104-10331-10194 crane 4 77 SECRET ex ey: @ogsa04 ) a CL REASOM: Section 1.5:C . Dect am: XT” pay fa: COV 2-87 TO: J. Barry Harrelson r FROM: @ DST OFFICE: ODOS&T/IRO “oO DATE: 10/23/97 04:33:33 PM , pan es SUBJECT: @Re: JFK Board 14 October Meeting -- Results a a oR Original Text of J. Barry Harrelson Barry: . (S} This follows our telephone conversation of 22 October 1997. | have discussed the decision of the JFK Board to release the true namie of Jose Marie Mankel. with! _jof OGC/Litigation Division. Linda is of the opinion that we have a very weak case were we to pursue an appeal to the President, because we are unable to articulate specific current harm that would ensue when the Board releases Mankel's name. This is because the program with which he was linked, as well as the crypt, already have been officially released to the public via the SSCI hearings in 1975. In addition, | have been advised that the activity with which Mr. Mankel was associated has no link with any current DS&T program. Moreover, Mr. Mankel's name is in the public domain (in Oliver Stone's manuscript for the film "Nixon"), although it has not--up to now--been officially acknowledged. “We'do fiot know Mr. Marikel’s whereabouts, or even if he is still alive; the last contact the CIA had with him was in 1964, when he was living in Luxembourg. (5) The chilling effect of publicly releasing the names of persons to whom we have promised confidentiality, thereby harming our ability to recruit in the future, was unsuccessfully argued to the Board at its 14 October meeting. Because we are unableto articulate specific current harm, beyond the general chilling effect, | believe an appeal would be unsuccessful. Therefore, unless we are able to unearth additional information in the seven days.allotted to.us following formal notification of the Board's decision--which is unlikely--the DS&T will not appeal the release of this name. ce: | @ ost | le DST. c-@ DST Sent on 23 October 1937 at 04:33:33 PM ; SECRET
13-00000 a ~~ 1 a (When filled in) . $ ; * 8 October 1997 _NAME_INFORMATION SHEET NAME: — Mankel, Jose Marie Andre aka Mankel, Andre DOB: 1 Oct 1917 | ” _ EOD: Contract agent at least by March 1961 PRESENT RESIDENCE: ‘Unknown WISHES RE COVER/NO COVER: Unknown . ° SENSITIVE ASSIGNMENTS /ACTIVITIES: Mankel was recruited as a ZRRIFLE agent in late-1960. The objective of the ZRRIFLE project was to*procure . foreign code and cypher materials and information concerning such matters. Except for a two-month (Nov-Dec 1960) TDY to Africa, Mankel apparently operated in’ Europe establishing his cover while trying to spot and assess individuals that the CIA could use in safe cracking operations, in line with one of the principal missions of FI/D. ‘Agency contract terminated in Feb 1964. CURRENT ACTIVITIES: | Unknown OTHER NOTES: First Agency contact with Mankel in 1958 (COS through | Chief off in connection with illegal narcotics operation into the US. For 18 months, he was contacted sporadically on behalf of the Bureau of Narcotics. (The Bureau's files reflect an excellent performance by contact.) Virtually all data on Mankel -- except his true mame -- have been released. BACKGROUND USE ONLY DO NOT REPRODUCE RETURN TO CIA ce = eR eee ~ a md (When filled in) CL BY: (0563956 ) CL REASON: 1.5 (c) DECL ON: X1 DRV FROM: HUM 2-82