THOROUGHLY ON HER ENTITLEMENTS AND OPTIONAL FORMS OF, RECEIVING THEM. C. MANUSCRIPT. IT APPEARS TO KINGMAN THAT SHE ROT EVEN WISTFUL ABOUT IT AT THIS POINT, AND WHEN SHE COENTED THAT CURTIS WUST HAVE KAD MONEY IN MINOT
14-00000 Ni CLASSIFIED HESEAGE - — Tovay Copied : ROUTING ANOlga InITeALS. TAY " / 5 SERS Ef cenourt ™ 1! sy) . . , . . * tateuee? t woe autowate cy Rennes rt ee ‘hes Filled In)“ RSEEES pg CI 3 7! _ ABVANCE CODY [j ISSUEO SLOTTEO REPRODUCTION OF THIS COPY Promenmecra| tat ; enetarep BYE cee ATE ce enneneprmnmnnananvannnay SISSEM BY, PER AS TION UNIT | if FILE, VR * “ACTION NO. PAGE 8 16466 5 E CRET AP PARE ENT THAT SHE DID NOT WANT MONEY THAT BADLY CALTHOUGH 7 CLEAR SHE qunre UNCERTAIN ABOUT HER Frwancral, STATUS OR | | FUTURE.) KINGNA.N WARNED HER THAT CURTIS. FRIENDS MAY. PEEL GENCY HAS PULLED FAST ONE WITH MANUSCRIPT BUT THAT KINGMAN ~ PREPARED TO WEATKER THAT ONE. SHE MORE CONCERNED WITH ° BARRON'S UNTRUSTWORTHINESS AND THAT HE MAY HAVE KEPT A COPY WHICH HE COULD PERSONALLY EXPLOIT. De SECURITY, OTHERWISE. IF WE HAVE RETRIEVED ALL PAPERS OR WILL SOON HAVE DONE So, THINK woRST ‘HAS BEES J AVOIDED, THROUGH ASHMEAD' S PERSUASIVENESS AND MRS CURTIS" --«@OGD- SPIRIT. a Co 12. WHILE TRYING TO AVOID soma’ rurrann sie WE SHOULD" CAN POSSIBLY DO IN HELPING HER WITH SETTLEMENT, WOULD ‘SUGGEST THAT WE SHOULD BE READY TO GET LAWYER DOWN HER IN COMENG WEEK. KINGMAN FEELS THAT SHE WILL TURN TO US FOR ADVICE AND, AT LEAST, WILL USE US (NOT BENADUM) AS CHANNEL FOR THINGS CONCERNING AGENCY AxD FOR WHAT HELP SHE MAY NEED FROM MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. KINGMAN INTENDS CONTINUE ” MEP IN CLOSE TOUCH WITH HER TO BE HELPFUL AND TO BE NEAR ee iN CASE SHE DOUBTS OR IS ADVISED AGAINST WISDOM OF HER ACTIONS TODAY.  GP-1 | ne ~~ " .SRFORET | vei amc rae | | Vowk