ie pty ro | | MEMORANDUM FOR THE “RECORD SUBJECT: Agency Contact with the Immigration and | , Naturalization Service on Behalf of Mr. Johnny” Roselli... : a ; 1. Reference is made to a request forwarded to ‘the Office of Security on 19 March 1974, by Mr. John C. - Richards, Office of the Inspector General. The Subject — of inquiry is based on a request for information, made on | 13 March 1974, by Mr. Terry Lenzner, Assistant Majority Chief Counsel, Senate Select Committee on Presidential | - Campaign Activities, to:'Mr.. Lyle L. Miller, Deputy Legis- — -lative Counsel. Mr. Lenzner cited a 14 May 1962, Agency memorandum which refers to contact between Mr. Lawrence a _ Houston, then General Counsel, and the then Attorney Lo _ :- General, Mr. Robert Kennedy, with the intention of Squashing ., of a Grand Jury organized crime indictment against Sam : Gianconni (sic) (Salvatore Giancana)." Mr. Lenzner is under~ . ‘Stood to believe this reported contact and the circumstances - surrounding the intended Agency utilization of Mr. Giancana i during President. John F. Kennedy's Administration were being oe surfaced in 1971 as part of an effort to obtain blackmail- © '.. type information on certain: principals in the Bemocratic Party. Mr. Lenzner specifically requested information on - Agency contacts with> the Administration during 137t | relating” * to this matter. — 2. The files and records of ‘all individuals ‘identified : mo with the planned utilization of Mr. Giancana were searched. . These individuals included Mr. Robert A. Maher; who arranged © _ contact with Mr. Giancana through Mr. Johnny Roselli; Mr. Richard Cain, recently deceased, who was identified in the press as knowledgeable. of: Agency association with. Mr. Giancana; » -and Mr. William King Harvey, retired Staff employee, who acted as principal contact with Mr. Roselli during the .. late. 1960's and up until Mr. Roselli's incarceration, oe EZ TMPDET. a CL BY 061142, arm mmr aft vs Sa we fw. Taree
Additionally, the files of other individuals as SOC Mr. Robert A. Maheu were also searched. These ine Peter R. Maheu, Mr. Jehn Meier, and cu irrently an Agency contract enn oy ee; WHO Wes utilized uring 1963 and 15969 in under @ commercial cover arrangement provided by the organization. 5. Memoranda were located in the file of Mr. Johnny Roselli which summarize contact on 26 February 1971, initiated by this Agency with the Commissioner, Immigratian and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice, Mr. Raymond Farrell. The purpose of this effort was to intercede with the Immigration and Naturalization Service on behalf of Mr. Roselli in the action beings initiated for deportation. It was determined that this Agency would be kept informed of the prosress of the action against Mr. Roselli in an effort to forestall public disclosure of his association with the United States Government. The Attorney General at the time of these contacts with the Immigration and Naturalization Service was Mr. John N. Mitchell. 4. On 21 # arch 1974, this matter was discussed with Mr. John C. Richards, Office of the Inspector General; Mr. Lyle L. Miller, Deputy Legislative Counsel; and Stanton Ff. Ense, Deputy Director for Personnel Security and Investigations, Office of Security. The Office of Security file on Mr. Johnny Roselli was made available to Messrs. Richards and Miller, including the memoranda cited in paragraphs 1 and 3 above. Mr. Miller indicated that he planned to await a follow-up call from Mr. Lenzner on this Subject. Stanton F. Ense Deputy Director of Security Personnel Security and Investigations _ tt