404-10107-10134 OGC 69-0249 10 February 1969 RETu MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD Backgrou Hel c ‘ | 0 Not Reproduce y SUBJECT: : - © l. @After meeting with Mr. Warner, Mr. (ina others from the (LPGLOBE staff, I telephoned Mr. Leonar éwman, Chief of the Rackets Section, New York County District Attorney's office, on Thursday, 6 February, and stated that I wanted to discuss a matter not directly related to the Itkin case, I felt it was necessary to explain to Mr. Newman that it was not the Itkin case since we have been enjoined by the U.S. Attorney's office from discussing the Itkin case with members of Mr. Hogan!t«_office Mr. Newman's immediate question was, 'Does this involve ? I said it did and would look forward to meeting with him aft on Friday provided the weather permitted an on-time arrival in New York. 2. At 10:30 on Friday, 7 February, I met with Mr. Newman and Sergeant William Graf, a police investigator assigned to the District Attorney's office to work on the Itkin case, It appears that Sergeant Graf, in the course of his investigation of Itkin's activities, came up with the information th was working for CIA. When Sergeant Graf first talked to Mr. Néwman about this possibility, Mr. Newman thought he was jumping to conclusions with insufficient evidence. However, Sergeant Graf_continued his investigation and more and more evidence pointed d CIA relationshi I specifically asked Sergeant Graf if Itkin was aware of [___[asstivation with CIA, and Sergeant Graf replied that fr idence he had seen of the Itki elationship it was his opinion that Itkin does know ‘of affiliation with CIA, Mr. Newman commented that if Itkin knew o OF affiliation with CIA, we could be sure that this wou é brought out by Mr. F. Lee Bailey during the trial of Itkin.
14-00000 3. At the present time th®’New York District Attorney is not contemplating prosecution o __jas the information uncovered to date relates contacts with Itkin and apparently there are no specific criminal_charges against Sergeant Graf stated tha had corresponded with itkin, and it was assumed that have met personally whe has been in this country, 2-10 { = 04 4. Mr. Newman stated that they had sent questions to ) fof Interpol which have been answered. Mr. Newman st e FB ised him that the FBI had previously had an interest oe Mr. Newman did not state whether the FBI had advis CIA's interest is Mr. Newman | asked me whether we would be willing to quéstio on other items that they had uncovered. I stated that this posed a real problem and I was not able to give them an answer_at that time. I was concerned about certain conflicts in the event 9% answers invol i ation which could incriminate him. It might be tat ould consider he had immunity from prosecution when answtring questions put forth by CIA, 5. I did not describe|___]retationship to CIA other than to state he had in fact received some — from us and did report to us. I intended to infer tha was an informant in a similar capacity to that which ItkinYenjoyed earlier, 6 It should be noted that all parties to the Itkin case are talking to each other. Mr. Newman said two days before I called on the phone the ised him that CIA would discuss our relationship with with him, Later that day in Mr. Morgenthau's office; e I met Itkin, FBI Agent Donovan commented that he heard I had a good meeting with Newman. It is not beyond belief that the FBI told Itkin that I had seen Newman abou} O83 HN K. GREANE : Of istant General Counsel ce: CCS {LBGLOBE | “CICI/R&A