[toet0095-t018 bo eee P. SECRET oe “ 2 boat: SPOT REPORT | - SUBJECT: “Willem Oltmans: ‘and. °Cti«w”~«~™*«C ACTS. 29 August 197. re Georg de. Mohrenschildt or L -eonpn:: tbe "3 Has oa. _ &o asf euneweeg | ai) GA NHALEY UPI. Press Tickter 7 ‘DESCRIPTION: : rn 2 According t to. an ‘article in the 1 April. 1977. ashi ron. Star, ee _ George: de Mohrenschildt; who had. befriended the Oswal ‘attempted. suicide. four. ‘times in’ 1976. As a result he was s ‘committed for “*. mental care- to. the Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas in | the fall of. 1976. He was: ‘Teleased. on: 30 December 1976. ok . ao nr a In ‘early. ‘Janiary 1976, “according to Willem 1 Oltmans, a “Dutch ae journalist working for Dutch television, who had -known de Mohrenschildt since - ‘at least 1967 and. perhaps. earlier, de Mohrenschildt told Oltmans that he © - -was writing .a.book. entitled I'ma Patsy, I'm a Patsy. . It purports to tell — _ the whole story of. the conspiracy and, according to Oltmans, described how. + de Mohrenschildt considered himself responsible for ‘Oswald's actions.’ The... - . book has not: been ‘published. and the: manuscript. is apparently in the hands of ot de Mohrenschildt's ‘lawyer, Pat S. Russell of Dallas... Oltmans is cited in a gton Star article: of-31 March 1977 as stating that de Mohrenschildt _ oS oO, t/"I- only’made up the story (about Oswald) because every- body” makes a million dollars off the Kennedy assassination, and I haven't made anything. _So. now: itis my turn. wo 03, Th “early March. 1977, ‘Willem Oltmans appeared before the House. - - “Assassinations: Committee to tell. about de Mohrenschildt's decision to tell his version of the Kennedy -murder.. ‘It was this appearance. before Committee staffers that prompted the: panel to send Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator, to _ Palm Beach in an attempt. to. question de-Mohrenschildt. Fonzi- ‘located where _- de Mohrenschildt' was staying in Palm Beach. but. was unable to see de | . ’. Mohrenschildt... The latter shot himself with a 20-gauge shotgun on. - 29 March 1977, in:the home.of Mrs. Charles Tilton, . III, a relative by - marriage, about ‘Six hours: before the interview was to take place. : 8, have maintained an interest in Willem Oltmans over the years, particularly. his contacts with Soviet officials in. The . Netherlands and. the Soviet Union. Ce SECRET . ... @BY 061197 | TE fea | cra RNMeADATTONS FOR DDO ACTION: . . i A be ee { H i i He
Chairman his personal assurancé in this regard. The subject. . . Of the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and Memorandum of _Understanding (MOU) was introduced by the Director and .after several exchanges, Mr. Blakey noted that he felt . these agreements could be worked out by September; Both. the - DCT. and the Chairman expressed strong interest in having this accomplished in a much shorter time. The subject of a security~--specifically leaks to the press--was also discussed and both sides agreed that every effort would be made to avoid - ‘such a- problem. The meeting broke up after about 20 minutes ' . With expressions of good will and pledges of cooperation from all parties. — oe 3. (U/IUO)- After. the meeting, Mr. Blakey and Mr.. Wolf approached Messrs. Cary, Stembridge and the undersigned, and it’. Was agreed that we would have Mr. Blakey out to the CIA ' Headquarters in the very near future for orientation and to discuss the NDA and MOU. mo OMe, CMM LMA glas T. Cummins. Chief, Coordination and Review Staff Office of Legislative Counsel cc: Mr. Stembridge, DD/OS Mr. Walker, 0/SA/D0/0 Mr. Leader, 0/IG Distribution: Orig - OLC/Subj Sones 1 - OLC/Chrono sO OLC/DTC/ksn (10 Aug 77)