157-10003-10490 — py Date:04/19/94 _— bl Vs Page:1 JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM S my IDENTIFICATION FORM ae AGENCY INFORMATION CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO AGENCY : SSCIA DECLASSIFICATION AND/OA RECORD NUMBER : 157~10003-10490 RELEASE OF CIA INFORMATION RECORDS SERIES : IN " aerial AS SANITIZED MEMORANDUM 1A, AGENCY FILE NUMBER : DOCUMENT INFORMATION ORIGINATOR : ROCK FROM : CARGILL, MASON TO : FILE TITLE : PROJECT ZRRIFLE AND QJWIN DATE : 05/30/75 PAGES : 12 — SUBJECTS : EYPROJECT ZRRIFLE AND QUWIN /ASSASSINATIONS DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION : U RESTRICTIONS : 1A, 1B, DONOR REST., REFERRED CURRENT STATUS : X DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 04/20/94 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : ene sn OF NS Sow ns aD nt cn sae ns an ne ny hh eee mh eh ee ey ee eee ree ee ye ee eee ee ee ea ee ea eae ee [R] - ITEM IS RESTRICTED HW 50955 Docld:32201875 Page 1
. us . . TOP SECRET ~ SENSITIVE COMMISSION ON CIA ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE UNITED STATES \ - Washington, DC 20500 a) - April 30, 1975 CIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO ; DECLASSIFICATION AND/OR RELEASE OF THIS DOCUMENT AS SANITIZED . ju Gy MEMORANDUM . (A oe | To: ‘File From: Mason Cargill M& Subject: PROJECT ZRRIFLE AND QJUWIN On April 25, 1975, I was given three file folders containing material on the above subjects by Mr. Joseph Selzer of the Inspector General's staff. According to Mr. Selzer, his review of these files indicates that_the basic purpose of ; \ \ He assures me that there is nothing in these Files which refer. explicitly or implicitly to assassination or “executive action" in any form. His opinion is that clandes- ‘tine operatives of the type who wrote the documents contained in these files would never commit to writing anything having to do with the subject of assassination. The first file reviewed is entitled "ZRRIFLE/QUWIN/ RYBAT OPERATIONAL.” The following entries in this file seem to have some potential relevance: (ely Dispatch, dated November 1, 1960, to Chief of Station, and Chief of Station, Luxembourg, from Chief, KUTUBE/D at headquarters. This three-page dispatch apparently deals with a mission on which a recruited agent, Jose Marie Andre Mankel, will be sent from Luxembourg, where he was recruited, to Dakar for the purpose of recruiting certain other agents from among criminal elements there, specifically Corsicans. The purpose for which these agents would ultimately be used is not clear from this dispatch. However, paragraph 2a reads as follows: "In view of the extreme sensitivity of the TOP SECRET ~ SENSITIVE ¥ | | 7 04955. agen
TOP SECRET ~ SENSITIVE . \ \ + \ -~2- objective for which we want him to perform his task, he was “not told precisely what we want him to do. Instead, he was told that we have evidence of Soviet operations among nationality groups in Africa, specifically, Corsicans, and that we would like to have him spot, assess, and recommend some dependable, quick-witted persons for our use. (Comment: It was thought best to withhold our true, specific require- ments pending the final decision to use MANKEL.) He agreed to go on the trip for us." It is not c m this dispatch that Chiefsof Station in Luxembourg anal rere completely witting of the purpose for which Mankel 7 eing sent to Dakar. Paragraph 3 contains the following sentence: "Rabney gave Jouvenoy [Chief of Station, Luxembourg] the same briefin fo 19 concerning our purposes as he had given to the Cos, ye , The remainder of the dispatch deals with details of @ ton- tacts with Americans which Mankel may make in Dakar if he requires further assistance, including instruction for bringing about a clandestine meeting. 2. Cable dated November 2, 1960, . Director with the notation: "Action: C/FI ° is cable gegen contains the following statement in paragraph 1: “Altman met EE, Mankel 2 November. He accepted offer to procede Leopoldville. } Precise mission not conveyed to him, he only informed that mission might involve large element of personal risk." 3. Cable, dated November 3, 1960, from Director to stations at Luxembourg and| --This cable contains the first identification of Manke the code name QUWIN. ~te The cable reads as follows: 47 on QJWIN ecipt —F pouched both stations 3 November. onfirm receipt b -" “Luxembourg: will advise when to brief him on Dakar mission after receipt further info from Altman per paragraph to 6959/(IN36814) on Leopoldville mission." This cable containg ‘the following code word references: _RYBAT, LAURICLE, ZRACORN. 4. Cable from Leopoldville to Director, with action to C/FI/D4, dated 5 November 1960. It contains the following paragraph: a ; 04955 ee ROPES - “ ‘ i "ied . \ que WHITE 89 ; ' OP SECRET - SENSITIVE oe eet: BSE UF ~~it 50955 Docld: 32201879 Page 3
- ; - "POP SECRET - SENSITIVE - 3- a) “Please inform Mankel he should proceed Leopoldville as soon as shots completed. Not necessary have Congo visa. Should go Paris and take Air France flight to Brazzaville and can obtain visa for Brazzaville in Paris.” This cable contains a handwritten note in the margin as follows: “One copy given to Mr. Bissell by IS/Duty Off. Saturday. Action to be taken by DDP. -— E.B." 5. Cable, dated November 9, 1960, to Luxembourg from Director. It contains the following statement: “Unless you advised to contrary by Altman, brief QUWIN on Dakar mission, using notes left during Rabney visit...Please insure he thoroughly rehearsed all details since we anticipate he will go from Leopoldville to Dakar with no opportunity reviewing briefing..." 6. Cable, November 11, 1960, to Director, from Luxembourg. Paragraph 2 contains the following statement: "QJWIN recommended two French contacts who agree undertake unspecified job. Arrangement made for direct access without QJWIN if Altman interested..." 7. Cable, dated November 12, 1960, to Director, from Leopoldvilie. This cable requests the immediate departure of QUWIN for Leopoldville, and contains the following state- ment:. “Local operational circumstances require immediate expediting of QUWIN travel to Leopoldville." 8. The file contains several documents apparently describing various Italians in the area of Trieste who have the capability to break and enter and crack safes. They appeared to be of questionable morality. Reports on the safe~ crackers wer yansmitted in a dispatch from the Chief of - Station inl the Chief, KUDOVE/D. The names of the safecrackers In question are Sabatti, Cuccagna, and Bernardini. 9.° Cable, dated December 8, 1960, from Leopoldville to the Director. It indicates that one purpose of QUWIN's presence in Leopoldville is to recruit a major in the Yugoslavian air force, through framing him up in an illegal smuggling transaction. This recruitment is apparently for the purpose of collecting information from within the Yugoslavian government. Oa a TOP SECRET - SENSITIVE . OTe se oe | oan at yout 9 i ; O495? Docld: 322013879 Page 4
roves, ee Se HY 50955 : TOP SECRET - SENSITIVE  TAt 10. Cable, dated December 14, 1960, from headquarters to Leopoidville. The cable criticizes Leopoldville for using QUWIN for the purpose of recruiting the Yugoslav major, since this was not his primary purpose in Leopoldville. Cable con- tains the following statement: “Would like restrict QJWIN to activity directly pertinent his mission Leopoldville or forth- coming mission Dakar and possibly elsewhere (e.g., Milan) for KUTUBE/D purposes. He our only asset of this type and we wish keep him clean of any operational involvement other than that originally planned for him." This is the first cable . from headquarters on which the name of William K. Harvey appears. li. Cable, dated December 17, 1960, from Leopoldville to Director. This cable concerned a new asset entering the picture for the first time, who arrived in Leopoldville on December 2. The cable states that WIROGUE was the asset with whom initial contact has béen made in Leopoldville. WIROGUE is living in the same hotel as QJWIN with whom he conversed. QJWIN has reported: “WIROGUE had offered him $300 per month to participate in intel net and be member execution squad. When QJWIN said he not interested, WIROGUE added there would be bonuses for special jobs. Under QUJWIN questioning, WIROGUE later said he working for PBPRIME service." 12. Cable, dated January 19, 1961, from Director to Luxembourg. This cable apparently indicates that the Agency. plansto use QUWIN in Leopoldville for more than one particular mission. It contained the following statement: “Inform QUIWIN we planning use him Leopoldville indefinitely as dis- cussed with him there." 13. There follows a series of cables reflecting the fact that QUWIN proceeds to Italy to recruit other assets. One cable admonishes field agents to tell QJWIN not to give ~ reason to any of the candidates to be- recruited in Italy to believe that ODYOKE or PBPRIME is involved. I get the . impression that ODYOKE refers to the U.S. CIA, and PBPRIME refers to the intelligence service of some other nation. However, no document uncovered so far confirms this. Cables which follow seem to indicate that the people QUWIN was to recruit were intended to be professional burglars. There is no indication that they are intended to be assassins. There are many other indications that these recruits were intended for safecracking and breaking and entering. QJWIN told them he could offer a job for a large firm which wanted certain commercial documents stolen. TOP SECRET - SENSITIVE ‘pROPERTY OF ’ THE WHITE ROUSE Gem : 041933 Docld: 32201879 Page 5