Page four "Tt appears that Edwards and O'Connell did not know at the time of 's fall from favor..... It seems, though, that the gangsters did know that had already lost his access to Castro." The June 24, 1966 summary memorandum, referred to on page three of .this memorandum, states that "when asked out of the assignment he suggested another candidate who made several attempts without success." Edwards and O'Connell do not know the replacement. , \ h- March-April 1961 , The Report states - "Following the collapse of the channel, Roselli told O'Connell that Trafficante knew of a man higher up in the Cuban exile movement who might do the job. He identified him as = was of the Democratic Revolutionary Front, a group supported by the Agency as part of the larger Cuban operation. O'Connell. understood that was disatisfied with the nature and the extent of this support and that JM/WAVE suspected that was not keeping his bargain with the Agency." ( p29) Pe This statement is followed by a lengthy comment. ~ "(Comment: Reports from the FBI suggest how Trafficante may have known of . On 21 December 1960 the Bureau forwarded to the Agency a memorandum reporting that efforts were being made by U.S. racketeers to finance anti-Castro activities in hopes of securing the gambling, prostitution, and dope monopolies in Cuba in the event Castro was overthrown. A later report of associates with those schemes. chad hired Edward K. Moss, a Washington public relations counselor, as a fund raiser and public relations adviser. Bureau Report alleged that Moss ‘Mistress wasJULia Cellini, whose brothers represented two of the largest gambling casinos in Cuba. The Cellini brothers were y believed to be in touch with through Moss and were \ reported to have offered large sums of money for his operations against Castro, with the understanding they would receive privileged treatment "in the Cuba of the Future." (p30) om
Page five 03... was granted covert security clearance in March 1959 for use by NE Division in his role as consultant to ‘and In November 1962 for use by CA staff under Project [ZR/MAJOR} program for explitation of political consultants. . ol ; The report states that Trafficante approached and told them that he Had -clients who wanted to do away with Castro and they would pay big money. was very receptive. Roselli was to deliver money to_- for expenses .According to O'Connell it was $50,000. (p31) The Report adds a Comment. (Comment: As a sidelight, Esterline says that, when he learned of the intended use of » steps were taken to cancel the plan. was one of the key figures in the Revolutionary Front and was heavily involved in support of the approaching Bay of Pigs operation. If steps were in fact taken to endAparticipation in the syndicate plan, they were ineffective. It is clear that he continued as an integral part of t the syndicate scheme.) (p32) The Report states that "Little is known of the delivery channels beyond was believed to have an asset inside Cuba.....'(p32) * i- April-May 1961- The operation was called off after the Bay of Pigs, and remained dormant until April 1962. Page 34 of the Report refers to a memorandum of 14 May 1962 in which Edwards states that knowledge of the operation was limited to six people. Dulles, Cabell, Bissell, Edwards, O'Connell, Esterline, Chief TSD, ~~ mt » Chemical Division, TSD, Chief, Operations Division, Medical Services, William Harvey, Chief, FI/D, and Special Assistant to the DDP.( name was encounted repeatedly in this inquiry, but he denies knowing of the Operation in 1960-61.), Bannerman,DDS, J.C. King, Robert Maheu, Roselli, Giancana, Trafficante., the man originally selected to poison Castro, Cuban exile leader,the of who is known to have been involved with him closely during this time. (p35) In May 1962 R.Kennedy and Lawrence Huston learned of the operation. Those now knowledgeable- Edward P. Morgan, Drew Pearson, Jack Anderson, C.J. WArren, Rowley, Pat Coyne, executive secretary of PFIAB, Ramsey Clark and various members of the FBI . PHASEIT a~ Harvey was briefed in Feb. 1961 and placed in charge of developing an Executive Action capability- ZR/RIFLE. The asset was QJ/WIN who had been recruited earlier by for use in a pecial operation in the Congo (the assassination of Patrice Lumumba.) b- On November 15, 1961, Harvey has a note that on that date he discussed with Bissell the application of ZR/RIFLE to Cuba. Harvey took over Cuba ‘sk force. (p 3
a ae a j Page six c~ February-March 1962- Harvey recalls first meeting with Edwards on subject of Castro operation. (After Harvey left Task Force W and was winding up he wrote a memo to Chief, FI staff, dated June 27, 1963 stating that the original justification for employing QJ/WIN no longer existed and raising the question of QJ/Win's termination. QJ/WIN was terminated 21 April 1964) (p40, 41) d-April 1962 Harvey briefed Helms on meetings with Roselli.(p4l1) "Edward's records show that on 14 May 1962 Harvey called Edwards ‘and indicated that he was dropping any plans for the use of Roselli for the future." (p42) Harvey believes he took over "a going operation." O'Connell now believes there must have been "something going on between april 1961 and April 1962." (p43). On April 8 and 9, 1962 O'Connell and Harvey met Roselli at the Savoy Plaza Hotel in NYC. O'Connell says Maheu was present but Harvey disagrees. (p44) There is a large deletion on page 45 following the statement mentioning Phyllis McGuire, Dorothy Kilgallen, and Liberace at the Copacabana. Harvey recalls another meeting of O'Connell and Roselli in D. C. in April 14. O'Connell was in Miami with.Roselli and Harvey as late maybe as April 27. O'Connell was assigned on June 1962 PCS Of ern” Harvey says he arrived in Miami on 21 April and found Roselli already in touch with » the Cuban exile leader who had participated in phase one. (p47). Santos and Giancana were no longer involved. "Roselli now had a man known to Harvey as Maceo, who also used the names Garcia-Gomez and Godoy.” He was a Cuban who spoke Italian. (p48) When the pills were given to through Roselli, requested arms and equipment needied for support. Harvey with the help of ; the chief of the JM/WAVE station, procured explosives, detonators, 20 .30 caliber rifles, 20 .45 caliber hand guns, 2 radios, and one boat radar. (p49) Harvey and rented a U-Haul truck under an assumed name, loaded it with arms and equipment, and parked it in the parking lot of a drive-in restaurant. Keys given to Roselli for delievery to Maceo, to > or to . "Evidently Harvey and Roselli had not yet come to trust each other. Perhaps fearing a double-cross, each set about independently to assure himself that the equipment reached the proper hands. After parking the truck,Harvey and kept the parking lot under surveillance until the pass was completed. Roselli, accompanied by O'Connell, did the same. Neither pair knew that the other was watching. Eventually the truck was picked up and driven away. (Does not say by whom). It was returned later, empty, and with the keys under the seat as prearranged. Harvey retunned it to the rental agency. Harvey says that never knew to whome delivery was made nor for what purpose. was merely called upon to furnish support for a headquarters operation from which he was otherwise excluded." (p 50) e~ May 1962~ Roselli reports pills were in place. f- June 1962- Roselli reports to Harvey on 21 June that had dispatched a team of three men to Cuba. —
Page’ seven g-September 1962- Harvey says Roselli was in Miami on September 7th .and ilth. ready to send in another three man team to penetrate Castro's bodyguard. h- Sept. 1962~- Jan 1963- Harvey was in Miami between 22 Dec and 6 Jan.Says Roselli and Maceo met with him many times. Harvey and Roselli had telephone discussions of operations between January 1l and 16th. The Report states that "AS far as Harvey knows, three Militia men never did leave for Cuba. He knows nothing of what may have happened to the three reported to have been sent to Cuba." (p52) i~February 1963- Harvey in Miami Feb 11-14. Left word for Maceo that there was nothing new and it looked like it was all over. Feb 15 Harvey left Miami to meet Roselli in L.A. Roselli agreed that he would continue to see , gradually reducing the frequency of contact until there was none. j-June 1963- Roselli met with Harvey in D.C.~Dulles Airport. Stayed with Harvey. k~- People knowledgeable of Phase «II; Helms, Harvey, O'Connell, Edwards, King, Harvey's deputy in 1962, Chief of JM/WAVE, TSD, ; , Maceo. 1- Operation linked perhaps through: Roselli to Maheu; Maheu to Morgan; Morgan to Pearson; Pearson to Warren to President; Warren to Rowley; Rowley to Pat Coyne; FBI to Ramsey Clark (p56) m- Late 1961- Early 1962- Wiretapping incident. n- May~ June 1966- Long Committee Page 72 is missing or deleted-can't tell. Page 71- Maheu's backgound- he was hired in 1954 and 55 by Greek shipping magnate, Niarchos to help in a "financial tussle“with Onassis. Page 72-"O0'Connell stated that af’ one point in the negotiations with the Long Committee Maheu indicated that he might brief his attorney, Edward P. Morgan, fully about his post activities so that Morgan would be able to decide how best to represent him." oF oat Schemes in Early 1963- Fitsgerald took over Cuban Task Force- Jan 1963 skin-diving suit booby trapped sea shell Amlash - March 9, 1961 and March 28, 1961
Page eight The Report states An asset of the Miami Station reported that . a and a wanted to defect and needed help in escaping. ( was the gangster's'man inside Cuba' with access to Castro in lethal pill operation- Phase One.) Headquarters expressed interest in exfiltrating and. - Called off because of report that Cuban police knew. ( This is one of three name-links found in AMLASH file between and persons involved in gambling syndicate episodes......If was in fact one of the gangsters’ assets inside Cuba, that fact was unknown to either the CIA officers running the gangster episodes or to hose handling ) (p80) On Page 91 of the Report in states that under the date Nov 20, 1963 Thus far, this account of the _ project has been based almost wholly on documents found in the project file. Beginning here is an account of an episode in the operation on which there is no documentary evidence. has a record of nine contacts and their dates; otherwise, this summary is drawn from the recollections ofthose involved. Amlashes case officer, Sanchez, distinctly recalls that didn't think much of the device. (p93a) On December 27, 1964 (ARtime) and Noel) or (Cubela) met for the first time in Madrid. On Dec, 30, 1964 they met again. On March 15, 1965 The cabled that one had arrived in Madrid from Cuba on March 18 and had been introduced to a ; officer. — claimed to be in in contact with a group of Cuban military leaders who were planning to eliminate Castro and take over the government. It quickly became clear that he was referring to . said that he had always been publicly identified as a close friend of ; Whome he last saw in Havana on March %. said that he had been the lawyer for the Capri Hotel in Havana. He was jailed for 75 days in July 1962 for defending ~~ s a U.S. citizen and \ ex-manager of the _. gambling casionwho was kicked out of Cuba. (Comment: This is another name~link between Cubela and the gambling syndicate plots reported upon earlier in this report. was one of the principals in Shef Edwards' phase one of the Operation. He presumably was not involved in Phase | Two under Harvey, but we cannot be sure of that. After all, was the man who brought into the operation late in Phase 1, and was one of the main players in Phase 2.) beng